Wyo. Stat. § 11-18-110 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 18 / Section 11-18-110
§ 11-18-110. Director; deputy directors; term; powers and duties generally; orders subject to review
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the board. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board and act as the secretary of the Wyoming livestock board, subject to the rules and regulations of the board. He may act for and perform the duties imposed by law upon the board when the board is not in session, but an order or regulation made by him is subject to review, modification or annulment by the board at any subsequent meeting.

(b) The director may appoint deputy directors for agency divisions. The deputy directors shall serve at the pleasure of the director and are responsible to and under the control and supervision of the director.

(c) The director shall supervise and control the action of the other employees and prescribe their duties and tenure of office.

(d) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the director may only remove employees in accordance with personnel rules of the state executive branch.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-7-403 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-7-403
§ 11-7-403. Annual certification; application; inspection of sample; recertification; fees
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall import, possess or control alfalfa leaf-cutter bees in this state unless the bees are certified annually under this section.

(b) To certify bees, a person shall file a completed application form provided by the department together with the certification and laboratory fees. Certification and laboratory fees shall be established by the department for each pound of bees certified. The applicant must provide at least the following:

(i) Name and place of residence;

(ii) The general location and number of bees to be registered; and

(iii) Other relevant information as required by department regulation.

(c) After receipt of an application for certification, a sample of the total population of bees to be certified shall be selected by the department or its agent in a manner prescribed by the department. The sample shall be inspected for pathogens and parasites. If no pathogens or parasites in excess of certification standards are found, the sample shall be reported within certifiable limits.

(d) When the department receives a completed application form, a certification fee and a report that the sample is within certifiable limits, it shall issue a certificate for the bees.

(e) The department shall specify the date by which any applicant must apply for recertification the following year.

(f) Fees collected under this act shall be deposited into a separate account and expended for administration and enforcement of this act. In administering and enforcing the provisions of this act, the department, by a separately negotiated agreement with another governmental agency or a private association as authorized by W.S. 11-7-402(b)(i) , may make the fees available for expenditure by that agency or association. Any such agency or association shall be required to submit an annual budget to the department for its review and approval prior to the expenditure of any funds under this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-305 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-305
§ 11-19-305. Powers of state veterinarian
Status: in_force

The state veterinarian may make and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of W.S. 11-19-303 through 11-19-306 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-7-215 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-7-215
§ 11-7-215. Variance agreements
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request from a general beekeeper, the department may enter into a variance agreement with the general beekeeper because of drought conditions, crop rotation, conservation reserve program acres or other unforeseen circumstances adverse to a yard location.

(b) Following a thorough investigation of each request under subsection (a) of this section, the department shall determine whether or not to enter into the requested variance agreement. If granted, a variance agreement shall contain an expiration date, after which the bees shall be returned to the original registered location. Failure to return the bees to the original registered apiary location shall cause that registered apiary location to be forfeited.

(c) Signed copies of a variance agreement between a beekeeper and the department shall be on file in the department's Cheyenne office and with the area apiary inspector and the beekeeper.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-36-105 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 36 / Section 11-36-105
§ 11-36-105. Marketing orders; when issued; economic factors to be considered; termination
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the conclusion of the hearing provided for in W.S. 11-36-104(a) , the board shall issue a marketing order if it makes any of the following findings:

(i) That the order will help to reestablish or maintain wholesale prices received by producers, processors or handlers for any dairy product at levels which are comparable to the general economic conditions within the marketing area. The board may adopt the methods and procedures presently prescribed by the United States department of agriculture in making similar determinations;

(ii) That the order will help approach and maintain such comparable general economic conditions at as rapid a rate as is feasible in view of the demand for any dairy product;

(iii) That the order will help to prevent economic waste of agricultural resources because of improper preparation of any dairy product for market, because of lack of uniform grading and inspection or because of excessive shipments to markets;

(iv) That the order will help to insure a beneficial future for any dairy product;

(v) That the order will help to protect the interests of consumers of any dairy product in assuring an adequate supply.

(b) In making the finding set forth in this section, the board shall take into consideration all facts available to it with respect to the following economic factors, which are not intended to be exclusive of all other economic factors:

(i) The quantity of any dairy product available for distribution;

(ii) The quantity of any dairy product normally required for distribution;

(iii) The cost of producing, processing or handling any dairy products as determined by available statistics and surveys, including:

(A) The fixed and variable cost of producing, processing or handling, including the reasonable value of the time, skill and experience of the person producing, processing or handling any dairy product;

(B) A fair return upon the value of employed assets of the producer, processor or handler;

(C) Comparable compensation received by persons engaged in other means of earning a livelihood for themselves and their families, as well as any other appropriate factors.

(iv) The purchasing power of consumers;

(v) The level of prices of commodities, services and articles that dairy farmers buy; and

(vi) The level of prices of other commodities that compete with or are utilized as substitutes for dairy products.

(c) Upon conclusion of the hearing the board shall terminate a marketing order if it determines that the termination thereof will effectuate the purposes of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-403 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-403
§ 11-19-403. When cattle or bison exempt from provisions
Status: in_force

Breeding cattle and bison entering Wyoming for the purpose of feeding only may be exempt from the requirements of W.S. 11-19-402 if they are placed under quarantine by the rules and regulations promulgated by the Wyoming livestock board.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-1-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-1-101
§ 11-1-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in title 11, unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise specifically noted:

(i) “Board” means the state board of agriculture;

(ii) “Director” means the director of the department of agriculture for the state of Wyoming or his designated representative;

(iii) “Crop” or “agricultural crop,” when not otherwise defined by statute, means corn, oats, wheat, barley, flax, sorghums and other grains, potatoes, vegetables, hay, wheatgrasses (agropyron species), needlegrasses (stipa species), bluegrasses (poa species), fescue grasses (festuca species), grama grasses (bouteloua species), sedges and rushes, shrubby or woody forage plants which include salt sages (atriplex species), sagebrushes (artemisia species), winterfat (eurotia lanata), and forage legumes which include astragalus, lupinus and other members of the family leguminosae;

(iv) “Department” means the Wyoming department of agriculture;

(v) “Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company or any other association or entity, public or private.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-401 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-401
§ 11-20-401. Brand inspection fees generally
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise provided, each livestock inspector shall at the time of inspecting for brands and ownership collect inspection fees in an amount established by the livestock board but not less than:

(i) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per head on all cattle including unbranded animals, and including the hide or carcass;

(ii) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per head on all sheep, including any hide or carcass;

(iii) Nine dollars ($9.00) per head for the first ten (10) head of horses, asses or mules inspected, including any hide or carcass and one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) for each additional horse, hide or carcass inspected at the same time and place; and

(iv) A six dollar and twenty-five cent ($6.25) surcharge per inspection by the livestock inspector. The livestock board shall promulgate rules and regulations to identify conditions under which this surcharge may be waived.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2010, ch. 69, § 204, eff. July 1, 2010.

(c) The board may allow the inspection, permitting, payment and reporting requirements of this chapter to be conducted electronically as provided by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, W.S. 40-21-101 through 40-21-119 , and any applicable federal electronic requirements.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-16-107 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-107
§ 11-16-107. Report to director; reports by district supervisors to board
Status: in_force

(a) On or before November 1 each even-numbered year, the commission shall report to the director of the department of agriculture the number and acreages of districts in existence or in process of organization, together with an estimate of the number and probable acreages of the districts which may be organized during the ensuing period; the balance of funds, if any, available to the commission and to the districts; and the estimates of the commission as to the sums needed for its administrative and other expenses and for allocation among the several districts during the ensuing period.

(b) The supervisors of the respective districts shall submit to the commission such statements, estimates, budgets and other information as the commission may require. The director shall include the information furnished by the commission in his report to the governor.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-34-119 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 34 / Section 11-34-119
§ 11-34-119. Ultra vires acts of agent
Status: in_force

No loan or mortgage securing the loan shall be impaired or invalidated by any act of any agent of the board in excess of his powers.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-6-304 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-304
§ 11-6-304. 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
Status: in_force

(a) The ADMB is responsible for the formulation of the damage prevention management policy of the state, and by and through an executed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Wyoming game and fish commission is responsible for management of rabid wildlife, crop, livestock and wildlife damage done by depredating animals and wildlife damage by predatory animals and predacious birds. The ADMB in conjunction with its responsibility may, consistent with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act adopt rules to implement policies administered by the ADMB. After consultation with the livestock board and the department of health, the ADMB shall promulgate rules pertaining to rabies prevention in wildlife including surveillance, public education, vaccination protocol, post-exposure procedures and quarantines. The ADMB may enter into the agreements with law enforcing agencies to carry out the quarantine provisions. Nothing in this article shall preempt the Wyoming game and fish commission authority to manage wildlife or determine damage pursuant to any provision in title 23.

(b) In its deliberations the ADMB shall:

(i) Entertain requests for assistance in order to allow mitigation of predator damage;

(ii) Specify programs designed to prevent damage by predatory animals, rabid wildlife, predacious birds and depredating animals to livestock, agricultural crops, wildlife, property, human health and safety;

(iii) Provide various degrees of predatory animal, predacious bird and depredating animal damage management services to individual agricultural livestock and crop producers, landowners, lessors or administrators, and to urban, residential and industrial property owners. Damage management services shall also be provided and conducted for the benefit of wildlife populations and human health and safety;

(iv) Specify methods for the prevention and management of damage and for the selective control of predatory animals, rabid wildlife, predacious birds and depredating animals;

(v) Maintain responsibility and appropriate funds for the purpose of providing damage prevention and management to agricultural livestock and crops, wildlife, property and human health and safety caused by predatory animals, rabid wildlife, predacious birds and depredating animals;

(vi) Cooperate with federal, state and county governments, educational institutions and private persons or organizations to effectuate agricultural and wildlife damage and rabid wildlife prevention policies;

(vii) 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;

(viii) Consider any recommendations received from the Wyoming game and fish commission and the Wyoming department of agriculture.

(c) The ADMB shall conduct meetings in accordance with its established policy, but shall meet at least once each year in the month of January.

(d) The ADMB may adopt rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the purpose and provisions of this article. The ADMB may appoint employees and assistants as necessary and fix their compensation. The ADMB may enter into cooperative agreements with boards of county commissioners, predator management districts, federal or state agencies or other commissions, organizations or associations for the purpose of managing predatory animals, rabid wildlife, predacious birds and depredating animals. Predator management district boards which choose not to enter into a cooperative agreement with the ADMB shall not be precluded from continuing with, or entering into, a cooperative agreement or memorandum of understanding with the United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, wildlife services (USDA/APHIS/WS), other entities of government, organizations or associations. This act is not intended and shall not replace, rescind, modify nor cancel cooperative agreements or cooperative service agreements between the USDA/APHIS/WS and the county predator management districts created under W.S. 11-6-201 through 11-6-210 .

(e) The ADMB may elect to provide various degrees of predator damage management services to any other person pursuant to a separately negotiated cooperative agreement.

(f) The board shall investigate, test and refine the concept and practices of integrated predator management. The board shall develop and establish measurable goals and objectives. The board shall report to the governor and the joint agriculture, public lands and water resources interim committee and joint appropriations interim committee on or before November 30 of each year to determine the progress the board has made toward achieving the goals and objectives it has established. The report shall also include actions taken, the accomplishments and state monies expended by each county predator management board participating in state funding.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-114 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-114
§ 11-5-114. Allocated funds; procedure to disburse
Status: in_force

A request for allocated funds pursuant to W.S. 11-5-113 shall be initiated by the district board by submitting a voucher and documentation. Upon the approval of the voucher by the allocation committee, payment shall be made by the state auditor out of funds provided for control of weeds and pests.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-102
§ 11-5-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “ Pesticide ” means any material used to control or eradicate weeds or pests;

(ii) “ Authorized dealer ” means any pesticide dealer licensed in Wyoming who sells, retails, wholesales, distributes, offers or exposes for sale, exchanges, barters or gives away any pesticide within this state;

(iii) “Board” means the Wyoming board of agriculture established by authority of W.S. 11-2-101 through 11-2-104 ;

(iv) “Director” means the director of the department of agriculture for the state of Wyoming or his designated agent;

(v) “ Control ” means the process of containing, preventing, identifying and mitigating weed and pest infestations by using multiple integrated management practices, including but not limited to, regulation, prevention, survey, eradication, pesticides, cultivation, competition, grazing and biological control in an adaptive management effort designed to reduce economic and ecological impacts from designated and declared species and to protect uninfested lands;

(vi) “County commissioners” means the board of county commissioners of a county within which a district is located;

(vii) “ Declared pest ” means any animal or insect species which the board and the Wyoming weed and pest council have found, either by virtue of its direct or indirect effect to negatively impact management of agricultural or natural ecosystems, or as a carrier of disease or parasites, to be detrimental to the general welfare of persons residing within a district;

(viii) “ Declared weed ” means any plant species which the board and the Wyoming weed and pest council have found, either by virtue of its direct or indirect effect to negatively impact management of agricultural or natural ecosystems, or as a carrier of disease or parasites, to be detrimental to the general welfare of persons residing within a district;

(ix) “Department” means the state department of agriculture;

(x) “ Designated list ” means the list of weeds and pests from time to time designated by joint resolution of the board and the Wyoming weed and pest council or by an emergency declaration of the director;

(xi) “ Designated noxious weed ” means plant species having seeds or other plant parts determined to be detrimental to the general health or welfare of the state based upon the following:

(A) Has demonstrated the ability to aggressively invade native plant communities and agricultural crops;

(B) Is injurious or poisonous to livestock;

(C) Is a carrier of disease or parasites;

(D) Can, by virtue of either direct or indirect effect, negatively impact management of agricultural or natural ecosystems.

(xii) “ Designated pest ” means any animal or insect species that is determined to be detrimental to the health or general welfare of the state based upon the following:

(A) Has demonstrated the ability to aggressively invade native plant communities and agricultural crops;

(B) Is injurious or poisonous to livestock;

(C) Is a carrier of disease or parasites;

(D) Can, by virtue of either its direct or indirect effect, negatively impact management of agricultural or natural ecosystems.

(xiii) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 191, § 4.

(xiv) “District” means any county weed and pest control district;

(xv) “District board” means the board of directors of a district having jurisdiction within the boundaries of the district it represents;

(xvi) “District board member area” means a geographical area within a district from which a member of the board of the district is appointed;

(xvii) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 191, § 4.

(xviii) “ Farm products ” means all crops, crop products, nursery stock, plants or portions thereof, but shall not mean livestock;

(xix) “Infested farm products” means farm products which contain injurious insects, pests, weed seed, poisonous or injurious plants or any injurious portion thereof, or plant diseases;

(xx) “ Landowner ” means any person who has actual use, exclusive possession of or exercises control over the land through any lease, easement, right-of-way or estate in the land. Federal landowner means the federal agency having jurisdiction over any lands affected by this act;

(xxi) “District supervisor” means the person appointed or employed by the district board for the purpose of carrying out this act within a district;

(xxii) “Wyoming weed and pest council” means the state council composed of one (1) representative of each district as authorized in writing by that board of directors. The director of the department of agriculture or his designated representative shall serve ex officio;

(xxiii) “ Emergency declaration ” means the addition of a weed or pest to either the statewide designated list or to a county declared list on an emergency basis to allow for immediate control activities. An emergency declaration shall only last until formal action can be taken by the council and the board to list the species through established rules, and in any case not to exceed one (1) year;

(xxiv) “This act” means W.S. 11-5-101 through 11-5-120 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-38-109 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 38 / Section 11-38-109
§ 11-38-109. Deposit and disbursement of collected monies; surety bond required
Status: in_force

(a) Monies collected pursuant to this act shall be deposited with the state treasurer's office and disbursed in accordance with the act.

(b) Any person authorized by the commission to receive or disburse funds, shall post with the commission a surety bond in the amount the commission determines sufficient, for which the cost or premium shall be paid by the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-41-105 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 41 / Section 11-41-105
§ 11-41-105. Selection of mediators; duties; compensation; immunity
Status: repealed

(a) The board shall select mediators and shall establish training standards for mediators which shall include training in mediation processes and conflict resolution.

(b) Mediators shall:

(i) Listen to the parties desiring to be heard;

(ii) Endeavor to create a climate conducive to the resolution of differences between the parties;

(iii) Inform the parties as to the existence of available assistance programs;

(iv) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 48, § 2.

(v) Assist the parties in attempting to arrive at an agreement;

(vi) Assist in the preparation of a written agreement.

(c) Mediators shall be compensated in an amount approved by the board. The parties in the mediation process shall share the costs of the mediation equally. The board may establish a fee schedule to recover, to the extent possible, the board's administrative costs from the parties upon the execution of a mediation agreement.

(d) Mediators, and University of Wyoming financial analysts and extension personnel to the extent they participate in mediations under this chapter, are immune from civil liability for any good faith act or omission within the scope of the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter.

