Section 40-4-101 - What Constitutes Unfair Discrimination; Penalty; Exceptions.

WY Stat § 40-4-101 (2019) (N/A)
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40-4-101. What constitutes unfair discrimination; penalty; exceptions.

(a) Any person, firm, corporation, foreign or domestic, or other entity doing business in the state of Wyoming and engaged in the production, manufacture, sale or distribution of any commodity in general use, shall not:

(i) Make, enter into, form or become a party to any plan, contract, agreement, consolidation, merger or combination of any kind whatsoever to prevent competition or to control or influence production or prices thereof.

(ii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 172, § 2.

(iii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 172, § 2.

(b) Any person, firm, corporation or other entity violating subsection (a) of this section is guilty of unfair discrimination and any agreement, contract, whether express or implied, or any provision of an agreement or contract violating subsection (a) of this section is illegal and void to the extent it violates subsection (a) of this section.

(c) This chapter shall not:

(i) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 172, § 2.

(ii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 172, § 2.

(iii) Prevent the sale of goods at commercial discounts customary in the sale of the goods;

(iv) Prohibit cooperative agreements for antitrust exceptions approved and operating pursuant to W.S. 35-24-101 through 35-24-116;

(v) Prohibit the development, agreement on and use of standards designed to permit or encourage competition or interoperability among products or services, provided the standards do not include provisions fixing or colluding on the prices or colluding to prevent competition by limiting the availability of the products or services;

(vi) Prohibit any person, firm, corporation or other entity from entering into any agreement or contract with a customer which specifies the price charged, or the services furnished, to the customer, or which gives discounts or additional services to the customer for purchasing specified volumes or multiple products of the same or similar product or service; or

(vii) Prohibit any person, firm, corporation or other entity from offering a customer loyalty program.

(d) As used in this chapter "this act" means W.S. 40-4-101 through 40-4-105, 40-4-107, 40-4-109, 40-4-110 and 40-4-114.