Wyoming department of agriculture fees.

Plain English Breakdown

The summary provided by the Legislative Service Office notes that this summary is not an official publication and should not be relied upon as comprehensive. However, the bill text and summary are consistent with the explanation.

Wyoming Department of Agriculture Fee Increases

This law increases fees for various services provided by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, including mixtures or formulas, fertilizers and soil conditioners, regulated weighing devices, and animal remedies.

What This Bill Does

• Increases the registration fee for mixtures or formulas from $20 to $40.
• Raises the registration fee for fertilizers, soil conditioners, or soil amendments from $75 to $115.
• Adjusts fees for establishments with regulated weighing and measuring devices: up to five devices - from $15 to $40; more than five but less than eleven devices - from $40 to $75; eleven or more devices - from $75 to $115.
• Increases the registration fee for animal remedies from $20 to $30, unless another bill (HB 88) is enacted.

Who It Names or Affects

• Businesses and individuals who need to register mixtures or formulas with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
• Farmers and agricultural businesses that use fertilizers, soil conditioners, or soil amendments.
• Establishments using regulated weighing and measuring devices.
• Individuals or companies selling animal remedies.

Terms To Know

Registration Fee

Money paid to the Wyoming Department of Agriculture for registering products like mixtures, formulas, fertilizers, soil conditioners, animal remedies, and regulated weighing devices.

Limits and Unknowns

• The fee increase for animal remedies does not take effect if another bill (HB 88) is enacted into law.
• This act only affects fees related to the Wyoming Department of Agriculture's services and does not cover other types of fees or taxes.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0483
Bill No.:

HB0194

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0483

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0022

Chapter No.:

26

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Appropriations Committee

Catch Title:

Wyoming department of agriculture fees.

Subject:

Department of Agriculture fees.

Summary/Major Elements:

Increases Department of Agriculture fees as follows:
Mixtures or formulas from twenty dollars ($20.00) to forty dollars ($40.00);

Fertilizers, soil conditioners or soil amendments from seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00);

Regulated weighing and measuring devices for establishments with:
No more than five (5) devices – from fifteen dollars ($15.00) to forty dollars ($40.00);

More than five (5) and less than eleven (11) devices - from forty dollars ($40.00) to seventy-five dollars ($75.00);

Eleven (11) or more devices - from seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00).

Animal remedies from twenty dollars ($20.00) to thirty dollars ($30.00), but only if 2020 House Bill 0088- Livestock board investigators is not enacted into law. House Bill 0088 independently increases the animal remedies fee and provides for use of the increased fee.
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

20LSO-0483

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0194

ENROLLED ACT NO. 22,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming department of agriculture; increasing specified fees; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 11
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13
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105(d), 11
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14
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104(c) and 40
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10
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136(a)(i) through (iii) are amended to read:

11
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13
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105.

Registration; fees; disposition thereof.

(d)

Each application for registration shall be accompanied with a
twenty dollar ($20.00)
forty dollar ($40.00)
registration fee per mixture or formula. The registration fee shall be deposited in the state general fund.

11
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14
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104.

Registration of fertilizer, soil conditioner and soil amendments; applications; fees; disposition thereof; exceptions.

(c)

A registration fee of
seventy
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five dollars ($75.00)
one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00)
shall accompany each separate formula of brand and grade of fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment to be registered. The registration expires on December 31 next following the date of application and shall be renewed annually. All registration fees collected shall be deposited in the state general fund and may be appropriated by the legislature for programs authorized by W.S. 11
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2
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202(a)(v), 11
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14
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101 through 11
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14
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116 and 11
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16
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105(a)(v).

40
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10
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136.

License required; fee.

(a)

Every person who owns or is responsible for a weight, measure, weighing or measuring device regulated by this act shall obtain an annual license for each establishment on or before April 1 from the department and pay a fee as provided in this subsection. The fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited in the general fund. Fees shall be set by the department as follows:

(i)

Not less than
ten dollars ($10.00)
fifteen dollars ($15.00)
nor more than
twenty
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five dollars ($25.00)
forty dollars ($40.00)
for establishments with no more than five (5) devices;

(ii)

Not less than
twenty
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five dollars ($25.00)
forty dollars ($40.00)
nor more than
fifty dollars ($50.00)
seventy
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five dollars ($75.00)
for establishments with more than five (5) and less than eleven (11) devices;

(iii)

Not more than
seventy
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five dollars ($75.00)
one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00)
for establishments with eleven (11) or more devices.

Section 2
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W.S. 11
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17
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204(b) is amended to read:

11
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17
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204.

Registration; fees; audit.

(b)

Every registrant of animal remedies shall pay a registration fee of
twenty dollars ($20.00)
thirty dollars ($30.00)
per product.

Section 3.

Section 2 of this act shall not be effective if 2020 House Bill 0088 is enacted into law.

Section 4.

This act is effective July 1, 2020
.

(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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