2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 23 - Game And Fish
Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties

CHAPTER 6 - ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES

 

ARTICLE 1 - ENFORCEMENT

 

23-6-101. Arrest without warrant; when person arrested to be taken immediately before a court.

 

Any game warden, commissioner or other employee of the department designated by the commission and any Wyoming law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant any person violating any provision of this act. If the offense charged is punishable as a misdemeanor, the arrested person shall be taken immediately before the nearest or most readily accessible court having jurisdiction of the offense in the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed unless the officer accepts a written promise to appear at a later time or a bond pursuant to W.S. 23-6-102.

 

23-6-102. Notice to appear in court; release upon written promise to appear; release upon posting bond.

 

(a) When the person arrested is not immediately taken before the proper court, the arresting officer shall prepare a citation in triplicate, giving written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of the person arrested, the offense charged, and the time and place where the person shall appear in court.

 

(b) The place specified in the citation must be before the proper court in the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed.

 

(c) The arrested person, in order to secure release as provided in this section, must give his written promise to appear in court by signing at least one (1) copy of the citation prepared by the arresting officer. The officer shall deliver one (1) copy of the citation to the person promising to appear. Thereupon the officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.

 

(d) An arresting officer arresting any person for violation of any provision of this act may instead of issuing a citation containing notice to appear in court if the violator is not immediately taken before the proper court, accept a bond posted in accordance with the bond schedule adopted by the court for delivery to the court.

 

(e) Any officer violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of misconduct and is subject to removal from office.

 

23-6-103. Failure to obey citation; appearance by counsel; penalty.

 

(a) No person shall violate his written promise to appear given to any officer upon issuance of a game and fish citation regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued. A written promise to appear in court may be complied with by an appearance by counsel.

 

(b) Violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).

 

23-6-104. Procedure prescribed herein not exclusive.

 

The foregoing provisions shall apply to all arrests without a warrant for violations of this act, but the procedures prescribed herein are not exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the arrest and prosecution of a person for an offense of like grade.

 

23-6-105. Form for citations.

 

The department shall provide an appropriate form of game and fish citations containing the notice to appear which shall be issued in books with citations in triplicate. The director or his designee is responsible for the issuance of citation books, shall maintain a record of every such book issued and each citation contained therein, and shall require and obtain a receipt for every book issued.

 

23-6-106. Disposition and records of citations.

 

(a) Every person issuing a game and fish citation as herein provided shall deposit one (1) copy of the citation with the court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense.

 

(b) Upon the deposit of a copy of the citation with the proper court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in that court, or other official action by a judge of that court, including forfeiture of the bail.

 

(c) No person shall dispose of a game and fish citation or copies thereof, or of the record of the issuance of a citation in a manner other than as provided in this act.

 

(d) The director or his designee shall require the issuing officer to return to him a copy of every game and fish citation issued to an alleged violator of any provision of this act and all copies of every game and fish citation which have been spoiled or upon which any entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator.

 

(e) The director or his designee shall also maintain or cause to be maintained in connection with every game and fish citation issued a record of the disposition of the charge by the court.

 

23-6-107. When citation deemed a lawful complaint.

 

In the event the form of citation provided hereunder includes information and is sworn to as required under the general laws of this state in respect to a complaint charging commission of the offense alleged in the citation to have been committed, then the citation when filed with the proper court is a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution under this act.

 

23-6-108. Record of game and fish cases; report of convictions to department.

 

(a) Every judge of any court shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every game and fish complaint, game and fish citation, or other legal form of game and fish charge deposited with or presented to the court, and shall keep a record of every official action by the court, including a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal, and the amount of fine or forfeiture resulting from every such complaint or citation deposited with or presented to the court.

 

(b) Within thirty (30) days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this act, the judge or clerk of the court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited, shall forward to the department a certified abstract of the record of the court covering the case in which the person was convicted or forfeited bail. The abstract shall be made upon a form furnished by the department and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of his game or fish license, if any, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, or whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed.

 

23-6-109. Search with or without warrant; confiscation and disposition of wildlife.

 

(a) Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this act may seize and take into custody any wildlife which has been unlawfully taken or which is unlawfully in possession. Any wildlife so confiscated may be sold to the best advantage and funds received credited to the Wyoming game and fish fund.

 

(b) Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this act may search without warrant, any camp, camp outfit, pack, pack outfit, pack animal, motor vehicle, boat, wagon or trailer for any wildlife which he has probable cause to believe was taken or is possessed unlawfully.

 

(c) Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this act may search with a search warrant any place or property for any wildlife which he may have probable cause to believe was taken or is possessed unlawfully.

