Feral livestock.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0008

ENROLLED ACT NO. 30, SENATE

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
feral livestock; providing definitions; providing for the
identification and
destruction of feral livestock;

providing for reimbursement of costs of destruction and removal;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 11
‑
48
‑
101 and 11
‑
48
‑
102 are created to read:

CHAPTER 48
FERAL LIVESTOCK

11
‑
48
‑
101
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this
ch
a
p
t
er
:

(i)

"Board" means the
Wyoming
livestock board;

(ii)

"Director" means the director of the
Wyoming
livestock board;

(
ii
i)

"
Feral
"
means a domestic animal that is not under the control of nor cared for by a person and which has return
ed to a wild or semi-wild state
;

(i
v
)

"
Livestock
"
means
as defined in W.S. 11
‑
6
‑
302(a)(vi).

11
‑
48
‑
102.

Destruction of feral livestock.

(a)

Before an
y livestock
can be declared feral, a reasonable attempt
shall be made

by the director or the state veterinarian
to locate
and identify
the owner
of the livestock
and
to notify

the owner
to take
possession
of the livestock.

(
b
)

If t
he state veterinarian
or
the
director
are unable
to
identify
and

notify
the
owner of the
livestock
or the owner refused to take
possession
for the livestock
within
five
(
5
)
days
after receiving notice
,
the livestock
may
be declared to be
feral livestock.

(
c
)

I
f the director
or the state veterinarian
determines t
hat
any feral livestock
are
damaging private or public property
,
including grass, cultivated crops
or
stored crops
,
or
determines the feral livestock is
on private or public property where the
feral livestock
are not authorized to be
and that capturing the
feral livestock is not feasible or
is
cost prohibitive
,

t
he
director or the state veterinarian
may

order
t
he destruction of
the feral livestock.

(d)

I
f
the
state veterinarian determines or suspects

any
feral livestock
are likely to be infected with or able to spread
any infectious or contagious disease
, the state veterinarian
may

order the destruction of
the feral livestock
.

(e)

There shall be no right for any future indemnity or payment
to the owner
for the destruction of any feral livestock destroyed in accordance with this section.
Should the owner of any feral livestock destroyed in accordance with this section be subsequently identified, the
board
may seek reimbursement from the owner
for all costs associated with
the destruction and
removal of the feral livestock.

(
f
)

The
Wyoming
livestock board
shall
promulgate rules
necessary for the administration of this
section
.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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