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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 2 - Registration › Section 11-7-215 - Variance Agreements.

11-7-215. Variance agreements.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 3 - Inspection and Certification - Apis Bees › Section 11-7-302 - Importation of Bees, Combs or Hives.

11-7-302. Importation of bees, combs or hives.
(a) A beekeeper shall notify the department and request an inspection to be conducted at any specified registered location or holding yard not later than fourteen (14) days after entry of any colony into this state. Following an inspection for colony health, the department may issue an export certificate for any colony imported into Wyoming. An export certificate is valid for one (1) year and allows export from and re-entry into Wyoming at any port of entry.
(b) Bees shipped on combless packages or in packages on new frames and new foundation are not prohibited.
(c) Comb honey in sections intended for human consumption is not prohibited.
(d) All package bees shipped into Wyoming shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating that no honey has been used for food in transit. It is unlawful for anyone shipping queen bees in cages into this state to use any honey for queen cage foods.
(e) If an official Wyoming apiary inspector finds that any bees imported into the state have infectious or contagious diseases within fourteen (14) days after arrival, the apiary inspector shall destroy the diseased bees and equipment.
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ALFALFA LEAF-CUTTER BEE
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 4 - Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee › Section 11-7-401 - Definitions.

11-7-401. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Bee" means any stage in the life cycle of a bee of the species Megachile rotundata (F), commonly known as the alfalfa leaf-cutter bee;
(ii) "Certification" means the process of analyzing bees and equipment by the department to determine whether they meet the required health standards;
(iii) "Department" means the department of agriculture;
(iv) "Equipment" means trays, incubators, cell removers, tumblers and other apparatus used in rearing bees excluding nesting materials;
(v) "Nesting materials" means shelters, laminates, polyblocks, drilled boards or any other product which leaf-cutter bees actually use for nesting;
(vi) "Parasite" means an organism living in or on any stage of the alfalfa leaf-cutter bee obtaining nutriment from the body of the bee or nesting material;
(vii) "Pathogen" means an organism, parasite or otherwise, that causes disease in the alfalfa leaf-cutter bee;
(viii) "Wild trap" means to trap bees on property not owned by the trapper;
(ix) "This act" means W.S. 11-7-401 through 11-7-407;
(x) "Sanitization" means any treatment including iodine, heat, chlorine or any other method approved by the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 4 - Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee › Section 11-7-402 - Duties and Powers of Department.

11-7-402. Duties and powers of department.
(a) The department shall:
(i) Administer this act;
(ii) By rule or regulation adopt minimum standards for the presence of pathogens and parasites in bees to be certified, imported and possessed or controlled in this state;
(iii) Whenever it has reasonable cause to believe a person is in possession of any diseased or parasitized bee or equipment or otherwise possesses any bee or equipment in violation of this act or rules adopted under this act, order a quarantine of the suspected bees or equipment and may require any person in possession of such bees to hold them under specified conditions until notified otherwise in writing;
(iv) Release any quarantine or order to hold bees upon a finding that the bees and equipment are possessed in compliance with this act.
(b) The department may:
(i) Enter into agreements with other governmental agencies or private associations in carrying out the provisions of this act;
(ii) Enter upon any public or private premises to inspect and sample bees or equipment that may be diseased or parasitized;
(iii) Quarantine any bees or equipment found to be infected with pathogens or parasites at a level exceeding certification standards;
(iv) Order the sanitization or destruction of any bees or equipment that is infected with parasites or pathogens and that does not meet certification standards.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 4 - Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee › Section 11-7-403 - Annual Certification; Application; Inspection of Sample; Recertification; Fees.

11-7-403. Annual certification; application; inspection of sample; recertification; fees.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 4 - Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee › Section 11-7-404 - Importation Restrictions.

11-7-404. Importation restrictions.
(a) No bee shall be imported into this state except under the provisions of this section.
(b) Prior to the importation of any bee, the importer shall file a completed application form as required under W.S. 11-7-403(b) and arrange a date and time for inspection.
(c) Prior to certification, each bee and associated transport equipment shall be quarantined.
(d) No bee shall be imported except in loose cells or as adults. No bee shall be imported in a drilled board, soda straw or other equipment that prevents adequate inspection of the bee.
(e) A representative sample of the population of bees imported shall be inspected as the basis for certification.
(f) No person shall import used nesting materials.
(g) No bee shall be certified unless all other requirements for certification under W.S. 11-7-403 are met.
(h) Used metal or plastic equipment may be imported with prior written notice to the department. Used equipment shall be sanitized prior to entry into this state and immediately after entry as provided by W.S. 11-7-401(a)(x).
(j) Any person not already owning or having leaf-cutter bees in Wyoming who imports leaf-cutter bees for the first time into an area where no leaf-cutter bees have previously been placed by that person shall meet the standards for unconditional leaf-cutter bee certification established by rules and regulations adopted by the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 4 - Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee › Section 11-7-405 - Restrictions on Rearing, Moving and Trapping Bees; Permits; Fees.

