2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 16 - City, County, State And Local Powers
Chapter 11 - Shooting Ranges

CHAPTER 11 - SHOOTING RANGES

 

16-11-101. Definitions.

 

 

(a) As used in this act:

 

(i) "Local government" means a county, city or town;

 

(ii) "Sport shooting range" or "range" means an area designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder or any other similar sport shooting.

 

16-11-102. Operation of shooting ranges; liability.

 

 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who operates or uses a sport shooting range in this state shall not be subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution in any matter relating to noise or noise pollution resulting from the operation or use of the range if the range is in compliance with any noise control laws or ordinances that applied to the range and its operation at the time construction or operation of the range was approved by a local government.

 

(b) Any person who operates or uses a sport shooting range is not subject to an action for nuisance, and a court of this state shall not enjoin the use or operation of a range on the basis of noise or noise pollution, if the range is in compliance with any noise control laws or ordinances that applied to the range and its operation at the time construction or operation of the range was approved by a local government.

 

(c) Rules or regulations adopted by any state department or agency for limiting levels of noise in terms of decibel level which may occur in the outdoor atmosphere shall not apply to a sport shooting range exempted from liability under this act.

 

16-11-103. Regulation of location and construction.

 

This act does not prohibit a local government from regulating the location and construction of a sport shooting range after the effective date of this act.