(a)The commission with the advice of the director shall
appoint agents to sell game, bird and fish licenses. Any vendor
engaged in the commercial sale of sporting goods and equipment
who holds a valid sales tax license issued by the department of
revenue under W.S. 39-15-106 may apply to the commission and
shall be appointed as an agent to sell game, bird and fish
licenses, permits and stamps. At the end of each year, the
commission shall renew the appointment of agents who had
combined game, bird and fish license, permit and stamp sales
during that year of not less than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00). Renewal of the appointment of agents selling fish
licenses only or agents serving remote locations shall not be
subject to the one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) minimum sales
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(a) The commission with the advice of the director shall
appoint agents to sell game, bird and fish licenses. Any vendor
engaged in the commercial sale of sporting goods and equipment
who holds a valid sales tax license issued by the department of
revenue under W.S. 39-15-106 may apply to the commission and
shall be appointed as an agent to sell game, bird and fish
licenses, permits and stamps. At the end of each year, the
commission shall renew the appointment of agents who had
combined game, bird and fish license, permit and stamp sales
during that year of not less than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00). Renewal of the appointment of agents selling fish
licenses only or agents serving remote locations shall not be
subject to the one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) minimum sales
requirement. The commission shall provide bonding for agents for
the purpose of selling game, bird and fish licenses, permits and
stamps. Bonding shall be provided upon receipt of a
nonrefundable annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). The fees
shall be deposited in a bond pool fund except in any month when
the bond pool fund contains one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000.00) or more the fees shall be deposited in the game
and fish fund. The fee shall be paid to the commission before
December 1 preceding the year for which the bond shall be in
effect. Newly appointed agents shall pay the same fee
immediately upon appointment by the commission to receive
bonding for the remainder of the calendar year in which the
agent was appointed. All claims against an agent's bond shall be
paid from the bond pool account.
(b) Each license selling agent shall charge a fee as
provided in this subsection for each license, permit or stamp he
sells or distributes pursuant to this act. The fee shall not be
charged if this act specifies that the issuance shall be without
fee or fails to establish a fee for the issuance of the license,
permit or stamp. Each license, permit or stamp sold or
distributed under this act shall display the total amount only
of all fees and other charges required under this act or
otherwise provided by law. Each selling agent shall retain two
dollars ($2.00) for each license and fifty cents ($.50) for each
stamp or permit he sells. For failure to comply with this
section, selling agents shall not be entitled to retain the
amounts specified in this subsection and shall be liable on
their bond. No employee of the commission shall receive any
commission on licenses, stamps or permits sold, but the
department shall charge the additional fee specified in this
subsection, or otherwise provided by law, for each license,
stamp or permit sold by commission employees. The fee charged
under this subsection shall be in addition to the amount
otherwise established by this act for the license, permit or
stamp and shall be as follows:
(i) Two dollars ($2.00) for each license, except that
this additional fee shall not be charged for licenses under W.S.
23-1-705(e) or (k), 23-2-101(j)(xi), (xvi), (xvii), (xx), (xxi),
(xxxii), (xxxiii), (xliv) or (xlv), 23-2-201(d)(iii) or (iv) or
(f) or 23-2-301(c)(xiii);
(ii) Fifty cents ($.50) for each stamp;
(iii) Fifty cents ($.50) for each permit, except that
this additional fee shall not be charged for permits under W.S.
23-1-302(m).
(c) Every selling agent shall file a report with the
commission at such times and in such manner as prescribed by
commission rule and shall account for all licenses, permits, and
stamps received by the selling agent to the commission.
(d) Every person authorized by the commission or by law to
sell and issue licenses is authorized to administer oaths.
(e) The department shall supply sufficient numbers of
self-locking tags stamped with the words "Wyoming interstate
game tag". The commission by rule may authorize the distribution
of interstate game tags by taxidermists, meat processing plants
or other businesses as the commission determines. The commission
by rule may set the commissions for the sale of interstate game
tags not to exceed the commissions paid to license selling
agents for the sale of licenses. The commission by rule may also
set the reporting requirements for businesses authorized to
distribute interstate game tags. Interstate game tags shall be
furnished through the chief game warden for distribution to the
game wardens, and such game tag distributors as the commission
may designate. Game wardens and game tag distributors shall
collect and remit to the department the proper fee for each
Wyoming interstate game tag.
(f) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 156, § 2.
(g) License selling agents under this section shall be
considered representatives of the game and fish department for
the purpose of charging fees for costs of processing payments
for sales of licenses, permits or stamps. In addition to fees
under subsection (b) of this section a license selling agent may
charge and collect from the person tendering payment a fee for
the cost of processing the payment in the same manner and amount
as established by commission rule for sales directly from the
game and fish department.