11-19-105; or

11-19-105; or

(vi) When the owner or claimant at the time of coming in possession of the animal knew it to be diseased or received the notice specified in W.S. 11-19-110.

(f) The Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the processing of claims under this section.

(g) Renumbered as 11-19-118 by Laws 2020, ch. 94, § 2.

11-19-107. Auditor to pay claims allowed by board; effect of failure to submit claim to board.

The state auditor shall pay no claim for indemnity which is rejected by the state veterinarian, unless it has been submitted to arbitration and the arbitration board decided it to be legal and just. If any claimant refuses to submit his claim rejected by the veterinarian to a board of arbitration, the refusal is a waiver of all claim for indemnity.

11-19-108. Compensation of board.

Each member of a board of arbitration shall receive one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day actually engaged and employed in the investigation of any claim, paid by the state veterinarian out of an appropriation for that purpose.

11-19-109. Limitations on indemnity.

The liability of the state for indemnity for animals destroyed under this act [§§ 11-19-101 through 11-19-111] in any two (2) years, is limited by and shall in no case exceed the amount especially appropriated for that purpose and for that period.

11-19-110. Quarantine of diseased animals; authority of veterinarian over animals in transit.

(a) The owner or person having in charge any animal affected with or suspected of any contagious or infectious disease shall immediately confine the animal in a safe place, isolated from other animals, and with all necessary restrictions to prevent dissemination of the disease until the arrival of the state veterinarian.

(b) The state veterinarian or his agent may examine all animals passing through the state and on detection or suspicion of disease may take possession of and treat and dispose of animals in transit in the same manner as animals resident in the state.

11-19-111. Regulation of importation of animals; prohibited acts; penalties; applicability.

(a) The governor, upon recommendation of the Wyoming livestock board, may regulate by proclamation the importation into Wyoming from any other state any animal, blood, microorganism or biologic agent capable of causing any disease affecting livestock or other animals, or any other item suspected of being infected or contaminated with biologic agents capable of causing animal disease, except under such conditions as he deems proper for the protection of the livestock, livestock animals as defined in W.S. 11-29-101(a)(vi) and other domestic animals of Wyoming. All requirements in the governor's proclamation shall be enforced by the Wyoming livestock board.

(b) After a proclamation is issued by the governor it is unlawful for any person to import into Wyoming or receive imports within this state from any other state any animal, blood, microorganism or biologic agent capable of causing any diseases affecting livestock or other animals, or any product or item suspected of being infected or contaminated with biologic agents capable of causing animal disease, except under such conditions as may be imposed by the proclamation. Any person who violates this section shall be punished as provided in W.S.