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HB0058 • 2011

Animals running at large.

AN ACT relating to animals running at large; expanding authority of county commissioners to declare livestock and feral livestock a public nuisance; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Agriculture
Last action
2011-01-14
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0058HW001

Committee of the Whole • ZWONITZ,DN

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by ZWONITZ,DN

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HB0058HS001

Standing Committee • H05

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H05

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Bill History

  1. 2011-01-14 House

    H Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

  2. 2011-01-14 House

    Amendment Adopted

  3. 2011-01-14 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  4. 2011-01-14 House

    Amendment Adopted

  5. 2011-01-13 House

    H Placed on General File

  6. 2011-01-13 House

    H05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  7. 2011-01-11 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05

  8. 2011-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  9. 2010-12-30 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0151

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0058

Animals running at large.

Sponsored by:
Joint Agriculture, State and
Public

Lands
and Water Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
animals running at large; expanding authority of county commissioners to declare
livestock and feral livestock
a public nuisance;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 11
‑
31
‑
301(a)

is amended to read:

11
‑
31
‑
301.

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

(a)

A board of county commissioners may declare
:

(i)

T
he running at large of any specified animals
, livestock as defined by W.S. 11
‑
6
‑
302(a)(vi) and feral livestock as defined by W.S. 11
‑
48
‑
101(a)(iii)
and (iv)
in unincorporated areas within the county limits a public nuisance
.

provided:

(A)

The livestock or feral livestock has been determined to hav
e repeatedly breached a legal fe
n
c
e as defined by W.S. 11
‑
28
‑
102;
or

(B)

The owner has failed to make a reasonable attempt to keep his animal or livestock from running at large.

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)

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