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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 5 - Municipal and County Airports › Article 2 - Airport Authority › Section 10-5-201 - Authority of County Commissioners to Levy Taxes and Issue Bonds; Funds to Be Paid Into "Airport Fund"; Expenditure Generally.

10-5-201. Authority of county commissioners to levy taxes and issue bonds; funds to be paid into "airport fund"; expenditure generally.
For the purposes of W.S. 10-5-101 through 10-5-204, the board of county commissioners may levy taxes, issue bonds or incur indebtedness as authorized by law for other county purposes. The board of county commissioners by resolution may also issue revenue bonds, notes, warrants and other revenue securities in the manner provided by W.S. 35-2-424 through 35-2-435, as from time to time amended, for trustees of hospital districts for the purposes of W.S. 10-5-101 through 10-5-204. All taxes collected, together with other monies received from the sale of bonds, cities or towns, rents and revenue, donations, federal grants and aid or other sources for this purpose, shall be placed in an airport fund which shall be expended only by the authority provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 5 - Municipal and County Airports › Article 2 - Airport Authority › Section 10-5-202 - Airport Board; Organization; Corporate Powers; Personal Liability; Compensation; Appointment of Manager.

10-5-202. Airport board; organization; corporate powers; personal liability; compensation; appointment of manager.
(a) The authority and powers granted in W.S. 10-5-101 through 10-5-204 and the control of funds named may be under the control of an airport board. Upon majority vote of board members the board may issue revenue bonds, notes, warrants and other revenue securities in the same manner provided by W.S. 35-2-424 through 35-2-435 for trustees of hospital districts for the purposes of W.S. 10-5-101 through 10-5-204. The board shall be appointed by the municipal or county governing body and consist of five (5) members, all of whom shall be qualified electors of the county in which they serve. One (1) member of the board to be appointed for one (1) year; one (1) for two (2) years; one (1) for three (3) years; one (1) for four (4) years; and one (1) for five (5) years, and in each case until the first Monday in February following the expiration of the year. The municipal or county governing body in their January meeting of each year shall appoint a successor to the board member whose term shall expire during the year. Thereafter appointments for a full term shall be for five (5) years. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be filled by appointment by the municipal or county governing body.
(b) The board shall organize each year by selecting a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer from its membership. The secretary shall notify the municipal or county governing body of the board's organization and shall file with the county clerk and the secretary of state a certificate showing their organization. Upon the filing of the certificate the airport board shall become a body corporate, empowered to sue and be sued under the name and style of ".... Airport Board" and shall be the successor to any similar organization or corporation. The corporation shall have perpetual existence. No individual member of the board shall be personally liable for any action or procedure of the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to payment for travel and other necessary expenses incurred while attending to business or meetings of the board.
(c) Meetings of the board shall be held quarterly at a place designated by the board and at other times as may be desirable upon call of the airport board.
(d) The board may appoint a full or part time manager and other personnel as necessary to operate and maintain the airport and its allied facilities and pay to appointees a reasonable compensation as the board deems proper.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 5 - Municipal and County Airports › Article 2 - Airport Authority › Section 10-5-203 - Airport Board; Dissolution and Discontinuance.

10-5-203. Airport board; dissolution and discontinuance.
Any airport board, created under W.S. 10-5-101 through 10-5-204, may be dissolved by resolution of the municipal or county governing body in a regular and public meeting. No board will be dissolved within the two (2) year period following the date of its creation. Within ninety (90) days after the passage of a resolution dissolving the board, the board shall proceed to terminate its existence. After payment of all obligations, any monies remaining under the control of the board shall be credited to the general fund of the municipality or county and be apportioned among the bodies politic comprising the board in the same manner as the cost of maintaining the board was apportioned among the bodies politic and credited to their respective general funds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 5 - Municipal and County Airports › Article 2 - Airport Authority › Section 10-5-204 - Airport Board; Withdrawal of Bodies Politic.

10-5-204. Airport board; withdrawal of bodies politic.
Any municipality or county may withdraw from the board by resolution of its governing body. No municipality or county may withdraw from a board within the two (2) year period following the establishment of the board and then only after ninety (90) days written notice given to the board and to the other sponsoring political bodies. In the event of withdrawal of a body politic from the board, any funds which had been appropriated by the municipality or county before withdrawal, to cover its proportionate share of maintaining the board, shall not be returned to the municipality or county withdrawing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 5 - Municipal and County Airports › Article 3 - Zoning › Section 10-5-301 - Power of Counties, Cities and Towns.

