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25LSO-0417
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0417
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0146
Animal estray penalty-amendments.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Neiman, Allemand, Banks, Davis, Hoeft and Williams and Senator(s) Crago and Steinmetz
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to agriculture, livestock and other animals; imposing a minimum fine and increasing the maximum fine for the penalty for taking up estray animals; providing increased penalties for second and subsequent offenses; making a conforming amendment; 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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103 and 11
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103 are amended to read:
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103.
Penalty for violations.
A person who violates any of the following sections commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both for the first offense, or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or both for second or subsequent offenses: W.S. 11
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210(a) or (f), 11
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112, 11
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103, 11
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210, 11
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106, 11
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102. A person who violates board rules promulgated pursuant to W.S. 11
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103(a)(v) shall be subject to the penalties specified in this section.
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103.
Taking up estrays; penalties.
(a)
Any person who takes up or retains possession of any estray without the owner's knowledge or consent, or who in any manner restrains from liberty for the purpose of using or making use of any estray without the knowledge and consent of the owner
shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11
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is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be:
(i)
Fined not less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) and not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), imprisoned for not more than six (6) months or both for the first offense;
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Fined not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) and not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), imprisoned for not more than one (1) year or both for a second or subsequent offenses
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Section 2.
This act shall apply to any violation of W.S. 11
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Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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