(e) After receiving a mediation request involving an agricultural debt, the board may refer the borrower to the University of Wyoming college of agriculture through the extension service or other financial analysts skilled in assisting with farm debt matters. The financial analyst shall assist the borrower in the preparation of information relative to the finances of the borrower for the initial mediation meeting.

(f) Mediators may not compel a settlement.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-15-106 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-106
§ 11-15-106. Reports of inspections required
Status: in_force

The director shall make reports to the United States department of agriculture on July 1 each year.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-23-203 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 23 / Section 11-23-203
§ 11-23-203. Hide buyer; record of purchases to be kept; contents; inspection by sheriff
Status: in_force

Every hide buyer in this state shall keep a true record of all hides and pelts purchased by him, showing the name of the seller of the hides or pelts, the date of purchase and all brands and other identification marks on the hides and pelts. The record shall be open for inspection by the sheriff or his deputy in his county and any livestock inspector.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-502 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-502
§ 11-19-502. Unloading sheep in transit prohibited; exception; cost of enforcement
Status: in_force

Any sheep in transit through this state shall not be unloaded for any purpose except for feeding, and shall be held in the feed yards or in grazing grounds and not allowed to leave. All expenses of enforcing this section shall be paid by the owner of the sheep.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-17-209 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 17 / Section 11-17-209
§ 11-17-209. Prohibited acts; penalty; additional sanctions
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person to:

(i) Sell or distribute in Wyoming any animal remedy without having attached or furnished such stamps, labels or tags as required by this article;

(ii) Impede, prevent or attempt to prevent the director or his agent in the performance of his lawful duties;

(iii) Sell, offer for sale or distribute in Wyoming any animal remedy without complying with the requirements of this article;

(iv) Sell or distribute in Wyoming any animal remedy when the manufacturer or distributor is not registered with the department as required by this article;

(v) Manufacture, sell, deliver, hold or offer for sale any animal remedy that is adulterated or misbranded;

(vi) Give a guaranty which is false, except a person who relied on a guaranty to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of the person from whom he received the animal remedy in good faith;

(vii) Disseminate any advertisement which is false or misleading in any respect, but no person or medium for the dissemination of any advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the animal remedy to which a false advertisement relates, is subject to the penalties for violations of this article, by reason of the dissemination by him of the false advertisement, unless he refused, on the request of the director to furnish the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller or advertising agency which caused him to disseminate the advertisement;

(viii) Sell or offer to sell any biological product that has not been kept in refrigeration under conditions prescribed by the rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the director.

(b) Any person violating any provision of W.S. 11-17-201 through 11-17-209 or rules or regulations thereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both, for the first offense, and upon conviction for a subsequent offense shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both. Any offense committed more than three (3) years after a previous conviction shall be considered a first offense.

(c) In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (b) of this section, the distribution of any animal remedy mixed or adulterated with any substance injurious to animals is subject to seizure and condemnation as the court may direct. The court may in its discretion release the animal remedy seized when the requirements of law have been complied with, and upon payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the state in any proceedings connected with the seizure.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-30-112 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 30 / Section 11-30-112
§ 11-30-112. Abuse or negligent treatment by bailee
Status: in_force

Any person who takes into his possession, or hires or loans any property of any livery stable keeper, or any other person, and while the property is in his custody shall willfully, or with gross neglect or culpable carelessness damage or destroy the property, or permit the property to be damaged or destroyed, or shall by willful or gross neglect cause the sickness, injury or death of any animal received into his possession, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than sixty (60) days, or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-35-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 35 / Section 11-35-101
§ 11-35-101. Short title; purpose of provisions
Status: in_force

(a) This act may be known and cited as “The Wyoming Agricultural Marketing Act of 1961.”

(b) It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this act to aid agricultural producers in preventing economic waste in the marketing of their agricultural commodities, to develop more efficient and equitable methods of marketing of agricultural commodities and to aid agricultural producers in restoring and maintaining their purchasing power at a more adequate, equitable and reasonable level.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-11-119 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-11-119
§ 11-11-119. Cease and desist orders; warehousemen; notice; opportunity for hearing
Status: in_force

(a) After notice and opportunity for hearing, the department shall issue a final cease and desist order to a warehouseman if the warehouseman or any officer, director, employee or agent of the warehouse is violating any state statute or rule relating to warehouses or warehousemen.

(b) Before issuing a final cease and desist order, the department shall serve notice of intent to issue the order upon the warehouseman. The notice shall be in writing and shall contain the information required by W.S. 11-11-121(a) . The proposed order shall direct the warehouseman to discontinue the violations of law, rule or regulation.

(c) The warehouseman may request a hearing on the proposed order before the director in accordance with W.S. 11-11-121(b) . If the warehouseman does not request a hearing in writing within the prescribed time period, the proposed order shall become a final cease and desist order and the department shall serve the final order upon the warehouseman.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-12-118 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 12 / Section 11-12-118
§ 11-12-118. Duty of district or county and prosecuting attorney to prosecute reported violations
Status: in_force

Any district or county and prosecuting attorney to whom the director of the department of agriculture reports any violation of this act shall cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts without delay.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-208 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-208
§ 11-20-208. Proof of prior ownership; penalties for furnishing false proof
Status: in_force

(a) When the proof of ownership inspection is used, inspectors shall require proof of ownership of livestock upon change of ownership as provided by W.S. 11-20-203(a) and an instrument evidencing such ownership shall be delivered by the shipper to the inspector who shall attach it to the form and return it to the agency.

(b) The furnishing of false proof of prior ownership is probable cause for investigation of a felony offense being committed. All livestock involved shall be remanded to the custody of the Wyoming livestock board pending the outcome of the investigation and criminal charges, if any. Costs incurred for maintenance of the livestock involved shall be paid by the person who furnished false proof of ownership. Should the investigation show the only offense involved is furnishing false proof of ownership, the person furnishing such false proof shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-16-133 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-133
§ 11-16-133. Tax levied on property in district; maximum amount; soil and water conservation fund; other appropriation authorized
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to W.S. 11-16-134 , the county commissioners may annually levy a tax to carry out this act. The tax shall be levied upon all property in the district and shall not exceed one (1) mill on each one dollar ($1.00) of assessed valuation. The tax is not part of the general county or city mill levies. The tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes and the county treasurer shall remit the taxes collected to the district to a separate fund to be known as the conservation district fund, which shall be used only to carry out the purposes of this act.

(b) Whether or not a tax levy is authorized under W.S. 11-16-134 , each board of county commissioners may make appropriations from the county general fund to districts established under this act for the purpose of providing soil and water conservation programs.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-13-107 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 13 / Section 11-13-107
§ 11-13-107. Warning to distributor; seizure and order of disposition; application for release
Status: in_force

(a) When the director or his authorized agents find that an article is unregistered, mislabeled or misbranded, adulterated or that it does not conform to its label guarantee, he may issue a written statement warning the distributor that the article is considered to be in violation of the law. This statement is a warning only, to the distributor that if the article is distributed further the director may bring proceedings. If the distributor or manufacturer heeds the warning and corrects the violation within the time allowed by the director, no further action will be taken.

(b) Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with requirements of law and regulations is subject to seizure on complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the commercial feed is located. If the court finds the commercial feed in violation and orders the condemnation of the feed, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial feed and the laws of the state. In no instance shall the disposition of the commercial feed be ordered by the court without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the feed or for permission to process or relabel the feed to bring it into compliance with the law.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-35-110 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 35 / Section 11-35-110
§ 11-35-110. Marketing orders; geographic limitations; total class to be included
Status: in_force

Marketing orders may be limited in their application by prescribing the marketing areas or portions of the state in which a particular order is effective. No marketing order shall be issued unless it embraces all persons of a like class in a given area who are engaged in a specific and distinctive agricultural industry or trade within this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-11-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-11-102
§ 11-11-102. Applicability
Status: in_force

W.S. 11-11-101 through 11-11-117 do not apply to any person licensed under the laws or regulations of the United States relating to storing and handling grain.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-31-212 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 31 / Section 11-31-212
§ 11-31-212. Rabies control districts; establishment; notice
Status: in_force

(a) The board of county commissioners of any county may establish a rabies control district by resolution when in the judgment of the board and the county health officer a district is necessary. The resolution shall designate the boundaries of the district, which may include any incorporated city or town, and shall identify the district by name.

(b) The resolution creating the rabies control district shall be published at least once a week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein the district is located.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-27-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 27 / Section 11-27-101
§ 11-27-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Board” means the Wyoming livestock board;

(ii) “Garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods including animal carcasses or parts thereof;

(iii) “This act” means W.S. 11-27-101 through 11-27-107 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-30-109 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 30 / Section 11-30-109
§ 11-30-109. Taking horses and equipment without consent of owner
Status: in_force

Any person who unlawfully takes without consent of the owner any horse, ass or mule, or any buggy or other vehicle from the stable, lot, premises or pasture of another, or from a hitching post or rack or any other place, having been lawfully placed there, with intent to set at large, injure or wrongfully use the animal or vehicle taken, is guilty of criminal trespass and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), or more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both, and is also liable to the party injured in double the amount of damage sustained.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-16-113 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-113
§ 11-16-113. Establishment of district
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission determines the operation of the proposed district is administratively practicable, it shall appoint two (2) supervisors who are owners of land in the district to act with three (3) supervisors elected as provided hereinafter as the governing body of the district. The district shall be a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic. The two (2) appointed supervisors shall present to the secretary of state an application signed by them setting forth by recital only and not in detail:

(i) That a petition for the creation of the district was filed with the commission pursuant to the provisions of this act, and the proceedings specified in the act were taken pursuant to the petition;

(ii) That the application is filed to complete the organization of the district as a governmental subdivision and a public body, corporate and politic, under this act;

(iii) That the commission has appointed them as supervisors;

(iv) The name and official residence of each supervisor and a certified copy of the appointment evidencing his right to office;

(v) The term of office of each supervisor;

(vi) The name of the district; and

(vii) The location of the principal office of the supervisors of the district.

(b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each supervisor before an officer authorized to administer oaths, who shall certify upon the application that he personally knows the supervisors and knows them to be the officers affirmed in the application, and that each has subscribed thereto in the officer's presence. The application shall be accompanied by a certified statement by the commission, setting forth the boundaries of the district but otherwise containing no detail other than the mere recitals that:

(i) A petition was filed, notice issued and hearing held as required by law;

(ii) The commission determined that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for a conservation district to function in the proposed territory and did define the boundaries;

(iii) Notice was given and a referendum held on the question of the creation of such district;

(iv) The result of the referendum showed a majority of the votes cast in favor of the creation of the district; and

(v) The commission did determine the operation of the proposed district is administratively practicable.

(c) The secretary of state shall examine the application and statement and if he finds the name proposed for the district is not so similar to that of another conservation district as to cause confusion or uncertainty, he shall record them in an appropriate book in his office. If the secretary of state finds the name proposed for the district is so similar to that of any other conservation district of this state as to lead to confusion, he shall certify that fact to the commission, which shall submit a new name for the district which is not subject to such defects. Upon receipt of the new name the secretary of state shall record the application and statement, with the name so modified, in an appropriate book. When the application and statement have been made, filed and recorded, the district is a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic. The secretary of state shall issue to the supervisors a certificate, under the seal of the state, of the organization of the district, and shall record the certificate with the application and statement. The boundaries of the district shall include the territory determined by the commission, but shall not include any area included within the boundaries of another conservation district organized under this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-25-203 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 25 / Section 11-25-203
§ 11-25-203. Horses to race under true name; substitution of horses, concealment of identification, prohibited
Status: in_force

Every horse participating in any event authorized by a permit issued under this act shall participate under its true and registered name, shall be fully and truly identified and shall not participate under any other name or identification. There shall be no substitution of horses nor shall any device whatsoever be used to conceal or confuse the name and identification of any horse.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-110 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-110
§ 11-20-110. Recorded brand; bill of sale; when title vests
Status: in_force

Any recorded brand may be conveyed to another by a bill of sale executed by the vendor, properly acknowledged, but the conveyance is not complete nor does title to the brand vest in the vendee until the bill of sale is filed for record and the ownership of the brand is transferred in the office of the board.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-12-121 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 12 / Section 11-12-121
§ 11-12-121. False labeling of seeds; false labeling as prima facie evidence of violation
Status: in_force

Any label or tag prohibited by W.S. 11-12-120 found attached to any container of seed or propagating material is prima facie evidence of a violation of W.S. 11-12-120 by the person falsely labeling or tagging the container.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-102
§ 11-19-102. Duty of public to report diseases; list of reportable diseases; failure to comply or obstruction of duty; liability; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person or government entity who knows or suspects that there is any contagious or infectious reportable disease among animals owned by or under their jurisdiction or any veterinarian who knows or suspects any reportable contagious or infectious disease on any premises or in any animal, shall immediately report the same to the state veterinarian. The state veterinarian shall establish and manage a list of reportable diseases for any contagious or infectious disease deemed by the state veterinarian to be a threat to domestic animals. During development of this list the state veterinarian shall consult with the Wyoming game and fish department's supervisor of veterinary research services. Information collected in response to the list of reportable diseases shall be considered confidential proprietary information. Access to any information collected under the list of reportable diseases shall be limited to the person who reported the disease and the state veterinarian, except that the state veterinarian may at his discretion notify any of the following:

(i) The Wyoming livestock board;

(ii) The state veterinary laboratory;

(iii) The Wyoming game and fish director only if the disease threatens wildlife;

(iv) Any state or federal inspector, public health official or peace officer who is actively involved in the investigation of an outbreak or suspected outbreak of the contagious or infectious disease;

(v) Owners of possible contact animals;

(vi) Adjacent landowners; or

(vii) Local area practicing veterinarians.

(b) The state veterinarian when he deems it to be in the best interests of animal health, or the state public health officer when he deems it to be in the best interests of human public health, may release to the public any information collected under subsection (a) of this section, except the identity of any individual who reported the disease or whose animals may have contracted the disease.

(c) A failure to report, or any attempt to conceal the existence of the disease or to willfully or maliciously obstruct or resist the veterinarian in the discharge of his duty is a misdemeanor. Any person who willfully or maliciously falsifies a report to the state veterinarian is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of any of the above acts or omissions shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103 .

(d) Any person who knows that they own or have in their possession any livestock as defined by W.S. 11-20-101(a)(iv) infected with any disease formally declared by the Wyoming livestock board, through rule and regulation, as being potentially economically devastating and for which there is a valid diagnostic test and who transfers ownership or possession of the livestock to another person, or who knowingly or through his own neglect allows the livestock to commingle with uninfected livestock, is liable for the economic damages caused by the spread of the disease to uninfected livestock. In addition to the conditions for liability and recovery set in subsection (e) of this section, damages shall be available under this subsection only to a transferee who accepts the diseased animal directly from the liable person and to the owner of an animal that becomes infected as the result of direct contact with the diseased animal. The burden of proving liability and damages under this section shall be upon the person claiming damages. Any person who files a claim for recovery under this subsection alleging facts known to be false is liable for three (3) times the damages caused by the false claim and reasonable attorney fees.

(e) No person who has received written notice that an animal is infected with a disease identified in subsection (d) of this section prior to acquiring ownership or assuming possession of the infected animal shall be entitled to the damages provided by subsection (d) of this section. No livestock sales or auction facility shall be subject to the liability imposed by subsection (d) of this section if:

(i) The existence of disease was not reported to the facility and the facility did not know of the existence of the disease; or

(ii) The facility provided written notice of the disease to the person claiming damages under subsection (d) of this section.

(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the state veterinarian shall provide testing information to the owner of an animal that has tested non-negative for brucellosis not later than three (3) days after receipt of the preliminary laboratory results.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-14-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-102
§ 11-14-102. Administration of provisions
Status: in_force

This act shall be administered by the state department of agriculture, hereinafter referred to as the department.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-36-109 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 36 / Section 11-36-109
§ 11-36-109. Administration and enforcement; prosecution of violations; hearings by director; disposition thereof; penalty for violation; injunctions
Status: in_force

(a) The board is responsible for the administration and enforcement of this act and shall adopt and enforce rules and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

(b) Upon finding by the director that he has reasonable cause to believe there may have been a violation of any marketing order issued by the board or a violation of this act, the director shall file a complaint in the name of the state of Wyoming against the alleged violator in the district court of the county in which the alleged violation occurred. The alleged violation shall be prosecuted by the attorney general of the state or the district attorney.