10-5-301. Power of counties, cities and towns.
(a) The governing body of each incorporated Wyoming municipality and county may regulate and restrict by ordinance the number of stories and size of buildings and the height of other structures constructed upon land within one-half (1/2) mile of the boundaries of airports owned or controlled by the town, city or county. They may provide zoning for airspace beyond one-half (1/2) mile of the boundaries and within the county, to assure aircraft reasonable safety for visual and instrument approach and departure. The right to zone shall be confined to the geographical limits of the current applicable approach zone established by the federal aviation administration for the particular airport and in no case shall the right to zone extend beyond six (6) nautical miles along the approach path from the end of the instrument runway.
(b) The powers herein granted to towns and cities shall apply to all municipal airports whether situated within or without the incorporated limits of a city or town.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 5 - Municipal and County Airports › Article 3 - Zoning › Section 10-5-302 - Manner of Establishing Regulations; Appeals.

10-5-302. Manner of establishing regulations; appeals.
Zoning regulations shall be established by the municipal council and by the board of county commissioners in the manner provided by law and appeals may be taken accordingly.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 6 - Penalties › Section 10-6-103 - Operating Aircraft While Under Influence of Alcohol or Drug; Penalty.

10-6-103. Operating aircraft while under influence of alcohol or drug; penalty.
(a) No person may act as a crew member of a civil aircraft within eight (8) hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage, or while under the influence of any intoxicating liquor, or while using any drug that affects his faculties in any way contrary to safety.
(b) Any person convicted of violating W.S. 10-6-103(a) shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 6 - Penalties › Section 10-6-104 - Penalty for Violation of w.s. 10-4-101 Through 10-4-303.

10-6-104. Penalty for violation of W.S. 10-4-101 through 10-4-303.
A person who violates any provision of W.S. 10-4-101 through 10-4-303 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 7 - Commercial Air Service Improvement › Section 10-7-102 - Definitions.

10-7-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Commercial air service improvement plan" means a coordinated and comprehensive ten (10) year plan intended to improve commercial air service in this state, as developed by the council pursuant to this chapter;
(ii) "Council" means the Wyoming commercial air service improvement council created by this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 7 - Commercial Air Service Improvement › Section 10-7-104 - Contracts to Improve Commercial Air Service.

10-7-104. Contracts to improve commercial air service.
The commission may, after competitive bidding, enter into contracts to procure commercial air service, to obtain professional, financial or technical assistance directly related to the commercial air service improvement plan or for any other purposes necessary to implement the commercial air service improvement plan. The attorney general shall review and approve any contract under this section before it is executed. Beginning September 30, 2019, and by September 30 annually thereafter, the commission shall provide a report on any contracts entered into under this section to the governor, the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee, the joint appropriations committee and the air transportation liaison committee. The report shall describe any actions taken and funds expended in consideration of, and pursuant to, any contract entered into under this section, and shall analyze the performance of any recipient of funds under any contract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 10 - Aeronautics › Chapter 7 - Commercial Air Service Improvement › Section 10-7-105 - Wyoming Commercial Air Service Improvement Account.

10-7-105. Wyoming commercial air service improvement account.
There is created the Wyoming commercial air service improvement account. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated to the account and shall be expended only on contracts and other expenses necessary to implement the commercial air services improvement plan pursuant to W.S. 10-7-104 and then only after further legislative authorization. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) and 9-4-207(a), any funds within the account and any interest earned thereon shall not lapse or revert until directed by the legislature.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-101 - Definitions.

11-1-101. Definitions.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-102 - Disposition of Revenue.

11-1-102. Disposition of revenue.
Except as otherwise provided by law, all licensing, registration and service fees collected by the department together with such other monies as may accrue by law to the department shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the general fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-103 - Penalty for Violations.

11-1-103. Penalty for violations.
A person who violates any of the following sections commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both for the first offense, or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or both for second or subsequent offenses: W.S. 11-6-210(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-104 - License and Regulation by the Department of Agriculture; Fee.

