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SF0106

Wyoming Special Management Permit Changes

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In one sentence

This bill proposed changes to the rules and fees for buying special permits needed for certain hunting and fishing programs in Wyoming, but it did not pass.

What it does

  • Allows the game and fish commission to define which special management programs require permits through rules and regulations.
  • Requires people participating in these programs to purchase one or more special management permits.
  • Sets the base price of a permit at $15 plus applicable fees under existing law.
  • Allows the commission to establish an additional fee through rules, not to exceed $50.
  • States that permits issued under this section are valid for one calendar year.

Who it affects

  • People who participate in special management hunting or fishing programs.
  • The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.
  • The department and its authorized selling agents.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and did not become law.
  • The specific programs that require these permits are not listed in the bill text; they are to be defined by the commission's rules.

Plain language

Terms to know

Special management permit
A permit required to participate in specific wildlife programs that involve additional expenditures for propagation, stocking, feeding, trophy management, or field development.
Commission
The game and fish commission, which has the authority to create rules and regulations for these programs.

Official record

Sources

Source checked
Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 6, 5:05 PM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker explains that Game and Fish is now self-funded without general fund allocations, so this bill grants them the authority to set their own fees for special management permits in specific areas where extra hunting fees already exist.

Public statementFloor statement at 46:03 Watch the statement

If a lawmaker is not listed, we couldn't find a published reason.

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

1 roll call

S Failed Introduction 18-11-1-0-02018-02-15 · Senate18 yes 11 no
Yes
18
No
11
Absent
0
Excused
1
Conflict
0

Yes 18

Bill LandenR · S27Brian BonerR · S02Bruce Burns Jr.S21Chris RothfussD · S09Curtis MeierS03David A KinskeyS22Fred A BaldwinS14Fred M EmerichS05Glenn W MonizS10Jeff WasserburgerS23Jim AndersonR · S28John HastertS13Liisa L Anselmi-DaltonS12Michael J Mr. Von FlaternS24Paul R BarnardS15Ray R PetersonS19Stephan PappasR · S07Tara NethercottR · S04

No 11

Affie EllisS08Anthony BouchardS06BEBOUT PRESCale CaseR · S25Charles ScottR · S30Dan DockstaderR · S16Drew A PerkinsS29Henry R CoeS18Larry HicksR · S11Leland G ChristensenS17Ogden DriskillR · S01

Excused 1

Wyatt AgarS20

Official activity

Bill history

  1. S Failed Introduction 18-11-1-0-0Senate
  2. S Received for IntroductionSenate
  3. Bill Number AssignedLSO