Bill No.: HB0125                  Drafter:  MRW

LSO No.:  07LSO-0225              Effective Date:  7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:  HEA0064

Chapter No.:       105

Prime Sponsor:      Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Livestock and brands.

Subject:  Livestock and brands.

Summary/Major Elements:

• Expands the definition of livestock by adding goats, llamas and alpacas to "livestock".
• Modifies brand recording and inspection fees and limits fee increases to not more than once per year and by not more than twenty percent (20%) per increase.
• Modifies county line inspections by allowing the livestock board to establish brand inspection zones, which may encompass an area based on multiple contiguous counties or the entire state.  The brand inspection zones shall be reviewed and reauthorized annually and shall be in effect for a year.
• Eliminates the ten (10) mile exemption for the in-state range permits and the delay time for a permanent brand inspection upon a change of ownership.
• Requires the livestock board to promulgate rules to identify conditions under which the surcharge by the livestock inspector may be waived.

· Requires the livestock board to adopt an annual fiscal year budget for the brand registration and inspection program.

• Repeals obsolete provisions, including:  requiring certain number of bulls on open range, requiring all inspections of sheep be conducted within Wyoming, certain requirements for railroad shipping and eliminating certificates and agreements in lieu of inspections.

Comments:

• Report Required - Beginning in 2008, the livestock board is to report annually by November 1 to the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee regarding its budget and fees adopted under the act.

• Creates/amends major program - Amends the livestock brand inspection program.