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Committee approves bill clarifying who pays for boundary fences adjacent to state trust lands
Summary
The committee passed Senate File 63 to amend Wyoming's fencing statute so state trust lands pay half the cost of a boundary fence only when the parcel is vacant; if state land is leased the lessee must pay the lessee's share. The bill passed 8-1.
The Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee on Tuesday voted 8-1 to advance Senate File 63, a bill that amends Wyoming's fencing statute to clarify who pays when a boundary fence is built between private property and state trust lands.
Senator Barry Crago, the bill sponsor, told the committee the change creates "a separate section for state lands" in W.S. 11-28-106 and was intended to make state lands subject to the same fence-splitting rule as private land but with one tweak: "if the state land is leased, the lessee would be responsible for the cost of the fencing," Crago said. "It's pretty straightforward."
The bill matters because the Office of State Lands and Investments (OSLI) told lawmakers there is no clear statutory answer today when adjoining private owners and state trust lands disagree about building and paying for…
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