11-1-104. License and regulation by the department of agriculture; fee.
(a) The department shall collect a minimum annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first license or activity issued or regulated under subsection (b) of this section which shall be deposited in the general fund. An additional annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be collected for each subsequent license issued or activity regulated under subsection (b) of this section. No person shall be required to pay more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) in any calendar year for each place of business even if the person obtains more than four (4) licenses from the department.
(b) The fee imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be collected upon the following persons or activities:
(i) Aerial hunting permit under W.S. 11-6-105;
(ii) Apiary registration under W.S. 11-7-212;
(iii) Resident and nonresident nursery stock dealers and salesmen licensed under W.S. 11-9-102;
(iv) Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 46, 2.
(v) Seed dealers licensed under W.S. 11-12-103;
(vi) Aircraft registration under W.S. 35-7-373(b);
(vii) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 37, 4.
(viii) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 37, 4.
(ix) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 37, 4.
(x) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 37, 4.
(xi) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 37, 4.
(xii) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 21, 2.
(xiii) Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 191, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 1 - Board of Agriculture › Section 11-2-101 - Department and Board Created; Director.

11-2-101. Department and board created; director.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 1 - Board of Agriculture › Section 11-2-102 - Composition; Qualifications; Appointment and Removal of Members; Quorum.

11-2-102. Composition; qualifications; appointment and removal of members; quorum.
(a) The board shall consist of thirteen (13) members, including the governor and the dean of the University of Wyoming college of agriculture or his designated representative as ex officio nonvoting members. Eleven (11) voting 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.
(b) One (1) member shall be appointed from each of the seven (7) appointment districts pursuant to W.S. 9-1-218. Appointments in each appointment district shall be rotated among the several counties comprising the district.
(c) Members appointed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section from appointment districts shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years.
(d) The seven (7) members appointed from the appointment districts:
(i) Shall be selected to represent a cross-section of the agricultural industry;
(ii) Shall be engaged chiefly in agricultural work; and
(iii) Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) shall be members of the same political party.
(e) One (1) member shall be appointed from each of the four (4) board of agriculture youth leadership quadrants as follows:
(i) The northeast quadrant shall consist of Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Niobrara, Sheridan and Weston counties;
(ii) The northwest quadrant shall consist of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, Teton and Washakie counties;
(iii) The southeast quadrant shall consist of Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona and Platte counties; and
(iv) The southwest quadrant shall consist of Carbon, Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta counties.
(f) The four (4) members appointed from the board of agriculture youth leadership quadrants:
(i) Shall be selected by considering a cross-section of the agricultural industry;
(ii) Shall be engaged chiefly in agricultural work;
(iii) Shall be between eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years of age at the time of submitting the application for board membership; and
(iv) Shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years.
(g) A majority of the appointed members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(h) Appointments and terms shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 1 - Board of Agriculture › Section 11-2-103 - Regular and Special Meetings.

11-2-103. Regular and special meetings.
The board shall meet annually on the second Monday of April, and special meetings of the board may be held by a call of the director, the president of the board or a majority of the members of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 1 - Board of Agriculture › Section 11-2-104 - Salary and Expenses; Oath; Election of President and Vice-President.

11-2-104. Salary and expenses; oath; election of president and vice-president.
The board members, except the governor and the dean of the University of Wyoming college of agriculture, shall be paid the salary, for attending and traveling to and from official board business shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day and the mileage and per diem for attending and traveling to and from official board business in the same manner and amount as state employees. The appointed board members, within a reasonable time after their appointment, shall qualify by taking the constitutional oath of office and filing it with the secretary of state. The appointed members shall elect from their members a president and vice-president.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 2 - Director of the Department of Agriculture › Section 11-2-201 - Qualifications; Appointment.

11-2-201. Qualifications; appointment.
(a) The director of the department of agriculture shall:
(i) Be a college graduate with at least five (5) years experience in agriculture; or
(ii) Have at least twelve (12) years experience in agriculture and otherwise be qualified if not a college or university graduate.
(b) The governor with the approval of the senate, shall appoint the director. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. Any vacancy shall be filled by the governor in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 2 - Director of the Department of Agriculture › Section 11-2-202 - Powers and Duties of Director Generally.

