HB0022 - State park fees.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0120 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0022
State park fees.
Sponsored by: Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and
Cultural Resources Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to state parks;
modifying specified park
2 user permit fees; extending state park
annual overnight
3 camping permit to nonresidents; and
providing for an
4 effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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Section 1. W.S.
36-4-121(a)(ii), (iii), (vi), (viii),
9 (b) and (c) is amended to read:
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36-4-121. Permits to use state
parks, recreation
12 areas
and historic sites.
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(a) The department of state parks and cultural
15 resources shall offer for sale permits that allow use
of
16 the state parks, recreation areas, archeological
sites and
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1 historic sites. Daily
use permits shall be required at
2 Glendo, Guernsey, Curt Gowdy, Edness Kimball
Wilkins,
3 Buffalo Bill, Boysen, Seminoe and Keyhole state
parks and
4 Fort Bridger, South Pass City, Trail End, Fort
Fetterman
5 and Fort Phil Kearney state historic sites, and
Hawk
6 Springs state recreation area. The department
may establish
7 voluntary pay stations at Bear River and Hot
Springs state
8 parks to allow users of those parks to make
voluntary
9 contributions for the use of the state parks.
Persons who
10 enter or use Bear River or Hot Springs state park
without
11 paying daily use fees shall not be subject to the
penalties
12 provided for in subsection (j) of this section.
Overnight
13 camping permits shall be required at Boysen, Buffalo
Bill,
14 Curt Gowdy, Glendo, Guernsey, Keyhole, Seminoe and
Sinks
15 Canyon state parks, Connor Battlefield state historic
site,
16 Medicine Lodge state archeological site and Hawk
Springs
17 state recreation area by the department during the
entire
18 calendar year. The cost of the permits authorized
under
19 this section shall be:
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(ii) Thirty dollars ($30.00) per calendar
year
22 for an annual resident overnight camping permit, to and
23 sixty dollars
($60.00) per calendar year for an annual
24 nonresident overnight
camping permit, authorizing overnight
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1 camping at designated state parks, historic sites,
2 archeological sites and recreation areas to be issued to 3
Wyoming
residents only, valid for the holder and occupants
4 of the holder's vehicle;
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(iii) Except as provided under paragraph
(a)(v)
7 of this section, two dollars ($2.00) for
residents and five 8
dollars
($5.00) four dollars ($4.00)
for nonresidents for
9 the daily use fee for designated state parks,
archeological
10 sites and recreation areas, valid for the date of
purchase
11 for the holder and occupants of the holder's vehicle
and
12 for the holder entering the park or area by bicycle,
13 horseback or on foot;
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15 (vi) Four dollars ($4.00) per night for
16 residents and nine dollars ($9.00) eight
dollars ($8.00)
17 for nonresidents for
overnight camping at any designated
18 state park, historic
site, archeological site and
19 recreation area valid
for the date of purchase and the
20 following day until
3:00 p.m. for the holder and occupants
21 of the holder's
vehicle;
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(viii) Five dollars ($5.00) for each
additional
2 vehicle annual resident or nonresident overnight camping
3 permit issued under subsection (b) of this
section;
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(b) Any holder of an annual bucking horse entrance
6 permit or an annual resident or nonresident overnight
7 camping permit may obtain additional vehicle
annual bucking
8 horse entrance permits or additional vehicle
annual
9 resident overnight
camping permits from the department or
10 any selling agent of the department upon payment of
the fee
11 prescribed under paragraph (a)(vii) or (viii) of this
12 section, as applicable, and upon submission of proof
13 satisfactory to the department that an original
annual
14 permit was purchased and that the additional vehicle
is
15 registered in the same name as the vehicle for which
the
16 original annual permit is obtained, or that the
additional
17 vehicle is operated by the person who purchased the
18 original annual permit or a member of his family
under duly
19 granted authority from his employer. The director
shall
20 determine the validity of the authority of an
applicant to
21 operate an employer-owned vehicle prior to issuance
of an
22 additional vehicle permit for that vehicle under this
23 section. Any vehicle in tow by another vehicle owned
by the
24 same person shall be considered a single vehicle for
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1 purposes of this
section and only a single annual bucking
2 horse daily use permit shall be required for
entrance at
3 state parks and a single annual resident overnight camping
4 permit shall be required for overnight camping
at state
5 parks.
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(c) If an annual bucking horse daily use permit or an
8 annual resident or
nonresident overnight camping permit is
9 lost, mutilated or destroyed, the holder of the
permit may
10 obtain a duplicate annual permit from the department
or any
11 selling agent of the department upon filing an
affidavit
12 showing the loss, mutilation or destruction of the
original
13 permit and upon payment of the fee imposed under
paragraph
14 (a)(ix) or (x) of this section, as applicable.
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Section 2. This act is
effective immediately upon
17 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become
law
18 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
19 Constitution.
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