State parks-user fee program.

11LSO-0075.C1

FISCAL NOTE

	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014
NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT
Anticipated Revenue Increase (Decrease):
SPECIAL REVENUE FOR OPERATIONS	309,034	300,000	300,000
SPECIAL REVENUE FOR CONSTRUCTION	309,034	300,000	300,000
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND	(618,068)	(600,000)	(600,000)
NET EFFECT @ 38.09% COMPLIANCE	0	0	0

Source of Revenue Increase:

The proposed optional $5 motor vehicle registration fee.

Source of Revenue Decrease:

Repeal of resident daily and annual park use permits. 

Assumptions:

The exact revenue impact to the operations and construction accounts would be indeterminable because it is the vehicle owner’s choice to pay the additional $5 to the existing state motor vehicle registration fee.  Revenue from this fee would help offset the revenue decrease to the Special Revenue Fund from the repeal of the resident daily and annual park use permits.  The Special Revenue for construction is set under W.S. 36-4-121(h).

A minimum 38.09% compliance rate on the state park user fee collection is required to replace the revenue decrease from the repeal of the of resident daily and annual park use permits.  If compliance is less than 38.09%, then the agency drops below a “breakeven point” on construction funds lost by repeal of the resident daily and annual park use permits.  The breakeven point is what is shown on the impacts above, but other states that have similar programs had at least a 65 percent compliance rate, which would result in a net revenue increase to State Parks.  If Wyoming had similar compliance rate as found in other states, this could roughly result in a doubling of the revenue decrease from the repeal of resident daily and annual park use permits.

Prepared by:   Matthew Sackett, LSO   Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by Domenic Bravo, State Parks, and Kevin Hibbard, Department of Transportation; Phones: 777-6324 and 777-4026 respectively)