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HB0229 • 2017

Game animals-hunt consultation services.

AN ACT relating to outfitters and guides; providing for the regulation of persons providing hunt consultation services as specified; 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
Representative Sommers
Last action
2017-02-10
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0229HS001

Standing Committee • HTravel

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HTravel

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Bill History

  1. 2017-02-10 Senate

    S COW:Failed 3-27-0-0-0

  2. 2017-02-07 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  3. 2017-02-07 Senate

    S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  4. 2017-02-02 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel

  5. 2017-02-02 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  6. 2017-02-01 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 48-12-0-0-0

  7. 2017-01-31 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2017-01-30 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2017-01-27 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2017-01-27 House

    H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  11. 2017-01-25 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel

  12. 2017-01-25 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2017-01-24 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0604
ENGROSSED
2.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0229

Game animals-hunt consultation services.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Sommers, Allen, Freeman, Halverson, Harshman and Larsen and Senator(s) Agar, Baldwin, Burns, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich and Landen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to outfitters and guides; providing for the regulation of persons providing hunt consultation services as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 23
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2
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406(
a)(iii), (vi), by creating a new paragraph (ix) and by renumbering (ix) as (x) is amended to read:

23
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2
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406
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(iii)

"Guide services" means for hire or remuneration
:
,

(A)

A
ccompanying and providing assistance to a hunter in the field relating to the taking of any big or trophy game animal

except as provided in W.S. 23
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2
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401(b) and (c);

or

(B)

Providing hunt consultation services to a hunter.

(vi)

"Professional guide" means any person employed by or operating under an independent contract with a licensed outfitter to furnish personal services for the conduct of outdoor recreational activities for the purpose of hunting animals
or to provide hunt consultation services

except any person employed by a licensed outfitter solely to care for, groom or saddle livestock, cook, cut wood or to transport people, equipment and personal property;

(ix)

"Hunt consultation services" means providing to a hunter
:

(A)

Specified geographic locations defined by a universal coordinate system for the purpose of locating any specific previously scouted big or trophy game animals; or

(B)

Maps, drawings, illustrations or any other documents for the purpose of showing the location within five hundred (500) meters of any specific previously scouted big or trophy game animals.

(ix)
(x)

"This act" means W.S. 23
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2
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406 through 23
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2
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418.

Section

2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

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