Bill Text - HB1484 (2012)

Relative to fees for state parks.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight

HB 1484 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1484

AN ACT relative to fees for state parks.

SPONSORS: Rep. L. Ober, Hills 27; Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27; Rep. Taylor, Graf 2; Sen. Odell, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a change to the fees for access to or use of the state park system proposed by the commissioner of the department of resources and economic development shall take effect no later than 60 days after such change is proposed, unless the fee change is denied by the fiscal committee.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to fees for state parks.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Fees for State Park System. Amend the introductory paragraph in RSA 216-A:3-g to read as follows:

216-A:3-g Fees for Park System. The commissioner of the department of resources and economic development, in consultation with the director of parks and recreation, shall establish fees for access to and use of the state park system. The fees approved by the commissioner, after prior approval of the fiscal committee, shall not be subject to the provisions of RSA 541-A, so as to provide the department with the ability to maximize revenues and to adjust fees according to market conditions and trends as is the common practice in private industry. Any change to the fees for access to or use of the state park system proposed by the commissioner shall take effect no later than 60 days after such change is proposed, unless the fee change is denied by the fiscal committee of the general court. Said fees shall be consistent with the following criteria:

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.