11-2-202. Powers and duties of director generally.
(a) The director shall have his office in Cheyenne and shall:
(i) Act as secretary and executive officer of the board;
(ii) Through the appropriate division established by W.S. 11-2-101 and with the advice of the board, enforce and execute all laws of the state and rules and regulations of the board;
(iii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 6, 5.
(iv) Cooperate with other state institutions and organizations, the agricultural departments of other states and the secretary of agriculture of the United States;
(v) Foster a practicable conservation of state natural resources;
(vi) Publish information of practical value to state agricultural interests for free distribution among the farmers and other interested persons within the state;
(vii) Promulgate necessary rules and regulations to implement W.S. 11-2-202.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 191, 4.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 191, 4.
(d) The director in collecting information necessary to perform duties of the department and its divisions, may request information from any agency of the state, a county, city, town or other political subdivision. An agency shall furnish information upon written request of the director. An owner, operator or manager of any manufacturing, mining or other business establishment operating in this state or other person having information necessary to carry out the purposes of this act shall upon request of the director, furnish the information upon forms supplied by the board.
(e) For purposes consistent with duties imposed by law and rule and regulation, the director may accept grants from private or public agencies, organizations or other persons.
(f) The director may allow the permitting, registration, licensing, testing, inspection and reporting requirements of this title to be conducted electronically as provided by the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, W.S. 40-21-101 through 40-21-119 and any applicable federal electronic requirements.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 2 - Director of the Department of Agriculture › Section 11-2-203 - Deputy Director; Employment of Personnel.

11-2-203. Deputy director; employment of personnel.
The deputy director shall serve at the pleasure of the director and is responsible to and under the control and supervision of the director. The director may employ professional, technical and other personnel as necessary to perform duties prescribed by law and rule and regulation of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 2 - Director of the Department of Agriculture › Section 11-2-204 - Services of Persons in Employ of University; Reimbursement; Applicability of Provisions.

11-2-204. Services of persons in employ of university; reimbursement; applicability of provisions.
(a) In performing duties imposed by law which require technical scientific training, the director may request the services of qualified members of the University of Wyoming faculty, resident or extension. Faculty members shall serve without additional compensation but the department shall reimburse the University of Wyoming for fifty percent (50%) of the salary paid by the university while the faculty member is actually performing services for the director. The use of faculty members and the proportion and distribution of their time shall be determined by agreement between the director and the president of the university and the faculty member shall be employed by the department when performing duties for the director under this section.
(b) This section applies to horticulture, apiculture, poultry, dairying, food, oils, seeds, marketing farm crops and any other duties imposed upon the department which the director and the board determine to be more efficiently and economically administered by use of university faculty members. This section does not apply to any branch of agriculture otherwise specifically provided for by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 2 - Director of the Department of Agriculture › Section 11-2-207 - Rangeland Health Assessments.

11-2-207. Rangeland health assessments.
(a) The rangeland health assessment program is hereby created. The director shall provide for the cooperation and participation with the University of Wyoming, state agencies, county governments, federal agencies and private landowners in the assessment of the condition of the health of Wyoming grazing lands. The rangeland health program shall include, but not be limited to:
(i) The necessity for a rangeland health assessment for a particular area of Wyoming grazing lands, including the impact on state, federal, local and private property;
(ii) The rangeland health assessment shall be done only with the voluntary cooperation and participation of all participants, including the private landowner, the state grazing lessee and the federal grazing permittee or lessee;
(iii) The rangeland health assessment shall be conducted on federal or state managed lands only under a memorandum of agreement with the federal or state land management agency and with the participation of that federal or state land management agency;
(iv) The rangeland health assessment shall include, as necessary, establishment of rangeland monitoring, compliance with federal agency standards and guidelines and participation in the incorporation of assessment outcomes into any federal or state decision affecting livestock grazing;
(v) The rangeland health assessment shall include any protections necessary for the management of soil erosion and vegetation loss.
(b) The director is authorized to contract with the University of Wyoming, institutions of higher education and other qualified state and local governmental agencies to:
(i) Conduct rangeland health assessments as provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section;
(ii) Conduct rangeland health assessments on previously established exclosures which exclude livestock grazing to determine what effect the elimination of grazing has had on the quality of the rangeland. These assessments may include an assessment of nearby grazed rangeland as provided in paragraph (i) of this subsection to assist in the evaluation of the effect of excluding grazing.
(c) The director shall establish matching funds for any contract entered into pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(d) The director may accept additional matching funds to augment the planned rangeland health assessment to:
(i) Vetoed by Governor;
(ii) Identify tools and strategies for resource use that best promote rangeland health;
(iii) Facilitate the efficacy of the rangeland study.
(e) The director shall establish priorities for the distribution of available funding, including consideration of:
(i) Applications that include multiple resource partners;
(ii) Amount and variety of funding sources;
(iii) Timing and urgency of the project.
(f) The director is authorized to adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 2 - Department of Agriculture › Article 2 - Director of the Department of Agriculture › Section 11-2-208 - Agricultural Research Funding Program.

