Please Note: The following summaries of legislation enacted during the 2004 Legislative Session were prepared by the Legal Services Division Staff for internal use by the Legislative Service Office.

This report is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and does not purport to be an official statement of legislative intent concerning any measure enacted by the Legislature.

The bill summaries contained in this report were prepared as an aid to locating enacted legislation and as a brief recap of the major provisions of each bill. While the information provided in these summaries is accurate, the summaries are not intended as a detailed abstract and reference should be made to the enacted bills for more complete information.

Bill No.: HB0120 Drafter: DKG

LSO No.: 04LSO-0393.E2 Effective Date: 7/1/2004

Enrolled Act No.: HEA0042

Chapter No.: 53

Prime Sponsor: Representative Diercks

Catch Title: Trapping of animals.

Subject: Authorizing specified persons to release trapped animals and prohibiting interference with lawful trapping.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Specifies that landowners and their agents may release wildlife from traps and snares if the wildlife has been taken unlawfully.

· Criminalizes actions of tampering with or removing traps and snares lawfully set, or releasing furbearers or predators from traps and snares lawfully set.

· The criminal penalty is a seventh degree misdemeanor (up to a $600 fine and six months in jail).