 

23-6-110. Refusal to display proper license prima facie evidence of guilt.

 

Any person taking any wildlife who fails or refuses upon demand of any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this act to produce his proper license if a license is required for the wildlife taken, is prima facie evidence of taking the particular wildlife without a license.

 

23-6-111. Inspection of premises or records .

 

The owner or operator of any commercial operation or business permitted under this act shall upon request of any department personnel exhibit the records required to be maintained by the commission and permit inspection of the premises pertaining to the business or operation, during reasonable business hours.

 

ARTICLE 2 - PENALTIES

 

23-6-201. Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

 

23-6-202. Fines and sentences.

 

(a) Any person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense under this act may be fined, sentenced to the county jail, or both, as follows:

 

(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(ii) Up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to which may be added imprisonment up to one (1) year when the offense is a high misdemeanor;

 

(iii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(iv) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(v) Up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to which may be added imprisonment up to six (6) months when the offense is a low misdemeanor;

 

(vi) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(vii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(viii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(ix) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(x) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

(xi) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.

 

23-6-203. Penalty for violations when no separate penalty provided.

 

Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this act for which no separate penalty is provided is guilty of a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).

 

23-6-204. Penalty for violations generally.

 

(a) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 69, 2.

 

(b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 69, 2.

 

(c) Any person who takes any remaining wildlife not specified in W.S. 23-3-102(a) or (d) except as permitted by this act and for which no separate penalty is provided is guilty of a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).

 

(d) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this act, any person who takes any wildlife for competition in any hunting or fishing event at which rewards or prizes are offered as part of the competition and the wildlife is taken in violation of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor subject to a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or two (2) times the amount of the competition reward or prize, whichever is greater.

 

(e) In addition to the penalties imposed under this section, any person violating this section may be required to make restitution to the state for the value of the wildlife taken in violation of this act, in an amount determined by the court based upon the recommendation of the commission. Amounts collected under this subsection shall be paid to the account within the game and fish fund under W.S. 23-1-501(e).

 

23-6-205. Accessory before or after the fact.

 

(a) A person who counsels or aids in a violation of any provision of this act or an order of the commission, or knowingly shares in any of the proceeds of the violation by receiving or possessing any wildlife, is guilty of the violation which he counsels or aids, or the proceeds of which he knowingly shares.

 

(b) In any case where possession, transportation, buying, or selling of wildlife is unlawful solely because the taking was unlawful, the possession, transportation, buying, or selling by a person other than a person guilty of the unlawful taking is punishable only if done with knowledge that the taking was unlawful.

 

23-6-206. Revocation of license; hunting after suspended license.

 

(a) The court may, in its discretion, revoke any license issued under this act to any person convicted of a violation of this act, for the remainder of the year in which the conviction occurs, and may suspend the person's privilege to purchase or receive any other license under this act, or to take any wildlife for the following time periods provided in paragraphs (i) through (iii) and shall suspend the person's privilege to purchase or receive any other license under this act for the time period provided in paragraph (iv) of this subsection:

 

(i) Not less than five (5) years for a conviction of any violation under W.S. 23-3-102(d);

 

(ii) Up to six (6) years for conviction of a high misdemeanor as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii);

 

(iii) Up to three (3) years for conviction of a low misdemeanor as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v);

 

(iv) Three (3) years for a conviction of any violation under W.S. 23-2-104(d).

 

(b) No person whose license has been forfeited or privilege to purchase another license suspended shall procure, purchase, or possess another license during the period of forfeiture or suspension. If the person procures, purchases, or possesses another license during such period, the license is invalid and that person is not entitled to receive another license for up to six (6) years next succeeding the original revocation or suspension period. Violation of this subsection constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).

 

(c) No person whose license has been forfeited or privilege to purchase another license suspended shall take any wildlife prohibited by the court during the period of forfeiture or suspension. If the person takes any wildlife prohibited by the court during such period, that person is not entitled to receive another license for up to six (6) years next succeeding the original revocation or suspension period. Violation of this subsection constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).

 

(d) The court may revoke the privileges of a person convicted of a violation of this act to purchase or receive any license or take any wildlife prohibited by the court until all fines, costs and restitution imposed by the court are satisfied. Any person who violates this subsection shall be punished pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

 

(e) "Conviction" means a determination of guilt by any Wyoming court having legal jurisdiction of the offense from which no appeal is legally perfected. Pleas of nolo contendere and forfeitures of bail shall be deemed convictions for the purposes of this act.

 

23-6-207. Revocation of license of commercial operation or business.

 

The commission may revoke the license of any commercial operation or business for any violation of this act or an order of the commission pertaining to his business or operation. The commission may refuse to issue another license to any person whose license is revoked under this section for any period of time it deems desirable.

