S.F. No. 0064

Nursery stock.

 

Sponsored By:     Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee

 

AN ACT relating to nursery stock; providing for cease and desist orders relating to nursery stock violations; providing procedures; modifying definitions; adding definitions; eliminating transportation of nursery stock from licensing requirements; providing for exemptions; requiring inspections; limiting nursery stock sales; increasing penalties; repealing certain nonresident requirements; and providing for an effective date.

 

1/4/2007    Bill Number Assigned

1/9/2007    S Received for Introduction

1/10/2007   S Introduced and Referred to S05

1/17/2007   S05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Cooper, Johnson, Perkins and Vasey

Excused:  Senator(s) Geis

Ayes 4    Nays 0    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/17/2007   S Placed on General File

 

SF0064SS001/ADOPTED

Page 9-line 10          After "(f)" delete balance of line and insert "Charitable and educational institutions shall be exempt from licensing requirements.".

Page 9-lines 11 through 17    Delete.  VASEY, COCHAIRMAN

 

SF0064SW001/ADOPTED

Page 9-line 10          In the Senate Standing Committee Amendment (SF0064SS01/A) to this line, after "requirements" insert "imposed by this section".  PERKINS

 

1/17/2007   S Passed CoW

 

SF0064S2001/ADOPTED

Page 7-line 5           Strike "phylum" insert "phyla"; delete ", Arachnida".  DECARIA

 

1/18/2007   S Passed 2nd Reading

1/19/2007   S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Fecht, Geis, Hastert, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern

Excused:  Senator(s) Peck

Ayes 29    Nays 0    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/24/2007   H Received for Introduction

1/31/2007   H Introduced and Referred to H05

2/9/2007    H05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Blake, Brechtel, Diercks, Edmonds, Samuelson, Semlek, Teeters, Wallis and Zwonitzer, Dn.

Ayes 9    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/9/2007    H Placed on General File

 

SF0064HS001/ADOPTED  (CORRECTED COPY)  (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 2-line 8           After "or" insert "prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated".

Page 5-line 7           Delete "and (x)" insert "through (xii)".

Page 5-line 8           After "11-9-102" delete balance of line.

Page 5-line 9           Delete "subsection (f)".

Page 6-line 14          Delete "noxious," insert "prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious".

Page 6-line 15          Delete "regulated or designated".

Page 7-line 5           Reinsert stricken "phylum"; delete "phyla"; delete "or Mollusca".

Page 7-line 6           After "agricultural" strike "," insert "or"; strike "or ornamental".

Page 7-line 9           Strike nematoda," insert "any animal of the phyla Mollusca or Nematoda or".

Page 7-line 10          After "vector" insert "known to be injurious to agricultural or horticultural plants".

Page 7-line 20          After "and" insert "prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated".

Page 8-line 1           After "insect" insert ", plant".

Page 8-line 2           Delete "a pathogenic" insert "an insect,".

Page 8-line 3           Delete "." insert ";".

Page 8-After line 3           Insert:

"(xi)  "Designated noxious weed" means as defined in W.S. 11-5-102(a)(xi);

(xii)  "Substantially free" means any injurious insect, other pest or plant disease is not locatable in groups or not affecting more than one percent (1%) of the nursery stock.".

Page 8-line 19          After "be" insert "substantially free or"; delete ";" insert "or".

Page 8-line 20          After "pests" strike "or"; strike "noxious" insert "and free of prohibited, restricted, regulated"; after "designated" insert "noxious".

Page 8-After line 20    Insert:

"(c)  If the inspection reveals the premises or stock not to be substantially free or apparently free of injurious insects, plant diseases, other pests or prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds, the nursery stock shall be removed or quarantined from sale and a written plan of action to remedy the condition by treatment, control actions or destruction shall be presented to the inspector within one (1) working day.  The nursery shall be inspected again within a time agreed upon by the director, or his authorized agent, and the dealer and noted in writing on the plan, but no later than fifteen (15) days after the previous inspection.  Upon subsequent inspection the nursery stock shall be substantially free or apparently free from the injurious insects, plant diseases and other pests and free from prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds in order to be released for sale.  Failure to comply with this subsection shall subject the dealer to the penalties provided in W.S. 11-9-108 or 11-9-109.".

Page 8-line 22          Strike "(c)" insert "(d)".

Page 9-After line 3           Insert:

"(d)(e)  No nonresident shall sell, take orders to sell, offer for sale or distribute nursery stock which has been grown outside this state without first securing a license from the department of agriculture. The license fee for each establishment shipping nursery stock into Wyoming shall be the fee authorized by W.S. 11-1-104. No license shall be granted to a nonresident unless the applicant agrees to furnish with each shipment of nursery stock an affidavit stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or transported into Wyoming has been inspected by the proper state, district or county officials of the state of origin and found free from injurious insects, plant diseases and prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious or designated weeds.".

Page 9-line 5           Strike "(e)" insert "(f)".

Page 9-line 10          Delete "(f)" insert "(g)".

Page 9-line 19          After "insects," insert "other pests,"; after "or" insert "prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated"; after "noxious" strike "or".

Page 9-line 20          Strike "designated".

Page 10-line 8          After "and" insert "prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated"; after "noxious" strike and delete balance of the line.

Page 11-line 12         Delete "containing" insert "shall be substantially free or apparently free of".

Page 11-line 13         After "or" insert "prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated"; After "noxious" delete balance of the line.

Page 11-line 14         Delete "or designated"; after "weeds" insert "and".

Page 13-line 5          Delete entirely.

Page 13-line 7          Delete "5" insert "4".  SAMUELSON, CHAIRMAN

 

2/15/2007   H Passed CoW

2/16/2007   H Passed 2nd Reading

2/20/2007   H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Berger, Blake, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Childers, Cohee, Craft, Davison, Diercks, Dockstader, Edmonds, Edwards, Esquibel, F., Esquibel, K., Gentile, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hallinan, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Iekel, Illoway, Jaggi, Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Madden, Martin, McOmie, Mercer, Meyer, Millin, Olsen, Petersen, Philp, Quarberg, Samuelson, Semlek, Shepperson, Simpson, Slater, Steward, Teeters, Thompson, Throne, Wallis, Walsh, Warren, White, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Excused:  Representative(s) Miller

Ayes 59    Nays 0    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/21/2007   S Did Concur

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Fecht, Geis, Hastert, Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Larson, Meier, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Schiffer, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Nays:  Senator(s) Burns, Case, Job, Massie, Mockler, Nicholas, Scott and Sessions

Excused:  Senator(s) Peck

Ayes 21    Nays 8    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/21/2007   Assigned Number SEA No. 0043

2/21/2007   S President Signed SEA No. 0043

2/22/2007   H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0043

2/23/2007   Governor Signed SEA No. 0043

2/23/2007   Assigned Chapter Number

 

Chapter No. 0106  Session Laws of Wyoming 2007.