31-2-409. Snowmobile user fee; amount of fee; disposition of fees; account created; duties of department of state parks and cultural resources; duration of decal; exemptions.

(a) There shall be collected by selling agents an annual nonresident snowmobile user fee for nonresident snowmobiles operated in Wyoming as follows:

(i) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 30, § 2.

(ii) For any nonresident snowmobile not exempt under subsection (f) of this section $35.00.

(b) The selling agent shall forward to the department of state parks and cultural resources the original copy of the snowmobile user fee form together with:

(i) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 30, § 2.

(ii) The snowmobile user fee as provided in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section minus one dollar ($1.00);

(iii) All voluntary fees collected under subsection (h) of this section.

(c) There is hereby created a snowmobile trails account. Except as provided in this subsection, the monies collected under this section and forwarded to the department of state parks and cultural resources shall be deposited in the account created by this section and may be expended by the department subject to approval by the legislature for the administration of the snowmobile trails program. All voluntary fees collected under subsection (h) of this section shall be deposited in the search and rescue account created by W.S. 19-13-301(a).

(d) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall:

(i) Administer the snowmobile trails program;

(ii) Furnish a sufficient quantity of numbered decals and necessary forms to each selling agent;

(iii) Keep a full and complete record of all snowmobile user fees collected.

(e) The annual nonresident snowmobile user fee numbered decal shall be valid from July 1 of the year designated until June 30 of the following year, with the date of expiration prominently displayed on the decal.

(f) The nonresident snowmobile user fee prescribed by paragraph (a)(ii) of this section may be waived on an annual basis by the director of the department of state parks and cultural resources in an area designated by the department through a cooperative agreement whereby other governmental agencies agree to contribute to the snowmobile trail maintenance and grooming for that area.

(g) The decal issued under this section shall be prominently displayed on the exterior of the snowmobile.

(h) In addition to the fees under subsection (a) of this section, persons paying a user fee for snowmobiles in Wyoming may pay a voluntary fee of two dollars ($2.00) or any greater amount to fund search and rescue activities. Snowmobile user fee forms shall contain information about the voluntary fee under this subsection.