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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-02181HB0051 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0051 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Municipal courts-maximum penalties. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL |
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| 8 | 8 | | for |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1 AN ACT relating to courts; increasing the maximum fines and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2 terms of imprisonment that municipal courts may impose; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 3 providing for an effective date. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 4 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 7. W.S. 5-6-201(a), 5-6-210(a) and 5-6-301(a) |
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| 16 | 16 | | 8 are amended to read: |
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| 21 | 21 | | 13 (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this |
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| 22 | 22 | | 14 section, a municipal judge has exclusive jurisdiction over |
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| 23 | 23 | | 15 all violations of ordinances of the city. The municipal |
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| 24 | 24 | | 16 judge shall hear and determine violations of ordinances and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02182HB0051 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1 may impose fines not exceeding |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2, or imprisonment |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3 not exceeding , or both, to |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4 which may be added costs. No change of venue shall be |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5 granted in any case arising under the ordinances of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6 city. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 11 (a) Any person convicted by a municipal judge of any |
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| 36 | 36 | | 12 offense under any ordinance of the city shall be punished |
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| 37 | 37 | | 13 by fine or imprisonment or both as provided by ordinance. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 14 Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no |
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| 39 | 39 | | 15 fine shall exceed |
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| 40 | 40 | | 16 for any one (1) offense |
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| 41 | 41 | | 17 recoverable with costs, and no imprisonment shall exceed |
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| 42 | 42 | | 18one (1) year. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02183HB00511 (a) A person convicted before a municipal judge shall |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 be fined and imprisoned as provided by ordinance. Except as |
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| 49 | 49 | | 3 provided by W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xli) or subsection (c) of this |
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| 50 | 50 | | 4 section, no fine shall exceed |
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| 51 | 51 | | 5, and no |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6 imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months one (1) year. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 8. This act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 10 (END) |
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