§ 37-9-302 — Fireguards; penalty

(a) Any railroad corporation failing to comply with the
provisions of W.S. 37-9-301 shall be liable to pay a penalty of
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every mile, or
fractional mile, of any strips of land it neglects to treat as
directed by the department of transportation upon either side of
the line of its road in this state, in each and every year as
stated, the penalty to be collected in any proper action in any
court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state of
Wyoming, and when collected it shall be paid into the school
fund of the county where the cause of action accrued. The action
shall be brought within one (1) year after the violation of W.S.
37-9-301 occurs.
(b) The penalty imposed under subsection (a) of this
section applies to any railroad corporation failing to comply
with W.S. 37-9-311.