Title 67, STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

67-4206. HEYBURN PARK -- IMPROVEMENTS -- FINANCES. All improvements within said park and upon any additions thereto shall be made under the direction of the park and recreation board of the department of parks and recreation and all costs of such improvements, together with the e…

67-4212. STATE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL TRAILWAYS LISTED -- CONTROLLED BY PARK AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. The following described areas in the state of Idaho, so far as these areas are owned or controlled by the state of Idaho, and used for publ…

67-4213. AREAS CONSTITUTING STATE PARKS -- EXCEPTIONS. Any and all other areas of land within the state of Idaho, except roadside picnic areas, which are donated to, and used by, the state of Idaho for public, outdoor recreational purposes, which are acquired, and used, by the st…

67-4218. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CREATED. There is hereby created a department of parks and recreation which shall be, for the purposes of section 20, article IV, of the constitution of the state of Idaho, an executive department of state government.

67-4219. INTENT OF LEGISLATURE. It is the intent of the legislature that the department of parks and recreation shall formulate and put into execution a long range, comprehensive plan and program for the acquisition or leasing, planning, protection, operation, maintenance, develo…

67-4221. PARK AND RECREATION BOARD -- MEMBERS -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS -- HONORARIUMS AND EXPENSES -- MEETINGS AND QUORUMS -- REMOVAL OF MEMBERS. (a) There is hereby created a governing authority of the department to consist of a board of six (6) persons to be known as the "park a…

67-4222. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD -- APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR -- EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM -- SALARIES. (a) The park and recreation board shall administer, conduct and supervise the department of parks and recreation and shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation, inc…

67-4223. POWERS OF BOARD. The park and recreation board shall: (1) Adopt, amend or rescind rules as may be necessary for the proper administration of the provisions of section 67-4218, et seq., Idaho Code, and the use and protection of park and recreational areas subject to its j…

67-4223A. IDAHO STATE PARKS PASSPORT PROGRAM -- FEE. Upon payment of the fee as provided in section 49-402(11), Idaho Code, the purchaser shall be authorized to enter all Idaho state parks without paying the motor vehicle entrance fee for either a one (1) or two (2) year period o…

67-4224. DUTY OF BOARD TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP, AND MAINTAIN LAND -- TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION. It shall be the duty of the board to acquire in the name of the state of Idaho by gift, devise, purchase, agreement, or otherwise, such land as in its judgment may be necessary, suitable an…

67-4225. PARK AND RECREATION FUND. There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "park and recreation fund," which shall consist of all moneys received from the granting of concessions, the charging of rentals or other amounts received from whatever sour…

67-4226. DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN DEPARTMENT OF LAND ABOLISHED -- HEYBURN PARK APPROPRIATION TRANSFERRED. The division of parks and recreation in the department of land is hereby abolished and any appropriations made thereto or to the board of land commissioners for ad…

67-4227. RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS TRANSFERRED. The rights, duties and obligations of the state board of land commissioners created by chapter 5, title 58, and chapter 42, title 67, Idaho Code, relating to parks, are hereby transferred to the park and recreation board of the…

67-4228. POWER OF BOARD TO ACCEPT GIFTS. The board, on behalf of the department of parks and recreation of the state of Idaho, is specifically empowered to receive any and all gifts, grants or endowments of real or personal property, or both, from any and all persons, firms, orga…

67-4229. IDAHO VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK CREATED -- LOCATION. There is hereby created a state park to be known and designated as the Idaho Veterans Memorial Park, located in Ada County and particularly described as follows: All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate lying and bei…

67-4229B. HARRIMAN STATE PARK -- FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board is authorized to enter into a lease-purchase obligation or other financing obligation, in a principal amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), for the…

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 a…

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 doma…

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"…

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 desig…

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) Th…

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)…

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 …

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 lease…

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 agr…

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…

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 economic…

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 unde…

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…

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…

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 i…