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22LSO-0046
ORIGINAL Senate
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ENROLLED ACT NO. 27,
SENATE
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to agriculture; specifying that the department of agriculture shall coordinate efforts and may contract for predator control; allowing the animal damage management board to contract directly for predator services; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
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304(b)(vii) are amended to read:
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Department to coordinate control efforts; centralized and coordinated rodent and predator control plan authorized; release of information restricted.
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The department shall coordinate control efforts and may contract
among agencies and counties for predator control under this chapter.
The department may establish and implement a cooperative and coordinated plan for rodent and predator control. It may cooperate with federal agencies in the control of rodents, predatory animals and predacious birds, as defined in W.S. 23
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101, which are destructive to livestock, game and poultry, or are detrimental to feed and foodstuffs, crops and forage production and human health. The department may promulgate necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.
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District boards; powers generally.
Each predator management district board may adopt rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the purpose and provisions of this article. Each board may appoint employees and assistants as necessary and fix their compensation. Each board may
work through the department to
coordinate predator control including contracting for predator control services or may directly
enter into cooperative agreements with boards of county commissioners, other predator management districts,
the animal damage management board,
federal or state agencies or other organizations or associations for the purpose of controlling predatory animals and predacious birds. Each board is authorized to pay bounties for predatory animals and predacious birds.
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Animal damage management board responsibilities; animal damage management policy; rules; methods to manage predatory animals, predacious birds, depredating animals and rabid wildlife; manner of calling meetings; frequency.
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In its deliberations the ADMB shall:
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Develop memorandums of understanding between the Wyoming department of agriculture and the Wyoming game and fish commission and the United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, wildlife services (USDA/APHIS/WS) to accommodate funding sources and administrative guidelines for the program
and may
contract directly with
federal or state agencies, boards of county commissioners, predator management districts or other organizations or associations to coordinate
predator control services
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Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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(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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