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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 36 - Dairy Marketing › Section 11-36-105 - Marketing Orders; When Issued; Economic Factors to Be Considered; Termination.

11-36-105. Marketing orders; when issued; economic factors to be considered; termination.
(a) Upon the conclusion of the hearing provided for in W.S. 11-36-104(a), the board shall issue a marketing order if it makes any of the following findings:
(i) That the order will help to reestablish or maintain wholesale prices received by producers, processors or handlers for any dairy product at levels which are comparable to the general economic conditions within the marketing area. The board may adopt the methods and procedures presently prescribed by the United States department of agriculture in making similar determinations;
(ii) That the order will help approach and maintain such comparable general economic conditions at as rapid a rate as is feasible in view of the demand for any dairy product;
(iii) That the order will help to prevent economic waste of agricultural resources because of improper preparation of any dairy product for market, because of lack of uniform grading and inspection or because of excessive shipments to markets;
(iv) That the order will help to insure a beneficial future for any dairy product;
(v) That the order will help to protect the interests of consumers of any dairy product in assuring an adequate supply.
(b) In making the finding set forth in this section, the board shall take into consideration all facts available to it with respect to the following economic factors, which are not intended to be exclusive of all other economic factors:
(i) The quantity of any dairy product available for distribution;
(ii) The quantity of any dairy product normally required for distribution;
(iii) The cost of producing, processing or handling any dairy products as determined by available statistics and surveys, including:
(A) The fixed and variable cost of producing, processing or handling, including the reasonable value of the time, skill and experience of the person producing, processing or handling any dairy product;
(B) A fair return upon the value of employed assets of the producer, processor or handler;
(C) Comparable compensation received by persons engaged in other means of earning a livelihood for themselves and their families, as well as any other appropriate factors.
(iv) The purchasing power of consumers;
(v) The level of prices of commodities, services and articles that dairy farmers buy; and
(vi) The level of prices of other commodities that compete with or are utilized as substitutes for dairy products.
(c) Upon conclusion of the hearing the board shall terminate a marketing order if it determines that the termination thereof will effectuate the purposes of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 36 - Dairy Marketing › Section 11-36-106 - Budget to Cover Costs; Part of Orders; Assessments.

11-36-106. Budget to cover costs; part of orders; assessments.
For the purpose of providing funds to defray expenses incurred in the administration of this act, the board shall prepare a budget covering the costs of administration including advertising and sales promotion when included in any marketing order. The funding of a budget, together with the assessment of such fees as are deemed necessary by the board, the time and conditions of payment of fees, which may not exceed five percent (5%) of the gross dollar value of commodities regulated by the marketing order, shall become a part of any marketing order. Every person engaged as a producer, processor or handler of any marketable dairy product directly affected by any marketing order for the product, shall pay to the board, at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the marketing order, an assessment as determined by the board to fund and cover the budget.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 36 - Dairy Marketing › Section 11-36-107 - Deposit and Disbursement of Collected Monies; Biennial Audit Required.

11-36-107. Deposit and disbursement of collected monies; biennial audit required.
(a) Any monies collected by the board pursuant to W.S. 11-36-106 shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to a separate account for each marketing order under which they are collected and shall be disbursed by the director only for expenses incurred with respect to each separate marketing order. Funds so collected shall be deposited and disbursed in conformity with appropriate rules and regulations prescribed by the board.
(b) All expenditures by the director shall be audited at least biennially by the director of the state department of audit or his designee concurrently with the audit of the department of agriculture, and a copy of the audit shall be delivered within thirty (30) days after completion to the governor and the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 36 - Dairy Marketing › Section 11-36-108 - Duty to Maintain Books and Records; Failure Thereof; Confidentiality Required; Exceptions.