11-7-405. Restrictions on rearing, moving and trapping bees; permits; fees.
(a) No person shall rear any bee in a nesting material from which samples of loose larval cells cannot readily be obtained such as drilled boards or soda straws.
(b) No person shall move any quarantined bee or equipment except by special permit issued by the department.
(c) No person may wild trap or attempt to wild trap bees unless that person has been issued a permit to wild trap in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
(d) The permits under subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be issued under rules adopted by the department. The department shall by rule establish a reasonable fee for each permit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 4 - Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee › Section 11-7-406 - Penalty.

11-7-406. Penalty.
Any person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Each day a violation of this act continues is a separate offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 7 - Apiary Registration and Inspection › Article 4 - Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee › Section 11-7-407 - Laboratory Authorized; Fees for Services.

11-7-407. Laboratory authorized; fees for services.
The department may develop and maintain a laboratory at the University of Wyoming agriculture extension center at Powell to provide analytical services required under this act and may authorize the laboratories to provide services to persons possessing bees or equipment by charging a fee equal to the cost of providing those services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 8 - Packaging, Labeling and Advertising of Honey › Section 11-8-101 - Definition of Honey; Improper Labeling Prohibited.

11-8-101. Definition of honey; improper labeling prohibited.
(a) "Honey" means the nectar and saccharine exudation of plants, gathered, modified and stored in the comb by honey bees, which is levorotatory, containing not more than twenty-five percent (25%) water, not more than twenty-five hundredths percent (.25%) ash, and not more than eight percent (8%) sucrose.
(b) It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale any product which resembles honey and which is labeled, advertised or otherwise represented to be honey, if it is not honey. The word "imitation" shall not be used in the name of a product which resembles honey whether or not it contains any honey. The label for a product which does not resemble honey but which contains honey may include the word "honey" in the name of the product, and the relative position of the word "honey" in the product name, and in the list of ingredients when required, shall be determined by its prominence as an ingredient in the product.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 8 - Packaging, Labeling and Advertising of Honey › Section 11-8-102 - Penalty.

11-8-102. Penalty.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 9 - Nursery Stock › Section 11-9-101 - Definitions.

11-9-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in W.S. 11-9-101 through 11-9-109:
(i) "Nursery" means any ground, place or establishment where nursery stock is grown, offered for sale, sold, distributed or is offered as part of a landscape service;
(ii) "Nursery stock" means:
(A) All field-grown, greenhouse-grown or collected wild stock of woody plants such as fruit, forest, windbreak, shade and ornamental trees, shrubs or vines for fruit production, ornamental or protective plantings and herbaceous perennials used as ornamentals;
(B) All plants, rooted cuttings and plants with roots attached grown from bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes or other vegetative parts, whether produced out-of-doors or under glass and whether grown in open ground or in benches, boxes, pots or other containers;
(C) All bulbs, corms, pips, rhizomes, tubers, roots, cuttings, scions, grafts or other vegetative parts of plants; and
(D) All ground cover, including sod, plugs and vegetative mulches and compost.
(iii) "Nursery stock" shall not include prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds;
(iv) "Nursery stock dealers" means any person who obtains nursery stock to be offered for sale or distribution;
(v) "Nursery stock salesman" means any person selling, distributing or soliciting orders for delivery of nursery stock directly to the ultimate consumer from a supply on hand at a location other than a nursery stock dealer's place of business;
(vi) "Injurious insect" means any animal of the phylum Arthropoda known to be injurious to agricultural or horticultural plants;
(vii) "Other pest" means any animal of the phyla Mollusca or Nematoda or parasitic plant, plant parasite or other vector known to be injurious to agricultural or horticultural plants;
(viii) "Plant disease" means any fungi, bacteria, or virus injurious to plants and plant products;
(ix) "Plant inspection or health certificate" means a legal document issued by the department or the plant regulatory agency of another state declaring that the nursery stock being sold or distributed is apparently free of injurious insects, plant diseases, other pests and prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds;
(x) "Vector" means an insect, plant or other organism that transmits an insect, fungus, virus, bacterium or other infection;
(xi) "Designated noxious weed" means as defined in W.S. 11-5-102(a)(xi);
(xii) "Substantially free" means any injurious insect, other pest or plant disease is not locatable in groups or not affecting more than one percent (1%) of the nursery stock.
(b) These definitions do not include cut Christmas trees, cut flowers, seeds, seed potatoes or plant parts grown or offered for consumption as human food or as feed for animals.
(c) Age, when stated on any advertisement, label or sign in connection with the sale or offering for sale or distribution of nursery stock, shall be stated in years from time at which such nursery stock was propagated and each shall indicate the completion in autumn of one (1) seasonal growth period.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 9 - Nursery Stock › Section 11-9-103 - Right of Entry of Authorized Persons for Inspection.

