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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0103
Prohibit travel across private land for hunting purposes.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Crago, Barlow, Clausen,
Flitner, Greear, Neiman, Oakley and Walters and Senator(s) Boner, Driskill and Kinskey
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to game and fish; expanding the prohibition
2 for entering enclosed property without permission for
3 hunting purposes to also prohibit traveling through the
4 enclosed property; amending penalties for entering or
5 traveling through enclosed property without permission for
6 hunting purposes; and providing for an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 23-3-305(b) and 23-6-202(a) by
11 creating a new paragraph (xii) are amended to read:
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13 23-3-305. Hunting from highway; entering or traveling
14 through enclosed private property without permission;
15 penalty; hunting at night without permission prohibited.
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2 (b) No person shall enter upon or travel through the
3 private property of any person to hunt, fish, collect
4 antlers or horns, or trap without the permission of the
5 owner or person in charge of the property. Violation of
6 this subsection constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as
7 provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v) 23-6-202(a)(xii).
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9 23-6-202. Fines and sentences.
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11 (a) Any person who has been convicted of or pleaded
12 guilty to any offense under this act may be fined,
13 sentenced to the county jail, or both, as follows:
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15 (xii) Up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to
16 which may be added imprisonment up to six (6) months and
17 forfeiture of any game, antlers or horns taken in violation
18 of W.S. 23-3-305(b).
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20 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2022.
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22 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 23-3-305, 23-6-202