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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 770

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Relating to: reservations and fees for camping in certain state parks and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)

Administrative rules — Revisions Advertising — State Natural resources department of — Recreation and boating Newspaper and magazine State park State superintendent of public instruction

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill modifies the process and fees for reserving camping sites in certain

state parks, which are established by law and in administrative rules of the

Department of Natural Resources.

Currently, camping reservations (reservations) may be made 11 months in

advance, and nonresidents pay a higher camping fee than residents. Current law

also authorizes DNR to determine which state campgrounds are located in areas

where market conditions justify higher camping fees and to promulgate rules

establishing higher camping fees for those campgrounds.

Under the bill, for those campgrounds for which DNR has established these

higher camping fees, residents may begin making reservations 11 months in advance

and nonresidents may begin making reservations 14 days later. A resident who

makes a reservation during the 14-day window before a nonresident may do so must

pay the nonresident camping fee for each night of the reservation, in addition to the

increased fee established by DNR.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Marklein (R) , Wirch (D)

10 cosponsors

Binsfeld (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Kitchens (R) , Macco (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Cowles and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Edming, Macco, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki and Duchow

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Dec 22, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1