11-9-103. Right of entry of authorized persons for inspection.
The director, or his authorized agents, during reasonable business hours, may enter upon or into any premises, lands, establishments or places in this state where they suspect that injurious insects, other pests, plant diseases or prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds occur for the purpose of inspecting, controlling or exterminating insects or diseases or otherwise carrying out the provisions of W.S. 11-9-101 through 11-9-109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 9 - Nursery Stock › Section 11-9-104 - Shipping Inspection Certificate; Health Certificate; Public Carriers Not to Accept Stock Without Affidavit.

11-9-104. Shipping inspection certificate; health certificate; public carriers not to accept stock without affidavit.
(a) Any person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock which is not accompanied by a valid shipping inspection certificate shall notify the department of the arrival of such stock, the kinds and amounts of the stock, and the name of the consignor, and shall hold the stock until inspected and released by the department.
(b) Public carriers shall not accept for shipment nursery stock that does not bear a proper affidavit showing apparent freedom from injurious insect, plant diseases, other pests and prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds.
(c) Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
(d) Resident nursery stock dealers shall request an inspection of any nursery stock to be shipped out of Wyoming. An annual inspection shall be sufficient for the purposes of this subsection. The department shall issue a plant inspection or health certificate after inspection by the department of the premises and nursery stock.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 9 - Nursery Stock › Section 11-9-105 - Nursery Stock for Sale; Condition Generally.

11-9-105. Nursery stock for sale; condition generally.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 9 - Nursery Stock › Section 11-9-106 - Sale of Nursery Stock; Labels Required; Identification of Stock.

11-9-106. Sale of nursery stock; labels required; identification of stock.
(a) All nursery stock offered for sale, sold, distributed or transported in Wyoming shall be labeled plainly and legibly, either by common or botanical names. When grade-size classifications are declared, they must be in compliance with those established by the department.
(b) Nursery stock on display for sale may be labeled by a suitable sign on a block of stock of the same kind and species. In order to properly identify nursery stock being delivered or transported to any purchaser, at least one (1) label bearing the botanical or common name, or both, shall be attached to each separate species or variety, except when delivered to the purchaser on the premises and sold from a block of stock labeled with a suitable sign.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 9 - Nursery Stock › Section 11-9-107 - Rules and Regulations by Director of Agriculture; Objections.

11-9-107. Rules and regulations by director of agriculture; objections.
The director may issue and enforce rules, regulations and definitions to implement the provisions of W.S. 11-9-101 through 11-9-109, subject to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 9 - Nursery Stock › Section 11-9-109 - Penalty for Violation of Provisions.

11-9-109. Penalty for violation of provisions.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of W.S. 11-9-101 through 11-9-109 or any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each offense, and may have any license issued to them under such statutes suspended or revoked. Each day shall constitute a separate violation.
(b) Any person found guilty of violating any provision of W.S. 11-9-101 through 11-9-109, shall reimburse the state for the cost of any treatments, control actions, quarantine, confiscation, destruction or removal of any nursery stock from the state resulting from the violation. Amounts collected under this subsection shall be paid to the department of agriculture technical services division account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-101 - Annual State Fair; Where Held; Purpose.

11-10-101. Annual state fair; where held; purpose.
The state fair board, with the assistance of the department of agriculture, shall hold an annual state fair at Douglas, Wyoming dedicated to honoring Wyoming's agricultural heritage and culture by cultivating Wyoming's agricultural future through competitions, educational displays and experiential exhibits for youth producers and the general public.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-103 - Reversion of Fairgrounds to Donor.

