Wyoming livestock health and emergency disease program.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0032

ENROLLED ACT NO. 55, SENATE

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
livestock; providing for a livestock health
and emergency disease response
program; authorizing
position
s
;
funding contract services;
providing appropriation
s
;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 11
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18
‑
103(a)
(v),
(vi),
(vii) and
by creating new paragraph
s
(viii)
and (ix)
is amended to read:

11
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18
‑
103.

Livestock board; powers generally.

(a)

In addition to powers and duties hereinafter provided, the
Wyoming
livestock board shall:

(v)

Promulgate and enforce rules, regulations and orders it deems necessary for the importation of domestic animals, excluding those animals covered in W.S. 23
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3
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301(a), recording and inspection of livestock brands, inspection, testing, brucellosis vaccination or quarantining of any livestock including brucellosis vaccination requirements for resident cattle and cattle imported into Wyoming
and to develop a
livestock
health
and emergency disease response
program, including prevention, surveillance and investigation of livestock diseases
through naturally occurring events or acts of agroterrorism
. "Agroterrorism" for the purpose of this section means an intentional release of a biologic
al
or chemical agent that causes disease to livestock or crops or renders the food products of livestock or crops unsafe for human consumption
;

(vi)

Exercise the power and authority conferred upon it by this act, either directly or through its agency;
and

(vii)

Designate an agency to act as its representative as provided by W.S. 11
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20
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201, recorded in its minutes, and transmit the name of the agency to the auditor and treasurer of
Wyoming
;
.

(viii)

Develop a comprehensive livestock health
and emergency disease response
program for
reportable diseases as identified in W.S. 11
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19
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102;

(ix)

P
romot
e
the prevention, surveillance, investigation and elimination of diseases
of concern
and the protecti
o
n
of
the overall health
of
Wyoming
livestock
by maintaining science
based
import regulations and quarantines
and
providing
instruction
to the ports of entry, veterinarians and law enforcement
.

Section 2.

(a)

There is appropriated
one hundred
sixty
thousand
dollars ($
1
60
,000
.00)
from the

general
fund to the
Wyoming
livestock board as follows:

(i)

One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for one (1) full-time position for a
field veterinary medical officer
for salary and benefits.
Th
i
s position
is to
assist the state veterinarian in animal trace back, risk assessment, epidemiology, affected area owne
rs and science based decisions;

(ii)

Forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000.00) for a contractor to develop a comprehensive technology plan and business analysis needed to assess and deploy a state-wide electronic system for ownership verification for the livestock brand program and the essential disease trace back and ownership for the livestock health and emergency disease response program that:

(A)

Includes integration and interfaces with new and existing databases, programs and applications;

(B)

Ensures system and data security and integrity;

(C)

Defines initial and on-going training and information technology maintenance resources; and

(D)

Is designed for user friendliness as well as accurate and efficient reporting.

(ii
i
)

Fifteen thousand dollars (
$
1
5
,000.00)

for t
he vehicle, field office support and expenses for
the additional position
s
authorized in this act.

(b)

Th
e
appropriation
s

under
subsection (a) of
this section
shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 201
0
.

Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the
s
e
appropriation
s
shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from th
e
s
e
appropriation
s
shall revert as provided by law on
June 30,
2010.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(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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