67-4230. PARK MANAGEMENT — ALIENATION OF LAND. From and after the effective date of this act, control, management and administration of the Idaho Veterans Memorial Park shall be vested in the Idaho park and recreation board. The Idaho Veterans Memorial Park shall be maintained as a state park for the use of all the people, […]
67-4231. HIGHEST USE — EMINENT DOMAIN. The legislature hereby declares that the highest and best use of the property described in section 67-4229, Idaho Code, is as a state park. The Idaho park and recreation board may, in its sound discretion, exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn any uses or interests in said […]
67-4232. RECREATION TRAILS SYSTEM — DEFINITIONS. As used in this act, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "System" means the network of trails and trail segments, together with their right of ways, designated by the procedures described in this act; (b) "Trails" mean a corridor or route for nonmotorized travel; (c) "Local governments" […]
67-4233. IDAHO RECREATION TRAILS COORDINATOR. The Idaho recreation trails coordinator is hereby established within the department of parks and recreation. The coordinator shall advise the board and other agencies and entities on matters relating to the system, including the designation and establishment of trails. History: [67-4233, added I.C., sec. 67-4233, as added by 1974, ch. […]
67-4234. DUTIES OF COORDINATOR. (1) The coordinator shall advise the board on the development of the system. Trails within the system shall be designated as one (1) or more of the following: hiking, horseback riding, bicycling, snow traveling, or other nonmotorized travel. (2) The coordinator, in advising the board, shall be guided by the following […]
67-4235. PENALTY FOR DEFACING OR DESTROYING TRAIL. Any person who defaces or destroys a trail within the system or appurtenances thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both. History: [67-4235, added 1974, ch. […]
67-4236. APPROPRIATION — USE OF AVAILABLE MONEYS — INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNERS OF LAND ADJACENT TO TRAILS. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund to the Idaho department of parks and recreation the sum of twenty-four thousand two hundred dollars ($24,200), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of implementing the […]
67-4237. PARKING VIOLATIONS. (1) If any vehicle, as defined in chapter 1, title 49, Idaho Code, is stopped, standing, or parked in an illegal or unauthorized manner within a state park and the operator cannot be identified readily, the fact that the vehicle is registered or leased in the name of a person shall be […]
67-4238. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS. (1) In order to further the interpretive and educational functions of recreation facilities in the state of Idaho, the director of the Idaho department of parks and recreation may on behalf of the department, enter into agreements with private nonprofit scientific, historic or educational organizations organized in […]
67-4239. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. (1) The director of the department of parks and recreation may issue Idaho uniform citations, as provided for by the rules of the court for the magistrates division of the district court and the district court, to violators of title 67, chapters 42 (state parks), 70 (safe boating act), 71 (recreational activities) […]
67-4240. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The legislature finds that in order to obtain the maximum long-term benefits to the people of Idaho, it is necessary for lands of outstanding park and recreation potential to be acquired and incorporated into the state park system in the most economical manner possible. The legislature further recognizes that the land assets […]
67-4241. PARK LAND TRUST — CREATED — ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AUTHORIZED. The parks and recreation board may, by gift, purchase, agreement, device, donation, or otherwise, acquire property to be held by the department in a park land trust. The department may place any lands under its jurisdiction, where not prevented by deed or other restriction, […]
67-4242. EXCHANGE OR SALE OF PROPERTY HELD IN PARK LAND TRUST. The parks and recreation board may: (1) Exchange property held in the park land trust for any lands of equal value which it administers, provided such exchange is not prohibited by title restrictions on such lands; (2) Exchange property held in the park land […]
67-4243. CONTROL, MANAGEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY HELD IN PARK LAND TRUST. The department of parks and recreation shall control, manage, and administer the property held in the park land trust as provided in chapter 42, title 67, Idaho Code. The department of parks and recreation shall, on all lands that were subject to ad […]
67-4244. APPROPRIATION — USE OF INCOME. The legislature may authorize an appropriation of moneys in the park lands account, which is hereby created in the agency asset fund of the state treasurer, for the purposes of this chapter. Income from the sale or management of property in the park land trust shall be returned as […]
67-4245. SHORT TITLE. This act shall be known as the "State Trust for Outdoor Recreation Enhancement (STORE) Act." History: [67-4245, added 1995, ch. 332, sec. 1, p. 1104.]
67-4246. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The legislature finds that outdoor recreation is a primary force in providing important social, personal, resource, and economic benefits to the people of Idaho. The legislature further recognizes that in order to obtain the optimum benefit to the people of Idaho, it is necessary to create a reliable source of revenues which […]
67-4247. STATE TRUST FUND FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION ENHANCEMENT — CREATION, ADMINISTRATION, ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS. (1) There is hereby created and established in the state treasury a fund to be known and designated as the "state trust for outdoor recreation enhancement (STORE)." The park and recreation board may dedicate funds acquired by gift, agreement, donation, appropriation or […]
67-4248. MANAGEMENT OF FUNDED PROJECTS AND LANDS. (1) Grant recipients must enter into a contract with the park and recreation board which specifies that all property acquired, developed, repaired, renovated or improved with grant funds from the STORE shall be held in perpetuity for outdoor recreation by the grant recipient. (a) Upon approval from the […]
67-4249. RULES. The Idaho park and recreation board shall adopt rules as necessary to administer the provisions of this act in accordance with legislative intent. History: [67-4249, added 1995, ch. 332, sec. 1, p. 1106.]
