2011 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 23 - GAME AND FISH
CHAPTER 4 - PROTECTION AND PROPAGATION OF FISH
23-4-204. Rulemaking authority; fees.

(a) The commission and the department of state parks and cultural resources shall promulgate rules to administer and enforce the provisions of this article.

(b) The commission and the department of state parks and cultural resources shall establish and collect fees in accordance with the following:

(i) An annual fee shall be collected by the commission or the department of state parks and cultural resources for every watercraft before the watercraft enters the waters of the state. Payment of the fees shall be evidenced by a sticker placed on the bow of the watercraft and no person shall operate nor shall the owner permit the operation of any watercraft on the waters of the state without payment of the fees provided in this section and display of the sticker on the bow of the watercraft. For purposes of this paragraph, "watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed primarily for navigation on water but does not include personal flotation devices or water sport toys;

(ii) Fees shall be established by commission rule or regulation promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;

(iii) Fees shall be established in an amount to ensure that, to the extent practicable, the total revenue generated from the fees collected approximates, but does not exceed, the direct and indirect costs of administering the regulatory provisions required under this article.

(c) The department of state parks and cultural resources may collect fees and shall transfer those fees collected to the commission for deposit in the account created pursuant to W.S. 23-1-501(g).