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WY Stat § 11-6-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 2 - Districts and District Boards|Section 11-6-203 - Manner of Calling Annual Meeting of Predator Management Districts; When Held; Election of Chairman and Secretary.

11-6-203. Manner of calling annual meeting of predator management districts; when held; election of chairman and secretary.| (a) The annual meeting of each predator management district shall be held within the first two (2) weeks of December. Any person having paid predator fees in the district within the preceding twelve (12) months shall be entitled to one (1) vote at the annual meeting. Predator fees paid in the name of a business entity may be represented by one (1) representative of the entity paying the fees, provided that the representative is authorized by the entity to vote on behalf of the entity and has provided proof of such written authorization. Proof of payment of predator fees within the district shall only be through a verified copy of a brand inspection certificate which clearly shows that the fees have been paid and the date upon which the fees were paid. No person paying fees within the district shall be entitled to more than one (1) vote at the annual meeting and no proxies shall be allowed. Each board shall:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 46, § 2.  (ii) Publish a notice stating the time and place of any meeting of the district and that directors of the board representing livestock interests as provided in W.S. 11-6-202(a)(i) and (ii) shall be elected at the meeting. Notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting;  (iii) Set the date of the meeting so as not to conflict with the date of similar meetings held in adjoining districts in order that sheep and cattle owners operating in more than one (1) district may attend and vote in other districts where they are engaged in such business;  (iv) Set the annual predatory animal control fee for the district as provided by W.S. 11-6-210(a).  (b) When assembled in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the sheep and cattle owners shall elect a chairman and secretary who shall act as judges of the election of directors representing livestock interests of the board.
WY Stat § 11-6-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 2 - Districts and District Boards|Section 11-6-204 - District Boards; Election and Appointment of Officers; Meetings; Quorum; Oath; Appropriation Requests.

11-6-204. District boards; election and appointment of officers; meetings; quorum; oath; appropriation requests.| At the annual meeting of the district board, following election of directors pursuant to W.S. 11-6-202(a)(i), (ii) and (iv) and upon appointment of directors pursuant to W.S. 11-6-202(a)(v), if applicable, the directors shall organize by choosing from their number a president and vice-president and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer. Subsequent meetings may be called by the president upon reasonable notice. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at any board meeting. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for serving as members. Each director shall take an oath for the faithful performance of his duties. If the board determines to request an appropriation of funds from the board of county commissioners, it shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to the time for annual levy of general taxes, notify the board of county commissioners of the amount the district board considers necessary for district operations during the following year.
WY Stat § 11-6-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 2 - Districts and District Boards|Section 11-6-205 - District Boards; Duties Generally.

11-6-205. District boards; duties generally.| (a) Each predator management district board shall:  (i) Exercise general supervision over the control of predatory animals and predacious birds that prey upon and destroy livestock, other domestic animals and wildlife;  (ii) Devise and put in operation those methods that best manage or control damage caused by predatory animals or predacious birds;  (iii) Administer funds received from predator management fees and from other sources to carry out the predator management program;  (iv) Coordinate with affected individuals and entities to develop a comprehensive predator management program for each respective predator management district which addresses livestock, wildlife and public health concerns.
WY Stat § 11-6-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 2 - Districts and District Boards|Section 11-6-206 - District Boards; Powers Generally.

11-6-206. District boards; powers generally.| Each predator management district board may adopt rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the purpose and provisions of this article. Each board may appoint employees and assistants as necessary and fix their compensation. Each board may enter into cooperative agreements with boards of county commissioners, other predator management districts, federal or state agencies or other organizations or associations for the purpose of controlling predatory animals and predacious birds. Each board is authorized to pay bounties for predatory animals and predacious birds.
WY Stat § 11-6-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 2 - Districts and District Boards|Section 11-6-207 - District Boards; Record of Proceedings and Expenditures; Monthly Warrants Issued by County for Monies Collected.