 

23-6-208. Forfeiture of devices and equipment used in taking game illegally; procedure.

 

Devices and equipment, including any firearm, weapon, ammunition, trap, snare, vessel, motorized vehicle, aircraft, explosive, poisonous substance, electronic device or optical equipment, used in, or in aid of, a violation of W.S. 23-3-102(d) or 23-3-107 may be seized by any law enforcement officer of the state after hearing and upon order issued by the court of original jurisdiction when the value of the devices or equipment is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or less or by the district court for the county in which the offense was charged when the value of the devices or equipment is more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Any device or equipment seized under this section shall be forfeited to the state in accordance with W.S. 7-2-105, provided the device or equipment is not subject to forfeiture under this section by reason of any unlawful act committed without the knowledge or consent of the owner. A device or equipment seized under this section shall not be forfeited as provided under this section until after the person has been convicted under W.S. 23-3-102(d) or 23-3-107 and the time for appeal has expired.

 

ARTICLE 3 - WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT

 

23-6-301. Short title.

 

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wildlife Violator Compact."

 

23-6-302. Execution of Compact.

 

The legislature hereby approves and the governor is authorized to enter into a compact on behalf of this state with any other state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:

 

Article I

 

Findings, Declaration of Policy and Purpose

 

(a) The participating states find that:

 

(i) Wildlife is managed by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors;

 

(ii) The protection of the wildlife of a state is materially affected by the degree of compliance with state statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances and administrative rules relating to the management of those resources;

 

(iii) The preservation, protection, management and restoration of wildlife contributes immeasurably to the aesthetic, recreational and economic aspects of those natural resources;

 

(iv) Wildlife is valuable without regard to political boundaries; therefore, every person should be required to comply with wildlife preservation, protection, management and restoration laws and ordinances and administrative rules and regulations of the participating states as a condition precedent to the continuance or issuance of any license to hunt, fish, trap or possess wildlife as determined by local law;

 

(v) Violation of wildlife laws interferes with the management of wildlife and may endanger the safety of persons and property;

 

(vi) The mobility of many wildlife law violators necessitates the maintenance of channels of communication among the various states;

 

(vii) In most instances, a person who is cited for a wildlife violation in a state other than his home state:

 

(A) Is required to post collateral or a bond to secure appearance for a trial at a later date;

 

(B) Is taken into custody until the collateral or bond is posted; or

 

(C) Is taken directly to court for an immediate appearance.

 

(viii) The purpose of the enforcement practices set forth in paragraph (vii) of this article is to ensure compliance with the terms of a wildlife citation by the cited person who, if permitted to continue on his way after receiving the citation, could return to his home state and disregard his duty under the terms of the citation;

 

(ix) In most instances, a person receiving a wildlife citation in his home state is permitted to accept the citation from the officer at the scene of the violation and immediately continue on his way after agreeing or being instructed to comply with the terms of the citation;

 

(x) The practices described in paragraph (vii) of this article cause unnecessary inconvenience and, at times, a hardship for the person who is unable at the time to post collateral, furnish a bond, stand trial, or pay a fine, and thus is compelled to remain in custody until some alternative arrangement is made; and

 

(xi) The enforcement practices described in paragraph (vii) of this article consume an undue amount of law enforcement time.

 

(b) It is the policy of the participating states to:

 

(i) Promote compliance with the statutes, laws, ordinances, regulations and administrative rules relating to management of wildlife in their respective states;

 

(ii) Recognize the suspension of wildlife license privileges of any person whose license privileges have been suspended by a participating state and treat the suspension as if it had occurred in their state;

 

(iii) Allow a violator, except as provided in subsection (b) of article III, to accept a wildlife citation and, without delay, proceed on his way, whether or not a resident of the state in which the citation was issued, provided that the violator's home state is party to this compact;

 

(iv) Report to the appropriate participating state, as provided in the compact manual, any conviction recorded against any person whose home state was not the issuing state;

 

(v) Allow the home state to recognize and treat convictions recorded against its residents, which convictions occurred in a participating state, as though they had occurred in the home state;

 

(vi) Extend cooperation to its fullest extent among the participating states for enforcing compliance with the terms of a wildlife citation issued in one participating state to a resident of another participating state;

 

(vii) Maximize effective use of law enforcement personnel and information; and

 

(viii) Assist court systems in the efficient disposition of wildlife violations.

 

(c) The purpose of this compact is to:

 

(i) Provide a means through which participating states may join in a reciprocal program to effectuate the policies enumerated in subsection (b) of this article in a uniform and orderly manner; and

 

(ii) Provide for the fair and impartial treatment of wildlife violators operating within participating states in recognition of the violator's right to due process and the sovereign status of a participating state.

