§ 11-6-210 — Creation of predator management district fund; predator management fees; donations; appropriation by county commissioners

(a) At the time of collecting brand inspection fees
imposed under W.S. 11-20-401 and 11-20-402, the brand inspector
shall collect predator management fees on all sheep and cattle
inspected within each predator management district. However,
predator management fees shall not be collected on cattle and
sheep shipped into this state for immediate sale or slaughter.
The amount of the fee for each predator management district
shall be established by each predator management district board
in consultation with the state predator management advisory
board and shall not exceed one dollar ($1.00) per head on sheep
and cattle. The directors elected pursuant to W.S.
11-6-202(a)(i) and (ii) from each predator management district
board shall annually determine the predator management fee to be
charged and collected in the district taking into consideration
comments solicited from the producers present at the district's
annual meeting as provided for in W.S. 11-6-203, who have paid
predator management fees within the district during the
preceding twelve (12) months and shall inform the livestock
board of the fee prior to January 1 each year. The fee shall not
be collected on the same livestock more than once in any twelve
(12) month period. The livestock board may retain not to exceed
five percent (5%) of the revenues collected for the actual cost
of collecting the predator management fee. Remaining revenues
collected by the livestock board under this section shall be
remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in an account. The
state treasurer, on a quarterly basis, shall distribute the
revenues to the county treasurer of the county from which the
shipment originated unless, at the time of payment of the fees,
the livestock owner designates the fees to be distributed in
total to another county in this state in which the livestock are
fed or pastured. The county treasurer shall deposit revenues
distributed under this subsection into a special continuing
fund, to be known as the "Predator Management District Fund of
.... County" and to be administered by the predator management
board of that district.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 87, § 3.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 87, § 3.
(d) The district board may receive donations and
appropriations of money from any source, and such donations and
appropriations shall be placed in the district fund by the
county treasurer upon request of the district board. Nothing in
W.S. 11-6-201 through 11-6-210 shall be construed to prohibit
boards of county commissioners from appropriating funds for the
purpose of controlling predatory animals and predacious birds,
and such appropriation by boards of county commissioners is
authorized.
(e) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 87, § 3.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the
amount of the annual predator management fee for sheep and
cattle shipped into this state for confinement in a commercial
feedlot shall not exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per head on
sheep and cattle. For purposes of this subsection, "commercial
feedlot" means any place, establishment or facility commonly
known as a feedlot conducted, operated or managed for profit or
nonprofit for livestock producers, feeders or market agencies,
consisting of pens and their appurtenances, in which livestock
are received, held, fed, cared for or kept for sale or shipment
in commerce. A pasture, field or other enclosure, fenced or
unfenced, shall not be considered a commercial feedlot for
purposes of this subsection. The predator management district
board shall have the authority to determine if a facility
qualifies as a commercial feedlot as defined in this subsection.
(g) Each predator management district board shall annually
allocate five percent (5%) of all predator management fee
collections to be used for refunds, in whole or in part. If a
refund is requested the board shall pay the refund within one
hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the calendar year in
which the fee was paid. Refunds under this subsection shall be
subject to the following:
(i) To be valid, the application for refund shall be
received no later than sixty (60) days after the end of the
calendar year in which the fee was paid;
(ii) No person receiving a refund shall receive any
predatory animal control services funded in whole or in part by
the predatory animal control fees until that person has paid one
hundred fifty percent (150%) of all refunds received during the
year in which the services were sought and the three (3)
preceding calendar years; and
(iii) All monies not paid in refunds shall annually
revert to the district predator management account on July 1 of
the following year.
(h) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, no
predatory animal control fee shall be collected on livestock
shipped or trailed within this state if change of ownership does
not occur.
(j) Any person failing to pay the predator animal control
fee imposed by subsection (a) or (f) of this section shall be
punished as provided by W.S. 11-1-103.
(k) In addition to the other fees imposed by this section,
any person paying the predator control fee may pay an additional
ten cents ($.10) per head to fund the predator management
activities of the Wyoming animal damage management board created
by W.S. 11-6-303. Any fees collected pursuant to this subsection
shall be deposited in the animal damage management account
created by W.S. 11-6-306.
(m) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 46, § 2.
(n) If a livestock producer requests predator management
services from the district board representing the county in
which the producer is pasturing or housing livestock, and no
predator management fees have been collected from the producer
within the previous twelve (12) months, or if the fees have been
refunded, the board may charge a service fee to recover
reasonable and actual costs of the predator management services
provided.
(o) To be eligible to receive state funds, the district
shall assess and collect all available fees on livestock in the
district.