§ 37-7-101 — Formation; petition for organization

(a) Whenever a majority of the freeholders on lands and
entrymen upon public lands in any district who shall represent
at least one-third of the area of lands within said district
which desire to provide for the purchase of electric power for
use in electrifying the lands within said district or to
purchase, extend, operate, or maintain consecutive power lines;
or to cooperate with the United States, the state of Wyoming, or
any subdivision thereof, they shall procure a certificate of
necessity from the public service commission of the state of
Wyoming, and file in the district court of the county which
embraces the largest acreage of the district a petition
hereinafter referred to as the "petition" which shall include:
(i) The name of the proposed power district;
(ii) The necessity of the proposed work, describing
the necessity and attaching such certificate of necessity issued
by the public service commission thereto;
(iii) The object and purpose of the system to be
constructed together with a general description thereof;
(iv) The names of all freeholders holding lands and
the entrymen on public lands in said district when known;
(v) Whether or not the petitioners desire and propose
to cooperate with the United States, the state of Wyoming or any
subdivision thereof;
(vi) A general prayer for the organization of the
district.
(b) No petition having as many signers as are required by
this section shall be declared void, but the court may at any
time permit the petition to be amended in form and substance to
conform to the facts, if the facts justify the organization of
the power district. Several similar petitions for the
organization of the same district may be circulated, and when
filed, shall together be regarded as one petition having as many
signers as there are separate signers on the several petitions
filed. All petitions for the organization of said district filed
prior to the hearing on said petition shall be considered by the
court, the same as if filed with the first petition placed on
file, and the signatures thereon contained shall be counted in
determining whether sufficient persons have signed said
petition.