11-36-108. Duty to maintain books and records; failure thereof; confidentiality required; exceptions.
(a) Any person subject to the provisions of this act or of any marketing order issued pursuant to this act shall:
(i) Maintain books and records prescribed by the board reflecting that person's operations under this act or the marketing order;
(ii) Present upon the board's request the books and records and any other books and records at a place designated by the board for its inspection or audit;
(iii) Furnish authorized representatives of the board such information as requested by them relating to operations of any person subject to this act or to the marketing order and permit the inspection or audit by authorized representatives of the board of the books and records.
(b) Failure or refusal to maintain the books and records prescribed by the board or to furnish any books or records to the board or to its representatives, or to permit inspection or audit thereof, constitutes a violation of this act.
(c) Information obtained by any person hereunder is confidential and shall not be disclosed by that person to any other person except a person employed by the board for the enforcement of this act or an order issued under this act, or to an attorney employed to give legal advice thereupon, or by reason of any public hearing under this act or a court order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 36 - Dairy Marketing › Section 11-36-109 - Administration and Enforcement; Prosecution of Violations; Hearings by Director; Disposition Thereof; Penalty for Violation; Injunctions.

11-36-109. Administration and enforcement; prosecution of violations; hearings by director; disposition thereof; penalty for violation; injunctions.
(a) The board is responsible for the administration and enforcement of this act and shall adopt and enforce rules and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
(b) Upon finding by the director that he has reasonable cause to believe there may have been a violation of any marketing order issued by the board or a violation of this act, the director shall file a complaint in the name of the state of Wyoming against the alleged violator in the district court of the county in which the alleged violation occurred. The alleged violation shall be prosecuted by the attorney general of the state or the district attorney.
(c) Upon filing with the board a complaint by any person other than the director, charging a violation of this act or any marketing order issued by the board, and prior to the institution of any court proceeding, the director may call a hearing to consider the charges set forth in the complaint. At the hearing the director may take testimony, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and issue subpoenas for the production of books, records or documents of any kind. Upon conclusion of the hearing:
(i) If the director finds that no violation has occurred, the director shall dismiss the complaint and notify the parties to the complaint of the dismissal;
(ii) If the director finds that a violation has occurred, the director shall enter his findings and accordingly notify the parties to the complaint. Should any violator fail, neglect or refuse to desist from the violation or continued violation within the time and manner specified by the director, the director may file a complaint against the violator with the district court of the county in which the violation occurred and the attorney general of the state or the district attorney for the county shall prosecute the violator in the name of the state of Wyoming.
(d) Every person who violates this act or any marketing order issued by the board is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.
(e) The violation of this act or any marketing order issued by the board may be enjoined by a proceeding brought by the board in the name of the state of Wyoming, prosecuted by the attorney general of this state or by the district attorney for the county wherein the violation occurred, whether or not any assessment has been levied and collected pursuant to W.S. 11-36-106 or whether or not a criminal proceeding has been instituted. Neither the board nor the state may be required to post any bonds otherwise required by law or rules relating to injunctive proceedings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 36 - Dairy Marketing › Section 11-36-110 - Powers of Director or Board; Failure to Obey Subpoenas; Amendment of Orders.

11-36-110. Powers of director or board; failure to obey subpoenas; amendment of orders.
(a) The director or the board, with respect to matters within their respective jurisdictions, may:
(i) Conduct hearings, obtain information and make studies and investigations as to any matter concerning which any question may arise under this act, or as necessary to assist in prescribing any rules, regulations, orders or amendment of orders or in the administration and enforcement of this act and regulations and orders hereunder;
(ii) Require any person who is engaged as a producer, processor or handler of any dairy product to furnish any information under oath, affirmation or otherwise, to make and keep records and other documents and to make reports, and require any person to permit the inspection and copying of records and other documents;
(iii) Administer oaths and affirmations and whenever necessary, subpoena any person to appear and testify or to appear and produce all books, documents, papers and records at any designated place.
(b) In case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpoena served upon any person, the district court for any county in which the person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the director or the board, may issue an order requiring the person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce documents or both. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt.
(c) Upon making appropriate and adequate studies and investigations, the board may amend any order or marketing order promulgated under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 37 - Beef Council › Section 11-37-101 - Legislative Intent.

11-37-101. Legislative intent.
The legislature intends by this act to provide the cattle industry with authority to establish a self-financed program to help market, develop, maintain and expand in the state, national and foreign markets for beef and beef products produced, processed or manufactured in this state, and the use and consumption of such beef and beef products.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 37 - Beef Council › Section 11-37-102 - Definitions.

