AN ACT relating to brands; amending provisions related to the rerecording of brands; authorizing the extension of the rerecording period for up to one hundred years; amending the recording fee; providing for notice of continuation; repealing the provision for permanently recorded brands; and providing for an effective date.
Agriculture
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Agriculture
Last action
2020-03-12
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/12/2020
Plain English Breakdown
The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on how delinquent or abandoned brands are handled beyond initial notification and fee requirements.
Livestock Brand Renewal Act
This law changes how livestock brands can be renewed, allowing them to be recorded for up to one hundred years and setting new fees.
What This Bill Does
Allows owners of livestock brands to renew their brand records for up to one hundred years in ten-year increments.
Sets a fee of $300 for each ten-year period when renewing a brand, but reduces the fee to $100 per ten-year period after fifty years.
Removes the option for permanently recorded brands that never expire.
Who It Names or Affects
Livestock brand owners in Wyoming who need to renew their brand records.
Terms To Know
Brand
A unique symbol used by livestock owners to identify their animals.
Rerecording period
The time frame during which a brand owner must renew their brand record with the board.
Limits and Unknowns
Does not specify how fees will be adjusted for partial ten-year periods.
Does not provide details on how delinquent or abandoned brands are handled beyond initial notification and fee requirements.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment adds a provision that allows the board to refund the renewal fee paid by a person who sells or transfers a brand if the ten-year period covered by the fee was not used.
Adds a new clause allowing for the refund of a renewal fee when a brand is sold or transferred and the full ten-year rerecording period covered by the fee has not been utilized.
The amendment text does not specify how 'wholly unused' periods are determined, which could lead to ambiguity in implementation.
Standing Committee • Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment changes the maximum rerecording period for livestock brands from fifty to one hundred years and adds a new fee structure for renewals over fifty years.
Increases the maximum rerecording period for livestock brands from fifty to one hundred years.
Adds a new recording fee of at least $100 for each ten-year period beyond fifty years when renewing for more than fifty years.
The exact details and implications of the new fee structure are not fully explained in the amendment text.
Bill History
2020-03-12LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 76
2020-03-12Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0034
2020-03-09House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0034
2020-03-06Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0034
2020-03-06LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0034
2020-03-06House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 40-12-8-0-0
2020-03-05House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-03-04House
H COW:Passed
2020-03-03House
H Placed on General File
2020-03-03House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
2020-02-27House
H05 - Agriculture:Do Pass Failed 4-5-0-0-0
2020-02-24House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2020-02-18House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-14Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-1-1-0-0
2020-02-13Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-12Senate
S COW:Passed
2020-02-12Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-02-12Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0
2020-02-10Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 28-0-2-0-0
2020-02-07Senate
S Received for Introduction
2020-02-05LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 20LSO-0245
Bill No.:
SF0081
Effective:
Immediately
LSO No.:
20LSO-0245
Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0034
Chapter No.:
76
Prime Sponsor:
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee
Catch Title:
Livestock brand administration.
Subject:
Livestock brand renewals.
Summary/Major Elements:
The act provides that livestock brands may be renewed for up to one hundred (100) years in ten-year increments.
The act specifies a three
hundred dollar
($300.00) fee for each ten-year portion of a renewal up to fifty (50) years and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each additional ten-year period up to one hundred (100) years.
The act repeals provisions related to permanently recorded brands.
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
Read the full stored bill text
20LSO-0245
ORIGINAL Senate
File No
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SF0081
ENROLLED ACT NO. 34,
SENATE
SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to brands; amending provisions related to the rerecording of brands; authorizing the extension of the rerecording period for up to one hundred years; amending the recording fee; providing for notice of continuation; repealing the provision for permanently recorded brands; 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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115 and 11
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116(a) are amended to read:
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115.
Rerecording; when required; notice; abandonment.
(a)
Except as provided in W.S. 11
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126, every tenth year after recording a brand,
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very owner of a brand shall rerecord the brand
according to the applicable time periods established by the board pursuant to subsection (c) of this section
, and failure to do so is an abandonment of the brand as provided in this section. At least sixty (60) days preceding the expiration date of the brand, the board shall notify by mail and electronic mail if provided, at the address shown on the brand records, the
party owning
owner of
the brand that the brand must be rerecorded and if the brand has not been rerecorded within sixty (60) days from the expiration date of the brand, the brand will be declared delinquent. The board shall send a second notice by certified mail to the
party owning
owner of
the brand at the address shown on the brand records within thirty (30) days following the expiration date of the brand. A delinquent brand may be rerecorded by the brand owner who shall submit a rerecording application and pay a delinquent fee as established by rule of the board not to exceed one
hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). If a delinquent brand is not rerecorded within two (2) years from the expiration date of the brand, the brand will be declared abandoned. Not less than six (6) months before declaring a brand abandoned, the board shall send a notice of proposed brand abandonment to the
party owning
owner of
the brand at the address shown on the brand records. The livestock board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section including rules for issuing abandoned brands to other applicants.
(c)
The term of the rerecording period shall
not exceed
be in
ten (10)
years
year increments, not to exceed one hundred (100) years at the option of the owner of the brand. The renewal schedule
and the method of renewal shall be established by the board. Every owner of a brand shall rerecord the brand
every ten (10) years
pursuant to the renewal schedule established by the board
and shall pay the renewal fee specified by W.S. 11
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116 which shall be prorated by the board for any renewal of less than ten (10) years.
(d)
As part of a rerecording notice or abandonment notice sent under subsection (a) of this section, the board shall offer the option to
a party
the owner of the brand
to rerecord all brands
that the party owns
owned by the same person
upon payment of a prorated fee, whether or not the brand has reached its rerecording date and provided that the rerecording period shall not exceed the
ten (10) year
term established by subsection (c) of this section.
The board shall offer the option to the owner of the brand to extend the rerecording period in ten (10) year increments not to exceed one hundred (100) years upon payment of the appropriate fee as specified in W.S. 11
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116(a).
(e)
A party owning
The owner of
a brand declared delinquent under subsection (a) of this section may provide payment in full of the required recording fee and any delinquency fees at the time of brand inspection.
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116.
Fees for renewal, transfer of ownership or alteration of brand; recording bill of sale deemed renewal.
(a)
For renewing any brand previously recorded and issuing a certificate of renewal, the board shall charge not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00)
for each ten (10) year period, provided that if the renewal is for more than fifty (50) years, the fee shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each ten (10) year period beyond fifty (50) years
. The fee shall cover any additional species of livestock for which the brand was previously recorded.
Section 2.
W.S. 11
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126 is repealed.
Section 3.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(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
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