11-6-207. District boards; record of proceedings and expenditures; monthly warrants issued by county for monies collected.| (a) The secretary-treasurer of each predator management district shall keep a complete and accurate record of the proceedings of the board.  (b) All salaries, expenses or bounties shall be paid from the predator management district fund of the district by the secretary-treasurer.  (c) All expenditures of the district shall be supported by properly approved vouchers and supporting documents in writing signed by the board president and any other director.  (d) The county treasurer shall issue monthly warrants to the predator management district for all monies collected in the county for the predator management district.
WY Stat § 11-6-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 2 - Districts and District Boards|Section 11-6-208 - District Boards; Annual Report.

11-6-208. District boards; annual report.| On or before October 1 of each year, the president and secretary-treasurer of each district board and each county treasurer shall make an annual report to their board of county commissioners showing all receipts and disbursement of district funds made by direction of the board during the preceding fiscal year. A report of the receipts, expenditures and financial transactions of the district shall be made as provided by W.S. 9-1-507. The director of the state department of audit may call upon any district board or upon any county treasurer for further information relating to any predator management district.
WY Stat § 11-6-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 2 - Districts and District Boards|Section 11-6-209 - Annual Meetings of Predator Management Boards.

11-6-209. Annual meetings of predator management boards.| Annual meetings for the election of members of boards of directors of predator management districts shall be called by the president of each board. The meetings shall be called by a notice published in the manner provided by W.S. 11-6-203.
WY Stat § 11-6-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-301 - Short Title.

11-6-301. Short title.| This article may be cited as the "Wyoming animal damage management program".
WY Stat § 11-6-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-302 - Definitions.

11-6-302. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Board" means the Wyoming animal damage management board (ADMB);  (ii) "Crop" or "agricultural crop" when not otherwise defined by statute means corn, oats, wheat, barley, flax, sorghums and other grains, potatoes, vegetables, forage legumes, hay, and any other product of cultivation, trees, bees, honey and hives;  (iii) "Damage" means any injury to or loss of livestock, agricultural crops or wildlife inflicted by predatory animals, predacious birds or depredating animals;  (iv) "Depredating animal" means any trophy game animal or furbearing animal that causes damage;  (v) "Furbearing animal" means badger, beaver, bobcat, marten, mink, muskrat or weasel;  (vi) "Livestock" means horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, guard animals or any other animal maintained under domestication. Bison are considered livestock unless otherwise designated by the Wyoming livestock board and the Wyoming game and fish commission;  (vii) "Person" means as defined by W.S. 8-1-102(a)(vi);  (viii) "Predacious bird" means any predatory avian species that is permitted to be taken under either Wyoming law or federal law;  (ix) "Predatory animal" means:  (A) Coyote, jackrabbit, porcupine, raccoon, red fox, skunk or stray cat; and  (B) Until the date gray wolves are removed from the list of experimental nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming as provided by W.S. 23-1-108, "predatory animal" includes wolves. After that date, "predatory animal" shall include any gray wolf within areas of the state where the state of Wyoming has jurisdiction for wildlife management, but not within an area of the state in which the gray wolf is:  (I) Designated as a trophy game animal under W.S. 23-1-101(a)(xii)(B)(I) or (II).  (II) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 25, § 2.  (x) "Trophy game animal" means:  (A) Black bear, grizzly bear or mountain lion; and  (B) From and after the date gray wolves are removed from the list of experimental nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming as provided by W.S. 23-1-108:  (I) "Trophy game animal" shall include any gray wolf within those areas where gray wolves are designated as trophy game animals as provided in W.S. 23-1-101(a)(xii)(B)(I) or (II).  (II) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 25, § 2.  (xi) "Wildlife" means all wild mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans and mollusks, and wild bison designated by the Wyoming game and fish commission and the Wyoming livestock board within this state;  (xii) "Take" means as defined by W.S. 23-1-102(a)(vii).  (b) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 25, § 2.
WY Stat § 11-6-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-305 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board Funding; Sources; Methods of Collection.