11-37-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Beef" includes veal;
(ii) "Beef products" include veal products;
(iii) "Board" means the Wyoming livestock board;
(iv) "Council" means the Wyoming beef council;
(v) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 90, 3.
(vi) "Producer" means any person who owns or acquires ownership of cattle, provided a person shall not be deemed a producer if:
(A) The person's only share in the proceeds of a sale of cattle or beef is a sales commission, handling fee or other service fee; or
(B) The person:
(I) Acquired ownership of cattle to facilitate the transfer of ownership of the cattle from the seller to a third party;
(II) Resold the cattle no later than ten (10) days from the date on which the person acquired ownership; and
(III) Certified, as required by the council, that the requirements of this subdivision have been satisfied.
(vii) "This act" means W.S. 11-37-101 through 11-37-110.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 37 - Beef Council › Section 11-37-103 - Establishment; Composition; Appointment; Term; Removal; Vacancies; Reimbursement for Expenses.

11-37-103. Establishment; composition; appointment; term; removal; vacancies; reimbursement for expenses.
(a) There is created the Wyoming beef council. For administrative purposes the council shall be within the department of agriculture. The council shall be composed of five (5) producers appointed by the governor. The director of the department of agriculture or his designated representative shall serve ex officio without vote. With advice of the council, the governor may designate one (1) or more additional representatives of the beef industry to serve ex officio without vote. The appointed council members shall consist of three (3) producers of range cattle, one (1) cattle feeder and one (1) dairyman. The governor may remove any member he appoints as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) Upon the expiration of the term of an appointed member, a successor shall be appointed by the governor for a term of three (3) years. If a vacancy occurs, the governor shall appoint a person for the unexpired term.
(c) The governor shall declare the office of any appointed member of the council vacant when he finds that:
(i) The member is no longer a producer;
(ii) The member is unable to perform his duties; or
(iii) The member has become a resident of another state.
(d) Members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall receive mileage and per diem as provided by law for state employees.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 37 - Beef Council › Section 11-37-104 - Powers and Duties; Employment of Manager; Duties of Manager.

11-37-104. Powers and duties; employment of manager; duties of manager.
(a) The council shall:
(i) Receive and disburse funds under the provisions of this act to be used in administering the provisions of this act;
(ii) Annually elect a chairman from among its members. No chairman shall succeed himself more than once;
(iii) Appoint a secretary-treasurer who may be from among its members;
(iv) Meet regularly every four (4) months and at such other times as called by the chairman or when requested by three (3) or more members of the council;
(v) Keep a permanent record of its proceedings and report to the governor respecting its activities as required by W.S. 9-2-1014;
(vi) Establish and maintain promotion, information, education and research programs to market, develop, maintain and expand state, national and foreign markets for beef and beef products produced, processed or manufactured in Wyoming.
(b) The council may:
(i) Conduct or contract for scientific research to discover and develop improved marketing methods for beef and beef products, including programs of consumer education and protection;
(ii) Disseminate reliable information, founded upon research, showing uses or probable uses of beef and beef products;
(iii) Study state and federal legislation with respect to tariffs, duties, reciprocal trade agreements, import quotas and other matters concerning the beef industry;
(iv) Sue and be sued as a council, without individual liability, for acts of the council within the scope of the powers and duties conferred upon it by this act;
(v) Enter into contracts to carry out the purpose of the council as provided in this act, including contracts for promotion of beef and beef products and development of new markets through such promotion;
(vi) Appoint advisory groups composed of representatives from organizations, institutions or business related to or interested in the welfare of the beef industry;
(vii) Make grants to research agencies for financing special or emergency studies, or for purchase or acquisition of facilities necessary to carry out the purposes of the council;
(viii) Employ and remove for cause employees to assist in the discharge of the duties authorized by this act;
(ix) Cooperate with any local, state or nationwide organization or agency engaged in work or activities similar to or related to those of the council, and enter into contracts with such organizations or agencies for carrying on joint programs;
(x) Act jointly and in cooperation with the state or federal government, or both, or any agency thereof in the administration of any program of the government or of a governmental agency deemed by the council as beneficial to the beef industry of this state and expend funds in connection therewith;
(xi) Adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act;
(xii) Adopt, rescind, modify or amend all proper regulations, orders and resolutions for the exercise of its powers and duties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 37 - Beef Council › Section 11-37-107 - Creation of Account; Collection of Additional Brand Inspection Fee; Disposition of Proceeds.

