HB 1158 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1158
AN ACT relative to state park campground reservations.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cooney, Rock 26
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill requires the division of parks and recreation to maintain a centralized state campground reservation system, and provides requirements for the system.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to state park campground reservations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; State Campground Reservation System. Amend RSA 218 by inserting after section 16 the following new subdivision:
State Campground Reservation System
218:17 State Campground Reservation System. A centralized campground reservation system shall be maintained by the division of parks and recreation, department of resources and economic development, for all state park campgrounds. The centralized campground reservation system shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
I. State park campground reservations shall be made only within the calendar year, and reservations shall not be made prior to the first business day of any given calendar year.
II. The director of the division of parks and recreation shall designate the number and location of campsites available for reservation for each state park campground.
III. State park campground reservations shall be made by mail, phone, e-mail, fax, in person, or any other method chosen by the director of the division of parks and recreation.
IV. Reservations made by New Hampshire residents shall be made at least 7 days in advance of the arrival date, or 14 days in advance if such person is paying for the reservation with a money order.
V. Reservations made by non-New Hampshire residents shall be made at least 8 days in advance of the arrival date, or 15 days in advance if such person is paying for the reservation with a money order.
VI. In-state calls to the reservation center may be made by calling a dedicated toll-free number which the director of the division of parks and recreation shall cause to be published.
VII. The number and duration of state park campground reservations shall be limited during the first month of each calendar year to the following:
(a) A maximum of 14 consecutive nights may be reserved by any one person.
(b) A maximum of one reservation transaction on a given occasion may be accepted by reservation center staff.
(c) A maximum of 4 weekends per calendar year may be reserved by any one person.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.