HB0022 - State park fees.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0120.E1 ENGROSSED |
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
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user permit fees; extending state park annual overnight
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camping permit to nonresidents; and providing for an
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effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section
1. W.S. 36-4-121(a)(ii), (iii), (vi), (viii),
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(b) and (c) is amended to read:
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11 36-4-121. Permits to use state parks,
recreation
12 areas and historic sites.
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14 (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
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Glendo, Guernsey, Curt Gowdy, Edness Kimball Wilkins,
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Buffalo Bill, Boysen, Seminoe and Keyhole state parks and
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Fort Bridger, South Pass City, Trail End, Fort Fetterman
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and Fort Phil Kearney state historic sites, and Hawk
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Springs state recreation area. The department may establish
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voluntary pay stations at Bear River and Hot Springs state
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parks to allow users of those parks to make voluntary
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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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21 (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,
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archeological sites and recreation areas to
be issued to 3
Wyoming residents only, valid for
the holder and occupants
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of the holder's vehicle;
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6 (iii) Except as
provided under paragraph (a)(v)
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of this section, two dollars ($2.00) for residents and five 8
dollars ($5.00) four dollars ($4.00) for nonresidents for
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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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1 (viii) Five
dollars ($5.00) for each additional
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vehicle annual resident or nonresident
overnight camping
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permit issued under subsection (b) of this section;
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5 (b) Any holder
of an annual bucking horse entrance
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permit or an annual resident or nonresident
overnight
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camping permit may obtain additional vehicle annual bucking
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horse entrance permits or additional vehicle annual
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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
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horse daily use permit shall be required for entrance at
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state parks and a single annual resident overnight
camping
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permit shall be required for overnight camping at state
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parks.
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7 (c) If an
annual bucking horse daily use permit or an
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annual resident or nonresident
overnight camping permit is
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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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16 Section 2. This act is effective January 1, 2002.
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18 (END)
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