(c) Upon filing with the board a complaint by any person other than the director, charging a violation of this act or any marketing order issued by the board, and prior to the institution of any court proceeding, the director may call a hearing to consider the charges set forth in the complaint. At the hearing the director may take testimony, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and issue subpoenas for the production of books, records or documents of any kind. Upon conclusion of the hearing:

(i) If the director finds that no violation has occurred, the director shall dismiss the complaint and notify the parties to the complaint of the dismissal;

(ii) If the director finds that a violation has occurred, the director shall enter his findings and accordingly notify the parties to the complaint. Should any violator fail, neglect or refuse to desist from the violation or continued violation within the time and manner specified by the director, the director may file a complaint against the violator with the district court of the county in which the violation occurred and the attorney general of the state or the district attorney for the county shall prosecute the violator in the name of the state of Wyoming.

(d) Every person who violates this act or any marketing order issued by the board is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.

(e) The violation of this act or any marketing order issued by the board may be enjoined by a proceeding brought by the board in the name of the state of Wyoming, prosecuted by the attorney general of this state or by the district attorney for the county wherein the violation occurred, whether or not any assessment has been levied and collected pursuant to W.S. 11-36-106 or whether or not a criminal proceeding has been instituted. Neither the board nor the state may be required to post any bonds otherwise required by law or rules relating to injunctive proceedings.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-107 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-107
§ 11-5-107. Purchase and sale of pesticides; cost share with landowner
Status: in_force

(a) The district board may purchase from authorized dealers such quantities of pesticides as are necessary, and hire labor to carry out the provisions of this act. Warrants in payment shall be drawn on the weed and pest control fund.

(b) The district board may sell pesticides which have been registered with the department for designated or declared noxious weed and pest control.

(c) In the case of delinquent indebtedness under this section the district board may seek a judgment from the district court for the indebtedness, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. The judgment shall be enforced as provided by law.

(d) The district board may cost share with the landowner the cost of the pesticides, the cost of the application and the cost of any other integrated management practice for the control of designated or declared noxious weeds and pests.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-2-208 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-208
§ 11-2-208. Agricultural research funding program
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall, through rule and regulation, establish a process to solicit applications from the agricultural industry in the state for applied agricultural research projects.

(b) The director, with approval from the board, may solicit applications for applied research under this section and shall contract with any appropriate educational institution or other qualified entity to conduct the research as provided in the application.

(c) In soliciting and reviewing applications under this section, the director and the board shall:

(i) Consult with producers and nonprofit organizations representing Wyoming agricultural producers;

(ii) Consider the potential impacts of the research in strengthening Wyoming's agricultural industry and agricultural production;

(iii) Consider the time for anticipated completion of the research;

(iv) Consider the educational institution or other qualified entity which will conduct the research, giving preference to educational institutions located within the state;

(v) Ensure that the research results will be widely disseminated to the appropriate sectors of Wyoming agriculture;

(vi) Establish requirements for matching contributions from the educational institution or entity involved in the research and give preference to those projects which include additional private and institutional funding in support of the projects.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-34-110 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 34 / Section 11-34-110
§ 11-34-110. Limitations on borrowers; due on sale clause; sale of mortgaged land
Status: in_force

(a) No loan shall be made to any person who is not at the time or shortly to become engaged in the cultivation and development of the farm land mortgaged.

(b) Loans shall be made only to qualified Wyoming electors or to a corporation if a majority of the corporation's outstanding shares are owned beneficially or of record by qualified Wyoming electors.

(c) Every mortgage shall contain a due on sale clause which may be exercised at the option of the board. The board may permit a mortgage to be assumed by a purchaser who is otherwise qualified to receive a loan under this act, or by the heirs of a deceased mortgagor.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-118 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-118
§ 11-20-118. Drover's stock; to be kept separate
Status: in_force

Every stock drover shall keep his livestock separate and distinct from other livestock, and if his livestock becomes mixed with other livestock the stock drover shall forthwith separate the same and return any comingled livestock to their lawful owner.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-24-109 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 24 / Section 11-24-109
§ 11-24-109. Record to be kept of estrays found in shipments in transit of cattle or horses
Status: in_force

All inspectors shall keep a record of all estrays found in any shipment of cattle or horses in transit from this state, and shall take a receipt for the estrays from the shipper, or in default of a receipt, shall take the estray from the shipment, giving the shipper a receipt for the estrays on behalf of the livestock board.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-6-105 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-105
§ 11-6-105. Issuance of aerial hunting permits authorized
Status: in_force

The department may issue permits for the aerial hunting of rodents and predators to any person for the protection of livestock, domesticated animals or human life, upon a showing that the person or their designated pilot, along with the aircraft to be utilized in the aerial hunting, have been licensed and qualified in accordance with the requirements of the Wyoming aeronautics commission. The department shall furnish to the game and fish department a list of the names and addresses of the persons to whom they have issued aerial permits. The department may predicate the issuance or retention of such permits upon the recipients' full and prompt disclosure of information as the department may request for submission to the authorities designated in accordance with section 13 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 or its successor. The department shall collect a fee from each person who has any aircraft permitted under this section on or before April 1 of each year in the amount authorized by W.S. 11-1-104 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-215 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-215
§ 11-19-215. Prohibited acts; penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who intentionally interferes with, refuses to assist in gathering and testing his livestock animals, or hinders the work of the state veterinarian or his employees under this act, or who attempts to defeat the object of the tuberculin test by a previous injection of tuberculin commonly known as “plugging,” or in any way attempts to prevent an accurate and truthful determination of the condition of the livestock animals tested, shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-13-103 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 13 / Section 11-13-103
§ 11-13-103. Labels
Status: in_force

(a) Every lot, package or parcel of commercial feed sold, offered for sale or distributed within this state shall have a tag or label affixed in a conspicuous place on the outside, containing a legible printed statement clearly and truly certifying:

(i) The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed;

(ii) A purpose statement which shall contain the specific species and animal class for which the feed is intended. The manufacturer shall have flexibility in describing in more specific common language the defined animal class, specie and purpose while being consistent with the category of animal class, which may include but not be limited to the weight range, sex or ages of the animals for which the feed is manufactured. The purpose statement may be excluded from the label if the product name includes a description of the species and animal class for which the product is intended;

(iii) The guaranteed analysis stated in such terms that will advise the user of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods. The guaranteed analysis shall contain the following information:

(A) The minimum percent of crude protein;

(B) The percent of added approved synthetic nitrogen sources reported as protein, for ruminant feeding only;

(C) The minimum percent of crude fat;

(D) The maximum percent of crude fiber;

(E) The vitamin content as listed;

(F) The month and year of preparation or lot number, all legibly printed;

(G) The maximum percent of water in the case of liquid commercial feeds; and

(H) Other substances or elements, determinable by laboratory methods, guaranteed by permission of the director.

(iv) The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of commercial feed. The name of each ingredient shall be defined in the official publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, common or usual name, or one (1) approved by the director. The use of a collective term for a group of ingredients which perform a similar function shall be permitted. Collective terms for grouping of feed ingredients as defined in the official definitions of feed ingredients published in the official publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials in lieu of the individual ingredients may be used provided that:

(A) When a collective term for a group of ingredients is used on the label, individual ingredients within that group shall not be listed on the label; and

(B) The manufacturer shall provide the department, upon request, with a list of individual ingredients, within a defined group, that are or have been used at manufacturing facilities distributing in or into this state.

(v) Directions for use and any warning or precaution statements;

(vi) The name and principal address of the manufacturer or person responsible for distributing the commercial feed;

(vii) The net weight of the contents of the package, lot or parcel stated in the required avoirdupois;

(viii) For medicated feeds:

(A) The word “medicated” shall appear directly below the product name;

(B) The guaranteed analysis of the drug or medication used, expressed in terms respective to the type of drug or medication used; and

(C) A claim statement shall be included in the labeling.

(b) A custom formula feed shall be accompanied by a label, invoice, delivery slip or other shipping document and be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery bearing the following information:

(i) Name and address of the manufacturer;

(ii) Name and address of the purchaser;

(iii) Date of sale or delivery;

(iv) The custom formula feed name, product name and brand name, if any, and number of pounds of each registered commercial feed used in the mixture and the name and number of pounds of each other feed ingredient added;

(v) The net weight of the contents of the package, lot or parcel, stated in the required avoirdupois; and

(vi) The directions for use and any precautionary statements for all custom formula feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as necessary for their safe and effective use. Any custom formula feeds containing drugs or medications shall also be provided as outlined in subsection (a) of this section with a claim statement and the guaranteed analysis of the drug or medication used, expressed in terms respective to the type of drug or medication used. Should any custom formula feed be distributed to any other person than the final purchaser for whom the feed was made, it shall be considered a commercial feed and shall meet all labeling and registration requirements of a commercial feed as outlined in this act.

(c) Every lot, package or parcel of mineral mixtures sold, offered for sale or distributed as commercial feed within this state shall have a tag or label affixed in a conspicuous place on the outside containing a legible printed statement truly certifying:

(i) The net weight of the contents of the package, lot or parcel stated in the required avoirdupois;

(ii) The product name and brand name, if any, under which the mineral mixture is distributed;

(iii) The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or person responsible for distributing the mineral mixture;

(iv) The minimum and maximum percent of calcium (Ca) subject to the following limitations:

(A) The maximum percent of calcium shall not exceed by more than twenty percent (20%) the minimum percent of calcium unless the minimum percent of calcium is five percent (5%) or less, in which case the maximum percent of calcium may exceed the minimum by one percent (1%) of calcium; and

(B) Where limestone is used as a source of calcium in livestock minerals sold in Wyoming, no limestone shall be used which contains less than ninety percent (90%) of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ).

(v) The minimum percent of phosphorus (P);

(vi) The minimum percent of iodine (I);

(vii) The maximum percent of sodium chloride (NaCl);

(viii) The specific generic name of each ingredient used in its manufacture.

(d) The crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, vitamins and minerals shall be determined by the methods in force at the time by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-18-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 18 / Section 11-18-102
§ 11-18-102. Livestock board; duties generally
Status: in_force

The Wyoming livestock board shall exercise general supervision over and protect the livestock interests of the state from theft and disease, and shall recommend legislation as in its judgment will foster the industry.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-16-120 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-120
§ 11-16-120. District supervisors; elections under Election Code and for new districts
Status: repealed

(a) District supervisors shall be elected in subsequent elections under the Special District Elections Act of 1994 and as hereinafter provided for new districts:

(i) At the first subsequent director election following establishment of a new district, five (5) supervisors, who reside within the district shall be elected at large by a nonpartisan ballot. Three (3) supervisors shall be rural residents, one (1) shall be a resident of an urban area and one (1) shall be elected at large. At the first subsequent director election, the at large candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected for a four (4) year term, the urban candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected for a four (4) year term, the rural candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall serve a four (4) year term and the two (2) candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two (2) year terms. In succeeding elections all supervisors shall be elected for four (4) year terms.

(ii) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-402 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-402
§ 11-5-402. Emergency insect management account; established
Status: in_force

The emergency insect management program account is created to consist of funds appropriated or designated to the account by law for the emergency management of insect pests or insect vectors.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-27-104 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 27 / Section 11-27-104
§ 11-27-104. Feeding permit; requirement; renewal; annual fee; exception
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall feed garbage to swine, without first securing a permit from the board. Permits shall be renewed on April 1 each year. The board shall charge one dollar ($1.00) for each annual permit.

(b) This act does not apply to any person who feeds his own swine the garbage obtained only from his own household.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-406 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-406
§ 11-5-406. Program participation requirements; application; funding participation levels specified; restriction on expenditures
Status: in_force

(a) Any state agency, 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. Applicants shall coordinate participation in emergency insect management programs under this article with applicable weed and pest control districts.

(b) Emergency management program participation under this article shall be subject to the following requirements:

(i) Insect vector management programs or nonoutbreak insect programs shall receive not more than fifty percent (50%) of total program costs from the account;

(ii) Subject to paragraph (iii) of this subsection, a reactive program for the suppression of outbreaks of grasshoppers, Mormon crickets or other outbreak insects on state and private lands shall receive not more than fifty percent (50%) of total program costs from the account;

(iii) If the emergency insect management program under paragraph (ii) of this subsection is for grasshopper suppression, the program shall consist of treatments targeting infestations greater than two thousand (2,000) acres or those suppressing less than the entire infestation regardless of size;

(iv) Subject to paragraph (v) of this subsection, a proactive, preventative program targeting incipient infestations of grasshoppers, Mormon crickets or other outbreak insects on state and private lands, with the potential to expand into outbreaks, shall receive not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of total program costs from the account;

(v) If the emergency insect management program under paragraph (iv) of this subsection is for grasshoppers, the program shall include up to two thousand (2,000) acres if the entire infestation is included within the program;

(vi) During the first three (3) years of operation of any emergency insect management program, not more than twenty percent (20%) of funds provided to the program from the account shall be used for administrative costs, equipment and mapping activities, and not more than ten percent (10%) of such funds shall be used for these purposes in subsequent years;

(vii) In addition to paragraph (vi) of this subsection and during the first three (3) years of program operation, not more than twenty percent (20%) of funds provided from the account to any program shall be expended for applied research specifically designed to provide immediate results directly in support of improved integrated pest management practices, and not more than ten percent (10%) of such funds may be used for this purpose in subsequent years.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-34-124 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 34 / Section 11-34-124
§ 11-34-124. Interest on defaulted payments and unpaid taxes; agreement to pay; insurance required; use of proceeds; foreclosure permitted
Status: in_force

Every borrower shall pay interest on defaulted payments at a rate to be determined by the board not to exceed a ten percent (10%) annual percentage rate. By express covenant in his mortgage deed the borrower shall agree to pay when due all interest, taxes, liens, judgments, assessments and insurance lawfully assessed against the mortgaged land. Taxes, liens, judgments, assessments or insurance not paid when due and paid by the mortgagee become a part of the mortgage debt and shall bear interest at a rate to be determined by the board not to exceed a ten percent (10%) annual percentage rate. Every borrower shall insure buildings on the lands mortgaged to the satisfaction of the board. Insurance shall be made payable to the mortgagee as its interest may appear at the time of loss, and at the option of the mortgagee subject to the general regulations of the board. Insurance proceeds received may be used to pay for reconstruction of the buildings destroyed. Nothing in this section shall prevent the commencement of foreclosure proceedings at any time upon the default of principal or interest or failure to pay any taxes, judgments, assessments, liens or insurance.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-10-105 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-10-105
§ 11-10-105. Entry fees
Status: in_force

A fee may be charged for any in-state or out-of-state exhibit to be entered in the state fair at an amount set by the state fair board.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-14-111 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-111
§ 11-14-111. Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The director may prescribe and enforce rules and regulations relating to investigational allowances, definitions, records and the distribution of commercial fertilizers, soil conditioners and soil amendments as necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-108 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-108
§ 11-20-108. Recorded brand; certified copy deemed prima facie evidence of ownership
Status: in_force

A certified copy of any brand recorded in the office of the board is prima facie evidence of ownership of animals branded therewith for that species of livestock recorded by the board. The brand shall be received as evidence of ownership in all legal proceedings involving title to the animal.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-11-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-11-101
§ 11-11-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this chapter:

(i) “Director” means the director of the Wyoming department of agriculture;

(ii) “ Warehouseman ” means any person except the grower who handles grain for commercial storage or solicits grain for the purpose of intrastate, interstate or foreign commerce;

(iii) “ Grain ” means any variety of beans, wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, grain sorghum, millet, oil seeds, sunflower, soybean, flax, or seeds of legumes and grasses;

(iv) To “store” or “warehouse” means any method by which grain owned by another is held for the owner by one not the owner except for the transportation thereof;

(v) “Stored grain” means grain held or placed in storage in an elevator, grain cleaning plant, grain warehouse or public warehouse of whatever kind by any person not the actual bona fide owner of the grain;

(vi) “ Scale ticket ” means a load slip or other evidence of delivery, other than a warehouse receipt, given to the party making delivery by a warehouse licensed under the provisions of this act;

(vii) “ Warehouse ” means an elevator, mill, storage bin or building, subterminal grain storage facility, public storage facility or other structure or facility in which grain is received for commercial storage or for the purpose of intrastate, interstate or foreign commerce;

(viii) “ Audit ” means an examination of records or financial accounts to determine their accuracy;

(ix) “ Depositor ” means any person who is in possession of a commodity and entrusts or delivers the commodity to a warehouse for storage;

(x) “ Inspection ” means the physical review or examination of the grain warehouse or storage facility and may include an official audit;

(xi) “ Loss ” means the destruction of the commodity due to fire, theft or weather;

(xii) “ Receipt ” means a warehouse receipt issued under this act, including an electronic receipt;

(xiii) “ Transportation ” means the movement of grain from one (1) point to another;

(xiv) “ Verified ” means signed and sworn to be accurate before a person authorized to administer oaths.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-125 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-125
§ 11-20-125. Use of a seasonal brand; application for an annual permit to use an out-of-state brand
Status: in_force

(a) A person may apply to the board for permission to use his out-of-state brand on cattle, horses, asses or mules, provided the brand is legally registered in the state of origin. If a conflict is found with a registered Wyoming brand the board, notwithstanding W.S. 11-20-104 and 11-20-117 and as established by rule and regulation, may authorize use of the brand and require further identification. The permit shall be valid for a one hundred eighty (180) day period during the calendar year. The permit is not transferable. The annual fee for the permit shall be the same as the fee for a new brand as prescribed in W.S. 11-20-103 . The permit may be issued and renewed annually if the board finds the requirements of this section are met:

(i) The applicant shall agree to restrict a permitted out-of-state brand on calves born to cattle imported for grazing purposes, yearling, feeder or stocker cattle imported for feeding or grazing or cattle consigned to a commercial feedlot. “ Calves ” for purposes of this section means calves less than six (6) months old and running at their mother's sides;

(ii) The applicant shall supply the brand inspector proof of ownership of the cattle at the time of brand inspection and shall show proof that the out-of-state brand is currently registered either by brand card or brand certificate from the state of issue; and

(iii) If the permit is issued, the permittee shall pay for all necessary brand inspections as prescribed by law.

