HB0017 - State parks-amendments.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0068 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0017
State parks-amendments.
Sponsored by: Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and
Cultural Resources Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to state parks;
requiring the department of
2 state parks and cultural resources to set
hours of
3 operation for bathhouses located in Hot
Springs State Park;
4 modifying limits on Hot Springs State Park
campground fees;
5 eliminating the state parks advisory board;
imposing a
6 moratorium upon loans issued by the state
loan and
7 investment board for facilities at Hot
Springs State Park;
8 and providing for effective dates.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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12 Section 1. W.S. 36-8-304 is amended to read:
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36-8-304. Public baths; public
campgrounds; lease of
15 park
lands.
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(a) The department of state parks and
cultural
2 resources shall retain one-fourth (1/4) of the
water in the
3 main or largest principal spring on the state
land on the
4 eastern bank of the Big Horn River with
sufficient quantity
5 of the land adjacent thereto, upon which
suitable
6 bathhouses may be constructed, which shall be
open, with
7 preference of use given free to persons who are
indigent
8 and suffering from ailments for which bathing in
the waters
9 of the Big Horn Hot Springs will afford relief.
The
10 department may make necessary rules and regulations
11 governing free baths, the manner and time of bathing,
and 12
may require
medical examination of applicants for baths. 13
The bathhouse shall
remain open not less than ten (10) 14
hours a day
each weekday and not less than six (6) hours on 15
Sundays and
holidays and in consultation with the
16 commission,
shall establish the hours of bathhouse
17 operation.
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(b) The department, in consultation with
the
20 commission, may set apart a suitable location and
portion
21 of the lands for public camping purposes but may
contract
22 for operation of any campgrounds by competitive
sealed bid.
23 Should If the department, in consultation with the
24 commission, operate operates any campground within Hot
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1 Springs State Park, the
charges per night shall not be less
2 than one-half (1/2)
of the average charges imposed by
3 private campground operators within a five (5)
mile radius
4 of the Hot Springs State Park.
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(c) The balance of the water and lands
may be leased
7 by the department, in consultation with the
commission, for
8 a term not less than five (5) years nor longer
than
9 ninety-nine (99) years. The length of the term
of each
10 individual lease shall be determined by the
department, in
11 consultation with the commission, in accordance with
the
12 value of the improvements proposed and actually
placed upon
13 the leasehold. The department may by rule provide for
14 special use permits for limited purposes. The
department
15 may make adopt rules and regulations with respect to for
16 the erection of buildings and improvements
upon the
17 individual leaseholds and may prescribe the plans and
18 specifications of, and the materials to be used in
the
19 buildings to be erected. The department, in
consultation
20 with the commission, mayin
any lease may provide for such 21 plans and buildings and
such building
use thereof as will 22
best carry out
the purposes of this chapter in retaining
23 which best retains
the lands and waters thereon within the
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1 park for the treatment and cure of diseases and
the
2 pleasure of the general public.
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(d) The department, in consultation with
the
5 commission, may conduct through pipes or
otherwise, any
6 portion of the waters of the hot springs reserved
for free
7 use under subsection
(a) of this section, and to provide
8 for providing other
baths and bathhouses for the use of the
9 water at such rental
or rates as it prescribes.
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11 Section 2. W.S. 36-4-102 is repealed.
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Section 3. On and after the effective
date of this
14 section, the state loan and investment board
shall not
15 issue loans authorized under W.S. 36-8-318
through 36-8-320
16 for purposes of improving and upgrading
business
17 enterprises and guest accommodations at Hot
Springs State
18 Park. Nothing in this section shall in any
manner affect or
19 invalidate any loan nor the terms or
conditions of any loan
20 issued under W.S. 36-8-318 through 36-8-320
prior to the
21 effective date of this act.
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23 Section 4.
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(a) Section 3 of this act is effective immediately
2 upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill
to become
3 law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the
Wyoming
4 Constitution.
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(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this
7 section, this act is effective July 1, 2001.
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