11-10-103. Reversion of fairgrounds to donor.
If the state fails for three (3) consecutive years to hold a state fair, the lands used for the purpose of a state fair shall revert to the person donating them, the state having the right to remove all buildings, fences and improvements of whatever nature within twenty-four (24) months after the date on which the fair should have been held. All buildings, fences and improvements remaining on the land after the expiration of the twenty-four (24) months shall become the property of the owner of the land.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-106 - Admission Charges; Other Revenues.

11-10-106. Admission charges; other revenues.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-107 - Power of State Fair Board to Acquire Land; Authority to Make Rules and Regulations; Renting and Use of Fairgrounds.

11-10-107. Power of state fair board to acquire land; authority to make rules and regulations; renting and use of fairgrounds.
(a) Consistent with W.S. 9-5-106(a) and (c), the state fair board may acquire by donation or lease in the name of the state any lands necessary for conducting the annual state fair, and may make all rules and regulations necessary for the conduct and government of the exhibitions, the sale of privileges, and the proper control, operation and conduct of the annual state fair and the state fairgrounds not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state.
(b) The state fair board may rent out or donate the use of the state fairgrounds for stabling and training stock and holding stock sales. The grounds may be used free of charge for encampment grounds for the state militia under the direction of the adjutant general of the state. The board shall permit the grounds and facilities to be used for other purposes and shall charge fees as it deems necessary to maximize revenues and pay the expenses of maintaining the grounds and facilities. One percent (1%) of any revenue generated under this subsection shall be distributed to the state fair endowment account and the remainder of any revenue generated under this subsection shall be distributed to the Wyoming state fair account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-108 - Rodeos; Generally.

11-10-108. Rodeos; generally.
The state fair board may provide a rodeo as part of the state fair program, provided there is no restriction on any Wyoming resident who desires to participate in the rodeo other than the prescribed entry fee, unless the restriction is required by a sanctioning body as part of the terms and conditions to sanction the rodeo. Any contract entered into with any person to provide entertainment under this section is void if it in any manner excludes a Wyoming resident from participation in the entertainment because of membership or nonmembership in any organization or group.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-113 - Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum; Supervision Thereof.

11-10-113. Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum; supervision thereof.
The supervision, maintenance and operation of the museum is under the director of the department of state parks and cultural resources. The director may assign or employ necessary personnel to maintain the exhibits and receive visitors, and may enter into agreements for the loan of exhibits, providing the state of Wyoming is not liable therefor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-115 - State Fair Board; Membership; Terms; Compensation.

11-10-115. State fair board; membership; terms; compensation.
(a) There is created the state fair board consisting of the following members:
(i) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from each of the four (4) quadrants specified in W.S. 11-2-102(e)(i) through (iv). Each of these members shall be engaged primarily in agricultural work and shall be selected to represent a cross section of the agriculture industry. Appointments shall rotate consecutively among all the counties of the quadrants;
(ii) One (1) voting member jointly appointed by a majority vote of both the Converse county board of commissioners and the governing body of the city of Douglas;
(iii) One (1) voting member appointed by the dean of the University of Wyoming college of agriculture from the Wyoming cooperative extension service;
(iv) One (1) voting member selected by the Wyoming vocational agricultural teachers association from its membership;
(v) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the department of state parks and cultural resources;
(vi) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the Wyoming business council;
(vii) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the Wyoming tourism board or a representative of the Wyoming tourism board;
(viii) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the energy industry;
(ix) One (1) at-large voting member who is engaged primarily in agricultural work, appointed by the governor;
(x) The director shall serve as a voting member;
(xi) The governor or his designee and the dean of the University of Wyoming college of agriculture, or the dean's designee, shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members.
(b) The members of the state fair board appointed under paragraph (a)(i) of this section shall serve for a term of six (6) years. The members of the state fair board appointed under paragraphs (a)(ii) through (ix) of this section shall serve for a term of four (4) years. Any state fair board member appointed by the governor is subject to removal as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(c) Except as provided in this section, the state fair board members shall be paid a salary of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for attending and traveling to and from official state fair board meetings and shall receive mileage and per diem in the same manner as state employees as provided by W.S. 9-3-102. Members who are government employees or public officials appointed to the state fair board to represent an agency, department, board or institution of the state, including the University of Wyoming, shall receive no salary but shall be considered on official business when performing duties as members of the state fair board and shall receive mileage and per diem in the manner provided by the agency, department, board or institution the member represents.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 10 - State Fair › Section 11-10-118 - State Fair Endowment Account; Administration; Distributions; Purposes.