(b) If there are written complaints to the board from three (3) or more affected parties, the board shall investigate the complaints and take appropriate action.

(c) The board may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-14-109 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-109
§ 11-14-109. Misbranded or adulterated fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment; distribution of unregistered fertilizer
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall distribute misbranded fertilizer, soil conditioners or soil amendments. A commercial fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment is misbranded if:

(i) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular way, including being labeled organic fertilizer, when its use is not allowed pursuant to the United States department of agriculture “National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances” rule;

(ii) It is distributed under the name of another fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment;

(iii) It is not labeled as required in W.S. 11-14-105 and in accordance with regulations prescribed under this act.

(b) No person shall distribute an adulterated fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment. A commercial fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment is adulterated if:

(i) It contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or if adequate warning statements or directions for use which may be necessary to protect plant life are not shown upon the label;

(ii) Its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling;

(iii) It contains unwanted crop seed or weed seed; or

(iv) A commercial fertilizer that contains guaranteed amounts of phosphates or micronutrients, contains metals in amounts greater than the levels of metals established by the following table:

Metal

ppm per 1% PO

ppm per 1% micronutrients

Arsenic

13

112

Cadmium

10

83

Cobalt

3,100

23,000*

Lead

61

463

Mercury

1

6

Molybdenum

42

300*

Nickel

250

1,900

Selenium

26

180

Zinc

420

2,900*

(* only applies when not guaranteed)

The table shall be used according to the following three (3) situations:

(A) For fertilizers with a phosphate guarantee, but no micronutrient guarantee, multiply the percent guaranteed P 2 O 5 in the product by the values in the table to obtain the maximum allowable concentration of each metal. The minimum value for P 2 O 5 utilized as a multiplier shall be six (6.0);

(B) For fertilizers with one (1) or more micronutrient guarantee, but no phosphate guarantee, multiply the sum of the guaranteed percentages of all micronutrients in the product by the value in the appropriate column in the table to obtain the maximum allowable concentration (in parts per million, or ppm) of each metal. The minimum value for micronutrients utilized as a multiplier shall be one (1);

(C) For fertilizers with both a phosphate and a micronutrient guarantee, multiply the guaranteed percent P 2 O 5 by the value in the appropriate column. The minimum value for P 2 O 5 utilized as a multiplier shall be one (1). Then, multiply the sum of the guaranteed percentages of the micronutrients by the value in the appropriate column. The minimum value for micronutrients utilized as a multiplier shall be one (1). Then, utilize the higher of the two (2) resulting values as the maximum allowable concentration (ppm) of each metal.

(c) No person shall distribute unregistered fertilizers, soil conditioners or soil amendments.

(d) No person shall distribute fertilizers, soil conditioners or soil amendments that are short weight. All provisions for enforcement of items found to be short weight shall be administered by the department under W.S. 40-10-117 through 40-10-136 of the weights and measures law.

(e) Any penalties resulting from violations of these heavy metal standards shall accrue to the registrant of the material that violates the heavy metal standard.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-115 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-115
§ 11-20-115. Rerecording; when required; notice; abandonment
Status: repealed

(a) Every owner of a brand shall rerecord the brand according to the applicable time periods established by the board pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, and failure to do so is an abandonment of the brand as provided in this section. At least sixty (60) days preceding the expiration date of the brand, the board shall notify by mail and electronic mail if provided, at the address shown on the brand records, the owner of the brand that the brand must be rerecorded and if the brand has not been rerecorded within sixty (60) days from the expiration date of the brand, the brand will be declared delinquent. The board shall send a second notice by certified mail to the owner of the brand at the address shown on the brand records within thirty (30) days following the expiration date of the brand. A delinquent brand may be rerecorded by the brand owner who shall submit a rerecording application and pay a delinquent fee as established by rule of the board not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). If a delinquent brand is not rerecorded within two (2) years from the expiration date of the brand, the brand will be declared abandoned. Not less than six (6) months before declaring a brand abandoned, the board shall send a notice of proposed brand abandonment to the owner of the brand at the address shown on the brand records. The livestock board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section including rules for issuing abandoned brands to other applicants.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 148, § 3, eff. July 1, 2019.

(c) The term of the rerecording period shall be in ten (10) year increments, not to exceed one hundred (100) years at the option of the owner of the brand. The renewal schedule and the method of renewal shall be established by the board. Every owner of a brand shall rerecord the brand pursuant to the renewal schedule established by the board and shall pay the renewal fee specified by W.S. 11-20-116 which shall be prorated by the board for any renewal of less than ten (10) years.

(d) As part of a rerecording notice or abandonment notice sent under subsection (a) of this section, the board shall offer the option to the owner of the brand to rerecord all brands owned by the same person upon payment of a prorated fee, whether or not the brand has reached its rerecording date and provided that the rerecording period shall not exceed the term established by subsection (c) of this section. The board shall offer the option to the owner of the brand to extend the rerecording period in ten (10) year increments not to exceed one hundred (100) years upon payment of the appropriate fee as specified in W.S. 11-20-116(a) .

(e) The owner of a brand declared delinquent under subsection (a) of this section may provide payment in full of the required recording fee and any delinquency fees at the time of brand inspection.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-3-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-101
§ 11-3-101. Duty of county assessors
Status: in_force

At the time of making annual assessment of property, each county assessor shall collect statistics in relation to farm products and agricultural resources from each farm and ranch owner, operator or renter as called for by the director. Necessary forms shall be furnished by the director, but shall not duplicate questions in assessor's schedules.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-2-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-101
§ 11-2-101. Department and board created; director
Status: repealed

(a) A state department of agriculture is created under the management and control of the director with the advice of the board of agriculture.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 191, § 4.

(c) The department is authorized to accept, administer and expend agricultural commodity promotion, research and advertising assessments.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-23-107 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 23 / Section 11-23-107
§ 11-23-107. Killing of horses for meat; unmutilated hide or certificate of inspection to be produced; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who kills any horse for the purpose of using, selling or offering for sale the meat or carcass for tankage, or for the purpose of feeding the same to domestic stock or to fur bearing animals, must produce on demand of any inspector or peace officer either the unmutilated hide of the animal killed or a certificate of inspection of the hide, issued by a livestock inspector.

(b) Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than seven hundred seventy-five dollars ($775.00) or more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-33-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 33 / Section 11-33-101
§ 11-33-101. Creation; generally; applicable provisions
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county in the state may create livestock districts within any irrigation district organized under the irrigation district laws of this state as hereinafter provided. When a district is created, W.S. 11-33-101 through 11-33-109 apply and are enforceable therein.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-25-207 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 25 / Section 11-25-207
§ 11-25-207. Bond of permittees; required; conditions; prosecution of actions
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may require any permittee other than a political subdivision licensed to conduct an event to provide and deliver to the commission a bond signed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state in such form and amount as specified by the commission, or certificate of deposit, or irrevocable letter of credit, but not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned that the permittee will pay to the state of Wyoming all monies due it under this act and will perform such other obligations as may be imposed by the commission.

(b) The county attorney of the county in which an event is held shall prosecute all action on the bonds on behalf of the state against any permittee for any reason whatever except a cause of action covered by public liability insurance.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-505 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-505
§ 11-19-505. Owners to be jointly and severally liable; when arrest necessary; service of summons and complaint
Status: in_force

In any action arising under W.S. 11-19-501 through 11-19-505 , all persons owning or having control of the sheep concerning which the action is had, are liable severally and jointly. In criminal actions, no arrest is necessary except in case of nonresident persons, but a summons containing notice of the time and place of trial, together with a copy of the complaint filed in a circuit court, or in the court in which the action is commenced, shall be served in the same manner and for the length of time provided by law for the service of summons in civil cases.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-504 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-504
§ 11-19-504. Refusal to give information deemed misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any herder or other person in charge of sheep who willfully refuses to give an inspector information as to the condition of sheep in his charge is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by W.S. 11-19-506 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-24-112 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 24 / Section 11-24-112
§ 11-24-112. Disposition of proceeds; payment to owner on proof of ownership; unclaimed proceeds generally
Status: in_force

If the lawful owner of any estray disposed of is found within one (1) year after the end of the calendar year in which disposal of the estray occurred, the net amount received from the disposal shall be paid to the owner upon his proving ownership to the satisfaction of the board or agency. If at the end of one (1) year after the end of the calendar year in which disposal of the estray occurred, the proceeds from the disposal of any estray remains unclaimed, the proceeds shall be disposed of as provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-13-110 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 13 / Section 11-13-110
§ 11-13-110. Cooperation with other entities
Status: in_force

The director may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states and agencies of the federal government in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-8-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 8 / Section 11-8-102
§ 11-8-102. Penalty
Status: in_force

A violation of W.S. 11-8-101 is a misdemeanor, and any person convicted thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), imprisoned in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-28-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 28 / Section 11-28-101
§ 11-28-101. Who considered owner
Status: in_force

Any person occupying, using, enjoying, maintaining or having the charge of any enclosure shall be considered the owner thereof, in any action commenced under the provisions of W.S. 11-28-101 through 11-28-108 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-111 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-111
§ 11-5-111. Tax levied on property in district; maximum amount; weed and pest control fund
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall annually levy a tax to carry out this act. The tax shall be levied upon all property in the district and shall not exceed one (1) mill on each one dollar ($1.00) of assessed valuation. The tax is not part of the general county or city mill levies. All taxes levied and collected shall be remitted to the district for a separate fund to be known as the weed and pest control fund, which shall be used only to carry out this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-402 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-402
§ 11-20-402. Miscellaneous inspection fees
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the board shall establish and, through its authorized inspectors, shall collect fees for the following of not less than:

(i) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 105, § 2.

(ii) Repealed by Laws 1996, ch. 25, § 2.

(iii) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) for each certificate issued to a hide buyer as required by W.S. 11-23-204 ;

(iv) Repealed by Laws 1996, ch. 25, § 2.

(v) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each permanent brand inspection and movement permit issued pursuant to W.S. 11-20-224 ;

(vi) Twelve dollars ($12.00) for the first ten (10) head of livestock inspected and one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each additional head inspected under the annual brand inspection and movement permit issued pursuant to W.S. 11-20-225 ;

(vii) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 87, § 3.

(viii) For an accustomed range permit under W.S. 11-20-223 , an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the inspection fees as established by the board pursuant to W.S. 11-20-401(a)(i) through (iii) ;

(ix) A six dollar and twenty-five cent ($6.25) surcharge per inspection by the livestock inspector. The livestock board shall promulgate rules and regulations to identify conditions under which this surcharge may be waived;

(x) The fee for an accustomed range permit under W.S. 11-20-212 , of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00);

(xi) Actual hourly cost plus mileage for any nonmandatory inspections requested by a livestock owner. The hourly cost shall be as determined by the board and the mileage cost shall be as provided by W.S. 9-3-103 .

(b) Repealed by Laws 2010, ch. 69, § 204, eff. July 1, 2010.

(c) The board may establish and, through its authorized inspectors, collect fees from the livestock owner or other responsible party not to exceed the actual cost of any additional necessary reimbursable expenses including transportation, supplies or equipment rental relating to services required by the board. “ Reimbursable expenses ” for the purposes of this subsection shall mean expenses necessary to provide for the immediate safety of the public and livestock for which the board has authority. This subsection shall not apply to those services authorized under W.S. 11-20-401 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-110 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-110
§ 11-5-110. Appraisal of damage to landowner; hearing
Status: in_force

When the district board determines by resolution that the landowner's property has been damaged as a result of carrying out its requirements, the district board shall by resolution appoint three (3) disinterested freeholders within the district to appraise the amount of damage, upon which the district shall forthwith compensate the landowner. The landowner may file a claim for damages and is entitled to a hearing relative to the amount of damages pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-51-103 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-103
§ 11-51-103. Licensing
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall produce or process hemp unless the person has obtained a license from the department on a form provided by the department.

(b) The application for a license under this section shall include:

(i) The name and address of the applicant;

(ii) The physical address and legal description of all land and property where the production or processing will occur;

(iii) A statement that the applicant has not been convicted of or pled nolo contendre to a controlled substance felony within the past ten (10) years, or in the event the applicant is not an individual, a statement that no member, principal, officer or director of the applicant has been convicted of or pled nolo contendre to a controlled substance felony;

(iv) Authorization for reasonable access by the department for inspections and verifications related to production or processing activities for which a licensee shall be assessed fees under W.S. 11-51-104(a) ; and

(v) Verification that the applicant is a business entity organized under the laws of Wyoming or a Wyoming resident, as defined by rule of the department.

(c) The department shall issue a license, or renewal thereof, which is valid for one (1) year if:

(i) The requirements of subsection (b) of this section are met including that the applicant has not been convicted of or pled nolo contendre to a controlled substance felony within the past ten (10) years; and

(ii) Seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) is received for each annual license or renewal application. This fee shall be reduced to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a nonprofit or educational organization.

(d) Licenses under this section may authorize producing hemp and processing hemp products at more than one (1) location for the same licensee.

(e) Any person possessing hemp or hemp products only for the purpose of testing THC levels may, but shall not be required to, obtain a license under this chapter.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-208 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-208
§ 11-19-208. Ear tags; record to be kept of livestock animals tested
Status: in_force

Each livestock animal tested for tuberculosis shall have an official ear tag inserted in its ear. The testing veterinarian shall keep an official record of all livestock animals tested and submit a copy of the record to state and federal animal health officials.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-112 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-112
§ 11-20-112. Brand book; publication; form and contents; distribution of copies; monthly lists and biennial supplements; costs; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

The board shall publish a brand book containing facsimiles or descriptions of all brands recorded in Wyoming together with the owner's name and address. The names and brands shall be arranged in the most convenient form for reference. Copies of the brand book and copies of subsequent supplements shall be given to the agency. At the end of each month, the board shall prepare lists of the brands recorded during that month and shall issue biennial supplements to the brand book which shall supersede and cumulate the monthly lists issued during the biennium. The board may publish and sell brand books, lists and supplements. The proceeds from the sales shall be deposited in the account created by W.S. 11-20-405 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-22-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 22 / Section 11-22-101
§ 11-22-101. Definitions; exceptions to provisions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “ Board ” means the Wyoming livestock board;

(ii) “ Livestock ” means horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep and goats. Bison are considered livestock unless otherwise designated by the board and the Wyoming game and fish commission;

(iii) “ Livestock market ” means a place operated for profit as a public market, consisting of pens or enclosures and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held for sale, sold or offered for sale at either public auction or private sale, except that this act does not apply to:

(A) Any place used solely for a dispersal sale of the livestock of a farmer, dairyman, livestock breeder or feeder who is discontinuing business;

(B) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 27, § 4.

(C) Any place where an association of breeders of livestock assembles, offers for sale and sells under its own management registered livestock or breeding sires, if the association assumes all responsibility of the sale and guarantees title to the livestock and arranges for the proper inspection of all animals sold.

(iv) “ Livestock dealer ” means:

(A) Any person engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in commerce, either for his own account or as an employee or agent of the seller or buyer; or

(B) Any person who engages in the regular business of buying or selling livestock in commerce on a commission basis as set forth in rules by the Wyoming livestock board.

