SF0110 • 2022

Regulation of commercially guided boats.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the Wyoming game and fish commission to regulate commercially guided fishing boats; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; 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: Senator Baldwin
Last action: 2022-02-18
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so it has no effective date and its provisions are not currently in effect.

Regulation of Commercially Guided Fishing Boats

The bill allows the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to regulate commercially guided fishing boats by setting daily limits on boat numbers in certain river areas, requiring public hearings before making rules, and defining key terms.

What This Bill Does

Gives the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission the power to set daily limits on the number of commercially guided fishing boats allowed to launch into any section of river.
Requires the commission to hold a public hearing in at least one community within the major drainage area where rules will apply before setting these limits.
Defines what is meant by 'commercially guided fishing boat', 'major drainage area', and 'outfitter'.
Sets up rules for licensing or tracking commercially guided fishing boats.

Who It Names or Affects

Commercial fishing guides and outfitters who use rivers in Wyoming's major drainage areas.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, which will make the regulations.

Terms To Know

commercially guided fishing boat: A fishing boat that is operated by a fishing outfitter or professional fishing guide.
major drainage area: Specific river systems in Wyoming, such as the Snake River and Green River drainages.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass during its session.
It only applies to certain major rivers in Wyoming.

Bill History

2022-02-18 Senate
S Failed Introduction 17-13-0-0-0
2022-02-16 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-02-16 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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22LSO-0326
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0326
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0110

Regulation of commercially guided boats.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Baldwin and Representative(s) Sommers

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the Wyoming game and fish commission to regulate commercially guided fishing boats; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; 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. 23-3-206 is created to read:

23-3-206.

Commercially guided fishing boats; regulatory authority; definitions.

(a)

To protect the quality of the fishery or aquatic resources or species in this state, the commission may set daily limits on the number of commercially guided fishing
boats allowed to launch into any section of river. In promulgating any rule under this subsection, the commission shall hold a public hearing to gather public comments in at least one (1) community in the major drainage area in which the rule will apply.

(b)

In the event that the commission sets daily limits on the number of commercially guided fishing boats allowed to launch into any section of river, the commission shall promulgate rules governing the licensing or other means of tracking the number of commercially guided fishing boats launching into any section of river.

(c)

As used in this section:

(i)

"Commercially guided fishing boat" means a fishing boat that is operated by a fishing outfitter or professional fishing guide;

(ii)

"Major drainage area" means the Snake River drainage, the Wind River and Big Horn River drainage, the Powder River and Belle Fourche River drainage, the Green River drainage or the North Platte River drainage;

(iii)

"Outfitter"

means a person who advertises or holds himself out to the public for hire for the purpose of financial gain in order to provide fishing guide services.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022.

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