11-2-208. Agricultural research funding program.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 3 - Agricultural Statistics › Section 11-3-101 - Duty of County Assessors.

11-3-101. Duty of county assessors.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 3 - Agricultural Statistics › Section 11-3-104 - Service to Be Performed Under General Assessment Law.

11-3-104. Service to be performed under general assessment law.
The service performed by the several assessors in the state shall be performed in connection with their service under the general assessment law of the state and as one of the regular duties devolving upon the county assessor's office. No extra compensation shall be allowed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-101 - Short Title; Purpose of Provisions.

11-5-101. Short title; purpose of provisions.
(a) This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Weed and Pest Control Act."
(b) The purpose of this act is controlling designated and declared weeds and pests.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-103 - Composition of Districts.

11-5-103. Composition of districts.
All land within the boundaries of Wyoming including all federal, state, private and municipally owned lands, is hereby included in weed and pest control districts within the county in which the land is located, with the boundaries of the district being the same as the boundaries of the county. Each district shall be known as the ".... County Weed and Pest Control District, State of Wyoming."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-105 - Duties; Powers; Supervisor Compensation.

11-5-105. Duties; powers; supervisor compensation.
(a) The district board shall:
(i) Implement and pursue an effective program for the control of designated weeds and pests;
(ii) Fix the time and place of regular meetings, which shall occur at least once each month and shall be open to the public;
(iii) Keep minutes of all meetings and a complete record of all official acts, including all warrants issued against monies belonging to the district, which are open for public inspection during regular office hours;
(iv) Employ certified district supervisors and if certified personnel are not available, employ an acting district supervisor who shall become certified within twenty-four (24) months from the initial date of employment;
(v) Make at least one (1) annual inspection to determine the progress of weed and pest activities within a district;
(vi) Obtain competitive bids for any purchase costing more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00);
(vii) Control and disburse all monies received from any source;
(viii) Render technical assistance to any city or town with a population of five thousand (5,000) or more which establishes a program as provided in W.S. 11-5-115;
(ix) Share data with the Wyoming weed and pest council and take other actions to support the coordinated and comprehensive invasive plant species control authorized in W.S. 11-5-120.
(b) The district board of each district may:
(i) Sue and be sued;
(ii) Employ personnel and determine duties and conditions of employment;
(iii) Coordinate activities with the department and enter into cooperative agreements with other agencies;
(iv) Secure and maintain bond or liability insurance, when deemed feasible by the district board;
(v) Submit to the department reports required by the board;
(vi) Participate in programs for the control of declared weeds and declared pests not included on the designated list;
(vii) Buy and sell real property, personal property and equipment as needed to carry out district programs.
(c) The district supervisor shall receive a salary and expenses as approved by the district board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-106 - Board of Certification; Duties.

11-5-106. Board of certification; duties.
A board of certification is established consisting of the director or his designee, a University of Wyoming weed or pest specialist appointed by the dean of the college of agriculture, two (2) certified district supervisors and a district board member appointed by the Wyoming weed and pest council. The board of certification shall promulgate rules and requirements for certification of district supervisors and shall certify all personnel meeting the established requirements.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-107 - Purchase and Sale of Pesticides; Cost Share With Landowner.

11-5-107. Purchase and sale of pesticides; cost share with landowner.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-108 - Rates and Application of Pesticides; Payment by Landowner; Bidding Restriction.

