BASIS AND PURPOSE
This amendment to regulation #106 a.1.(c) (5) is necessary for the proper management of the wildlife resources at San Luis State Park.  The amendment to paragraph (5)(xi) allows all lawful methods of hunting to be used during any hunting season in areas not posted as closed to hunting at San Luis State Park. 

The Colorado Division of Wildlife has been consulted regarding this hunting regulation amendment and CDOW supports its adoption.  Colorado Revised Statutes 33-10-106 (1) (f) states that the Parks Board shall cooperate with the Division of Wildlife to assure maximum development and protection of wildlife habitat consistent with park and outdoor recreation operations and provide full opportunity for the hunter and fisherman to harvest the surplus wildlife resources on all state park and outdoor recreation areas whenever public safety can be maintained.  Colorado Revised Statutes 33-10-101 (2)(e) 
states that the State shall allow sports hunting, trapping, and fishing as a wildlife management tool and as the primary method of effecting a necessary wildlife management on lands under the control of the division of parks and outdoor recreation.
The statutory authority for this regulation can be found in Colorado Revised Statutes sections 33-10-101, 33-10-102, 33-10-106, 33-10-107, 33-10-108, 33-10-109 and 24-4-103.

#106 a. 1. (c)(5)(xi)
EFFECTIVE DATE
These regulations shall become effective September 1, 2007, and shall remain in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or superseded by the Board of Parks and Outdoor Recreation.  Adopted by the Board of Parks and Outdoor Recreation of the State of Colorado this 15th day of June 2007.

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Dr. Tom Ready
Chairman

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Secretary

BASIS AND PURPOSE
The legislative declaration contained in 33-12-100.2, C.R.S., states that “Because the nature and operation of such state parks and recreation areas, the system can be largely self-supporting, and the users of such resources can help to fund the systems operation and maintenance.  The general assembly declares and intends that as a matter of state policy the system of state parks and state recreation areas should be financed as much as reasonably possible through revenues derived from the users of such system.”

33-10-107 (1)(h) C.R.S. states, in part, that “the Board has power to establish by rules pursuant to section 33-10-111(5) the amounts of fees for certificates, permits, licenses, and passes and any other special charges in order to provide for cash revenues necessary for the continuous operation of the state park and recreation system.”

33-10-111 (5) C.R.S. states, in part, that “the Board may set fees by rule for the use of facilities and programs of the Division.”

The amendments to regulation # 700-4.a. and #708-1.f. are needed in order to increase the daily parks pass fee by $1.00 from $5.00 to $6.00, effective September 1, 2007.  For FY 08/09, it is conservatively estimated that this increase will generate in excess of an additional $522,000.00 in cash revenue.  For the ten months (September 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) in FY 07/08 the additional revenue will be significantly less than $522,000.00, since the increase will not be in effect during the busy months of July and August 2007.  

The amendment to regulation #703-2 is needed to correct the wording of the regulation in the official Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR).  Due to clerical or system error, eight words were inadvertently deleted from the regulation.  This amendment will reinstate the missing words.

The amendments to regulations #704-4, #704-8, #708-1.h., and #708-14 are needed in order to eliminate the utility permit.  After field evaluation of the utility permit, State Parks determined that the use of the permit should be discontinued.  Instead, individuals who want to dump holding tanks at a park dump station or fill water tanks in a recreational vehicle or boat will be required to purchase a camping permit for the least expensive campsite that could accommodate their vehicle.  If the individual is already camping in the park and has a valid camping permit, then use of the dump station or water supply is included with the camping permit at no added cost.  In addition to the camping permit, a valid parks pass is required for the vehicle to enter the park.

The amendments to regulation #708-7.b. and 7.e. are needed to: (1) establish fees for cabin rental for large cabins providing more than four bedrooms, and (2) establish fees for boarding animals in barns or corrals.  Newly acquired facilities at Golden Gate Canyon State Park provide large cabins with more than four bedrooms.  Barn and corral facilities are also available.  For every additional bedroom over four, a fee of $60.00/bedroom will be added to the base nightly fee.  

The amendment to regulation #708-8.is needed to establish a reservation fee for park facilities whenever the reservation is made directly through a park office.  A reservation fee of $8.00 is currently charged for campsite reservations made through the central camping reservation system.  This fee is intended to offset expenses associated with providing the service to campers.  Many facility reservations, such as for group camping areas, group picnic areas, and event facilities, including meeting rooms, are made directly with the park office. A confirmation letter is mailed to the guest after a reservation is made.  A reservation fee of $8.00/facility will offset the costs associated with on-park reservations.  Such costs include staff time, phone lines, credit card verification, and postage.  

The amendment to regulation #708-10 is needed in order to establish an event facility permit fee for the Mariner Point facility at Boyd Lake State Park. 
 
These regulation amendments are necessary for the efficient administration of pass and permit sales by the Division, for the improved ability to communicate pass and permit fees and policies to guests and to the public at large, and to generate additional cash revenues necessary for the continuous operation of the state park and recreation system.

The statutory authority for these regulations can be found in Colorado Revised Statutes sections 33-10-101, 33-10-102, 33-10-106, 33-10-107, 33-10-108, 33-10-109, 33-10-111, 33-12-100.2, 33-12-101, 33-12-102, 33-12-103, and 24-4-103.  

#700-4, #703-2, #704-4, #704-8, #708-1, #708-7, #708-8, #708-10, #708-14
EFFECTIVE DATE
These regulations shall become effective September 1, 2007 and shall remain in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or superseded by the Board of Parks and Outdoor Recreation.  

Adopted by the Board of Parks and Outdoor Recreation of the State of Colorado this 15th day of June 2007. 

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Dr. Tom Ready
Chairman

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Secretary