Beef check-off penalty-repeal.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about what happens if payments are still not made after penalties are removed.

Repealing Penalties for Not Paying Beef Council Fees

The bill removes the penalties and criminal charges for not paying fees to the beef council.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the law that makes it a crime if someone does not pay money they owe to the beef council.

Who It Names or Affects

• People or businesses that owe money to the beef council.

Terms To Know

Beef Council

An organization that collects fees from people who sell cattle and uses the money for marketing and research about beef.

Check-off Program

A program where farmers pay a small amount of their earnings to support industry-wide advertising and research efforts.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not say what happens if people still do not pay the money they owe after penalties are removed.
• It is unclear how this change will affect the beef council's operations or funding.
• This bill did not pass and was not signed into law.

Current Bill Text

20LSO-0596
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0596
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0244

Beef check-off penalty-repeal.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Hunt

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the beef council; repealing the crime and penalty for failing to pay monies due to the council; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 11
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37
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108 is repealed.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2020.

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