(v) “Livestock dealer” does not include any person who buys or sells livestock as part of his own bona fide breeding, feeding, showing, dairy, meat or wool production operation; any person who takes a security interest, including liquidation of that interest, in livestock in the ordinary course of his business; or any person who buys occasionally but not as a part of his regular business as set forth in rules promulgated by the Wyoming livestock board;

(vi) “ This act ” means W.S. 11-22-101 through 11-22-119 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-40-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-102
§ 11-40-102. Creation of committee; composition; administrative support; compensation; officers; conflict of interest
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Wyoming lean beef committee. The initial membership of the committee shall consist of eleven (11) members of whom five (5) shall be members of the faculty of the University of Wyoming, one (1) shall be a person with professional training and experience related to human health and diet, designated by the president of the University of Wyoming, five (5) shall be appointed by the governor of whom three (3) shall be producers of beef cattle, one (1) shall be a person with training and experience in finance, one (1) shall be a person with training and experience in marketing and one (1) shall be the director of the department of agriculture or his designee serving ex officio. The members appointed by the governor shall serve three (3) year terms. The members designated by the president of the university shall serve at his pleasure.

(b) Administrative support for the committee shall be provided by and budgeted for by the University of Wyoming and thereafter it shall be the responsibility of the department of agriculture.

(c) State employees serving on the committee shall receive their normal compensation from their agency. Other members of the committee shall receive no compensation until the calendar year commencing after the calendar year in which the state first receives one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in royalty for the use of the Wyoming lean beef trademark at which time they shall begin receiving mileage and per diem at the same rate as state legislators.

(d) Every person or organization who pays royalty for more than five hundred (500) head of cattle for the use of the Wyoming lean beef trademark or trade name shall be entitled to designate one (1) nonvoting member of the Wyoming lean beef committee. This right shall be extended for the balance of the year in which necessary royalty is first paid and for the year following any year in which the necessary royalty is paid. Committee members designated under this subsection shall receive no compensation from the state for their services.

(e) The committee shall annually select from among its members a chairman and other officers deemed necessary.

(f) If any member of the committee has applied for or received a license to market Wyoming lean beef or has a financial interest in any organization which has applied for or received a license to market Wyoming lean beef he shall disclose that interest at this first appropriate time during an open meeting of the committee and shall not vote on the issuance of that license, on the issuance of any license for a geographically exclusive area for which he or his organization is also seeking a geographically exclusive license, or any other matter uniquely affecting his license.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-25-209 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 25 / Section 11-25-209
§ 11-25-209. Removal of livestock from quarters at county or state fairs
Status: in_force

At no time and under no conditions shall any livestock at any county or state fair that are there to be shown be removed from quarters provided for them in order to place pari-mutuel horses in the stalls or quarters. Removal shall be cause for rescinding the permit for the pari-mutuel event.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-104 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 49 / Section 11-49-104
§ 11-49-104. Animal shares
Status: in_force

(a) The acquisition of meat from animals by an informed end consumer shall not constitute the sale of meat products in contravention of this act and shall not be prohibited if all of the following conditions are met:

(i) The meat is delivered pursuant to an animal share and is:

(A) Received from the farm or ranch where an animal or herd subject to the animal share is located;

(B) Received by or on behalf of an owner of an animal share;

(C) Obtained from the particular animal or herd subject to the animal share.

(ii) Ownership of each animal is established prior to slaughter and the slaughter is conducted pursuant to W.S. 11-23-102(a) , if applicable;

(iii) A prominent warning statement that the meat has not been inspected is delivered to the informed end consumer with the meat or is displayed on a label affixed to the meat packaging;

(iv) Information describing the standards used by the farm or ranch with respect to herd health, and in the processing of meat from the herd, is provided to the informed end consumer by the farmer or rancher.

(b) No person who obtains meat in accordance with this section shall sell, donate or commercially redistribute the meat.

(c) No farmer or rancher shall publish any statement that implies the department of agriculture's approval or endorsement of meat delivered pursuant to an animal share.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-109 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-109
§ 11-5-109. Inspection of land; remedial requirements; cost to landowner
Status: repealed

(a) Whenever the district board has probable cause to believe that a landowner's property is infested by weeds or pests which are liable to spread and contribute to the injury or detriment of others and the board has provided written notice of probable cause to the landowner, it shall make or have made an inspection of the suspected premises through the use of lawful entry procedures. No entry upon any premises, lands or places shall be permitted under this subsection until the landowner or occupant has been notified by certified mail and, if the landowner has consented to receive notices electronically, by electronic means that provide actual notice to the landowner or occupant that the inspection is pending at least fifteen (15) days prior to the inspection. If possible, inspections shall be scheduled and conducted with the concurrence of the landowner or occupant. If, after receiving notice that an inspection is pending, the landowner or occupant denies access to the district supervisor or the supervisor's designee, the supervisor may seek an administrative inspection warrant issued by a municipal, circuit or district court having jurisdiction over the land. No landowner shall deny access to land when presented with an administrative inspection warrant issued by a court. The court shall issue an administrative inspection warrant upon presentation by the district board, through its agent or employee, of an affidavit stating:

(i) The information that gives the district board probable cause to believe that any provision of this chapter is being or has been violated;

(ii) That the landowner or occupant has denied access to the district supervisor or the supervisor's designee or has not responded within fifteen (15) days of receiving notice; and

(iii) A particularized description of the location of the affected land.

(b) If the suspected area is found to be infested, the district board, by resolution adopted by two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of its members, shall confirm such fact. The resolution may set forth minimum remedial requirements for control of the infested area, provided that:

(i) The remedial requirements are likely to be effective in controlling an infestation of the species in question at the infested area;

(ii) The board includes potential estimated costs if available;

(iii) The benefits, both economic and environmental, exceed the estimated costs of the remedial requirements;

(iv) The board may assist the landowner in developing an integrated pest management plan for the species in question; and

(v) The landowner may propose alternate remedial requirements.

(c) The district board shall deliver, by certified mail, to the address of the landowner appearing on the most recent tax rolls of the district and, if the landowner has consented to receive notices electronically, by electronic means that provide actual notice to the landowner all of the following:

(i) A copy of the resolution;

(ii) A statement of the estimated cost to the landowner of fulfilling the requirements and the amount that may be shared with the landowner, as determined by district board policy.

(iii) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 135, § 2, eff. July 1, 2020.

(d) At the request of the landowner, the district board shall hold a hearing in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The landowner may appeal the board's resolution to the district court.

(e) A landowner who is responsible for an infestation and fails or refuses to perform the remedial requirements for the control of the weed or pest on the infested area within the time designated in the district board's resolution may be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day of violation and not more than a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per year as determined by the court. Any person accused under this act is entitled to a trial by jury. The accumulated fines under this section are a lien against the property of the landowner from the day notice is delivered to the landowner by the district board. All fines shall be deposited with the county treasurer and credited to the county school fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-302 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-302
§ 11-5-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “District” means any county weed and pest control district;

(ii) “Integrated management system” means the planning and implementation of a coordinated program utilizing all proven methods for containing and controlling undesirable plants and pests, including but not limited to education, preventive measures, physical methods, biological agents, pesticide methods, cultural methods and management;

(iii) “Management zone” means a geographical area within a district;

(iv) “Materials” means materials used in carrying out the objectives of integrated management system;

(v) “Method” means a procedure or process for carrying out the application method prescribed;

(vi) “Pest” means any declared pest or designated pest defined by W.S. 11-5-102(a) ;

(vii) “Treatment program” means the use of an integrated management system prescribed by the district board or the board's designated representative;

(viii) “Undesirable plant” means any declared weed or designated noxious weed as defined by W.S. 11-5-102(a) .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-27-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 27 / Section 11-27-102
§ 11-27-102. Authority of livestock board generally
Status: in_force

(a) Any authorized representative of the board may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property to inspect or investigate conditions relating to the treating of garbage to be fed to swine.

(b) Any authorized representative of the board may examine any records or memoranda pertaining to the feeding of garbage to swine. The board may require maintenance of records relating to the operation of equipment for and procedure of treating garbage to be fed to swine. Copies of the records shall be submitted to the board on request.

(c) The board is charged with administration and enforcement of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-230 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-230
§ 11-20-230. Livestock seed stock and exhibitors permit; fees; transfers; reports; enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) Any Wyoming livestock producer who raises and markets livestock for the purpose of providing breeding seed stock or exhibition animals, as defined by the board for purposes of this section, may apply to the board for a livestock seed stock or exhibition stock permit. The fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per permit. The permit shall be valid for the calendar year issued and no transactions or shipments shall be authorized until a permit has been issued.

(b) After receiving a certificate of inspection from a Wyoming brand inspector, the livestock producer may sell or change ownership of the livestock provided the livestock are branded with the livestock producer's recorded Wyoming brand and the animals can be individually identified by a board approved method. The livestock may then be legally shipped or removed from any county in Wyoming to any other county, state or country, provided they are accompanied by a board authorized bill of sale and a board issued fleet permit which references the prior certificate of inspection pursuant to W.S. 11-20-216 .

(c) The permit holder shall report all transactions and movements and shall pay any applicable fees authorized pursuant to W.S. 11-6-210 , 11-37-106 and 11-37-107 to the brand inspector who issued the original brand certificate, or any other designated agent of the board, within three (3) working days of the transaction.

(d) Failure to comply with this section or any other applicable law or board rule shall be grounds for the revocation of the permit and shall be punished pursuant to W.S. 11-1-103 . Providing false proof of ownership shall be grounds for the revocation of the permit and shall be punished pursuant to W.S. 11-20-208 . All livestock covered under the permit authorized under this section are subject to reinspection by a board authorized brand inspector and any applicable fees shall be assessed.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-23-206 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 23 / Section 11-23-206
§ 11-23-206. Stock killed by transportation company
Status: in_force

When any livestock is killed by a transportation company within this state, the company shall cause the hides from all animals killed to be inspected by an inspector, except where the owner or his agent or employee has seen and identified the animals.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-50-107 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-107
§ 11-50-107. Refund
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who has paid any assessment as provided in this act is entitled to a prompt refund of the contribution from the commission upon request. A claim for a refund shall be made to the commission not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days from the date of the sale upon which the assessment was based. The claim shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the commission. No assessment paid by a handler is refundable under this section unless the grower has also claimed a refund under this section for the matching portion of the assessment.

(b) Before processing any claim for refund under this section, the commission may require any additional information or affirmation under penalty of perjury it deems necessary to determine the validity of the claim.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-14-115 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-115
§ 11-14-115. Action for damages to crops; evidence
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this act shall preclude the right of a purchaser to bring an action for any damages to crops, land or livestock by reason of misbranded, adulterated or deficient fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment.

(b) The department shall, upon demand, make all results of samplings, inspections and laboratory analyses available to any purchaser of fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment.

(c) In a civil action for damages against any distributor or manufacturer of any misbranded or deficient fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment, all results of the department samplings, inspections or laboratory analyses shall be competent evidence before any court where such civil action is pending.

(d) The results of a criminal action for violation of this act is competent evidence in any civil action for misbranding or deficiency of any fertilizer, soil conditioner or soil amendment.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-25-206 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 25 / Section 11-25-206
§ 11-25-206. County elections as to pari-mutuel events
Status: in_force

No pari-mutuel event shall be held in any county until the question has been put to the people of the county to accept or reject pari-mutuel wagering. If the election fails no other election shall be held for two (2) years.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-1-103 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-1-103
§ 11-1-103. Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

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. 11-6-210(a) or (f) , 11-18-112 , 11-19-101 , 11-19-102 , 11-19-103 , 11-19-111 , 11-19-210 , 11-19-215 , 11-19-304 , 11-19-306 , 11-19-401 , 11-20-114 , 11-20-117 , 11-20-229 , 11-20-230 , 11-21-104 , 11-22-118 , 11-23-106 , 11-23-207 , 11-24-103 , 11-24-106 , 11-26-101(b) , 11-30-114 and 11-48-102 . A person who violates board rules promulgated pursuant to W.S. 11-18-103(a)(v) shall be subject to the penalties specified in this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-18-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 18 / Section 11-18-101
§ 11-18-101. Livestock board; creation; composition; qualifications; appointment and term of members; removal; vacancies; name defined
Status: in_force

(a) The Wyoming livestock board is created and shall consist of seven (7) livestock producers. At least three (3) members shall be sheep producers and at least three (3) shall be cattle producers, provided that if a vacancy exists on the board and no person meeting all the qualifications of this section is available then any livestock producer within the appointment district may be appointed. Members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 . The members shall be appointed from each of the appointment districts pursuant to W.S. 9-1-218 and the appointment for each district shall be rotated among the counties within the district. The members shall serve for one (1) six (6) year term and until their successors are appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy for any reason, the governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 . Each member of the Wyoming livestock board shall be a qualified elector of the county from which he is appointed and a resident of this state during his term of office.

(b) The name, “Wyoming livestock and sanitary board” wherever it appears in any statute, law or regulation of record in this state or in any other document now in force and effect means “Wyoming livestock board.” All powers, duties and prerogatives having accrued by law to the former livestock and sanitary board is hereafter vested in the Wyoming livestock board.

(c) Appointments and terms under this section shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-15-111 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-111
§ 11-15-111. Inspection fees; exception; when inspection not required; consent of director; certification of certain shipments
Status: in_force

A fee established by the board of agriculture not to exceed actual costs of inspection shall be paid on all shipments of potatoes inspected within the district except those designated for manufacturing purposes on which no fee shall be charged. With the consent of the director, potatoes for seed stock may be moved to storage within the state without inspection. When potatoes are shipped without inspection within the state the shipper shall not be provided with a certificate. Other shipments of seed stock must conform to the requirements of grade no. 1 except with regard to size, and the certificate must contain a statement designating variety, trueness to type and percent defects with regard to disease and other blemishes.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-18-117 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 18 / Section 11-18-117
§ 11-18-117. Confidentiality of livestock premises and identification records; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all records, data and information collected by the state, recorded or otherwise, for the purposes of a livestock identification program shall be confidential and are not public records for purposes of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 . The records, data and information shall be released only upon order of the Wyoming livestock board to appropriate governmental agencies for the purposes of a livestock identification program, disease outbreak or law enforcement investigation. The board shall not release any records, data or information to a federal agency until the agency confirms in writing that it will maintain the records, data and information as confidential and that they are not subject to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 , as amended. Upon release by the board of any information to any other governmental entity, the board shall notify the person to whom the information refers or pertains that the release has been made, the name of the entity to whom the information was released and shall provide a copy or summary of the information contained in the release. The records, data and information shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action.

(b) The Wyoming livestock board may release any information related to a confirmed non-negative brucellosis test in the county where the animal testing non-negative is located, subject to W.S. 11-18-103(a)(xii) , and may release information collected for the purposes of a livestock identification program related to the ownership and location of individual animals to the extent the information is useful in controlling or preventing a disease outbreak or to show particular animals or herds are not involved in a disease outbreak.

(c) For the purposes of animal disease traceability, Wyoming livestock owners may choose to identify animals using any methods set forth in 9 C.F.R. part 86 , as adopted on January 9, 2013, as well as any additional methods that are later approved by the Wyoming livestock board as “official identification”.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or amend the brucellosis surveillance or testing program administered by the state.

(e) A person who knowingly provides false information to the Wyoming livestock board for purposes of a livestock identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.

(f) A person who refuses to provide to the livestock board information that is required under the authority of the livestock board for purposes of a mandatory livestock identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-16-119 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-119
§ 11-16-119. District supervisors; nomination; qualifications; election; term
Status: in_force

Within thirty (30) days after issuance by the secretary of state of a certificate of organization of a conservation district, applications for election under the Special District Elections Act of 1994 may be filed with the commission by candidates for supervisors, who shall be owners of land within the district. The commission may extend for not to exceed thirty (30) days the time within which applications may be filed. The commission shall give notice of an election to be held for the election of three (3) supervisors for the district. All qualified electors within the district are eligible to vote. The three (3) supervisors first elected shall draw lots, one (1) for a term of two (2) years, and two (2) for a term of three (3) years. Thereafter supervisors shall be elected each year to serve for a full term of three (3) years. The number of supervisors elected each year shall be determined by the number of supervisors whose terms expire at that time. The commission shall provide for all elections, supervise the conduct thereof, and prescribe regulations governing the conduct of all elections, and shall make public the result thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-119 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-119
§ 11-20-119. Drover's stock; liability for injury to property; exceptions
Status: in_force

Every stock drover shall prevent his livestock from trespassing upon the property of another and from damaging any irrigating ditch or public works. No drover or other person who in good faith removes or attempts to remove livestock from any road, highway or right-of-way is liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions in good faith.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-302 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-302
§ 11-20-302. Sale of carcass
Status: in_force

The carcass of any animal killed except such part as is retained for evidence, shall be promptly sold at public or private sale by the stock inspector or sheriff, and the proceeds paid into the general fund of the county in which the animal was killed.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-24-107 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 24 / Section 11-24-107
§ 11-24-107. Liability for death
Status: in_force

If any estray dies while in the possession of the person taking it up, he is not liable for the loss unless its death was the result of mistreatment or willful neglect.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-12-108 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 12 / Section 11-12-108
§ 11-12-108. Screenings to be specially labeled and free from noxious weed seeds; seizure and destruction; grain cleaning establishments
Status: in_force

Screenings of any seeds or grains which are offered for sale by any person shall be legibly labeled as such and not sold as seeds. They shall be free of prohibited noxious weed seeds and shall not exceed the tolerance established on restricted noxious weed seed. Screenings found to contain weed seeds in violation of this section are subject to seizure by the director of the department of agriculture. Screenings are subject to the provisions of W.S. 11-12-104(d) .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-34-103 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 34 / Section 11-34-103
§ 11-34-103. Powers and duties generally; employees and financial matters; reports to governor
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish a system of farm loans, and foreclose or renew any installment payment of the loans as provided by this act. The board may provide for its office, necessary furniture, fixtures, stationery and supplies, adopt rules and regulations proper and necessary for the conduct of its business and receive and approve applications for farm loans. All monies received shall be delivered to the state treasurer to be credited to the funds from which originally drawn. The board may acquire and dispose of property, real and personal, as necessary or convenient for the transaction of its business and accept assignments of interests in any real or personal property which are taken as additional security or collateral to preexistent debts or approved loans.

