HJ0008 - Introduction of endangered species.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0645.E1

ENGROSSED

 

 

 

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION  NO.  HJ0008

 

 

Introduction of endangered species.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

A Bill

 

for

 1  A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting that Congress not introduce
 2  or reintroduce threatened or endangered species into the
 3  state of Wyoming without the express consent and approval
 4  of the state of Wyoming and without providing for necessary
 5  funding.

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 7  WHEREAS, separation of powers is fundamental to the United
 8  States Constitution and the power of the federal government
 9  is strictly limited; and

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11  WHEREAS, the state of Wyoming has certain rights guaranteed
12  to the states by the Constitution of the United States; and

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14  WHEREAS, under the United States constitution, the states
15  are to determine public policy; and

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 1  WHEREAS, traditionally the state of Wyoming has
 2  participated in issues regarding the introduction or
 3  reintroduction of threatened or endangered species into
 4  boundaries of the state; and

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 6  WHEREAS, the costs of managing and conserving the
 7  threatened or endangered species is significantly greater
 8  than can be sustained through the annual operating budgets
 9  of state agencies; and

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11  WHEREAS, the introduction or reintroduction of threatened
12  or endangered species may have a negative impact on the
13  state of Wyoming's industries and economy; and

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15  WHEREAS, the United States Congress should not make
16  decisions for the introduction or reintroduction of
17  threatened or endangered species into the state of Wyoming
18  without the consent and approval of the state; and

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20  WHEREAS, the United States Congress should not make
21  decisions for the introduction or reintroduction of
22  threatened or endangered species into the state of Wyoming
23  without providing necessary funding for the management and
24  conservation of these species.

 

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 2  Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By The Members of the
 3  Legislature of the State of Wyoming,
a majority of all the
 4  members of each house, voting separately, concurring
 5  therein:

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 7       Section 1.  That the Wyoming State Legislature does
 8  not condone the introduction of threatened or endangered
 9  species pursuant to the federal "Endangered Species Act of
10  1973" 16 U.S.C. § 1531, et seq., as amended, into the state
11  of Wyoming without the approval and consent of the state of
12  Wyoming.

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14       Section 2.  That the Wyoming State Legislature
15  encourages the United States Congress to appropriate monies
16  for the management and conservation of threatened or
17  endangered species prior to their introduction or
18  reintroduction into the state of Wyoming.

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 1       Section 3.  That the Secretary of State of Wyoming
 2  transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the
 3  United States, to the President of the Senate and the
 4  Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United
 5  States Congress, to the United States Secretary of Interior
 6  and the United States Secretary of Agriculture and to the
 7  Wyoming Congressional Delegation.

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