Amends and adds to existing law to increase fees for the Idaho state parks and trails passport program, to allocate moneys into certain funds, and to create a nonmotorized recreation fund.
PARKS AND RECREATION -- Amends and adds to existing law to increase fees for the Idaho state parks and trails passport program, to allocate moneys into certain funds, and to create a nonmotorized recreation fund.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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This legislation addresses the rising costs of operating and maintaining Idaho’s state parks, and the need to maintain our non-motorized trail system. It does so by replacing the Parks Passport with a Parks and Trails Passport, which will cost $20 per year. $16 of that fee will go into the Parks and Recreation Fund for personnel andoperations. $4willgointothenewlycreatednonmotorizedrecreationfund. Moneyinthatfundwillbeused to maintain, construct, or develop public non-motorized recreation access on private, state, and federal lands. This legislation spells out the uses and constraints of that fund within the Parks and Recreation department.
FISCAL NOTE
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This bill sets the user fee for a Parks and Trails Passport at $20 instead of the current $10. It would generate an estimated $2.69 million in additional operating revenue for the Parks and Recreation department, and $1.78 million in revenue for the non-motorized recreation fund. The Parks Passport generated $4.48 million in 2024. All funds will be subject to appropriation.
LATEST ACTION
U.C. to be returned to Resources & Conservation Committee
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2025
- Chamber
- house
- Status date
- Jan 24, 2025
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