§ 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

Wyoming § 31-2-409

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 2: TITLE AND REGISTRATION
• Art. 4: SNOWMOBILES

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(a) There shall be collected by selling agents a
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(i) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 30, § 2.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 $75.00 annually;
(iii) For an antique snowmobile $25.00 paid at the
time of registration.
(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(i) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 30, § 2.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 paragraph (h)(i) of this section shall be deposited in the
search and rescue account created by W.S. 19-13-301(a). All fees
collected under paragraph (h)(ii) of this section shall be
deposited in the wildlife conservation account created by W.S.
31-2-231(b).
(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) Snowmobile user fee forms shall contain information
about the voluntary fees under this subsection. 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:
(i) Of two dollars ($2.00) or any greater amount to
fund search and rescue activities;
(ii) Of any whole dollar amount to provide for
wildlife conservation efforts related to the transportation
system.