SF0046 • 2015

Fire misdemeanors.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; revising provisions related to negligently burning grounds and failing to extinguish a fire; and providing for an effective date.

Crime

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Senator Geis
Last action: 2015-03-04
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2015

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Amendments

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SF0046H3001

3rd reading • Lindholm

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Lindholm

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SF0046S3001

3rd reading • Christensen

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Christensen

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SF0046JC001

Conference Committee

S Adopted, H Adopted

Plain English: S Adopted, H Adopted Conference Committee

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Bill History

2015-03-04 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2015-03-04 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0045
2015-02-27 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0045
2015-02-27 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0045
2015-02-27 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0045
2015-02-26 House
H Adopted SF0046JC001: 56-0-4-0-0
2015-02-26 Senate
S Adopted SF0046JC001: 29-0-1-0-0
2015-02-26 House
H Appointed JCC01 Members
2015-02-24 House
H Appointed JCC01 Members
2015-02-24 Senate
S Appointed JCC01 Members
2015-02-23 Senate
S Appointed JCC01 Members
2015-02-23 Senate
S Concur:Failed 0-30-0-0-0
2015-02-20 Senate
S Received for Concurrence
2015-02-20 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0
2015-02-20 House
Amendment Adopted
2015-02-19 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-02-18 House
H COW:Passed
2015-02-17 House
H Placed on General File
2015-02-17 House
Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2015-02-09 House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2015-01-29 House
H Received for Introduction
2015-01-27 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 21-9-0-0-0
2015-01-27 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2015-01-26 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-01-23 Senate
S COW:Passed
2015-01-23 Senate
S Placed on General File
2015-01-23 Senate
Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2015-01-14 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
2015-01-13 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2015-01-07 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
SF0046
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0398

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA 45

Chapter No.:
116

Prime Sponsor:
Geis

Catch Title:
Fire misdemeanors.

Subject:
Misdemeanor offenses related to fire.

Sum
mary/Major Elements:

Existing law provided offenses for negligently burning grounds and for failure to contain or extinguish a fire.

This bill removes archaic language from the offense for negligently burning grounds.

This bill also amends the offense for failure to contain or extinguish a fire by removing some archaic language, by clarifying that normal agronomic or forestry practices are permitted and allowing for leaving a fire if conditions are such that the fire is not reasonably likely to spread.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0046

ENROLLED ACT NO. 45,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE
OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; revising provisions related to negligently burning grounds and failing to extinguish a fire; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 6
‑
3
‑
105 and 6
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3
‑
106 are amended to read:

6
‑
3
‑
105
.

Negligently burning grounds; penalties.

(a)

A person is guilty of 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, if he, without permission of the owner and acting with criminal negligence:

(i)

Sets fire to any
woods, prairie or

grounds or to anything on any
woods, prairie or

grounds which is the property of another; or

(ii)

Allows a fire to pass from the owner's

woods, prairie
property
or grounds to the injury or destruction of any property of another.

6
‑
3
‑
106
.

Failure to extinguish or contain fire outside; penalty.

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750.00) if he
, outside of normal agronomic or forestry practices,
lights a fire
in any woods or on any prairie

out
doors
and leaves the vicinity of the fire without extinguishing it or containing it so it does not spread
and is not likely
or conditions are such that the fire is not reasonably likely

to spread.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(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