11-5-108. Rates and application of pesticides; payment by landowner; bidding restriction.
(a) The district board may establish rates and engage in the application of pesticides for weed and pest control, subject to subsection (b) of this section. If services provided are not paid for by the landowner for whom rendered as provided in W.S. 11-5-107(d), such indebtedness may be collected as provided by W.S. 11-5-107(c).
(b) A district board shall not engage in competitive bidding of bare ground application of pesticides for industrial weed control, unless there are no commercially licensed entities operating in the state that are able and willing to perform the service. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the district board's authority to act pursuant to W.S. 11-5-105(a)(i) and 11-5-109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-110 - Appraisal of Damage to Landowner; Hearing.

11-5-110. Appraisal of damage to landowner; hearing.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-111 - Tax Levied on Property in District; Maximum Amount; Weed and Pest Control Fund.

11-5-111. Tax levied on property in district; maximum amount; weed and pest control fund.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-113 - Allocation of Funds; Formula; Special Funding.

11-5-113. Allocation of funds; formula; special funding.
(a) An allocation committee composed of the director of the department of agriculture, three (3) members appointed by the Wyoming weed and pest council and one (1) member of the board shall allocate the funds of any legislative appropriation to the district boards pursuant to a formula adopted by the committee. No district board shall receive an amount in excess of one-third (1/3) of its actual expenditures from any appropriation, unless the appropriation provides assistance in control to a district board under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) If the district board determines a weed or pest is seriously endangering areas of a district or the state, assistance in control may be provided by legislative appropriation for this purpose, and the allocation committee shall allocate the appropriation accordingly, and the allocation committee and each affected district board shall be responsible for insuring that the funds are properly expended.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-114 - Allocated Funds; Procedure to Disburse.

11-5-114. Allocated funds; procedure to disburse.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-115 - Program in Cities and Towns Authorized; Funding; Use of Monies.

11-5-115. Program in cities and towns authorized; funding; use of monies.
(a) The governing body of any city or town with a population of five thousand (5,000) or more may establish and administer a program for the control of weeds and pests within the jurisdictional limits of the city or town. If such a program is not established, the district board shall administer a program for the city or town.
(b) A district having a city or town with a population of five thousand (5,000) or more which establishes a program shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of any funds collected pursuant to W.S. 11-5-111, transfer eighty-five percent (85%) of the funds attributed to the property within the corporate limits of the city or town to the governing body of the city or town, retaining fifteen percent (15%) of the funds for administration of the district and for technical assistance rendered to the city or town by the district board.
(c) Monies received by the cities from the district shall be used to control noxious weeds and pests as determined by the governing body of the city or town. The city or town shall provide an annual report to the district board on designated and declared weed and pest work completed within the jurisdictional limits of the city or town.
(d) The governing body of a city or town which establishes a control program may petition the district board for special assistance and funding authorized by W.S. 11-5-113 and 11-5-114.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-116 - Quarantine by Director; Request by District.

11-5-116. Quarantine by director; request by district.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-117 - Criminal Provision; Penalty; Civil Penalties; Limitations; Necessary Proof.

11-5-117. Criminal provision; penalty; civil penalties; limitations; necessary proof.
(a) Any person violating any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) in addition to fines provided for in W.S. 11-5-109(e).
(b) In any proceeding to impose any fine or penalty for any failure to perform a remedial requirement ordered by a district board for control of a weed or pest in any infested area, the district board shall have the burden of proving:
(i) That the proposed remedial action would control the target weed or pest;
(ii) That the remedial action would be a cost effective action and would be more cost effective than any alternative action proposed or adopted by the landowner; and
(iii) That the weed or pest to be controlled was at risk of spreading to the land of others in the area.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-118 - Inspection for Contamination.

11-5-118. Inspection for contamination.
Farm products and agricultural, commercial or industrial equipment entering or moving within the district are subject to inspection for contamination of designated weeds and pests by the district board through its designated agents. The board and the Wyoming weed and pest council may promulgate rules and regulations which establish inspection standards and remedial requirements under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 5 - Weed and Pest Control › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-5-119 - Rules and Regulations.

11-5-119. Rules and regulations.
The board, with the approval of a majority of the districts, may promulgate, adopt and publish rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this act.