(b) The board shall employ assistants, clerks, appraisers and other employees as necessary to conduct its business, fix the fees, costs and charges which shall be credited to the general fund to cover the expenses of the board in making loans and define the duties of the officers, agents and employees of the board. All officers and employees shall be under the direction and authority of the board in all matters not inconsistent with this act. The board shall, as required by W.S. 9-2-1014 , report to the governor such general information and recommendations as to the board seem proper. The board shall exercise all incidental power as necessary to carry out this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-16-122 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-122
§ 11-16-122. Powers and duties of districts and supervisors thereof generally
Status: repealed

(a) Each conservation district organized under this act shall make an annual estimate of the funds required by the district for conservation programs and present a certified copy of the estimate, along with a budget showing all anticipated income and expenses, to the county commissioners. District supervisors shall administer the finances of the district according to the provisions of the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act, except that an annual audit in accordance with W.S. 16-4-121 is not required. Each district shall comply with the provisions of W.S. 9-1-507(a)(iii) .

(b) A conservation district organized under this act and the supervisors thereof, in addition to other powers granted by this act, may:

(i) Employ personnel and determine their duties and conditions of employment;

(ii) Call upon the attorney general of the state for legal services or employ their own counsel and legal staff;

(iii) Delegate to their chairman, to one (1) or more supervisors or to one (1) or more agents or employees such delegable powers and duties as they deem proper;

(iv) Furnish to the state conservation commission upon request, copies of ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms and other documents they adopt or employ, and such other information concerning their activities as it may require and to the county clerk copies of ordinances, rules, regulations and orders it adopts in accordance with law;

(v) Conduct surveys, investigations and research and disseminate information relating to range management, the character of soil erosion, flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water, and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement needed, but in order to avoid duplication of research activities, no district shall initiate any research program except in cooperation with the government of this state or its agencies, or with the United States or its agencies;

(vi) Conduct demonstration projects within the district on lands owned or controlled by this state or its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on other lands within the district with the consent of the owner or occupier of the lands, to demonstrate range management practices, the means, methods and measures by which soil and soil resources may be conserved, and soil erosion in the form of soil blowing and washing may be prevented and controlled and works of improvement for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water may be carried out;

(vii) Carry out preventive and control measures and works of improvement within the district, including engineering operations, range management, methods of cultivation, the growing of grass or other vegetation, changes in use of land or any measure which may be developed for the control of erosion and better use of soil, and works of improvement for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water on lands owned or controlled by this state or its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, or on other lands within the district with the consent of the owner or occupier of the lands;

(viii) Cooperate, including but not limited to representing the conservation district as a cooperating agency with special expertise as provided by the National Environmental Policy Act and in federal land planning implementation as provided in W.S. 11-16-135(a) , enter into agreements with and furnish financial or other aid to, any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any owner or occupier of lands within the district, in carrying on range management or erosion control and prevention operations and works of improvement for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water within the district, subject to such conditions as the supervisors deem necessary;

(ix) through (xiii) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 21, § 3.

(xiv) Make available on terms it prescribes, to owners and occupiers of land within the district, agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, seeds and seedlings, male breeding animals, livestock supplies and such other material or equipment as will assist the owners and occupiers of land to carry on operations upon their lands and upon those owned or leased by the district, for range improvement and stabilization, the conservation of soil and water resources, the prevention and control of soil erosion and for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water. The assistance authorized by this paragraph shall be on a limited scale for demonstration purposes and the district shall not be deemed authorized to compete with private industry;

(xv) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 21, § 3.

(xvi) Develop and implement comprehensive resource use and management plans for range improvement and stabilization, conservation of soil, water and vegetative resources, control and prevention of soil erosion and for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water within the district, which plans shall include range management provisions and shall specify in detail the acts, procedures, performances and avoidances necessary or desirable to carry out the plans, including the specification of engineering operation, fence and stockwater developments, methods of cultivation, the growing of grass and other vegetation, cropping and range programs, tillage and grazing practices, and changes in use of lands. In developing plans under this paragraph, the supervisors of the district shall consider the customs and culture of residents of the district as those customs and culture relate to the land and resource, current and historical information and data related to the uses of the land and resource;

(xvii) Make public the plans and information and bring them to the attention of owners and occupiers of land within the district;

(xviii) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 21, § 3.

(xix) Manage, as agent of the United States or any of its agencies, and enter into agreements with the United States or any of its agencies, or this state or any of its agencies, to effect cooperation with the United States or any of its agencies under United States Public Law 566 approved August 4, 1954, or amendments thereto, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation or administration of any land utilization, soil conservation, erosion control, erosion prevention, flood prevention projects, conservation of water, water utilization, disposal of water in watershed areas and other water projects within its boundaries;

(xx) Act as representative for local groups in dealing with the United States or its representatives, in soil or water conservation matters under United States Public Law 566 approved August 4, 1954, or amendments thereto;

(xxi) Accept donations, gifts and contributions in money, services, materials or otherwise from any source which will impose no financial obligation upon the state, and use or expend the monies, services, materials or contributions in carrying on its operations;

(xxii) Sue and be sued in the name of the district;

(xxiii) Have a seal, which shall be judicially noticed;

(xxiv) Have perpetual succession unless terminated as hereinafter provided;

(xxv) Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary to the exercise of its powers;

(xxvi) Make, amend and repeal rules and regulations not inconsistent with this act, to implement its purposes and powers;

(xxvii) As a condition to extending any benefits to or performance of work upon any land not owned or controlled by the state or its agencies, require contributions in money, services, materials or otherwise to any operations conferring benefits and require owners and occupiers of land to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such lands as will prevent or control erosion and prevent flood water and sediment damages thereon and promote the best use of such lands;

(xxviii) The supervisors of a conservation district which has officially adopted a comprehensive plan pursuant to W.S. 11-16-122(b)(xvi) may coordinate with federal agencies as provided in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the national Forest Management Act of 1976 and any other federal statute which provides for coordination with local governments and federal regulations adopted pursuant to those acts.

(c) A conservation district shall not purchase or hold title to farm lands as defined by W.S. 11-34-101(a)(ii) .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-50-104 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-104
§ 11-50-104. Authority to accept grants
Status: in_force

The commission may accept grants, donations, contributions or gifts from any source for expenditures for any purpose consistent with the powers and duties conferred on the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-210 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-210
§ 11-20-210. When inspection not required; certain importations; compliance with health and quarantine regulations required
Status: in_force

Subject to conditions set forth in this section, no inspection for brands and ownership is required of livestock being imported into Wyoming if the livestock are transported or driven directly from point of entry into Wyoming to a destination within Wyoming and the person in charge of, or having custody of the livestock has in his possession written authority to transport or drive the livestock from the state, territory or country of origin to a destination in Wyoming and written evidence that all health and quarantine regulations of Wyoming have been complied with. Such written evidence shall be shown upon request to any officer authorized to enforce the brand inspection laws.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-41-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 41 / Section 11-41-101
§ 11-41-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Agriculture Mediation Service Act of 1987”.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-29-114 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 29 / Section 11-29-114
§ 11-29-114. Impoundment of livestock animals; cost of care for livestock animals; providing for bond, forfeiture hearing
Status: in_force

(a) Any person with authority to enforce this chapter who has probable cause to believe there has been a violation of this chapter may, in consultation with an agent or officer of the board, impound any livestock animal treated cruelly as determined by a Wyoming licensed veterinarian or veterinarian employed by the board.

(b) If any livestock animal is impounded under subsection (a) of this section, the following shall apply:

(i) Within the earlier of seventy-two (72) hours of impoundment or charges being filed, the circuit court shall hold a hearing to set a bond in an amount the circuit court determines is sufficient to provide for the livestock animal's reasonable costs of impoundment for at least ninety (90) days including the day on which the livestock animal was impounded. At the request of the owner of the livestock animal, the court may make a determination on the disposition of the livestock animal at a hearing pursuant to this paragraph;

(ii) The bond shall be posted by the owner of the livestock animal with the circuit court in the county where the livestock animal was impounded within ten (10) days after the hearing required by this paragraph.

(c) When the bond required by subsection (b) of this section expires, if the owner of the livestock animal desires to prevent disposition of the livestock animal by the person with authority to enforce this chapter, the owner shall post a new bond with the court as described in subsection (b) of this section. The court may correct, alter or otherwise adjust the new bond before the expiration date of the previous bond.

(d) If a bond is not posted under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, the person with authority to enforce this chapter shall dispose of the livestock animal. As used in this section, “ dispose ” means as defined in W.S. 11-24-101(a)(iv) , and shall also mean to place for adoption or return to the owner. The owner of the livestock animal shall be liable for all costs associated with the final disposition of the livestock animal under this subsection. Posting of a bond shall not prevent the person with authority to enforce this chapter from disposing of the impounded livestock animal before the expiration of the period covered by the bond if during a disposition hearing pursuant to subsection (g) of this section the court orders the forfeiture of the livestock animal to a person with authority to enforce this chapter or the owner voluntarily forfeits the livestock animal. No animal shall be forfeited without a hearing pursuant to subsections (g) through (j) of this section, regardless of whether a bond is posted, if the animal is connected to the livelihood or ability to make a living of the owner.

(e) If a bond has been posted in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) of this section, the person with authority to enforce this chapter, may draw from the bond the actual costs as described in subsection (b) of this section, from the date of initial impoundment to the date of final disposition of the livestock animal.

(f) Upon the final disposition of the livestock animal, any bond amount remaining that has not been expended in the impoundment and disposition of the livestock animal shall be remitted to the owner of the livestock animal.

(g) A person with authority to enforce this chapter or other participant in the criminal action, may file a petition in the criminal action requesting that the court issue an order providing for the final disposition of the livestock animal if:

(i) The livestock animal is in the possession of and being held by a person with authority to enforce this chapter;

(ii) The outcome of the criminal action charging a violation of this chapter is pending; and

(iii) The final disposition of the livestock animal has not occurred.

(h) Upon receipt of a petition pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, the court shall set a hearing on the petition for disposition of the livestock animal. The hearing shall be conducted within seven (7) days after the filing of the petition or as soon as practicable thereafter. The hearing shall be limited to the question of the disposition of the livestock animal.

(j) At a hearing conducted pursuant to subsection (h) of this section, the prosecutor shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the livestock animal was subjected to a violation of this chapter. After the hearing, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the livestock animal was subjected to a violation of this chapter, the court may order immediate forfeiture of the livestock animal to the person with authority to enforce this chapter. If, after the hearing, the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the livestock animal was not subjected to a violation of this chapter, the livestock animal shall be returned to the owner of the livestock animal and the owner shall not be responsible for any reasonable costs of the impoundment incurred after a finding that the livestock animal was not subjected to a violation of this chapter unless the person later pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a violation of this chapter.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-22-108 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 22 / Section 11-22-108
§ 11-22-108. License; certified copy; fee; posting
Status: in_force

A certified copy of a license may be procured by the holder of the original upon payment of one dollar ($1.00), and the original or certified copy of the license shall be posted during sale periods in a conspicuous place on the premises where the livestock market is conducted.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-12-117 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 12 / Section 11-12-117
§ 11-12-117. Disposition of collected funds
Status: in_force

All funds collected from seed analyses shall be deposited in the general fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-405 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-405
§ 11-5-405. Advisory assistance; assistance specified; expenses
Status: in_force

(a) To assist with the establishment of policies, guidelines and the development of programs under this article, the committee may assemble necessary expertise from one (1) or more of the following organizations, institutions, groups or individuals:

(i) The Wyoming county commissioners association;

(ii) The Wyoming association of municipalities;

(iii) Pesticide applicators;

(iv) Landowners;

(v) Agricultural producers;

(vi) University of Wyoming faculty and staff;

(vii) Scientific and technology industry representatives;

(viii) Public representatives; and

(ix) Other representatives or individuals as may be determined by the committee.

(b) Persons assisting the committee in an advisory capacity pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and not employed by the state nor any political subdivision of the state shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses and mileage allowance at the rates established by law for state employees.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-33-104 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 33 / Section 11-33-104
§ 11-33-104. Creation; order; contents and force
Status: in_force

At the hearing, if satisfied that at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the landowners owning at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the land in the proposed livestock district who are resident in and qualified electors of Wyoming are in favor of the enforcement of the livestock law and that it would be beneficial to the district, the board of county commissioners shall make an order creating the livestock district in accordance with the prayer of the petition or with such modifications as it may choose to make. The order shall specify a certain time at which it takes effect which shall be at least thirty (30) days after the making of the order. The order shall continue in force until vacated or modified by the board of county commissioners upon the petition of seventy-five percent (75%) of the landowners owning seventy-five percent (75%) of the land in the district who are resident in and qualified electors of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-16-135 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-135
§ 11-16-135. Special expertise of supervisors of conservation districts
Status: in_force

When representing a conservation district as a cooperating agency in matters related to the National Environmental Policy Act and in federal land planning, implementation and management actions, supervisors of a conservation district shall be deemed to have special expertise on all subject matters for which they have statutory responsibility as provided in W.S. 11-16-122 , including but not limited to all subject matters directly or indirectly related to stabilization of the agriculture industry, protection of natural resources including but not limited to data and information, conservation of soil and water resources, control and prevention of soil erosion, flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water within the district.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-101
§ 11-19-101. Duties of state veterinarian generally; failure to comply with provisions; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) The state veterinarian shall investigate all cases of dangerously contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals in this state which are brought to his notice. In the absence of specific information, he shall make inspections of any locality where he has reason to suspect there is any contagious or infectious disease. He shall order that all animals affected with, exposed to or suspected of being affected with such diseases be gathered and quarantined. No animals pronounced affected with a dangerously contagious or infectious disease by the state veterinarian or his deputy or agent shall be turned loose, removed or permitted to escape, but shall be held subject to the order of the state veterinarian. All animals ordered gathered shall be gathered within a reasonable time specified by the state veterinarian.

(b) The state veterinarian may inspect, treat, test, vaccinate, quarantine or sell any animal imported into Wyoming in violation of W.S. 11-19-111 or any rules promulgated thereunder.

(c) Any person failing to comply with this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103 .

(d) The state veterinarian may provide contagious and infectious reportable disease testing, containment and reimbursement services under this chapter to any livestock producer in Wyoming, including on the Wind River Indian Reservation who agrees to comply with the applicable program requirements, rules and any orders or regulations issued pursuant to the testing results or program requirements. Services on the Wind River Indian Reservation under this subsection may also be provided pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into by the Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, and the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe or the cooperative tribal governing body. The testing, containment and reimbursement services provided under this subsection shall not apply to bison designated as wildlife pursuant to W.S. 11-20-101(a)(iv) .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-219 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-219
§ 11-20-219. Certificates and agreements in lieu of inspection; filing and distribution of copies
Status: in_force

(a) After a certificate and agreement listing a shipment of horses, mules, cattle or sheep to be transported by common or contract carrier has been filled out, signed and witnessed, a copy shall accompany the shipment.

(b) A copy of the certificate and agreement listing horses, mules, cattle or sheep to be transported by private carrier shall be retained by the owner or his agent until the animals have been delivered at the destination shown and shall then be delivered by him to the Wyoming brand inspector at the destination.

