Common Carriers by Air

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 37, ch. 11

in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-11-101 Definitions.

(a) As used in W.S. 37-11-101 through 37-11-103, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof. (b) "Common carriers by air" as used in this act means any person or persons engaged in regularly scheduled air transportation of persons or property for compensation or hire within the state of Wyoming concerning those activities where the United States has not excluded the states from regulating.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-11-102 Conditions precedent to issuance of certificate.

No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued by the department of transportation to any person authorizing operation, as a common carrier by aircraft in Wyoming intrastate commerce, unless and until the applicant shall have submitted to the department a certificate, signed by the director of the Wyoming aeronautics commission, to the effect that the applicant has complied with the laws of the United States, the laws of the state of Wyoming, and the lawful rules, regulations and orders, respecting safety of operations; and the provisions of the "Uniform State Law for Aeronautics", with respect to the right to use airports, airlanes and aircraft as necessary in order to properly conduct the proposed operations and observe proper standards of safety in the operation or navigation of aircraft. The Wyoming aeronautics commission shall require all applicants for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to furnish to it such evidence as it may require showing that they have complied in all respects with the laws, rules, regulations and orders.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-11-103 Hearings; right of aeronautics commission or director to intervene.

Whenever a hearing is scheduled before the department of transportation in any proceeding for authority to conduct common aircraft operations in Wyoming intrastate commerce, it shall be the duty of the director of the department to notify the administrator of the Wyoming aeronautics commission; and the Wyoming aeronautics commission or its administrator may intervene in the proceedings for the purpose of setting up the interests of the Wyoming aeronautics commission.

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