 

Article II

 

Definitions

 

(a) As used in this compact, unless the context required otherwise:

 

(i) "Citation" means any summons, complaint, summons and complaint, ticket, penalty assessment or other official document issued to a person by a wildlife officer or other peace officer for a wildlife violation which contains an order requiring the person to respond;

 

(ii) "Collateral" means any cash or other security deposited to secure an appearance for trial in connection with the issuance by a wildlife officer or other peace officer of a citation for a wildlife violation;

 

(iii) "Compliance" with respect to a citation means the act of answering a citation through an appearance in a court or tribunal or through the payment of fines, costs and surcharges, if any;

 

(iv) "Conviction" means a conviction, including any court conviction, for any offense related to the preservation, protection, management or restoration of wildlife which is prohibited by state statute, law, regulation, ordinance or administrative rule, and such conviction shall also include the forfeiture of any bail, bond or other security deposited to secure appearance by a person charged with having committed any such offense, the payment of a penalty assessment, a plea of nolo contendere and the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by the court;

 

(v) "Court" means a court of law, including magistrate's court;

 

(vi) "Home state" means the state of primary residence of a person;

 

(vii) "Issuing state" means the participating state which issues a wildlife citation to the violator;

 

(viii) "License" means any license, permit or other public document which conveys to the person to whom it was issued the privilege of pursuing, possessing or taking any wildlife regulated by statute, law, regulation, ordinance or administrative rule of a participating state;

 

(ix) "Licensing authority" means the department or division within each participating state which is authorized by law to issue or approve licenses or permits to hunt, fish, trap or possess wildlife;

 

(x) "Participating state" means any state which enacts legislation to become a member of this wildlife compact;

 

(xi) "Personal recognizance" means an agreement by a person made at the time of issuance of the wildlife citation that the person will comply with the terms of the citation;

 

(xii) "State" means any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Provinces of Canada and other countries;

 

(xiii) "Suspension" means any revocation, denial or withdrawal of any or all license privileges, including the privilege to apply for, purchase or exercise the benefits conferred by any license;

 

(xiv) "Terms of the citation" means those conditions and options expressly stated upon the citation;

 

(xv) "Wildlife" means all species of animals including, but not limited to, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans which are defined as "wildlife" and are protected or otherwise regulated by statute, law, regulation, ordinance or administrative rule in a participating state. Species included in the definition of "wildlife" vary from state to state and determination of whether a species is "wildlife" for the purposes of this compact shall be based on local law;

 

(xvi) "Wildlife law" means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance or administrative rule developed and enacted for the management of wildlife resources and the uses thereof;

 

(xvii) "Wildlife officer" means any individual authorized by a participating state to issue a citation for a wildlife violation;

 

(xviii) "Wildlife violation" means any cited violation of a statute, law, regulation, ordinance or administrative rule developed and enacted for the management of wildlife resources and the uses thereof.

 

Article III

 

Procedures for Issuing State

 

(a) When issuing a citation for a wildlife violation, a wildlife officer shall issue a citation to any person whose primary residence is in a participating state in the same manner as though the person were a resident of the issuing state and shall not require the person to post collateral to secure appearance, subject to the exceptions noted in subsection (b) of this article, if the officer receives the recognizance of the person that he will comply with the terms of the citation.

 

(b) Personal recognizance is acceptable:

 

(i) If not prohibited by local law or the compact manual; and

 

(ii) If the violator provides adequate proof of identification to the wildlife officer.

 

(c) Upon conviction or failure of a person to comply with the terms of a wildlife citation, the appropriate official shall report the conviction or failure to comply to the licensing authority of the participating state in which the wildlife citation was issued. The report shall be made in accordance with procedures specified by the issuing state and shall contain information as specified in the compact manual as minimum requirements for effective processing by the home state.

 

(d) Upon receipt of the report of conviction or noncompliance pursuant to subsection (c) of this article, the licensing authority of the issuing state shall transmit to the licensing authority of the home state of the violator the information in form and content as prescribed in the compact manual.

 

Article IV

 

Procedure for Home State

 

(a) Upon receipt of a report from the licensing authority of the issuing state reporting the failure of a violator to comply with the terms of a citation, the licensing authority of the home state shall notify the violator and shall initiate a suspension action in accordance with the home state's suspension procedures and shall suspend the violator's license privileges until satisfactory evidence of compliance with the terms of the wildlife citation has been furnished by the issuing state to the home state licensing authority. Due process safeguards shall be accorded.

