Animal control.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0114

ENROLLED ACT NO. 89, SENATE

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
animal
control
;
extending provisions for dogs running at large to all animals; modifying requirements for offenses of animals running at large;
modifying
the
quarantine term;
extending the county dog license fee to all animals;
providing an exception; providing a limitation on liability;

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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31
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301(e)
,
(h)
and by creating a new subsection (m)

is
amended to read:

11
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31
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301.

Public nuisance; notice; penalties; rules and regulations; animal control districts and officers.

(e)

Any
dog

animal
attacking any person in a vicious manner
or that bites any person

may be impounded by the county sheriff or animal control officer and held in quarantine for
at least
fifteen (15)

ten (10)
days
and
not more than twenty (20) days
or
as long as necessary
as determined by the Wyoming state health officer

after the attack to determine whether the
dog

animal
has any disease which may be communicated to humans
.
, except that no dog shall be quarantined

Home quarantine may be allowed as determined by the animal control officer or the county sheriff
if
the
dog's
animal's

owner or custodian presents a valid rabies vaccination certificate showing the
dog

animal

has been vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian.

The costs of impoundment, quarantine and testing shall be paid by the owner or custodian of the
dog

animal
. Any
dog
animal

which attacks any person in a vicious manner may be destroyed or the owner or custodian of the
dog

animal
may be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or both. Proof of the fact that the
dog

animal
has bitten or attacked any person at any place where a person is legally entitled to be is evidence that the
dog

animal
is vicious within the meaning of this section.

A copy of any
animal control
officer report regarding the animal bite shall be submitted to the state health
officer
.

(h)

A board of county commissioners may require an annual county license or tag for
dogs

animals
within their jurisdiction
upon payment of a fee
of not more than
five dollars ($5.00)

ten dollars ($10.00)
.

Funds collected pursuant to this subsection may be used for
dog

animal
control or for the maintenance of
dog

animal
control centers for either purpose.

(m)

Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section regarding
impounding
an animal to determine disease status, n
othing in this section shall apply to any livestock guarding animal which is actively engaged in protecting livestock. Except in the case of gross or willful negligence, no liability shall accrue to the owner, or his agent, of any livestock guarding animal for any injury to any person or animal received from any livestock guarding animal which was actively engaged in protecting livestock. As used in this subsection, "animal" means as defined in W.S. 11
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101(a)(i).

Section 2.

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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