(c) A copy of the certificate and agreement listing horses, mules, cattle or sheep being transported shall be shown upon request, to any person authorized to enforce the brand inspection laws.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-6-303 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-303
§ 11-6-303. Animal damage management board (ADMB) created; composition; appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the animal damage management board for the purposes of mitigating damage caused to livestock, wildlife and crops by predatory animals, predacious birds and depredating animals or for the protection of human health and safety. The board may mitigate damage caused by depredating animals by and through a memorandum of understanding with the Wyoming game and fish commission. The board shall be composed of twelve (12) members appointed by the governor as follows:

(i) The director of the Wyoming department of agriculture;

(ii) The director of the Wyoming game and fish department;

(iii) One (1) domestic sheep producer;

(iv) One (1) cattle producer;

(v) The state director for the United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, wildlife services (USDA/APHIS/WS);

(vi) Two (2) members representing the interests of sportsmen, outfitters and hunters, not more than one (1) of these members shall be appointed to represent the interests of outfitters;

(vii) The president of the state predator management advisory board created under W.S. 11-6-201 ;

(viii) One (1) member from an urban area;

(ix) One (1) member from the Wyoming game and fish commission;

(x) One (1) member of the Wyoming board of agriculture; and

(xi) One (1) member representing the interests of nonconsumptive users of the state's wildlife resource.

(b) A representative from the United States forest service (USFS), the United States fish and wildlife service (USFWS) and United States bureau of land management (BLM) shall serve as exofficio nonvoting members of the board.

(c) The directors of the departments of agriculture and game and fish shall serve as co-chairs of the ADMB and shall give general direction to the ADMB and the ADMB administrative officer.

(d) The director of the department of agriculture or his designee shall serve as the ADMB's administrative officer and carry out the ADMB's administrative functions.

(e) Except for the directors of the departments of agriculture and game and fish, the state director for the United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, wildlife services (USDA/APHIS/WS), and the president of the state predator management advisory board created under W.S. 11-6-201 , the remaining members of the board shall hold office for staggered terms of four (4) years. For the remaining members of the initial board, four (4) members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years, four (4) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. Each appointed member shall be limited to serving on the board for eight (8) consecutive years, however, a member may be reappointed after a four (4) year absence. Each member shall hold office until his successor is appointed and has been qualified. As terms of current ADMB members expire, the governor shall appoint each new member or reappointed member to a four (4) year term.

(f) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, a replacement shall be appointed for the unexpired term.

(g) Attendance of six (6) members at a duly called meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. The ADMB shall convene at the times and places prescribed by the chair.

(h) Members of the board who are not government employees shall receive no compensation or benefits for their services, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties at the established state rate, to be paid from the animal damage management account.

(j) Members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.

(k) State government officer and employee members who do not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties from the ADMB at the established state rate, to be paid from the animal damage management account.

(m) State government official and employee members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-12-124 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 12 / Section 11-12-124
§ 11-12-124. Seed laboratory advisory group duties
Status: in_force

(a) The seed laboratory advisory group shall:

(i) Maintain a policy of operation manual, which shall be reviewed by seed laboratory advisory group members at the annual meeting, and shall contain the policies and operational procedures of the seed laboratory advisory group;

(ii) Serve in an advisory role to aid the state seed analyst, the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming department of agriculture and the board in the management of the seed laboratory;

(iii) Annually review the price list for seed testing and services provided by the laboratory;

(iv) Recommend to the board as necessary, any changes to the price list or other fees of the laboratory;

(v) Review the annual seed laboratory report;

(vi) Recommend to the board as necessary, any major capital purchases needed by the laboratory;

(vii) Recommend to the board as necessary, the use of new technologies or other seed testing needs as they occur;

(viii) Provide support as necessary to seed laboratory customers;

(ix) Provide to the board as necessary, constructive ideas on how the laboratory can serve Wyoming and the region more effectively.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-120 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-120
§ 11-5-120. Wyoming weed and pest council duties
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other duties prescribed by law, the Wyoming weed and pest council shall aid county weed and pest control districts in creating, managing and enhancing coordinated and comprehensive invasive plant species control programs by:

(i) Developing and implementing data systems to support each district in making invasive plant species management decisions informed by accurate, timely data, local experts, cultural practices and best available science;

(ii) Coordinating with the University of Wyoming and community colleges to assess, to the extent practicable, the impacts that invasive plant species can have on socio-ecological systems. As used in this paragraph, “ socio-ecological system ” means a dynamic system encompassing interactions between people and nature within a defined geographical area;

(iii) Coordinating with the University of Wyoming, community colleges and government agencies to support and expand outreach and provide applied research on the best use of existing tools to control invasive plant species and the development of new invasive plant species management methods;

(iv) Working with federal partners to reduce barriers to timely, effective invasive plant species management on federal lands and adjoining nonfederal lands;

(v) On a biennial basis, reporting to the joint agriculture, state and public lands and water resources interim committee on the status of current funding models, existing or new funding challenges and opportunities to improve funding for designated or declared invasive plant species;

(vi) Encouraging and incentivizing cooperative, landscape-scale projects to control invasive plant species that include multi-jurisdictional partnerships with clear, long-term strategies;

(vii) Coordinating with other state and federal agencies to increase public awareness of the challenges presented by invasive plant species and to encourage prevention and mitigation practices.

(b) The Wyoming weed and pest council may, with the approval of the majority of the board, adopt and publish rules in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. 16-3-101 et seq. to carry out the purposes of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-6-107 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-107
§ 11-6-107. Disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

All predator furs, skins and specimens taken by hunters or trappers whose salaries are paid in full by cooperating agencies, shall be sold and the proceeds returned to the respective predator management district of the county in which the furs, skins or specimens originated. All receipts from sales of materials and services related to predatory animal and rodent control received by the department shall be paid into the state general fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-23-301 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 23 / Section 11-23-301
§ 11-23-301. Generally; exceptions
Status: in_force

With the consent of the owner, unless removal is contrary to state, county or local sanitary regulations or in the opinion of the state veterinarian might result in spreading contagious or infectious disease or threaten the health of human beings, animals or poultry, carcasses of animals may be transported to any rendering plant legally operating without prior inspection for brands and ownership. The operator of a rendering plant within this state receiving the carcasses is a hide buyer and shall comply with W.S. 11-23-201 through 11-23-207 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-106 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-106
§ 11-19-106. Removal of diseased animals; owner's claims
Status: in_force

(a) All claims against the state arising from the ordered disposal of animals by the state veterinarian for scrapie, brucellosis and tuberculosis, together with the order of the veterinarian, shall be submitted to the state auditor who shall examine them without unnecessary delay. For purposes of this section, “ disposal ” means to sell, send to slaughter or destroy the animal. For each claim he finds to be equitable and entitled to indemnity under this chapter the auditor shall issue his warrant on the state treasurer for the sum named in the claim. All claims for indemnity arising under the provisions of this chapter, before they are presented for payment to the auditor, shall be submitted to the state veterinarian who shall fully inform himself of the facts connected with each claim. The state veterinarian shall endorse on each claim his approval or rejection and shall express in such endorsement the reasons for his approval or rejection.

(b) If the state veterinarian rejects a claim it and the reasons for rejection shall be submitted to a board of arbitration consisting of three (3) members selected as follows:

(i) The state veterinarian shall select one (1) stock grower who is a resident of the county where the ordered disposed animal for which the claim is made ranged;

(ii) The claimant shall select one (1) stock grower who is a resident of the same county; and

(iii) These two (2) shall choose the third member from among the stock growers of the same county.

(c) The indemnity granted under this section shall be the difference between the fair market value of the livestock and the amount received for the sale, less any amount of reimbursement provided for and paid under federal law and regulation. Fair market value shall be determined by using comparable sales data from state markets at the time of removal or by the use of a qualified independent livestock appraiser as designated by the state veterinarian. If no sale is transacted, but an animal is removed for diagnostic purposes or disposal, the reimbursement provided shall be the fair market value minus any other reimbursement. Unless otherwise reimbursed, the cost of shipping or transportation and commission charges shall be added to the amount provided to the producer for livestock indemnification. It shall be paid to the owner upon his application and presentation of proofs prescribed herein within six (6) months of the date of ordered disposal for which payment is claimed. The claim shall be barred if not presented within the time limited.

(d) Payments shall be made by the state treasurer from funds appropriated to the animal reimbursement program account under W.S. 11-19-118 and as provided by W.S. 11-19-109 . The right to indemnity is limited to animals destroyed by reason of existence or suspected existence of some epizootic form of infectious or contagious diseases, generally fatal or incurable.

(e) There is no right to indemnity and payment in the following cases:

(i) For animals belonging to the United States;

(ii) For animals that are brought into the state contrary to the laws of this state or the governor's import proclamation;

(iii) For animals found to be diseased upon arrival or that were exposed to the disease prior to their arrival in the state under circumstances whereby the Wyoming owner knew or should have known of such conditions;

(iv) When an animal was previously affected by any other disease which from its nature and development was incurable and necessarily fatal;

(v) When the owner or person in charge has knowingly or negligently omitted to comply with W.S. 11-19-104 or 11-19-105 ; or

(vi) When the owner or claimant at the time of coming in possession of the animal knew it to be diseased or received the notice specified in W.S. 11-19-110 .

(f) The Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the processing of claims under this section.

(g) Renumbered as § 11-19-118 by Laws 2020, ch. 94, § 2, eff. July 1, 2020.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-10-106 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-10-106
§ 11-10-106. Admission charges; other revenues
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be charged at the gates of the fairground an admission fee to be set by the state fair board. An extra charge may be made for seats in the grandstand or other structure providing added comforts. The charge for vehicles driven or stock ridden into the grounds may be fixed by the state fair board. All fees collected shall be deposited in the Wyoming state fair account, except fees directed by law to the state fair endowment account.

(b) The department of agriculture may receive any money or property of any kind or character donated, granted or bequeathed for any activities of the state fair. Monies shall be credited to the Wyoming state fair account except as otherwise provided by W.S. 11-10-107 and 11-10-118 . The department, on behalf of the state fair board, shall include within its biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013 a report itemizing all gifts, income and expenditures under this subsection, W.S. 11-10-107 and 11-10-118 for each of the immediately preceding two (2) fiscal years.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-21-103 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 21 / Section 11-21-103
§ 11-21-103. Peace officer authorized to stop and inspect carrier; search with or without warrant; seizure of animals unlawfully taken
Status: in_force

(a) Any inspector, game warden or peace officer of the county or state of Wyoming may stop any vehicle carrying livestock, poultry, or carcasses thereof, for the purpose of examining the owner's permit and the contents of the vehicle.

(b) Any inspector, game warden or other peace officer of the county or state of Wyoming may detain any vehicle which he has probable cause to believe may contain stolen animals, poultry or carcasses thereof, for not to exceed twelve (12) hours or until a legal search warrant may be obtained. If the person in charge of the vehicle consents in writing to a search of the conveyance without a warrant, the search shall be made by the officer in the presence of the detained person as soon as the consent is obtained.

(c) Any inspector, game warden or peace officer of the county or state of Wyoming may seize and take into custody any animals, poultry or carcasses thereof which have been unlawfully taken, unlawfully transported or which are unlawfully in possession.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-11-106 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-11-106
§ 11-11-106. Action on bond for breach of obligations; joinder of parties
Status: in_force

Any person injured by the warehouseman's or warehouse's breach of any obligation provided by law may sue on the bond in his own name in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the damage sustained by the breach. Where more than one (1) person is injured, the action may be brought in the name of all injured persons by any one or all interested parties, or by the state of Wyoming in their behalf.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-44-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-101
§ 11-44-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Wyoming Right to Farm and Ranch Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-111 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-111
§ 11-20-111. State brand book; contents
Status: in_force

The executive officer of the board shall procure a suitable book, to be known as the state brand book, in which shall be recorded the brand and the definite place of the brand upon the animal, used for the branding of livestock in this state. A suitable book under this section may, at the discretion of the board, include a printed copy, an electronic copy or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-205 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-205
§ 11-20-205. Procedures generally; estrays
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, before selling, changing ownership or removing any livestock from any county of Wyoming, the person selling, changing ownership or intending to cause removal shall notify the inspector of the date of the intended removal and the time and place when and where the required inspection for brands and ownership can be made. The inspection shall be made within a reasonable time prior to shipment. The person in charge of the livestock shall hold the livestock at the place designated until the livestock have been inspected and an official certificate of inspection is issued. The person in charge shall render the inspecting officer such assistance as is practicable while the required inspection is being made.

(b) Upon being notified of the intention of any person to sell, change ownership or remove from the county any livestock when a prior inspection is required by law, the inspector notified shall go to the place designated at the time agreed upon, and make an inspection for brands and ownership of the livestock.

(c) The inspection shall only be done under conditions that allow the inspector, at the sole discretion of the inspector, to adequately view the livestock for the purpose of determining brands. The inspector shall list by classes the livestock, showing number of each class and all brands, together with the names of owners of the brands, if known. The inspector may require from the person in charge proof of ownership of the livestock to be removed from the county, by brand record, bill of sale or the affidavits of at least two (2) responsible citizens of the county who are not interested financially in the animals. If ownership of any of the livestock is not claimed by the person intending to remove them from the county, then written authorization from the owner for such removal is required.

(d) Estrays, the ownership of which is unknown, shall not be removed from the county except by order of the inspector in accordance with W.S. 11-24-102 .

(e) No inspection for brands and ownership is required if a change of ownership occurs solely due to:

(i) A legal name change of a person, firm, partnership, corporation or association if the ownership of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association remains unchanged;

(ii) The transfer of a brand from an individual or the individual and his spouse to a business entity if the individual or the individual and his spouse are owners of a one hundred percent (100%) interest in the business entity;

(iii) A conversion of a business entity as provided in W.S. 17-26-101 ;

(iv) Marriage.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-19-304 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-304
§ 11-19-304. Prohibition on importation of cattle or bison; penalties
Status: in_force

Any person bringing cattle or bison into any tuberculosis accredited-free area except in compliance with the rules and regulations made by the state veterinarian shall upon conviction be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-116 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-116
§ 11-5-116. Quarantine by director; request by district
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the director, the district board or their agents find any section of the state to be infested with insects, pests, poisonous or injurious plants or plant diseases, and it is established that farm products from that section are liable to spread the insects, pests, poisonous or injurious plants or plant diseases into other sections to the injury of others, the director shall without unnecessary delay, declare a quarantine against such section to prevent the transfer of farm products from the quarantined area. When it is ascertained that insects, pests, weed seed, poisonous or injurious plants or plant diseases are likely to be introduced into Wyoming by the importation of farm products, domestic animals or other objects, the director shall declare a quarantine against the importation of such farm products.

(b) A district may initiate a district-wide quarantine by one (1) of the following procedures:

(i) A district may request in writing that the director declare a district-wide quarantine. Upon receipt of the request, the director shall instruct the district to circulate a petition for ninety (90) days within the district to obtain signatures of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all resident landowners owning at least fifty-one percent (51%) of all resident-owned land. Upon receipt of the properly executed petition, the director shall declare a district-wide quarantine;

(ii) A district board may hold a hearing in compliance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The director shall declare a district-wide quarantine when the district has provided the director with proper documentation that a hearing has been held and the district has found a need for a district-wide quarantine;

(iii) The district board may hold a district-wide referendum. The director shall declare a district-wide quarantine upon receipt of a certified document indicating that the referendum was accepted by a majority of the electors who voted in the election.

(c) The director shall declare an individual quarantine when requested by resolution adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the board.

(d) The district board in compliance with W.S. 11-5-101 through 11-5-119 may request a quarantine against the entry of infested farm products that may be injurious and detrimental to the state and enter into agreements with the law enforcing agencies to carry out the quarantine provision:

(i) Farm products and equipment shall be certified free of designated noxious weed seeds or infested farm products prior to entry into the state, with the exception of any processed feed or grain to be reprocessed and fed to livestock;

(ii) Farm products and equipment are to be certified in the state of origin by the proper officials;

(iii) Interstate shipment of farm products through the state need not be certified if covered in a prescribed manner as not to allow the dissemination of infested farm products.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-6-310 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-310
§ 11-6-310. Applicability of chapter
Status: in_force

This article, unless contrary to federal law, shall apply to all federal, state and private lands.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-24-106 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 24 / Section 11-24-106
§ 11-24-106. Unclaimed horses; penalties
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of W.S. 11-24-105 shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-117 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-117
§ 11-20-117. Use of unrecorded duplicate brands prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person in Wyoming to use an unrecorded brand for the purpose of claiming ownership of or to identify livestock with a brand not recorded in his name except as otherwise provided in W.S. 11-20-125 .

(b) Anyone violating subsection (a) of this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-9-105 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-9-105
§ 11-9-105. Nursery stock for sale; condition generally
Status: in_force

(a) All nursery stock sold or offered for sale shall be in a sound, healthy condition and shall be stored and displayed under conditions which will maintain its vigor. Nursery stock which is dead or so seriously weakened that it will not grow with normal vigor when given reasonable care shall not be sold or offered for sale.

