02LSO-0052.W1, Law enforcement retirement

Proposed Amendment No. 3

Page 8-line 6      Strike "As used in this article" insert "For purposes of this article only".

Page 8-line 12     After "," insert "any superintendent, assistant superintendent or full-time park ranger of any state park or historic site meeting the specifications of W.S. 7-2-101(a)(iv)(G),".

Page 18-line 14    After "board" insert ", any superintendent, assistant superintendent or full-time park ranger of any state park or historic site meeting the specifications of W.S. 7-2-101(a)(iv)(G),".

Staff Comment

The Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee is also considering this interim the possibility of expanding the scope of Park Rangers to include them under Title 6 in order to clean up an inconsistency in the statutes. 

Park Rangers are presently defined under Title 7, but the absence of their being included under Title 6 has left them unprotected under felony procedures if attacked while carrying out their defined duties.  The legislation under consideration by TRWCR is intended to clarify the status of Park Rangers for this purpose.  They are presently defined as Peace Officers, but not in both statutes.