ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED

BILL NO. 0160

ENROLLED ACT NO. 109, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to wildlife and livestock; creating a
wildlife and livestock disease research partnership board;
specifying membership; specifying duties and
responsibilities; providing purposes; authorizing the board
to accept funds; creating an account; restricting use of
funds as specified; providing an appropriation; and
providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.  W.S. 11-19-601 through 11-19-603 are
created to read:

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WILDLIFE/LIVESTOCK DISEASE RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

11-19-601.  Findings; purposes.

(a) The interaction of livestock and wildlife may
lead to mutual or shared diseases. Some of these diseases
may have the potential to adversely affect Wyoming's
livestock producers and influence the management of
Wyoming's free-ranging wildlife. Research into these
diseases may provide strategies or solutions that benefit
Wyoming's livestock industries and wildlife resources.

(b) The purpose of the Wyoming wildlife/livestock
disease research partnership is to utilize existing
personnel and facilities of the state, to identify funding
sources, to enhance wildlife and livestock disease research
in the state, and to understand, manage, control and
preempt potentially mutual or shared diseases that may
impact wildlife, livestock or humans.

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11-19-602  Wyoming wildlife/livestock disease research
partnership board created; membership; duties; purposes.

(a) There is created the wildlife/livestock disease
research partnership board within the department. The board
shall consist of the following members or their designees:

(i) The director of the department;

(ii) The director of the Wyoming game and fish
department;

(iii) The vice-president for research at the
University of Wyoming;

(iv) The director of the Wyoming state
veterinary laboratory; and

(v) The state veterinarian.

(b) The board shall:

(i) Accept funding from all sources, including
federal, state and local governments and private donations
to carry out the purposes of this article;

(ii) Leverage funds received to match other
funds that may be available to the board;

(iii) Deposit funds received into the account
created by W.S. 11-19-603. No funds may be withdrawn or
otherwise expended without the specific consent of at least
three (3) members of the board;

(iv) Accept, review and prioritize research
proposals submitted to the board;

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(v) Seek support for programs and projects
consistent with the purposes of the board;

(vi) Allocate funds for research which serve the
goals of understanding, managing, controlling or preempting
potentially mutual or shared diseases that impact wild and
domestic animals or humans in the state.

(c) In approving research requests for funding, the
board shall first consider any requests for funding from
the Wyoming game and fish department, the University of
Wyoming, the Wyoming department of agriculture and the
Wyoming livestock board. After consideration of requests
from those state agencies, the board may consider requests
from other entities.

(d) All research projects requesting funding from the
board shall be submitted to the board in a form and manner
specified by the board. The approval of not less than three
(3) members of the board shall be required prior to funding
of a project with funds received under this section.

11-19-603.  Account created.

There is created a wildlife/livestock disease research
partnership account within the special revenue fund. Funds
from this account shall be used only for purposes specified
in W.S. 11-19-602. Any interest earned on the account shall
remain within the account.

Section 2.  There shall be a one (1) time
appropriation of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00)
from the budget reserve account to the wildlife/livestock
disease research partnership account created by W.S.
11-19-603 to implement the purpose of this act. No funds

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appropriated under this act shall be expended until a like
amount is obtained from other sources by the
wildlife/livestock disease research partnership board.

Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

(END)

Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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