11-37-107. Creation of account; collection of additional brand inspection fee; disposition of proceeds.
(a) All monies received by the council shall be deposited in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit the monies to the credit of the beef council account. Interest earned on monies in the account shall be deposited to the credit of the account. All monies in the account including earned interest shall be expended only for the purposes authorized by this act.
(b) In addition to the brand inspection fee provided in W.S. 11-20-401 the board shall collect an additional amount not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) per head on cattle and calves under the same authority and at the same time, place and manner as brand inspections are made excluding cattle and calves being inspected when no change in ownership is involved. Fees collected by the board shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the account created by subsection (a) of this section. Monies received by the council under this subsection shall be used to administer this act.
(c) The council shall at the end of each month reimburse the livestock board for collection and administrative costs incurred by the board in collecting the fee under subsection (b) of this section. The amount reimbursed shall equal three percent (3%) of the fees collected during the month and shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the board's inspection account created by subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 37 - Beef Council › Section 11-37-108 - Failure to Pay or Remit Monies Due or Collected; Penalty.

11-37-108. Failure to pay or remit monies due or collected; penalty.
Any person who fails to pay or remit any monies, due or collected, as provided in this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be fined not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 37 - Beef Council › Section 11-37-110 - Surety Bond Required to Receive or Disburse Funds.

11-37-110. Surety bond required to receive or disburse funds.
Any person authorized by the council to receive or disburse funds, as provided by this act, shall post with the council a surety bond in an amount the council determines sufficient, for which the cost or premium shall be paid by the council.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 38 - Wheat Marketing Commission › Section 11-38-101 - Definitions.

11-38-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(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) "Department" means the Wyoming department of agriculture;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 90, 3.
(v) "Grower" means anyone engaged in growing, or causing to be grown, wheat, on ten (10) acres or more in Wyoming including the owner and tenant jointly, a person, a partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, trust, sharecropper and any and all other business units, devices and arrangements;
(vi) "Handler" means any person engaged in the operation of buying, selling, shipping or distributing wheat grown in Wyoming which he has purchased or acquired from a grower or which he is shipping in behalf of a grower, whether the handler is located within or without Wyoming;
(vii) "Sell or sold" means a transaction wherein the title to wheat is transferred from the grower to the purchaser for a consideration, and includes any pledge or mortgage of wheat to any person or any agreement to acquire such property for a consideration;
(viii) "Ship" means to sell, transport, offer for transportation or ship wheat by any means whatsoever;
(ix) "Variety" means a type of wheat having similar characteristics, as, for example: Cheyenne, Marquis, Defiance, etc.;
(x) "Wheat" means and includes all varieties of wheat grown in Wyoming;
(xi) "Wheat marketing commission" means the control committee established pursuant to W.S. 11-38-102;
(xii) "This act" means W.S. 11-38-101 through 11-38-110.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 38 - Wheat Marketing Commission › Section 11-38-102 - Establishment; Composition; Appointment; Removal; Officers; Consultation Permitted; Area Distribution of Nominations.

11-38-102. Establishment; composition; appointment; removal; officers; consultation permitted; area distribution of nominations.
(a) The wheat marketing commission is established consisting of five (5) members appointed by the governor from nominations made by the Wyoming wheat growers association or any other duly organized and incorporated state organization within the state of Wyoming having a commodity division working with wheat. The director of the department of agriculture or his designated representative shall serve ex officio. The governor may remove any member he appoints as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) The commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from its appointed members and appoint an administrator. The commission may call upon other interested organizations for consultation.
(c) All appointed members shall derive substantial income from the growing of wheat. Geographic representation of membership on the commission shall be provided for based on historical wheat production records. Each nomination shall include a resume of the nominee's qualifications for serving on the commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 38 - Wheat Marketing Commission › Section 11-38-103 - Terms of Office.