11-10-118. State fair endowment account; administration; distributions; purposes.
(a) The state fair endowment account is created. The state treasurer is authorized to accept cash gifts for the account. Funds within the account including all funds deposited to the account from any source are intended to be inviolate and constitute a permanent or perpetual trust fund. The state treasurer shall invest funds within the endowment account in accordance with law. Seventy-five percent (75%) of investment earnings shall be credited to the endowment account. Twenty-five percent (25%) of investment earnings shall be distributed to the Wyoming state fair account.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 144, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-101 - Definitions.

11-11-101. Definitions.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-102 - Applicability.

11-11-102. Applicability.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-103 - Warehousemen to Procure Licenses; Fee; Annual Renewal.

11-11-103. Warehousemen to procure licenses; fee; annual renewal.
Before engaging in business in Wyoming, a warehouseman or any person operating a warehouse shall procure a license from the department of agriculture. The fee under this section for the initial license and for each annual renewal thereof shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00). All licenses shall be issued for the fiscal year, or fraction thereof, ending June 30. No license shall be renewed unless the department finds from the audit required under W.S. 11-11-109 of the warehouse or warehouseman's records that the operations are conducted properly.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-104 - Application for License; Form; Contents; Refusal to Issue License; Appeal; Care of Agricultural Products.

11-11-104. Application for license; form; contents; refusal to issue license; appeal; care of agricultural products.
(a) The department shall prescribe forms for application for a warehouseman's or warehouse license. The application shall contain information necessary to inform the department of the qualifications, facilities, experience and financial ability of the applicant to carry on the business of buying, selling, warehousing and storing grain. The department shall require the submission of any tax return, bank statement, financial statement or audit prepared by a public accountant or a certified public accountant and any additional information as required by rules and regulations in order to establish the financial responsibility of the applicant. If a license is refused by the department, appeal may be made to the director. All hearings for appeal shall be conducted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) Each warehouseman shall at all times, including during any period of suspension of his license, exercise such care in regard to stored and nonstorage agricultural commodities in his custody as required under the licensing agreement.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-105 - Surety Bond Required; Amount; Approval by Department; Conditions; Exception.

11-11-105. Surety bond required; amount; approval by department; conditions; exception.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-106 - Action on Bond for Breach of Obligations; Joinder of Parties.

11-11-106. Action on bond for breach of obligations; joinder of parties.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-107 - Investigation by Department; Complaint; Service; Hearing.

11-11-107. Investigation by department; complaint; service; hearing.
The department upon its own motion or upon verified complaint against any warehouseman shall investigate as the department deems necessary, and shall at all times have free and unimpeded access to all facilities or places in which grain is kept, stored, handled or transported. If the department, upon investigation, has reason to believe that any warehouseman is not acting as required by law, or upon the filing of a verified complaint against the warehouseman, the department shall have a complaint or copy of the verified complaint served upon the warehouseman by personal service, service upon a registered agent or by registered mail. If the warehouseman fails to make prompt adjustment or settlement of the charges set forth, to the satisfaction of the department, the department shall give notice of the time and place of a hearing thereon. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-108 - Warehouse Receipts Generally.

11-11-108. Warehouse receipts generally.
All warehouse receipts issued for stored grain shall be in a form prescribed by the department and shall be obtainable only by the warehouseman from the department at cost. Each warehouse receipt issued must show the amount of any cash or the value of any merchandise the warehouseman has advanced on the grain represented by the receipt, but such notation shall not be construed as fixing the date of sale of the grain.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-109 - Audit of Records; Inspection of Warehouse.

11-11-109. Audit of records; inspection of warehouse.
(a) At least once each year and more often if necessary or if requested by an interested person the department shall inspect each licensed warehouse and shall audit the warehouse records. The director after conferring with interested industry groups shall fix, assess and collect fees for the inspection of facilities storing farm products. The fees shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the inspection and shall be paid by the person requesting the inspection, if any.
(b) If a warehouseman is delinquent in renewing his license in accordance with W.S. 11-11-103, the department shall initiate an inspection and audit of the warehouse immediately.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-110 - Warehouseman's Records; Generally.

