Bill Text: IA SF2020 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the percentage of campsites in a state park or preserve that may be reserved through a centralized reservation system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-27 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF2020 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2020-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2020 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  DAWSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the percentage of campsites in a state park
  2    or preserve that may be reserved through a centralized
  3    reservation system.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 461A.48, Code 2018, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    461A.48  Camping areas.
  1  4    1.  No person shall camp in any portion of a state park or
  1  5 preserve except in portions prescribed or designated by the
  1  6 commission.
  1  7    2.  The commission may designate up to one hundred percent
  1  8 of the campsites in that portion of a state park or preserve
  1  9 designated for camping as reservable using a centralized
  1 10 reservation system maintained or contracted for by the
  1 11 commission. For purposes of this subsection, "centralized
  1 12 reservation system" means a system that accepts and processes
  1 13 reservations either online or through a call center for camping
  1 14 and rental facilities in state parks, preserves, and recreation
  1 15 areas. 
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    Current commission rules require the commission to make
  1 20 reservable on the centralized reservation system at least 50
  1 21 percent but no more than 75 percent of the total number of
  1 22 campsites in each individual campground.
  1 23    This bill will allow the commission to make reservable up to
  1 24 100 percent of campsites in each individual campground. The
  1 25 bill only affects the commission's self=imposed upper limit
  1 26 and does not affect the remainder of the commission's rules
  1 27 covering the centralized reservation system.
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