31-2-703. Required user registration fee; disposition of fees; duties of department of state parks and cultural resources.

(a) The owner of an off-road recreational vehicle which will be operated on Wyoming off-road recreational vehicle trails shall, upon filing of an application, pay to the registration selling agent an annual user registration fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(b) The registration selling agent shall forward to the department of state parks and cultural resources the original copy of the user registration application together with fourteen dollars ($14.00) collected under subsection (a) of this section and all voluntary fees collected under subsection (e) of this section.

(c) There is created an off-road recreational vehicle trails account. Except as provided in this subsection, the fees received by the department of state parks and cultural resources under this article shall be deposited into the account created by this subsection and shall be expended by the department for the administration of the off-road recreational vehicle trails program. All voluntary fees collected under subsection (e) 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 Wyoming off-road recreational vehicle trails program;

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

(iii) Keep full and complete records of all registered off-road recreational vehicles; and

(iv) Consult with the Wyoming trails advisory council to assist the department to establish and maintain adequate off-road recreational vehicle trails.

(e) In addition to the fees under subsection (a) of this section, persons paying a registration fee for off-road recreational vehicles may pay a voluntary fee of two dollars ($2.00) or any greater amount to fund search and rescue activities. Off-road recreational vehicle registration fee forms shall contain information about the voluntary fee under this subsection.