(b) All nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed shall be substantially free or apparently free of any injurious insects, plant diseases, other pests or prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated weeds.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-36-103 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 36 / Section 11-36-103
§ 11-36-103. Marketing orders; authority to promulgate
Status: in_force

Subject to this act, the board may promulgate marketing orders within this state regulating the distributing, transporting, manufacturing, storing, selling, handling, marketing, pricing, processing, producing and promoting practices of dairy products. The board may promulgate orders directed to producers, processors or handlers, either jointly or individually, within separate or joint orders, setting forth marketing practices, including prices or the methods of determining prices at the wholesale levels, to be received by them for their dairy products.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-11-105 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-11-105
§ 11-11-105. Surety bond required; amount; approval by department; conditions; exception
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant for a warehouseman's or warehouse license shall post a cash bond, acceptable irrevocable letter of credit or execute and file with the department a good and sufficient surety bond in an amount determined by the department based on the maximum number of hundred weight the warehouseman can store in the warehouses for which the bond is required, but not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). A surety bond shall be executed by a responsible surety company licensed to do business in this state and conditioned upon the faithful performance of the obligation of the warehouseman or person operating a warehouse under the laws of this state and of any additional obligations assumed by him under contract with those who deposit grain with him. All bonds shall be payable to the state for the benefit of any injured party, and shall be in the form and contain additional conditions as the department may prescribe. No person is required to file a bond who has already posted similar bond with the United States department of agriculture pursuant to the United States Warehouse Act of August 11, 1916, as amended.

(b) Cash bonds, irrevocable letters of credit and surety bonds shall not be released by the department until an audit has been completed and satisfied. The department shall publish a public notice for sixty (60) days prior to any bond being released.

(c) In the event a warehouseman does not renew his license in accordance with W.S. 11-11-103 or suspends normal business operations, the department shall post a public notice in a paper of local distribution for sixty (60) days prior to the closure of the warehouse.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-9-102 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-9-102
§ 11-9-102. License requirements and fees for dealers and salesmen; disposition of fees
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall engage in the business of selling, offering for sale or distributing nursery stock within Wyoming without first obtaining a license from the state department of agriculture. The fee for a license shall be the fee authorized by W.S. 11-1-104 .

(b) Upon application for a resident nursery stock dealer license and payment of the required fee, the director, or an authorized inspector shall inspect the premises and stock of the applicant and shall issue the license if the inspection shows the premises and stock to be substantially free or apparently free from injurious insects, plant diseases or other pests and free of prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds.

(c) If the inspection reveals the premises or stock not to be substantially free or apparently free of injurious insects, plant diseases, other pests or prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds, the nursery stock shall be removed or quarantined from sale and a written plan of action to remedy the condition by treatment, control actions or destruction shall be presented to the inspector within one (1) working day. The nursery shall be inspected again within a time agreed upon by the director, or his authorized agent, and the dealer and noted in writing on the plan, but no later than fifteen (15) days after the previous inspection. Upon subsequent inspection the nursery stock shall be substantially free or apparently free from the injurious insects, plant diseases and other pests and free from prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds in order to be released for sale. Failure to comply with this subsection shall subject the dealer to the penalties provided in W.S. 11-9-108 or 11-9-109 .

(d) No person shall act as a nursery stock salesman without first securing a license from the state department of agriculture. The fee for a license shall be the fee authorized by W.S. 11-1-104 .

(e) No nonresident shall sell, take orders to sell, offer for sale or distribute nursery stock which has been grown outside this state without first securing a license from the department of agriculture. The license fee for each establishment shipping nursery stock into Wyoming shall be the fee authorized by W.S. 11-1-104 . No license shall be granted to a nonresident unless the applicant agrees to furnish with each shipment of nursery stock an affidavit stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or transported into Wyoming has been inspected by the proper state, district or county officials of the state of origin and found free from injurious insects, plant diseases and prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds.

(f) Licenses granted to nursery stock dealers or salesmen expire on March 31 of each year. All license fees collected shall be deposited in the general fund.

(g) Charitable and educational institutions shall be exempt from licensing requirements imposed by this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-30-114 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 30 / Section 11-30-114
§ 11-30-114. Tampering with or drugging of livestock prohibited; definitions; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall tamper with or sabotage any livestock which has been registered, entered or exhibited in any exhibition in this state.

(b) No person shall administer, dispense, distribute, manufacture, sell or use any drug to or for livestock which has been registered, entered or exhibited in any exhibition in this state unless the drug is approved for such use by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States Department of Agriculture. However, nothing shall prevent any person from using a drug on livestock owned by him if either federal agency has approved an application submitted for investigational use in accordance with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

(c) Any person who violates this section shall be punished as provided by W.S. 11-1-103 .

(d) As used in this section:

(i) “ Drug ” means as defined by W.S. 35-7-110(a)(x) ;

(ii) “Exhibition” means a show or sale of livestock at a fair or elsewhere in this state that is sponsored by or under the authority of the state or any political subdivision, local government, or any agricultural, horticultural or livestock society, association or corporation;

(iii) “Livestock” means any animal generally used for food or in the production of food, including, but not limited to, horses, mules and asses, cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, swine, rabbits or llamas;

(iv) “Sabotage” means to intentionally tamper with any livestock belonging to or owned by another person that has been registered, entered or exhibited in any exhibition or raised for the apparent purpose of being entered in an exhibition;

(v) “Tamper” shall not include any action taken or activity performed or administered by a licensed veterinarian or in accordance with instructions of a licensed veterinarian if the action or activity was undertaken for accepted medical purposes or any action taken as part of accepted grooming, commercial or medical practices, but shall include any of the following:

(A) Treatment of livestock in such a manner that food derived from the livestock would be considered adulterated under the Wyoming Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, W.S. 35-7-109 et seq. ;

(B) The injection, use or administration of any drug that is prohibited by any federal, state or local law or any drug that is used in a manner prohibited by any federal, state or local law;

(C) The injection or other internal administration of any product or material, whether gas, solid or liquid, to any livestock for the purposes of deception including concealing, enhancing or transforming the true conformation, configuration, color, breed, condition or age of the livestock or making the livestock appear more sound than the livestock would otherwise appear;

(D) The use or administration for cosmetic purposes of steroids, illegal growth stimulants or internal artificial filling, including paraffin, silicone injection, or any other substance;

(E) The use or application of any drug or feed additive affecting the central nervous system of the livestock;

(F) The use or administration of diuretics for cosmetic purposes;

(G) The manipulation or removal of tissue, by surgery or otherwise, so as to change, transform or enhance the true conformation or configuration of the livestock. Nothing in this subparagraph shall prohibit generally accepted management practices including but not limited to the dehorning, castration or spaying, corrective shoeing or trimming of any livestock;

(H) Subjecting the livestock to inhumane conditions or procedures for the purpose of concealing, enhancing or transforming the true conformation, configuration, condition or age of the livestock or making the livestock appear more sound than the livestock would otherwise appear;

(J) Substituting any different livestock for the livestock registered or entered in the exhibition without the permission of a responsible official of the exhibition.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-25-302 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 25 / Section 11-25-302
§ 11-25-302. Laboratory report required
Status: in_force

(a) Each vendor shall provide for a nationally recognized, independent gaming laboratory approved by the commission to submit to the commission a general functional evaluation laboratory report regarding the software installed on each skill based amusement game indicating whether the skill based amusement game is in compliance with this article. Any skill based amusement game that does not meet the requirements of this article shall immediately be removed from the state by the vendor.

(b) Any alterations, modifications or updates to the software or hardware of any skill based amusement game shall require the vendor to submit to the commission a new laboratory report as required under subsection (a) of this section before the game may be used for play at an establishment.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-20-121 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-121
§ 11-20-121. Penalties for failure to comply with certain provisions
Status: in_force

Any person violating or failing to comply with the provisions of W.S. 11-20-102 , 11-20-110 or 11-20-118 through 11-20-120 shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-303 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-303
§ 11-5-303. Program components; funding; rulemaking authority; penalties
Status: repealed

(a) Any district may carry out a weed and pest special management program in accordance with this article. If a district initiates a program, leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) shall receive priority in the program. A district may also implement an integrated management system under W.S. 11-5-101 through 11-5-119 using funds specified by W.S. 11-5-111 , provided leafy spurge shall receive priority pursuant to this article.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 2, § 3, eff. July 1, 2021.

(c) Any district which implements a special management program under this article shall:

(i) Establish one (1) or more management zones within the district. A management zone can only be formed with the written consent of a majority of the landowners in the proposed management zone;

(ii) Complete an inventory on lands within each management zone to determine the scope of infestation;

(iii) Establish management criteria for the special management program;

(iv) Select the materials and methods for the special management program based upon best available scientific facts, current technology and economic considerations;

(v) At least ten (10) days before final approval of the program by the district board, give notice to the public in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation within the county describing the special management program and approximating the cost of the program. Notice shall also be given through another medium if the board determines additional publication is necessary to ensure sufficient notice to the public.

(d) Programs under this article shall be funded as follows:

(i) Landowners shall contribute to the cost of the treatment program on their land as determined by the district board not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total cost;

(ii) The district shall contribute to the cost of the treatment program within the limitation of district funds available under subsection (e) of this section;

(iii) State or federal agencies owning lands or administering lands, which are untaxed for the purposes of this act, shall contribute to the total cost of the special management program;

(iv) Assistance to a district's coordinated program may be provided by legislative appropriation pursuant to W.S. 11-5-113(b) .

(e) A district may levy not to exceed an additional one (1) mill on the assessed value of the taxable property within the district to fund its contributions under this section. Upon request by the district board, the board of county commissioners may levy the amount of tax requested not to exceed the mill levy authorized by W.S. 11-5-111 and this subsection.

(f) Any landowner who refuses to perform remedial requirements as established by the district board after due notice as required by W.S. 11-5-109 may be subject to a fine provided by W.S. 11-5-109 .

(g) The Wyoming weed and pest council, with the approval of the majority of the board, may:

(i) Adopt rules and regulations as provided by W.S. 11-5-119 to implement an effective special management program in Wyoming; and

(ii) Establish procedures for prompt reporting and billing of expenditures made and for timely forecasting of future expenditures which will be required.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-15-108 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-108
§ 11-15-108. Director engaging in potato business prohibited
Status: in_force

The director is prohibited from engaging in the business of buying, selling or commission dealing in potatoes.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-35-105 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 35 / Section 11-35-105
§ 11-35-105. Marketing orders; when issued; contents; economic factors to be considered
Status: in_force

(a) After notice and hearing, the board shall issue a marketing order if it finds and states in the marketing order that the order will tend to:

(i) Reestablish or maintain prices received by producers for the agricultural commodity at a level which will give to the commodity power, with respect to the articles and services which farmers commonly buy, equivalent to the purchasing power of such commodity, provided that in establishing prices the board shall as nearly as possible apply the methods and procedures presently prescribed by the United States department of agriculture in making similar determinations;

(ii) Approach such equality of purchasing power at as rapid a rate as is feasible in view of the demand for the commodity;

(iii) Prevent the unreasonable or unnecessary waste of agricultural wealth because of improper preparation of the agricultural commodity for market, lack of uniform grading and inspection, or excessive shipments to markets;

(iv) Protect the interest of consumers of the commodity.

(b) In making the findings set forth in this section, the board shall take into consideration all facts available with respect to the following economic factors:

(i) The quantity of the agricultural commodity available for distribution;

(ii) The quantity of the agricultural commodity normally required for distribution;

(iii) The cost of producing the agricultural commodity as determined by available statistics and surveys;

(iv) The purchasing power of consumers;

(v) The level of prices of commodities, services and articles which farmers buy;

(vi) The level of prices of other commodities which compete with or are utilized as substitutes for the agricultural commodity.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-35-111 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 35 / Section 11-35-111
§ 11-35-111. Budget to cover costs; approval; part of marketing orders; liability for assessment
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing funds to defray the necessary expenses incurred in the administration of this act, the board shall prepare a budget covering the costs, including advertising and sales promotion when they are requested in any marketing agreement or order. The budget shall be approved by the control committee. The budget with the collection of necessary fees, the time and conditions of payment and in no case to exceed five percent (5%) of the gross dollar volume of sales or dollar volume of purchase or amounts handled, shall become a part of any marketing order upon adoption. Every person engaged in the production, processing, distribution or handling of any marketable agricultural product directly affected by any marketing order for the commodity shall pay to the board at the time and in the manner prescribed by the order as assessment for the budget the percentage of the gross dollar volume of sales or dollar volume of purchase or amounts handled, or distribution of any commodity affected by the marketing order, as necessary to defray the expenses of the enforcement of this act, but in no case to exceed five percent (5%) of the gross dollar volume.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-5-404 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-404
§ 11-5-404. Program development; additional committee responsibilities; annual report
Status: in_force

(a) Emergency insect management programs developed and receiving funds from the account under this article shall be based upon integrated pest management principles using the most current, scientifically valid methods to manage insect pests and vectors.

(b) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, the committee shall establish policies, standards and guidelines for programs receiving funds from the account under this article. In accordance with established program guidelines and policies, the committee shall review applications for participation submitted under this article, and based upon its review and evaluation, approve or disapprove program applications and if approved, establish the amount of program funding from the account.

(c) In addition to subsection (b) of this section, the committee shall, in cooperation with the governor, collect and compile data necessary to determine if emergency insect management programs under this article involve any threatened or endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., as amended. If programs involve such species, the committee, in cooperation with the governor, shall request an exemption from federal regulation under this act for insect management purposes.

(d) The committee shall establish necessary procedures to process applications filed pursuant to this article.

(e) In addition to subsection (d) of this section, the committee shall annually report its activities for each fiscal period as required under W.S. 9-2-1014 .
Wyo. Stat. § 11-13-106 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 13 / Section 11-13-106
§ 11-13-106. Right of access to establishments and information relating to manufacturing; sampling and analysis
Status: in_force

(a) The director or his agent shall have access during normal business hours to establishments or facilities in which commercial feed is manufactured, transported or held for distribution, and to information relating to manufacture, transportation or distribution of the feed for purposes of sampling and inspection.

(b) The methods of sampling and analysis shall be those adopted by the director from the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. In cases not covered by such methods, or in cases where methods are available in which improved applicability has been demonstrated, the director may adopt such appropriate methods from other sources. The director, in determining whether a commercial feed is deficient in any component, shall be guided solely by the official sample analyzed in accordance with the methods so adopted. A deficiency in an official sample of commercial feed resulting from nonuniformity during packaging is deemed to be a deficiency for the purposes of this act. For purposes of this act, the results of official analysis shall be final, unless it is determined by the director that a resample is warranted. If a distributor or registrant requests a resample of a commercial feed based upon the director's findings of a deficiency, all costs associated with the resampling and analysis shall be borne by the distributor or registrant. If the results of the resampling establish the result of the first analysis was invalid, the department shall bear the costs associated with the resampling. Any requests for a resample to the director shall be made in writing.

(c) When the inspection and analysis of an official sample indicates a commercial feed has been adulterated or misbranded, the results of analysis shall be forwarded by the director to the distributor and the purchaser. The following shall apply:

(i) A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded if:

(A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(B) It is distributed under the name of another commercial feed;

(C) It is not labeled as required in W.S. 11-13-103 ;

(D) It purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed unless such feed conforms to the definition outlined by the official publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, except as the director designates otherwise in specific cases;

(E) Any word, statement or other information required by or under the authority of this act does not appear conspicuously on the label, and in such terms that the ordinary person under customary conditions of purchase and use would not understand;

(F) The commercial feed is short weight. All provisions for enforcement of items found to be short weight shall be administered by the department under W.S. 40-10-117 through 40-10-136 of the Wyoming weights and measures law.

(ii) A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated if:

(A) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health, but in case the substance is not an added substance, such commercial feeds shall not be considered adulterated under this subsection if the quantity of such substance does not ordinarily render it injurious to health;

(B) It contains an unapproved food and drug administration drug, medication or animal remedy;

(C) Any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom or any less valuable substance substituted therefor;

(D) It contains any prohibited noxious weed seeds or exceeds the tolerance established on restricted noxious weed seeds pursuant to W.S. 11-12-104 or exceeds two percent (2%) of viable common weed seeds by weight.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-47-101 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-101
§ 11-47-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Wyoming Commonsense Consumption Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 11-29-111 — WY Code / Title 11 / Chapter 29 / Section 11-29-111
§ 11-29-111. Livestock board; destruction of diseased or injured livestock animals
Status: in_force

Any peace officer, agent or officer of the board may destroy or cause to be destroyed any livestock animal in his charge when in his judgment and the judgment of a Wyoming licensed veterinarian or the judgment of the livestock animal owner, the livestock animal appears to be severely injured, severely disabled, diseased past recovery or unfit for any useful purpose. There shall be no right for any future indemnity or payment to the owner for the destruction of any livestock animal destroyed and the peace officer, agent or officer of the board shall be held harmless while acting in accordance with this section.