Bill Text: IA SF2396 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a lake Manawa state park user fee pilot program and providing for a future repeal. (Formerly SF 2100.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-16 - Fiscal note, revised. [SF2396 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2396-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2396 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
                                     MEANS

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2100)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a lake Manawa state park user fee pilot
  2    program and providing for a future repeal.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455A.14  Lake Manawa state park user
  1  2 fee pilot program.
  1  3    1.  A lake Manawa state park user fee pilot program is
  1  4 established within the department. Notwithstanding section
  1  5 461A.35A, the department shall develop and administer the pilot
  1  6 program at lake Manawa state park as follows:
  1  7    a.  The department shall charge an entrance fee of five
  1  8 dollars per vehicle for a nonresident of the state.
  1  9    b.  A nonresident may pay a fee of forty dollars for an
  1 10 annual pass that grants daily entrance into the state park
  1 11 through one year after the date of purchase. The nonresident
  1 12 may purchase a second annual pass for use for a different
  1 13 vehicle for fifteen dollars.
  1 14    c.  The department has the authority to charge separate
  1 15 fees to a resident and nonresident for campsite and shelter
  1 16 reservations.
  1 17    d.  The department may determine the most effective and
  1 18 efficient way to collect fees and provide proof of payment.
  1 19    2.  This section is repealed July 1, 2021.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 22 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 23    This bill establishes a pilot program to collect fees from
  1 24 nonresidents at lake Manawa state park.
  1 25    Current law prohibits the department of natural resources
  1 26 from imposing an entrance fee on any person entering a state
  1 27 park. Notwithstanding this provision, the bill allows
  1 28 the department to impose an entrance fee of $5 only upon
  1 29 nonresidents who enter lake Manawa state park on a per vehicle
  1 30 basis for one day of admission. The bill allows a nonresident
  1 31 to purchase an annual pass for $40 that grants daily access
  1 32 to the park through one year after the date of purchase.
  1 33 A nonresident who purchases an annual pass may purchase a
  1 34 second annual pass to use for a different vehicle for $15.
  1 35 The bill allows the department to decide whether to charge
  2  1 separate nonresident and resident fees for camping and shelter
  2  2 reservations. The bill gives the department discretion to
  2  3 determine an effective method of collecting fees.
  2  4    The pilot program is repealed on July 1, 2021.
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