11-38-103. Terms of office.
(a) The terms of office for the initial wheat commission members shall be three (3) terms of one (1) year each, two (2) terms of two (2) years each and two (2) terms of three (3) years each. Subsequent appointments will be for terms of three (3) years.
(b) To reduce the commission from seven (7) members to five (5) members, the commission shall be reduced by the two (2) positions that are vacant as of March 15, 2007.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 38 - Wheat Marketing Commission › Section 11-38-104 - Powers and Duties.

11-38-104. Powers and duties.
(a) The commission shall:
(i) Receive and disburse funds under the provisions of this act to be used in administering the provisions of this act;
(ii) Annually elect a chairman from among its members and no chairman shall succeed himself more than once;
(iii) Elect a vice chairman from among its members;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 173, 2.
(v) Meet every four (4) months and at such other times as called by the chairman or when requested by three (3) or more members of the commission;
(vi) Keep a permanent record of its proceedings and prepare for the governor an annual report of its activities, receipts and expenditures.
(b) The commission may:
(i) Conduct or contract for scientific research to discover and develop improved marketing methods for wheat and wheat products, including programs of consumer education and protection;
(ii) Disseminate reliable information, founded upon research, showing uses and probable uses of wheat and wheat products;
(iii) Study state and federal legislation with respect to tariffs, duties, reciprocal trade agreements, import quotas and other matters concerning the wheat industry;
(iv) Sue and be sued as a commission, without individual liability, for the acts of the commission within the scope of the powers and duties conferred upon it by this act;
(v) Enter into contracts to carry out the purpose of this act, including contracts for promotion of wheat and wheat products and development of new markets through such promotion;
(vi) Appoint advisory groups composed of representatives from organizations, institutions or businesses related to or interested in the welfare of the wheat industry;
(vii) Make grants to research agencies for financing special or emergency studies, or for purchase or acquisition of facilities necessary to carry out the purposes of the commission;
(viii) Appoint subordinate officers and employees of the commission and prescribe their duties and fix their compensation;
(ix) Cooperate with any local, state or national organization or agency engaged in work or activities similar to or related to those of the commission, and enter into contracts with such organizations or agencies for carrying out joint programs;
(x) Act jointly and in cooperation with the state or federal government, or any agency thereof in the administration of any program of the government or of a governmental agency deemed by the commission as beneficial to the wheat industry of this state and expend funds in connection therewith;
(xi) Adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act under procedures set forth in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act [ 16-3-101 through 16-3-115].
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 38 - Wheat Marketing Commission › Section 11-38-109 - Deposit and Disbursement of Collected Monies; Surety Bond Required.

11-38-109. Deposit and disbursement of collected monies; surety bond required.
(a) Monies collected pursuant to this act shall be deposited with the state treasurer's office and disbursed in accordance with the act.
(b) Any person authorized by the commission to receive or disburse funds, shall post with the commission a surety bond in the amount the commission determines sufficient, for which the cost or premium shall be paid by the commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 38 - Wheat Marketing Commission › Section 11-38-110 - Research Programs to Improve Marketing or Utilization; Contents; Budget of Expenses.

11-38-110. Research programs to improve marketing or utilization; contents; budget of expenses.
Whenever the wheat commission deems it advisable to implement a research, promotion or market program for the improvement of the marketing or utilization of wheat in both foreign and domestic trade, the plan may include, but shall not be limited to, the opening of new markets for wheat; developing new ideas and uses for wheat both at home and abroad; exploring the possibility of developing new agricultural and industrial uses for wheat; and engaging in sales promotion and education programs. The wheat commission shall prepare and submit therewith a proposed program to the board of agriculture together with a budget.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 39 - Livestock Feedlot Operations › Section 11-39-101 - Definitions.

