2015 Wyoming Code
TITLE 11 - AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND OTHER ANIMALS
CHAPTER 5 - WEED AND PEST CONTROL
ARTICLE 1 - IN GENERAL
SECTION 11-5-117. - Criminal provision; penalty; civil penalties; limitations; necessary proof.
11-5-117. Criminal provision; penalty; civil penalties; limitations; necessary proof.
(a) Any person violating any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) in addition to fines provided for in W.S. 11-5-109(e).
(b) In any proceeding to impose any fine or penalty for any failure to perform a remedial requirement ordered by a district board for control of a weed or pest in any infested area, the district board shall have the burden of proving:
(i) That the proposed remedial action would control the target weed or pest;
(ii) That the remedial action would be a cost effective action and would be more cost effective than any alternative action proposed or adopted by the landowner; and
(iii) That the weed or pest to be controlled was at risk of spreading to the land of others in the area.
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