11-6-305. Wyoming animal damage management board funding; sources; methods of collection.| (a) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 48, § 2.  (b) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 48, § 2.  (c) The ADMB may receive money for predatory animal, predacious bird and depredating animal management from the federal government, state appropriations, counties, agencies, boards, associations, commissions, individuals and any other cooperators, and may expend monies to purchase supplies, materials, services, and to employ or contract personnel for predatory animal, predacious bird and depredating animal damage management. The ADMB may make supplies, materials, services and personnel available to cooperators at approximate cost.
WY Stat § 11-6-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-306 - Animal Damage Management Account.

11-6-306. Animal damage management account.| (a) There is created the animal damage management account.  (b) Money received under W.S. 11-6-305 shall be deposited by the state treasurer in the animal damage management account to be appropriated for the purposes provided in this article.  (c) Any supplemental contributions received by the department from livestock owners for predatory animal, predacious bird or depredating animal damage management programs or the prevention and management of rabid wildlife shall be deposited into the animal damage management account.  (d) The animal damage management account shall be administered for the ADMB by the Wyoming department of agriculture.
WY Stat § 11-6-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-307 - Board to Request Funding From Game and Fish Commission.

11-6-307. Board to request funding from game and fish commission.| The board shall annually request two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) from the Wyoming game and fish commission. These funds shall be expended for wildlife priorities. The game and fish commission shall provide recommendations to the board regarding expenditure of these funds. Priority shall be given to projects that directly involve predator control that will have the greatest benefit to wildlife or will reduce the cost to the department for animal damage payments.
WY Stat § 11-6-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-308 - District Boards; Relation to Admb; Duties Generally.

11-6-308. District boards; relation to ADMB; duties generally.| (a) Each predator management district board shall:  (i) Exercise general supervision in determining local priorities for the management of predatory animals and predacious birds that prey upon and destroy livestock, other domestic animals, wildlife and crops;  (ii) Devise and put in operation those methods that best manage predatory animals and predacious birds;  (iii) Administer funds received to carry out the animal damage management program;  (iv) Maintain existing financial and physical resources;  (v) Provide input to the ADMB.
WY Stat § 11-6-309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-309 - Predator Management District Participation With the Admb.

11-6-309. Predator management district participation with the ADMB.| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the predator management district has elected to participate in providing funding or upon approval of the ADMB, other in-kind resources, to the animal damage management account, the district may solicit funds or receive services from the ADMB under separate negotiated agreement. Two (2) or more districts may jointly solicit funds or receive services from the ADMB for purposes of this section.  (b) Whether or not a predator management district has elected to participate in providing funding to the animal damage management account, the district may solicit funds or receive services from the ADMB for control of gray wolves designated as predatory animals.  (c) In any area of the state not under the jurisdiction of a county predatory animal board, eligible applicants for funds appropriated to the animal damage management board for the purpose of controlling wolves designated as predatory animals include state or county agencies.
WY Stat § 11-6-310 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-310 - Applicability of Chapter.

11-6-310. Applicability of chapter.| This article, unless contrary to federal law, shall apply to all federal, state and private lands.
WY Stat § 11-6-311 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-311 - Exemptions.

11-6-311. Exemptions.| The state predator management advisory board or the ADMB may exempt persons from payment of the imposed fees when the respective board determines that livestock as defined in this act are permanently confined within pens or corrals within incorporated city limits where animal damage control activity by state or federal agencies is prohibited or severely restricted.
WY Stat § 11-6-312 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 6 - Predatory Animals|Article 3 - Wyoming Animal Damage Management Program|Section 11-6-312 - Cooperative Agreements Generally.

11-6-312. Cooperative agreements generally.| The ADMB may enter into cooperative agreements with other governmental agencies, counties, associations, corporations or individuals for carrying out the purposes of this article.
WY Stat § 11-7-130 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 11-7-130 - Short Title.