11-11-110. Warehouseman's records; generally.
Every licensed warehouseman shall maintain complete records of all grain stored, all grain withdrawn from storage, all warehouse receipts issued and all receipts returned to and cancelled by him. The records shall be available for examination and audit by the department at any reasonable time.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-111 - Warehouseman's Records; Contents; Inspection and Audit by Department; Issuance of Warehouse Receipts.

11-11-111. Warehouseman's records; contents; inspection and audit by department; issuance of warehouse receipts.
(a) Every warehouseman shall keep a complete record of all grain handled by him including the following:
(i) Name, address and phone number of the grower and of the owner;
(ii) Date of issuance of receipt;
(iii) Kind, quantity, quality and grade of grain received;
(iv) Agreed purchase price, if purchased;
(v) Agreed commission charged, if consigned;
(vi) Date of sale of consigned grain, to whom sold and price for which sold;
(vii) Date and details of settlement with vendor or consignor;
(viii) Documentation stating the location of the stored commodity. If the commodity is stored in another warehouse, then proof of bonding by that facility shall be included in the records.
(b) The above records shall be open to the confidential inspection of the department or its authorized agents at all times. Upon request of the depositor, every warehouseman shall issue a receipt for all grain received for storage on a form furnished by the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-112 - Stored Grain to Be Insured; Insurance Requirements; Disaster Loss to Be Reported.

11-11-112. Stored grain to be insured; insurance requirements; disaster loss to be reported.
(a) All grain stored shall be insured against loss for full value by an insurance company licensed to do business in this state. A copy of the insurance policy in effect shall be provided to the department at the time of the license application and the audit.
(b) Each warehouseman shall comply fully with the terms of insurance policies or contracts covering their warehouse and all products stored therein, and shall not commit any acts, nor permit others to commit any acts, that might impair or invalidate such insurance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-113 - Grading of Grain; Notation on Warehouse Receipt.

11-11-113. Grading of grain; notation on warehouse receipt.
All grain accepted for storage shall be graded by the warehouseman or designee according to standards of the United States department of agriculture, and the grade established shall be specified upon the warehouse receipt issued for the grain.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-114 - Stored Grain to Constitute Bailment; Amount in Storage to Equal Issued Storage Certificates; Exceptions; Conversion; Seizure.

11-11-114. Stored grain to constitute bailment; amount in storage to equal issued storage certificates; exceptions; conversion; seizure.
(a) The storage of grain with a warehouse and the movement of grain by a warehouseman constitutes a bailment and not a sale. Upon return of the scale ticket bearing the name of the bailee or warehouse receipt properly endorsed and payment or tender of all advances and charges, the owner of the scale ticket or warehouse receipt is entitled to, and the warehouseman or person operating a warehouse shall deliver the identical grade and amount of grain placed in storage or transported. Every person operating a warehouse shall maintain at all times in storage, in the state of Wyoming, grain equal in amount and grade to all scale tickets and warehouse receipts issued, unless authorized in writing by holders of scale tickets or warehouse receipts or by the department to move to other storage, and failure to do so is a conversion thereof.
(b) Grain stored with a warehouse is not liable to seizure upon process of a court against the bailee except upon action by the owners of scale tickets or warehouse receipts to enforce the terms of the scale tickets or receipts. In the event of the failure or insolvency of the bailee, the grain shall be first applied as soon as ownership is established and within one hundred twenty (120) days exclusively to the redemption and satisfaction of outstanding scale tickets and warehouse receipts for grain stored or moved with the bailee and grain on hand in a particular warehouse of the bailee shall be first applied to the redemption and satisfaction of the scale tickets or receipts issued by that warehouseman or person operating a warehouse as the bailee.
(c) The department shall, by rule and regulation, require posting of current tariffs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-115 - Disposition of Collected Funds.

11-11-115. Disposition of collected funds.
There is created the grain warehouse inspection account. All funds collected by the department shall be deposited in the account created by this section. Interest earned by the account shall be retained in the account. The account is appropriated for use and expenditure by the department for the costs of administering the programs under this article. Itemized vouchers shall be submitted to the department for approval. Upon approval, a warrant for the payment of each voucher shall be issued by the state auditor for payment from the grain warehouse inspection account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 11 - Buying, Selling and Storing of Grain › Section 11-11-116 - Revocation and Cancellation of License.

11-11-116. Revocation and cancellation of license.
Failure of any warehouseman or person operating a warehouse to comply with the provisions of this chapter will render the license of the warehouseman or person operating a warehouse subject to revocation and cancellation by the department.