Universally accessible campgrounds.

WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF
WYOMING
07LSO-0315.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0193

Universally accessible campgrounds.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dv. and Davison and Senator(s) Fecht and Hastert

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to state parks and historic sites; providing for campsites to be improved and maintained as specified; providing for a special permit fee; specifying use
of fees
; providing an appropriation and providing for a continuous appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 36
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124 is created to read:

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124.

Accessible campsites.

(a)

The department of state parks and
cultural
resources shall

make a total of five percent (5%) of all campsites universally accessible by constructing new, or renovating existing campsites, to comply with the requirements of the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards and the Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility guidelines.

(
b
)

Eighty percent (80%) of the funds collected from the special fee authorized by W.S. 36
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121(a)(xiv) for camping at the campsites specified in this section shall be deposited in an account and are continuously appropriated to the department to pay the electrical
utility charges
and maintenance costs of the campsites specified in this section. The remaining funds collected from the special fee authorized by W.S. 36
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121(a)(xiv) for camping at the campsites specified in this section shall be deposited in a capital construction account and expended in accordance with W.S. 36
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121(h).

Section 2.

W.S. 36
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121(a) by creating a new paragraph (xiv) and by renumbering (xiv) as (xv) is amended to read:

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121.

Permits to use state parks, recreation areas and historic sites.

(a)

The department of state parks and cultural resources shall offer for sale permits that allow use of the state parks, recreation areas, archeological sites and historic sites. Daily use permits shall be required at Glendo, Guernsey, Curt Gowdy, Edness Kimball Wilkins, Buffalo Bill, Boysen, Seminoe and Keyhole state parks and Fort Bridger, South Pass City, Trail End, Fort Fetterman and Fort Phil Kearney state historic sites, and Hawk Springs state recreation area. The department may establish voluntary pay stations at Bear River and
Hot Springs
state parks to allow users of those parks to make voluntary contributions for the use of the state parks. Persons who enter or use Bear River or
Hot Springs
state park without paying daily use fees shall not be subject to the penalties provided for in subsection (j) of this section. Overnight camping permits shall be required at Boysen, Buffalo Bill, Curt Gowdy, Glendo, Guernsey, Keyhole, Seminoe and Sinks Canyon state parks, Connor Battlefield state historic site, Medicine Lodge state archeological site and Hawk Springs state recreation area by the department during the entire calendar year. Except for the lifetime permit issued without cost pursuant to subsection (n) of this section, the cost of the permits authorized under this section shall be:

(xiv)

A special fee of not more than five dollars ($5.00) per
day
may be charged for camping in campsites
offering electricity
. This special fee may be charged in addition to the daily or annual overnight
camping permit
fee.

(xiv)
(xv)

Waived for the following:

(A)

Persons needing to pass through a state park or historic site to access private property shall be exempt from the entrance permit requirements of this section;

(B)

Persons needing access to a state park or historic site to conduct official business or only to access a private commercial business without further use of the state park or historic site shall be exempt from the entrance permit requirements of this section;

(C)

School groups on school sanctioned events including events sanctioned by educational programs defined under W.S. 21
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101(a)(iii), (iv) and (v), and residents and staff of publicly owned homes or institutions while on official agency functions shall be exempt from the entrance permit requirements of this section;

(D)

Not for profit groups or organizations needing access to a state park or historic site to provide volunteer assistance or services that have been previously agreed upon by the department of state parks and cultural resources shall be exempt from the permit requirements of this section.

Section 3.

For the purposes of this act for the fiscal period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 200
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, there is appropriated from the general fund to the department of state parks and cultural resources
seven
hundred fi
fty
thousand dollars ($
7
5
0
,000.00).

Notwithstanding W.S. 9
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207(a), any unencumbered or unobligated funds remaining from the appropriation under this section on June 30, 2008 shall not lapse or revert to the general fund, but shall remain available to the department of state parks and cultural resources to implement the purposes of this act for the period specified in this section.

Section 4.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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