11-39-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "City" means any incorporated municipality including a town;
(ii) "Department" means the department of environmental quality and includes any officer or agency within that department;
(iii) "Established date of operation" means the date on which a feedlot commenced operating with not more livestock than reasonably could be maintained by the physical facilities existing as of that date. If the physical facilities of the feedlot are subsequently expanded, the established date of operation for each expansion is deemed to be a separate and independent "established date of operation" established as of the date of commencement of the expanded operations, and the commencement of expanded operations shall not divest the feedlot of a previously established date of operation;
(iv) "Established date of ownership" means the date of the recording of an appropriate muniment of title establishing the ownership of realty;
(v) "Feedlot" means a lot, yard, corral or other area in which livestock are confined, primarily for the purposes of feeding and growth prior to slaughter. The term does not include areas which are used for the raising of crops or other vegetation and upon which livestock are allowed to graze or feed;
(vi) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and other animals or fowl which are being produced primarily for use as food or food products for human consumption;
(vii) "Materially affects" means prohibits or regulates with respect to the location or the emission of noise, effluent, odors, sewage, waste or similar products resulting from the operation or the location or use of buildings, machinery, vehicles, equipment or other real or personal property used in the operation of a livestock feedlot;
(viii) "Nuisance" means and includes public or private nuisance as defined either by statute or by the common law;
(ix) "Nuisance action or proceeding" means and includes every action, claim or proceeding, whether brought at law, in equity, or as an administrative proceeding, which is based on nuisance;
(x) "Owner" means the person holding record title to real estate, including both legal and equitable interests under recorded real estate contracts;
(xi) "Rule of the department" means a rule adopted by the department and as defined in W.S. 35-11-112(a)(i);
(xii) "Zoning requirement" means a regulation or ordinance which has been adopted by a city, county or any special purpose district or authority, and which materially affects the operation of a feedlot. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to empower any agency described in this subsection to make any regulation or ordinance;
(xiii) "This act" means W.S. 11-39-101 through 11-39-104.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 39 - Livestock Feedlot Operations › Section 11-39-102 - When Defense to Nuisance Action Available.

11-39-102. When defense to nuisance action available.
In any nuisance action or proceeding against a feedlot brought by or on behalf of a person whose date of ownership of realty is subsequent to the established date of operation of that feedlot, proof of compliance with W.S. 11-39-103 is an absolute defense, if the conditions or circumstances alleged to constitute a nuisance are subject to regulatory jurisdiction by political subdivisions or related to the activities of the department of environmental quality.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 39 - Livestock Feedlot Operations › Section 11-39-103 - Compliance With Rules; Applicability Thereof; Compliance Schedule; Exception.

11-39-103. Compliance with rules; applicability thereof; compliance schedule; exception.
(a) A person who operates a feedlot shall comply with applicable rules of the department in accordance with the provisions of this section. A person complies with this section as a matter of law where no rule of the department exists.
(b) A rule of the department in effect on June 1, 1977 applies to a feedlot with an established date of operation prior to June 1, 1977.
(c) A rule of the department applies to a feedlot with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the rule.
(d) A rule of the department adopted after June 1, 1977 does not apply to a feedlot holding any department of environmental quality permit and having an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the rule until either the expiration of the term of the permit in effect on the effective date of the rule, or twenty (20) years from the established date of operation of the feedlot, whichever time period is greater.
(e) A rule of the department adopted after June 1, 1977 does not apply to a feedlot not previously required to hold a department of environmental quality permit and having an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the rule for either a period of twenty (20) years from the established date of operation of the feedlot or five (5) years from the effective date of the rule, whichever time period is greater.
(f) To achieve compliance with applicable rules the department shall issue an appropriate compliance schedule, and no other provision in this act shall be deemed to empower the department to make any rule.
(g) This section does not apply to limit rules required for delegation of the national pollutant discharge elimination system permit program pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [Clean Water Act], title 33, United States Code, chapter 26, as amended, and 40 Code of Federal Regulations, part 124.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 39 - Livestock Feedlot Operations › Section 11-39-104 - Compliance With Zoning Requirements Mandatory; Applicability Thereof.

11-39-104. Compliance with zoning requirements mandatory; applicability thereof.
(a) A person who operates a feedlot shall comply with applicable zoning requirements in accordance with the provisions of this section. A person complies with this section as a matter of law where no zoning requirement exists.
(b) A zoning requirement applies to a feedlot with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the zoning requirement.
(c) A zoning requirement which is in effect on June 1, 1977 applies to a feedlot with an established date of operation prior to June 1, 1977.
(d) A zoning requirement other than one adopted by a city does not apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the zoning requirement for a period of twenty (20) years from the effective date of that zoning requirement.
(e) A feedlot located within an incorporated area subject to regulation by that city on June 1, 1977 is subject to zoning requirements adopted by the city regardless of the established date of operation of the feedlot.
(f) A zoning requirement adopted by a city does not apply to a feedlot which becomes located within an area subject to regulation by that city by virtue of an incorporation or annexation which takes effect after June 1, 1977 for a period of twenty (20) years from the effective date of the incorporation or annexation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 40 - Marketing of Wyoming Lean Beef › Section 11-40-101 - Definitions.

