Idaho Bills

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.

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.

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the parks passport program and the parks and recreational activity programs.

This legislation combines all of the outdoor recreation sticker programs into a single $9 fee paid with vehicle registration. It removes requirements to purchase stickers for the Parks Passport, Off Highway Vehicles, Snowmobiles, and Park and Ski for residents, and also removes the motor vehicle entry fee for residents to state parks. It ensures that each of these programs remains fiscally whole, and creates a similar program for non motorized trails.