 

(b) Upon receipt of a report of conviction from the licensing authority of the issuing state, the licensing authority of the home state shall enter the conviction in its records and shall treat the conviction as though it occurred in the home state for the purposes of the suspension of license privileges.

 

(c) The licensing authority of the home state shall maintain a record of actions taken and shall make reports to issuing states as provided in the compact manual.

 

Article V

 

Reciprocal Recognition of Suspension

 

(a) All participating states shall recognize the suspension of license privileges of any person by any participating state as though the violation resulting in the suspension had occurred in their state and could have been the basis for suspension of license privileges in their state.

 

(b) Each participating state shall communicate suspension information to other participating states in form and content as contained in the compact manual.

 

Article VI

 

Applicability of Other Laws

 

Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing herein shall be construed to affect the right of any participating state to apply any of its laws relating to license privileges to any person or circumstance or to invalidate or prevent any agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a participating state and a nonparticipating state concerning wildlife law enforcement.

 

Article VII

 

Compact Administrator Procedures

 

(a) For the purpose of administering the provisions of this compact and to serve as a governing body for the resolution of all matters relating to the operation of this compact, a board of compact administrators is established. The board shall be composed of one (1) representative from each of the participating states to be known as the compact administrator. The compact administrator shall be appointed by the head of the licensing authority of each participating state and shall serve and be subject to removal in accordance with the laws of the state he represents. A compact administrator may provide for the discharge of his duties and the performance of his functions as a board member by an alternate. An alternate shall not be entitled to serve unless written notification of his identity has been given to the board.

 

(b) Each member of the board of compact administrators shall be entitled to one (1) vote. No action of the board shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of the board's votes are cast in favor thereof. Action by the board shall be only at a meeting at which a majority of the participating states are represented.

 

(c) The board shall elect annually from its membership a chairman and vice chairman.

 

(d) The board shall adopt bylaws not inconsistent with the provisions of this compact or the laws of a participating state for the conduct of its business and shall have the power to amend and rescind its bylaws.

 

(e) The board may accept for any of its purposes and functions under this compact any and all donations and grants of monies, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state, the United States, or any governmental agency, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same.

 

(f) The board may contract with, or accept services or personnel from, any governmental or intergovernmental agency, individual, firm, or corporation, or any private nonprofit organization or institution.

 

(g) The board shall formulate all necessary procedures and develop uniform forms and documents for administering the provisions of this compact. All procedures and forms adopted pursuant to board action shall be contained in a compact manual.

 

Article VIII

 

Entry into Compact and Withdrawal

 

(a) This compact shall become effective at such time as it is adopted in a substantially similar form by two (2) or more states.

 

(b) Entry into the compact shall be made by resolution of ratification executed by the authorized officials of the applying state and submitted to the chairman of the board. The resolution shall substantially be in the form and content as provided in the compact manual and shall include the following:

 

(i) A citation of the authority from which the state is empowered to become a party to this compact;

 

(ii) An agreement of compliance with the terms and provisions of this compact; and

 

(iii) An agreement that compact entry is with all states participating in the compact and with all additional states legally becoming a party to the compact.

 

(c) The effective date of entry shall be specified by the applying state but shall not be less than sixty (60) days after notice has been given:

 

(i) By the chairman of the board of the compact administrators; or

 

(ii) By the secretariat of the board to each participating state that the resolution from the applying state has been received.

 

(d) A participating state may withdraw from participation in this compact by official written notice to each participating state, but withdrawal shall not become effective until ninety (90) days after the notice of withdrawal is given. The notice shall be directed to the compact administrator of each member state. No withdrawal of any state shall affect the validity of this compact as to the remaining participating states.

 

Article IX

 

Amendments to the Compact

 

(a) This compact may be amended from time to time. Amendments shall be presented in resolution form to the chairman of the board of compact administrators and shall be initiated by one (1) or more participating states.

 

(b) Adoption of an amendment shall require endorsement by all participating states and shall become effective thirty (30) days after the date of the last endorsement.

 

(c) A participating state shall respond to the compact chairman within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of a proposed amendment. Amendments proposed to change local law by the compact administrators shall be reviewed and approved by the legislature.

 

23-6-303. Licensing authority; definition.

 

As used in the compact, the term "licensing authority," with reference to this state, means the Wyoming game and fish department. The director of the department shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of the participating states any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of the compact.

 

23-6-304. Compact administrator; expenses.

 

The compact administrator provided for in article VII of the "Wildlife Violator Compact" shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for his service as the administrator but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with his duties and responsibilities as the administrator in the same manner as for expenses incurred in connection with any other duties or responsibilities of his office or employment.