HB0160 - Wyoming wildlife/livestock disease partnership.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

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HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0160

 

 

Wyoming wildlife/livestock disease partnership.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Samuelson, McGraw and
Shivler and Senator(s) Barton, Miller, C.,
Schiffer and Vasey

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to wildlife and livestock; creating a
 2  wildlife and livestock disease research partnership board;
 3  specifying membership; specifying duties and
 4  responsibilities; providing purposes; authorizing the board
 5  to accept funds; creating an account; restricting use of
 6  funds as specified; providing an appropriation; and
 7  providing for an effective date.

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 9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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11         Section 1.  W.S. 11-19-601 through 11-19-603 are
12  created to read:

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14                         ARTICLE 6

15         WILDLIFE/LIVESTOCK DISEASE RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

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 1         11-19-601.  Findings; purposes.

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 3         (a)  The interaction of livestock and wildlife may
 4  lead to mutual or shared diseases. Some of these diseases
 5  may have the potential to adversely affect Wyoming's
 6  livestock producers and influence the management of
 7  Wyoming's free-ranging wildlife. Research into these
 8  diseases may provide strategies or solutions that benefit
 9  Wyoming's livestock industries and wildlife resources.

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11         (b)  The purpose of the Wyoming wildlife/livestock
12  disease research partnership is to utilize existing
13  personnel and facilities of the state, to identify funding
14  sources, to enhance wildlife and livestock disease research
15  in the state, and to understand, manage, control and
16  preempt potentially mutual or shared diseases that may
17  impact wildlife, livestock or humans.

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19         11-19-602  Wyoming wildlife/livestock disease research
20  partnership board created; membership; duties; purposes.

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22         (a)  There is created the wildlife/livestock disease
23  research partnership board within the department. The board
24  shall consist of the following members or their designees:

 

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 2              (i)  The director of the department;

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 4              (ii)  The director of the Wyoming game and fish
 5  department;

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 7              (iii)  The vice-president for research at the
 8  University of Wyoming;

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10              (iv)  The director of the Wyoming state
11  veterinary laboratory; and

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13              (v)  The state veterinarian.

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15         (b)  The board shall:

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17              (i)  Accept funding from all sources, including
18  federal, state and local governments and private donations
19  to carry out the purposes of this article;

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21              (ii)  Leverage funds received to match other
22  funds that may be available to the board;

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 1              (iii)  Deposit funds received into the account
 2  created by W.S. 11-19-603. No funds may be withdrawn or
 3  otherwise expended without the specific consent of at least
 4  three (3) members of the board;

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 6              (iv)  Accept, review and prioritize research
 7  proposals submitted to the board;

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 9              (v)  Seek support for programs and projects
10  consistent with the purposes of the board;

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12              (vi)  Allocate funds for research which serve the
13  goals of understanding, managing, controlling or preempting
14  potentially mutual or shared diseases that impact wild and
15  domestic animals or humans in the state.

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17         (c)  In approving research requests for funding, the
18  board shall first consider any requests for funding from
19  the Wyoming game and fish department, the University of
20  Wyoming, the Wyoming department of agriculture and the
21  Wyoming livestock board. After consideration of requests
22  from those state agencies, the board may consider requests
23  from other entities.

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 1         (d)  All research projects requesting funding from the
 2  board shall be submitted to the board in a form and manner
 3  specified by the board. The approval of not less than three
 4  (3) members of the board shall be required prior to funding
 5  of a project with funds received under this section.

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 7         11-19-603.  Account created.

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 9  There is created a wildlife/livestock disease research
10  partnership account within the special revenue fund. Funds
11  from this account shall be used only for purposes specified
12  in W.S. 11-19-602. Any interest earned on the account shall
13  remain within the account.

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15         Section 2.  There is appropriated two hundred thousand
16  dollars ($200,000.00) from the general fund to the
17  wildlife/livestock disease research partnership account
18  created by W.S. 11-19-603 to implement the purpose of this
19  act. No funds appropriated under this act shall be expended
20  until a like amount is obtained from other sources by the
21  wildlife/livestock disease research partnership board.

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 1         Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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 3                         (END)

 

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