01/23/2012 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

          SB  13-WAIVE PARK FEE FOR DISABLED VETERANS                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
3:33:43 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR  WAGONER announced  SB  13 [27-LS0097\A]  to  be up  for                                                               
consideration. He recapped that he had  objected to the bill in a                                                               
previous meeting for discussion purposes.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  FRENCH   moved  to  adopt  Amendment   1,  [labeled  27-                                                               
LS0097\A.1] for SB 13.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR WAGONER objected for discussion purposes.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR FRENCH  explained that  this bill  helps waive  park fees                                                               
for disabled veterans.  There wasn't a lot  of controversy around                                                               
the  bill  except for  cabins;  the  concern that  Department  of                                                               
Natural  Resources  (DNR) had  was  that  if  there were  no  fee                                                               
whatsoever  a person  could  book a  bunch of  cabins  and if  he                                                               
decided not to go  to the cabin no one else would  get to use it.                                                               
Their use is very popular in the state.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
He  explained that  over the  summer decided  to charge  disabled                                                               
vets  50 percent  for a  cabin  so they  "have some  skin in  the                                                               
game," as  a middle  ground. It costs  them something  to forfeit                                                               
the  cabin and  the cabin  gets put  back in  the pool  for other                                                               
people  to use.  He said  essentially Amendment  1 does  that; it                                                               
puts a 50  percent rule in for  disabled vets who want  to rent a                                                               
cabin.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  WAGONER removed  his objection  and finding  no further                                                               
objections, announced that Amendment 1  was adopted. He opened up                                                               
public comment. Finding no comments  he closed the public comment                                                               
period.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:36:04 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR FRENCH  moved to report  SB 13 as amended  from committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and attached  fiscal  note(s).                                                               
There were  no objections and  therefore CSSB 13(RES)  moved from                                                               
the Senate Resources Standing Committee.