Protection for Petroglyphs, Pictographs and Historic Inscriptions
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Bill Summary - 25LSO-0235 Bill No.: SF0091 Effective: Immediately LSO No.: 25LSO-0235 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0091 Chapter No.: 131 Prime Sponsor: Select Committee on Tribal Relations Catch Title: Petroglyph, pictograph and historic inscription protection. Has Report: No Subject: Petroglyph, pictograph and historical inscriptions. Summary/Major Elements: This act creates a new misdemeanor criminal offense chargeable against any person who breaks, breaks off, cracks, carves upon, writes, or otherwise marks upon or in any manner destroys, mutilates, injures, defaces, removes, displaces, mars or harms petroglyphs, pictographs or historic inscriptions without the consent of the State Board of Land Commissioners. This offense is punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. This act provides that the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources may survey, document and create models of all known petroglyphs and pictographs on state, school and institutional land in Wyoming and prohibits accessing private lands for these purposes without first receiving permission from the landowner. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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Why they voted this way
The lawmaker opposes concurrence because the bill allows private property owners to deny state agencies access to state lands, undoing a previous compromise.
R · S27
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker supports the vote by stating he cannot imagine landowners refusing access for examining state property and believes the bill still has merit.
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The amendment requires the department of state parks and cultural resources to include an estimate for surveying and documenting petroglyphs and pictographs on certain lands in its budget request.
The amendment changes the language in a bill to require receiving permission instead of notifying and consulting.
The amendment removes funding details and changes some wording in the original bill about protecting petroglyphs, pictographs, and historic inscriptions.
The amendment adds a requirement that surveys of petroglyphs and pictographs on state lands must notify and consult with private landowners before accessing their property.
The amendment modifies a bill about protecting petroglyphs, pictographs, and historic inscriptions by specifying that only those documented in Wyoming's archaeological site database are covered and adding a requirement for surveys to obtain landowner consent before accessing private lands.
The amendment adds a requirement that surveys for petroglyphs and pictographs on state lands cannot enter private property without permission from the owner.
The amendment changes a bill to require that petroglyphs, pictographs, and historic inscriptions must be documented in Wyoming’s cultural records office's archaeological site database and located on state lands for the law to apply.
The amendment changes how violations of the act are penalized and specifies that violators can be fined between $25 and $100, imprisoned for up to six months, or both.