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Committee pauses prescriptive‑easements bill for rural electric co‑ops after stakeholder debate on notice and liability
Summary
Senate File 99, intended to validate certain historic, continuous easements for rural electric cooperatives and authorize limited access for maintenance, drew agreement from utilities and consternation from some members over private‑property and liability concerns; the committee paused further action until Monday.
Senate File 99 — a bill to clean up century‑old ‘handshake’ easements used by rural electric cooperatives — drew extensive stakeholder testimony and was paused for further consideration.
Sponsor Senator Ed Cooper and executive director Sean Taylor of the Wyoming Rural Electric Association described a compromise that would validate visible, continuously used delivery‑system easements in place on or before Jan. 1, 2006, make them non‑exclusive, allow…
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