H.B. No. 0102

Livestock and brands.

Sponsored By: Representative(s) Anderson, R. and Teeters and Senator(s) Johnson

AN ACT relating to livestock; removing goats, llamas and alpacas from brand inspection fees and from the definition of livestock for certain purposes; removing goat owners from eligibility for membership on district predator boards; and providing for an effective date.

2/9/2010 Bill Number Assigned

2/10/2010 H Received for Introduction

2/11/2010 H Introduced and Referred to H05

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Byrd, Cannady, Carson, Childers, Cohee, Connolly, Craft, Davison, Diercks, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hales, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Illoway, Jaggi, Jorgensen, Kimble, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Millin, Moniz, Patton, Peasley, Pedersen, Petersen, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Simpson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Thompson, Wallis and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays: Representative(s) Madden and Zwonitzer, Dn.

Excused: Representative(s) Hallinan, Philp and Throne

Ayes 55 Nays 2 Excused 3 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/16/2010 H05 Recommended Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Blake, Carson, Edmonds, Gilmore, Moniz, Semlek, Teeters, Wallis and Zwonitzer, Dn.

Ayes 9 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/16/2010 H Placed on General File

2/18/2010 H Passed CoW

2/19/2010 H Passed 2nd Reading

2/22/2010 H Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Byrd, Cannady, Carson, Childers, Cohee, Connolly, Craft, Davison, Diercks, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Gilmore, Goggles, Hales, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Illoway, Jaggi, Jorgensen, Kimble, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Millin, Moniz, Patton, Peasley, Pedersen, Petersen, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Simpson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Thompson, Throne, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Excused: Representative(s) Gingery, Hallinan and Philp

Ayes 57 Nays 0 Excused 3 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/22/2010 S Received for Introduction

2/22/2010 S Introduced and Referred to S05

2/24/2010 S05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Bebout, Elliott, Geis, Jennings and Johnson

Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/24/2010 S Placed on General File

HB0102SS001/ADOPTED

Page 1–line 3 Delete "providing for voluntary" insert "removing goat owners from eligibility for membership on district predator boards;".

Page 1–line 4 Delete line through "provided;".

Page 1–line 9 After "W.S." insert "11‑6‑202(a)(i) and (iv),".

Page 1–after line 10 Insert:

"11‑6‑202. Administration of districts by district boards; number and qualifications of members; term; filling of vacancies.

(a) The affairs of each district shall be administered by a board of directors, each of whom shall be a bona fide resident of Wyoming. Directors for the positions identified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection shall be elected at an annual meeting of district livestock owners. Directors for the positions identified in paragraphs (iv) and (v) of this subsection shall be appointed as described. The composition of the board shall be as follows:

(i) Three (3) directors shall be sheep or goat owners having paid predator management fees on sheep or goats in the district in the year preceding election. At each subsequent annual district meeting one (1) director shall be elected for a three (3) year term. All sheep or goat owners whether an individual, corporation or partnership, having paid predator management fees on sheep or goats in the district regardless of the domicile of the sheep or goats, are entitled to one (1) vote at the meeting;

(iv) the board of county commissioners shall appoint one (1) director to serve for an initial term of two (2) years and thereafter for three (3) year terms from electors in the county not engaged in raising sheep, goats or cattle. No appointed member may serve for a consecutive period of more than six (6) years;".

Page 2–lines 7 through 15 Delete all new language.

Page 2–line 20 Strike ", goats". GEIS, CHAIRMAN

HB0102SW001/ADOPTED

Page 1–line 9 Delete the First Senate Standing Committee Amendment (HB0102SS001/A) to this line and further amend as follows: after "W.S." insert "11‑6‑202(a)(i), (iv) and (v), 11‑6‑203(a)(i) and (b),".

Page 1–after line 10 Delete the First Senate Standing Committee Amendment (HB0102SS001/A) to this line and further amend as follows: insert:

"11‑6‑202. Administration of districts by district boards; number and qualifications of members; term; filling of vacancies.

(a) The affairs of each district shall be administered by a board of directors, each of whom shall be a bona fide resident of Wyoming. Directors for the positions identified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection shall be elected at an annual meeting of district livestock owners. Directors for the positions identified in paragraphs (iv) and (v) of this subsection shall be appointed as described. The composition of the board shall be as follows:

(i) Three (3) directors shall be sheep or goat owners having paid predator management fees on sheep or goats in the district in the year preceding election. At each subsequent annual district meeting one (1) director shall be elected for a three (3) year term. All sheep or goat owners whether an individual, corporation or partnership, having paid predator management fees on sheep or goats in the district regardless of the domicile of the sheep or goats, are entitled to one (1) vote at the meeting;

(iv) the board of county commissioners shall appoint one (1) director to serve for an initial term of two (2) years and thereafter for three (3) year terms from electors in the county not engaged in raising sheep, goats or cattle. No appointed member may serve for a consecutive period of more than six (6) years;

(v) If the board of directors determines state funds are necessary for an effective predator management program to assure the statutory requirements provided in W.S. 11‑6‑205 are fulfilled and state funds are appropriated and received for that purpose, then three (3) directors representing sportsmen and hunters from the district shall be appointed to the board of directors by the county commissioners serving the local district. Sportsmen and hunter representatives shall be bona fide residents of the district not engaged in raising sheep, goats or cattle and shall hold or have held either a valid Wyoming fishing or hunting license or a Wyoming wildlife damage management stamp within the preceding twelve (12) month period. County commissioners, to the greatest extent practical, shall select sportsmen and hunter representatives to ensure representation from as broad a geographic distribution of the district as possible. The county commissioners shall determine who of the three (3) sportsmen and hunter directors appointed to a board under this paragraph shall serve an initial term of one (1) year, who shall serve an initial term of (2) years and who shall serve a term of three (3) years. Thereafter, each term shall be for three (3) years.

11‑6‑203. Manner of calling annual meeting of predator management districts; when held; election of chairman and secretary.

(a) The annual meeting of each predator management district shall be held within the first two (2) weeks of December and each board shall:

(i) On or before December 1, obtain an accurate list of all persons who have paid predator management fees on sheep, goats or cattle in the district;

(b) When assembled in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the sheep, goat and cattle owners shall elect a chairman and secretary who shall act as judges of the election of directors representing livestock interests of the board.". GEIS

2/26/2010 S Passed CoW

3/1/2010 S Passed 2nd Reading

3/2/2010 S Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Bebout, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Dockstader, Elliott, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hines, Hunnicutt, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Massie, Meier, Meyer, Nicholas, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend and Von Flatern

Nays: Senator(s) Larson

Ayes 29 Nays 1 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

3/2/2010 H Received for Concurrence

3/2/2010 H Did Concur

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Byrd, Cannady, Carson, Cohee, Connolly, Craft, Davison, Diercks, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hales, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Illoway, Jaggi, Jorgensen, Kimble, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Millin, Moniz, Patton, Pedersen, Petersen, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Simpson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Thompson, Throne, Wallis and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays: Representative(s) Miller, Shepperson and Zwonitzer, Dn.

Excused: Representative(s) Childers, Hallinan, Peasley and Philp

Ayes 53 Nays 3 Excused 4 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

3/2/2010 Assigned Number HEA No. 0033

3/3/2010 H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0033

3/3/2010 S President Signed HEA No. 0033

3/8/2010 Governor Signed HEA No. 0033

3/8/2010 Assigned Chapter Number

Chapter No. 0061 Session Laws of Wyoming 2010