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HB0100 • 2011

Game & fish-land acquisition.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; prohibiting the acquisition of lands by the game and fish commission through adverse possession or proscriptive easement; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Shepperson
Last action
2011-03-10
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2011

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Amendments

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HB0100S2001

2nd reading • NICHOLAS,P

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by NICHOLAS,P

  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
  • The official amendment text was available, but an easy plain-English summary could not be produced automatically during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2011-03-10 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2011-03-10 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0100

  3. 2011-03-03 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0100

  4. 2011-03-03 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0100

  5. 2011-03-02 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0100

  6. 2011-03-02 Senate

    S Adopted HB0100JC01

  7. 2011-03-01 House

    H Adopted HB0100JC01

  8. 2011-02-25 Senate

    S Appointed JCC01 Members

  9. 2011-02-25 House

    H Appointed JCC01 Members

  10. 2011-02-25 House

    H Did Not Concur

  11. 2011-02-25 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  12. 2011-02-25 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  13. 2011-02-24 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  14. 2011-02-24 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  15. 2011-02-24 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  16. 2011-02-23 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  17. 2011-02-01 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  18. 2011-02-01 Senate

    S06 Recommended Do Pass

  19. 2011-01-27 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S06

  20. 2011-01-20 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  21. 2011-01-20 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  22. 2011-01-19 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  23. 2011-01-18 House

    H Passed CoW

  24. 2011-01-17 House

    H Placed on General File

  25. 2011-01-17 House

    H06 Recommended Do Pass

  26. 2011-01-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06

  27. 2011-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  28. 2011-01-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0100
Drafter:

LGC

LSO No.:
11LSO-0330
Effective Date:

7/1/2011

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0100

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Shepperson

Catch Title:
Game
& fish-land acquisition.

Subject:
Limitation
on assertion of claims based on

adverse
possession or prescriptive easement.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act prohibits the game
and fish commission from asserting any claim based upon adverse possession or a
prescriptive easement.

This act limits the
prohibition by allowing such an assertion as a basis for correcting or
interpreting a defect in a written grant of an interest in real property.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0100

ENROLLED ACT NO. 100, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

AN ACT relating to
game and fish; prohibiting the acquisition of lands by the game and fish commission through adverse possession or proscriptive easement
as specified
;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 23
‑
1
‑
302
(b) by creating a new paragraph (iii)
is amended to read:

23
‑
1
‑
302.

Powers and duties.

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:

(iii)

The commission shall not assert any claim based upon adverse possession or a prescriptive easement as a basis to acquire any interest in real property. Provided, however, that the commission may assert a claim of adverse possession or prescriptive easement as a basis for correcting or interpreting a defect in a written grant of an interest in real property.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(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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