SF0105 • 2015

Game and fish-round up program.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; creating the game and fish wildlife round up program; providing for agreements between the game and fish commission and retail businesses for the collection of donations as specified; providing restrictions; providing for rulemaking; creating an account; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Senator Hicks
Last action: 2015-03-04
Official status: inactive
Effective date: Not listed

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SF0105SS001

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Adopted

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Bill History

2015-03-04 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2015-03-04 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2015-02-09 House
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
2015-02-03 House
H Received for Introduction
2015-02-02 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0
2015-01-30 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-01-29 Senate
S COW:Passed
2015-01-29 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2015-01-29 Senate
S Placed on General File
2015-01-29 Senate
Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2015-01-22 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel
2015-01-21 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2015-01-20 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115

Bill No.:
SF0105
Effective
:
[BillEffectiveDate_RO]

LSO No.:
15LSO-0299

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0000

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Hicks

Catch Title:
Game and fish-round up program.

Subject:

Summary/Major Elements:

Comments:

Creates/amends a major program;
Requires a report;
Has a Delayed Effective Date;
Appropriates funds to LSO;
Creates a Select Committee or Task Force with Legislative Members;
Requires a Legislative Appointment
;
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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2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0299
ENGROSSED
3.1

SENATE FILE

NO.

SF0105

Game and fish-round up program.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Hicks and Landen and Representative(s) Freeman

A BILL

for

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 23
‑
1
‑
505
is
created to read:

23
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1
‑
505
.

Game and fish wildlife round up program
; rules.

(a)

There is created the game and fish wildlife round up program where a
retail
business

in this state may enter into an agreement with the commission to provide
customers of that
retail
business
a voluntary
opportunity to donate funds for

wildlife
and habitat management and research
. The opportunity for donation shall be disclosed at the time
a retail
purchase
is made
and in a manner that allows a
customer

the opportunity
to round up the
amount of their
purchase to the next whole dollar
or designate the amount of the donation desired
. T
he difference between the purchase price and the next whole dollar amount
or the amount designated
constitutes a donation to the wildlife round up
program
. No additional
amounts
for making the donation shall be charged to the
customer
by the
retail
business
.
The commission and the
participating
business may include in the agreement provisions for retention of a portion of the donated funds
by the retail business
as an administrative fee in an amount not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the donations collected.
The commission may contract for services to administer the round up program.

(b)

The commission may
promulgate rules and regulations to implement the program established in subsection (a) of this section.

Section 2
.

W.S. 23
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1
‑
302
by
creating a new subsection (q)
and 23
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1
‑
501 by creating a new subsection (h)
are
amended to read:

23
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1
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302
.

Powers and duties.

(q)

The commission may
e
nter into agreements with
retail
business
es
for the collection of donations for
the game and fish wildlife round up program created in W.S.

23
‑
1
‑
505
. Donations received by the commission pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in
the

wildlife round up
account
created
in
W.S. 23
‑
1
‑
501
(
h)
.

23
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1
‑
501
.

Game and fish fund.

(h)

An account within the game and fish fund is hereby created as the wildlife round up account. Donations received pursuant to
the program created in
W.S.

23
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1
‑
505 shall be credited to the account and are continuously
appropriated to the commission for

wildlife
and habitat management and research
.

Section
3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

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