HB0038 - Recreating on state lands.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0260 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0038
Recreating on state lands.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Sadler, Gay and Robinson
and Senator(s)
Hinchey
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to state
lands; authorizing camping,
2 hunting,
fishing and other recreational activity on state
3
lands in accordance with rules of the board of land
4
commissioners as specified; making conforming and
5
clarifying amendments; and providing for an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section
1. W.S. 36-2-107 and 36-9-116 are amended to
10 read:
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12 36-2-107. Rules and regulations.
13
14 (a) The board
shall have the power and authority to
15 promulgate and adopt
rules and regulations not inconsistent
16 with the laws of the state, as it may from time
to time
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1 deem necessary in the direction, control,
disposition and
2
care of all state lands.
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4 (b) The rules of the
board adopted pursuant to
5 subsection (a) of this section shall
authorize persons to
6 camp, hunt, fish and engage in other
recreational activity
7 on state lands to the extent the
activity does not prevent
8 the effective use of the land by a
lessee or otherwise
9 measurably decrease the value of the
state land. Any
10 camping,
hunting, fishing or other recreational activity on
11 state
land shall be in accordance with rules of the board.
12 The
rules shall specify requirements for open camp fires,
13 taking
into account public welfare and safety and
14 preservation
of state lands.
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16 36-9-116. Trespass.
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18 Except as
authorized by law or by rule and regulation of
19 the
board, any person who shall use or who shall occupy any
20 state land without lease or certificate of
purchase, and
21 any person who shall use or occupy state
lands for more
22 than thirty (30) days after the cancellation
or expiration
23 of his lease, unless he shall be a purchaser
thereof, shall
24 be a trespasser; and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined
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1 not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more
2
than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and the bondsmen of
3
such lessee shall, upon the bond of such lessee, be equally
4
liable with the lessee for the payment of such fine
5
imposed.
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7 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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9 (END)
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