11-7-130. Short title.| This chapter may be cited as the "Wyoming Apiculture Act".
WY Stat § 11-7-132 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 11-7-132 - Disposition of Fees.

11-7-132. Disposition of fees.| Registration and inspection fees collected under this chapter shall be transmitted by the department to the state treasurer for deposit in the general fund.
WY Stat § 11-7-133 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 11-7-133 - Penalties.

11-7-133. Penalties.| Any person who violates any provision of this chapter 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 six (6) months, or both. Each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
WY Stat § 11-7-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection|Article 2 - Registration|Section 11-7-202 - General Apiary Registrations.

11-7-202. General apiary registrations.| (a) In order to control, limit and prevent the spread of bee diseases, bee parasites or bee pests among bees, hives and apiaries and to control, limit and prevent interference with proper feeding and honey flow of established apiaries, general apiaries registered to different persons shall be located at least two (2) miles apart, except as otherwise provided in this article. The department shall not register or issue a certificate of registration for any general apiary that is located less than two (2) miles from a general apiary registered to another person, except as otherwise provided in this section.  (b) Any person may register a general apiary that is situated less than two (2) miles from another general apiary he has registered, if the location of the general apiary being applied for is at least two (2) miles from general apiaries registered to other persons.  (c) A general apiary may be registered even though it is less than two (2) miles from any registered pollination apiary, landowner apiary or hobbyist apiary.  (d) A person with an existing apiary that is located less than two (2) miles from an existing general apiary registered to another person may register his apiary as a general apiary under the following conditions:  (i) His apiary is established and registered with the department as a general apiary under the department's rules in effect prior to December 31, 2009; and  (ii) The registration of his apiary has not been forfeited or abandoned.
WY Stat § 11-7-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection|Article 2 - Registration|Section 11-7-203 - Pollination Apiary Registrations.

11-7-203. Pollination apiary registrations.| (a) The department may grant pollination apiary registrations to commercial seed and fruit producers or other commercial agricultural producers under the following conditions:  (i) The applicant must own, lease or rent the land upon which the pollination apiary is to be located and the applicant must use the land for the purpose of growing a commercial seed, fruit or other crop which is dependent upon bees or other insects for pollination;  (ii) The applicant does not own the bees or the hives which are to be placed upon the pollination apiary;  (iii) The only purpose of the apiary is to pollinate a commercial agricultural crop;  (iv) The applicant shall provide the department with all pertinent information necessary to determine if pollination apiaries are needed to pollinate the applicant's crop adequately;  (v) The department may refuse to register a pollination apiary based upon its own investigation of the matter, but if the department approves the application, it shall specify the number of hives and location of pollination apiaries needed for the purpose of pollinating the applicant's commercial agricultural crop adequately; and  (vi) A copy of the pollination contract between the seedgrower and beekeeper shall be sent to the department.  (b) A pollination apiary registration is valid only for the time period the department specifies, and all pollination apiaries shall be removed within two (2) weeks after the end of the bloom period of the crop to be pollinated.  (c) No certificate of registration of a pollination apiary may be leased, assigned or transferred and no person other than the pollination apiary registrant may exercise in any way any rights or privileges authorized by the certificate of registration.
WY Stat § 11-7-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals|Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection|Article 2 - Registration|Section 11-7-204 - Landowner Apiary Registrations.

11-7-204. Landowner apiary registrations.| (a) The department may grant landowner apiary registrations under the following conditions:  (i) The applicant shall be a landowner, as defined in W.S. 11-7-131(a)(xiii) and shall own the land upon which the apiary will be located;  (ii) The applicant shall own the bees and the hives that will be placed on the apiary; and  (iii) The applicant shall personally manage and operate the bees and the hives.  (b) No certificate of registration of a landowner apiary shall be leased, assigned or transferred and no person other than the landowner apiary registrant shall exercise in any way any rights or privileges authorized by the certificate of registration.