Weed and pest mitigation-tribal inclusion.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on application requirements or immediate effectiveness beyond constitutional provisions.

Tribal Inclusion in Weed and Pest Control Programs

This act clarifies that the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes can apply for emergency insect management programs related to weed and pest control.

What This Bill Does

• Amends a state law to include the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe, or their cooperative governing body in the list of entities that may apply for participation in specified emergency insect management programs.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Eastern Shoshone Tribe
• The Northern Arapaho Tribe
• Their cooperative governing body

Terms To Know

Emergency insect management programs

Special programs designed to quickly address and manage harmful insects that threaten crops or the environment.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if tribes do not meet the standards and guidelines.
• It is unclear how many other entities besides the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes are currently eligible for these programs.
• This bill was marked as inactive, meaning it did not move forward in its current session.

Current Bill Text

23LSO-0102
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0102
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0027

Weed and pest mitigation-tribal inclusion.

Sponsored by: Select Committee on Tribal Relations

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to weed and pest control; clarifying that the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes may apply for participation in specified emergency insect management programs; 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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5
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406(a) is amended to read:

11
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406.

Program participation requirements; application; funding participation levels specified; restriction on expenditures.

(a)

Any state agency
,

or
any
political subdivision
, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe or the cooperative tribal governing body
may apply to the committee for participation in emergency insect management programs under this article. Applications shall be filed with the department of agriculture and shall at minimum, substantiate compliance with standards and guidelines established by the committee.

Section 2
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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)

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