Quarantine of animals.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0018

ENROLLED ACT NO. 31, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
the
quarantine of animals; providing for testing
,
vaccination
and quarantine
of diseased animals;
providing for testing, vaccination, quarantine and sale of animals imported into
Wyoming
;
repealing
requirements for
the dipping and spraying of animals;
providing for a penalty; providing conforming amendments;
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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101 by creating a new subsection (b) and by renumbering (b) as (c),
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(e) and by creating
a
new subsection (j)
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111 by creating new subsections (d) and (e)

are amended to read:

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103.

Penalty for violations.

A person who violates any of the following sections commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both for the first offense, or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or both for second or subsequent offenses: W.S. 11
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114. A person who violates board rules promulgated pursuant to W.S. 11
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103(a)(v) shall be subject to the penalties specified in this section.

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101.

Duties of state veterinarian generally; failure to comply with provisions; penalty.

(b)

The state veterinarian may inspect, treat, test, vaccinate, quarantine or sell any animal imported into
Wyoming
in violation of W.S. 11
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(b)
(c)

Any person failing to comply with this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11
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103.

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103.

Quarantine of diseased animals generally; treatment
, testing and vaccination
thereof; effect of failure to obey order of state veterinarian; appeal; stay of action.

(b)

Whenever the state veterinarian finds any infectious or contagious disease among domestic animals in any section of the state he shall take such steps as will prevent the spread of the disease.
As a sanitary measure,
h
e
The state veterinarian

may inspect and compel the
dipping, spraying or
other
treatment
, testing
,
vaccination
or quarantine
of all such animals in
Wyoming
found to be infected or exposed to the disease

or imported in violation of W.S. 11
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, under such rules and regulations as he may adopt. Any order or regulation made by the state veterinarian is subject to review, modification or annulment by the board at any subsequent meeting.

(e)

If the owner or persons in charge of animals ordered treated,
tested
,
vaccinated
or quarantined

after reasonable notice determined by the veterinarian, fail to
dip, spray or
otherwise
treat
, test
,
vaccinate
or quarantine
such animals as ordered, the veterinarian may seize or cause such animals to be seized and
dipped, sprayed or
otherwise
treated,
tested
,
vaccinated
or quarantined

and may hold and sell the animals, or part thereof as necessary to pay all costs of inspection, seizing, caring for,
dipping, spraying or

other treatment

treating
, testing
,
vaccinating
or quarantine
together with cost of sale. The sale shall be made at the time and place and in the manner prescribed by the veterinarian. Not less than three (3) days nor more than fifteen (15) days notice of the time, place and purpose of the sale shall be given by the veterinarian to the owner or persons in charge of the animals, by personal service within the county in which the animals are being held if possible, and if not possible then such notice may be given either by personal service outside of the county or by advertisement in any paper selected by the veterinarian.
The state veterinarian shall only sell the livestock after all other remedies have been exhausted.

(
j
)

Any person failing to comply with this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11
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Regulation of importation of livestock; prohibited acts; penalties; applicability.

(d)

The state veterinarian may inspect, treat, test, vaccinate, quarantine or sell any
livestock
imported into
Wyoming
in violation of W.S. 11
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Any order or regulation made by the state veterinarian is subject to review, modification or annulment by the
governor or
the

board at any subsequent meeting.

(e)

A
n order of the state veterinarian
under subsection (d) of this section
shall be subject to appeal and due process as provided in W.S. 11
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103.

Section 2.

W.S. 11
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103(c) and (d)
is
repealed.

Section 3.

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 House.

Chief Clerk

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