Animal reimbursement program account amendments-2.

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on how the increased funds will be obtained.

Increase in Livestock Quarantine Reimbursement

This law increases the maximum amount of money the Wyoming Livestock Board can reimburse livestock owners for quarantine efforts from $25,000 to $50,000.

What This Bill Does

• Increases the maximum reimbursement for a single livestock quarantine effort from $25,000 to $50,000.
• Specifies that this increase applies only to quarantines started on or after the law's effective date.

Who It Names or Affects

• Livestock owners who need to quarantine their animals due to disease exposure or positive tests.
• The Wyoming Livestock Board which manages the reimbursement program.

Terms To Know

Quarantine

A period when animals are kept separate from others to prevent the spread of a contagious disease.

Reimbursement

Money given back to someone who has paid for something, often by an organization or government.

Limits and Unknowns

• Payments are limited when there is less than $100,000 left in the account and may resume once more funds become available.
• The law does not specify how the increased funds will be obtained.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0422

Bill No.:

HB0093

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

24LSO-0422

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0035

Chapter No.:

65

Prime Sponsor:

Heiner

Catch Title:

Animal reimbursement program account amendments-2.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Increases the amount of reimbursement for livestock quarantine efforts.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill increases the amount the Wyoming Livestock Board can reimburse livestock owners for quarantine efforts due to exposure to or a positive test for a contagious disease. The maximum reimbursement is increased from twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for any single quarantine effort.

This bill applies to quarantine efforts initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.

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

24LSO-0422

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0093

ENROLLED ACT NO. 35,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to agriculture, livestock and other animals; increasing the amount the Wyoming livestock board may reimburse for any single quarantine of livestock; specifying applicability; 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. 11
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118(d) is amended to read:

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118.

Animal reimbursement program account.

(d)

Not more than
twenty
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five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
shall be paid for any single quarantine effort under W.S. 11
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103(k). The reimbursement limit under this subsection does not include any indemnity payment for livestock disposal under W.S. 11
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106, 11
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214 or 11
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406. Payments from this account for quarantine efforts shall cease whenever the unexpended, unobligated account balance equals or is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). Payments from this account for quarantine efforts may resume after the unexpended, unobligated account balance exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).

Section 2
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This act applies to quarantine efforts initiated on or after the effective date of this act.

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 House.

Chief Clerk

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