11-40-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Committee" means the Wyoming lean beef committee created by W.S. 11-40-102;
(ii) "Geographically exclusive license" means a license which gives the licensee the sole right to market Wyoming lean beef at retail, or at wholesale for resale at retail, within the geographic market specified by the committee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 40 - Marketing of Wyoming Lean Beef › Section 11-40-102 - Creation of Committee; Composition; Administrative Support; Compensation; Officers; Conflict of Interest.

11-40-102. Creation of committee; composition; administrative support; compensation; officers; conflict of interest.
(a) There is created the Wyoming lean beef committee. The initial membership of the committee shall consist of eleven (11) members of whom five (5) shall be members of the faculty of the University of Wyoming, one (1) shall be a person with professional training and experience related to human health and diet, designated by the president of the University of Wyoming, five (5) shall be appointed by the governor of whom three (3) shall be producers of beef cattle, one (1) shall be a person with training and experience in finance, one (1) shall be a person with training and experience in marketing and one (1) shall be the director of the department of agriculture or his designee serving ex officio. The members appointed by the governor shall serve three (3) year terms. The members designated by the president of the university shall serve at his pleasure.
(b) Administrative support for the committee shall be provided by and budgeted for by the University of Wyoming and thereafter it shall be the responsibility of the department of agriculture.
(c) State employees serving on the committee shall receive their normal compensation from their agency. Other members of the committee shall receive no compensation until the calendar year commencing after the calendar year in which the state first receives one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in royalty for the use of the Wyoming lean beef trademark at which time they shall begin receiving mileage and per diem at the same rate as state legislators.
(d) Every person or organization who pays royalty for more than five hundred (500) head of cattle for the use of the Wyoming lean beef trademark or trade name shall be entitled to designate one (1) nonvoting member of the Wyoming lean beef committee. This right shall be extended for the balance of the year in which necessary royalty is first paid and for the year following any year in which the necessary royalty is paid. Committee members designated under this subsection shall receive no compensation from the state for their services.
(e) The committee shall annually select from among its members a chairman and other officers deemed necessary.
(f) If any member of the committee has applied for or received a license to market Wyoming lean beef or has a financial interest in any organization which has applied for or received a license to market Wyoming lean beef he shall disclose that interest at this first appropriate time during an open meeting of the committee and shall not vote on the issuance of that license, on the issuance of any license for a geographically exclusive area for which he or his organization is also seeking a geographically exclusive license, or any other matter uniquely affecting his license.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 40 - Marketing of Wyoming Lean Beef › Section 11-40-103 - Powers and Duties of the Committee.

11-40-103. Powers and duties of the committee.
(a) The committee shall:
(i) Promulgate regulations establishing quality standards as provided by W.S. 11-40-104 and modify these standards from time to time as necessary;
(ii) Establish regulations and procedures for licensing persons to use the trademark or trade name "Wyoming lean beef";
(iii) Enforce the quality standards for Wyoming lean beef;
(iv) As soon as possible register in the name of the state of Wyoming a trademark or trade name using the words "Wyoming lean beef" with the United States government and with any state where such registration appears prudent;
(v) Take any actions necessary to collect the royalties due the state of Wyoming for the use of the "Wyoming lean beef" trademark or trade name; and
(vi) Register labels to be used on Wyoming lean beef with appropriate agencies of the United States government and any state or foreign country.
(b) The committee may:
(i) Make recommendations to the University of Wyoming for further research concerning Wyoming lean beef;
(ii) Conduct and coordinate advertising and promotion campaigns as provided by W.S. 11-40-107;
(iii) Take any action necessary to prevent infringement of the trademark or trade name by others;
(iv) Authorize the use of public claims that adherence to the quality standards for Wyoming lean beef is certified to by the state of Wyoming and authorize the use of symbols associated with the state of Wyoming including the great seal of the state of Wyoming in connection with the claims;
(v) Receive and disburse funds for advertising, promotion and product development as provided by this chapter and accept voluntary contributions and grants for these purposes;
(vi) Contract with other state agencies, agencies of the United States government and private parties to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and
(vii) Sue and be sued as a committee without individual liability for acts relating to the powers and duties of the committee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 40 - Marketing of Wyoming Lean Beef › Section 11-40-106 - Enforcement of Standards.

