Second Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 12-0822.01 Chuck Brackney x2295 SENATE BILL 12-151
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Tochtrop,
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the authority of the parks and wildlife board to
            set fees for the use of park and outdoor recreation
            facilities and programs.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill makes permanent the authority of the parks and wildlife
       board to set fees for the use of parks and outdoor recreation facilities and
       programs.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 33-10-111, amend
       (5) as follows:
            33-10-111.  Parks and outdoor recreation cash fund created -
       accounting expenditures for roads and highways - fees - rules.
       (5) (a)  Subject to the provisions of this subsection (5), the board may set
       fees by rule for the use of facilities and programs of the division,
       including discounts for marketing purposes. The board shall:
            (I)  Before adopting any such rule, provide the general assembly's
       joint budget committee with the proposed rule and the board's analysis of
       the proposed rule;
            (II)  By November 1 of each year, submit a list of such fees to the
       general assembly's joint budget committee, the finance committees of the
       senate and the house of representatives, the house agriculture, livestock,
       and natural resources committee, and the senate agriculture, natural
       resources, and energy committee, or their successor committees.
            (b) (I)  All actions of the board to change fees shall be are subject
       to the requirements of the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article
       4 of title 24, C.R.S. Whenever the board desires to change any fee, the
       board shall conduct rule-making, with timely notice and an opportunity
       for comment by interested parties.
            (II)  In its annual budget request to the general assembly, the board
       shall include the amount of any fee changed, proposed, or under
       consideration by the board.
            (III) and (IV)  Repealed.
            (c)  This subsection (5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2012.
            SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.