HB0017 - State parks-amendments.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0068.E1 ENGROSSED |
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
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state parks and cultural resources to set hours of
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operation for bathhouses located in Hot Springs State Park;
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modifying limits on Hot Springs State Park campground fees;
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eliminating the state parks advisory board; and providing
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for effective dates.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 36-8-304 is amended to read:
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12 36-8-304. Public baths; public
campgrounds; lease of
13 park lands.
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15 (a) The
department of state parks and cultural
16 resources shall retain one-fourth
(1/4) of the water in the
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1 main
or largest principal spring on the state land on the
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eastern bank of the Big Horn River with sufficient quantity
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of the land adjacent thereto, upon which suitable
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bathhouses may be constructed, which shall be open, with
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preference of use given free to persons who are indigent
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and suffering from ailments for which bathing in the waters
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of the Big Horn Hot Springs will afford relief. The
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department may make necessary rules and regulations
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governing free baths, the manner and time of
bathing, and 10
may require medical examination of applicants for baths. 11
The bathhouse shall remain open not less than ten (10) 12
hours a day each weekday and not less than six (6) hours on 13
Sundays and holidays and
in consultation with the
14 commission, shall establish the hours of bathhouse
15 operation.
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17 (b) The
department, in consultation with the
18 commission, may set apart a suitable
location and portion
19 of the lands for public camping
purposes but may contract
20 for operation of any campgrounds by
competitive sealed bid.
21 Should If the department, in consultation with the
22 commission, operate operates
any campground within Hot
23 Springs State Park, the charges per
night shall not be less
24 than one-half
(1/2) of the average charges imposed by
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1 private
campground operators within a five (5) mile radius
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of the Hot Springs State Park.
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4 (c) The balance
of the water and lands may be leased
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by the department, in consultation with the commission, for
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a term not less than five (5) years nor longer than
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ninety-nine (99) years. The length of the term of each
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individual lease shall be determined by the department, in
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consultation with the commission, in accordance with the
10 value of the improvements proposed
and actually placed upon
11 the leasehold. The department may by
rule provide for
12 special use permits for limited
purposes. The department
13 may make
adopt rules and regulations with respect to for
14 the erection of buildings
and improvements upon the
15 individual leaseholds and may
prescribe the plans and
16 specifications of, and the materials
to be used in the
17 buildings to be erected. The
department, in consultation
18 with the commission, mayin any lease may provide for such 19 plans and buildings and
such building
use thereof as will 20
best carry out the purposes of this chapter in retaining
21 which
best retains the lands and waters thereon
within the
22 park for the treatment and cure of diseases and
the
23 pleasure of the general public.
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1 (d) The
department, in consultation with the
2
commission, may conduct through pipes or otherwise, any
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portion of the waters of the hot springs reserved for free
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use under subsection (a) of this
section, and
to provide
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for providing other baths and
bathhouses for the use of the
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water at such rental or rates as it prescribes.
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8 Section 2. W.S. 36-4-102 is repealed.
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10 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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12 (END)
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