11-40-106. Enforcement of standards.
(a) The committee may promulgate rules or regulations necessary in the management of a program to enforce the standards for Wyoming lean beef.
(b) The committee may require licenses to conduct any inspections of ranching or slaughter operations necessary to insure compliance with Wyoming lean beef standards. The committee may require that this inspection program complies with any requirements imposed by the federal government to insure that the quality standards are met or that claims made on any label for, or advertising concerning, Wyoming lean beef are valid. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the committee from having necessary inspections performed by employees of the department of agriculture or committee members or other appropriate persons.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 40 - Marketing of Wyoming Lean Beef › Section 11-40-107 - Cooperative Advertising and Promotion.

11-40-107. Cooperative advertising and promotion.
(a) The committee may provide for the collection of additional royalties on the sale of Wyoming lean beef to pay for advertising and promotion programs. Such royalties may be levied on all Wyoming lean beef sold to pay for national advertising and promotion programs or only on Wyoming lean beef sold in particular markets or through particular channels of distribution to pay for advertising aimed at those markets, or both. If the volume of sales on which royalty is paid in a market in the previous year is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or more, the additional royalties may be imposed on that market only with the consent of the persons paying two-thirds (2/3) of the royalties paid in that previous year. The committee shall define as necessary the markets and may classify sales as being in more than one (1) market. Any other assessment method may be used in whole or in part with the consent of all persons liable for the assessment. The royalties or assessment shall be deposited in a separate account and shall be expended for advertising, promotion, product development and the expenses connected therewith in the market for which the royalty or assessment is collected. The committee may authorize the expenditure of funds in the account or may delegate that authority to the subcommittees provided by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) To administer the advertising and promotion campaigns, the committee shall appoint a subcommittee for each market for which funds are separately collected. The subcommittee shall consist of at least one (1) voting member of the committee and any nonvoting members of the committee representing persons who pay additional royalties or assessments for that market and who shall be entitled to vote within the subcommittee. The full committee may give the subcommittee guidelines and directions it shall follow and may choose to reserve to itself the right to veto all subcommittee actions or particular classes of subcommittee actions. When considering actions or information the knowledge of which could give competitors a commercial advantage, the subcommittee may hold executive sessions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 40 - Marketing of Wyoming Lean Beef › Section 11-40-108 - Wyoming Supreme Beef.

11-40-108. Wyoming supreme beef.
(a) The committee may register in the name of the state of Wyoming a trademark or trade name for "Wyoming supreme beef", "Wyoming premium beef" or some similar name containing the name of the state of "Wyoming". This trademark or trade name for beef shall be used to designate a product which may be produced with some period in a conventional feed lot. For this brand of beef the committee may:
(i) Establish standards as necessary which shall be the same as the standards established for Wyoming lean beef pursuant to W.S. 11-40-104(a)(i), (viii) and (ix), but need not be consistent with other standards established for Wyoming lean beef;
(ii) Provide for a program for inspection and enforcement of the standards;
(iii) Provide for licensing of persons to market the beef in the same manner as licensing is provided for Wyoming lean beef;
(iv) Provide for royalty collection, enforcement of license terms, protection of trademark and trade name from infringement and cooperative advertising in the same manner as provided for Wyoming lean beef.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 40 - Marketing of Wyoming Lean Beef › Section 11-40-109 - Termination of Existence of Committee.

11-40-109. Termination of existence of committee.
(a) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 69, 204.
(b) If the sales volume falls below one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for three (3) successive years, the existence of the committee shall terminate on July 1 of the fourth year.