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-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0273
+Pesticide registration fee increase. 26LSO-0273, 1.0
 
- 1 HB0038
+   HB0038
+FISCAL NOTE
 
-HOUSE BILL NO. HB0038
+ FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029
+NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT
+Anticipated Revenue increase/(decrease)
+Pesticide Registration Fee $1,015,000  $1,015,000  $1,015,000
 
-Pesticide registration fee increase.
+Source of revenue increase:
 
-Sponsored by: Representative(s) Connolly, Bratten and Davis
-and Senator(s) Crago
+The proposed legislation increases the cost of the annual registration for each
+pesticide by $70.
 
-A BILL
+Assumptions:
 
-for
+The Department of Agriculture assumes the number of products registered will
+remain consistent at 14,500 per year.
 
-1 AN ACT relating to food and drugs; amending the pesticide
-2 registration fee; specifying distribution of the fee;
-3 specifying applicability; and providing for an effective
-4 date.
-5
-6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
-7
-8 Section 1.  W.S. 35-7-356(d) is amended to read:
-9
-10 35-7-356.  Registration.
-11
-12 (d)  Every registrant of a pesticide or device shall
-13 pay an annual registration fee of one hundred forty dollars
-14 ($140.00) two hundred ten dollars ($210.00) for each
-15 product registered. All registrations shall expire on
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0273
+The Department of Agriculture will continue to register pesticide products for
+the State of Wyoming. The increased registration fee of $70 will be deposited
+into the special natural resource account as it is today. If necessary, the funds
+could be used to fund additional project requests.
 
- 2 HB0038
-
-1 December 31 of each year, following the date of the
-2 registration, and may thereupon be renewed for successive
-3 periods of twelve (12) months upon payment of the proper
-4 fee. One hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) One hundred
-5 ninety-five dollars ($195.00) of the fee collected pursuant
-6 to this subsection shall be deposited in the special
-7 natural resource account in the department of agriculture
-8 which is hereby created. Funds in the special natural
-9 resource account are continuously appropriated to the
-10 department and shall only be used to provide funding for
-11 the pesticide registration fee program. Fifteen dollars
-12 ($15.00) of the fee collected pursuant to this subsection
-13 shall be deposited in the pesticide education account in
-14 the department of agriculture which is hereby created.
-15 Funds in the pesticide education account are continuously
-16 appropriated to the department and shall only be used to
-17 provide funding for the pesticide applicator certification
-18 program provided by the University of Wyoming.
-19
-20 Section 2.  This act shall apply to each product
-21 initially registered or renewed on or after July 1, 2026.
-22
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0273
-
- 3 HB0038
-
-1 Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2026.
-2
-3 (END)
+Prepared by:   Clayton Caldwell, LSO  Phone: 777-7881
+(Information provided by Julie Cook, Department of Agriculture, 777-6570)