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                              STATE OF WYOMING
                             HOUSE BILL NO. HB0084
     High Plains Research Station and Arboretum-historic site.
     Sponsored by: Joint Appropriations Committee
                                      A BILL
                                        for
 AN ACT relating to state lands; declaring the High Plains
 Research Station and Arboretum as a state historic site;
 requiring the department of    state parks and cultural
 resources to manage the high plains research station and
 arboretum state historic site; requiring the development of
 a strategic master plan for preservation and operation of
 the High Plains Research Station and Arboretum state
 historic site; requiring a report; and providing for an
 effective date.
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 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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        Section 1.      W.S. 36-8-1801 and 36-8-1802 are created
 to read:
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              HIGH PLAINS RESEARCH STATION AND ARBORETUM
                              STATE HISTORIC SITE
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        36-8-1801.         High Plains Research Station and Arboretum
 state historic site; strategic master plan; leasehold and
 concession agreements.
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        (a)    The lands in    Laramie County managed by   the
 department of state parks and cultural resources and known
 as the High Plains Research Station and Arboretum are
 declared to be a state historic site. The department shall
 by rule specify the legal description of the state historic
 site.
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        (b)    The state historic site shall be known as the
 "High Plains Research Station and Arboretum state historic
 site".
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        (c)    The department of       state parks and cultural
 resources shall prepare a strategic master plan for the
 preservation and operation of    the High Plains Research
 Station and Arboretum state historic site.     Under the
 strategic master plan required by    this subsection,      the
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 department may develop memoranda of understanding with any
 city,     town,      county,   department,         political subdivision,
 state agency or other entity, as necessary, to administer,
 operate, maintain, preserve and study the state historic
 site.
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         (d)    The department of    state parks and cultural
 resources is    authorized to    enter into leasehold and
 concession agreements in accordance with the plan provided
 by subsection (c) of this section. Funds received by the
 department pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited
 and expended in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(h).
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        36-8-1802.      Administration; fees.
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        (a)     The department of    state parks and cultural
 resources shall preserve, administer, operate and maintain
 the High Plains Research Station and Arboretum state
 historic site in accordance with the strategic master plan
 specified under W.S. 36-8-1801(c).
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        (b)     The department may,     under lease agreement or
 contract management arrangement, provide for special events
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 at the historic site in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(o) or
 management of specified areas of the historic site by a
 public or private entity.
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        (c)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
 department of state parks and cultural resources may impose
 an admissions fee in excess of fees charged for admissions
 to other state parks and sites under W.S. 36-4-121 to fund
 necessary expenses incurred for preservation, development,
 operations, personnel and maintenance of the High Plains
 Research Station and Arboretum state historic site.   The
 remaining funds collected from the admissions fee at the
 end of the fiscal year shall be deposited in the state
 parks account and expended in    accordance with    W.S.
 36-4-121(h).        Revenues and expenditures under this
 subsection for each of the immediately preceding two (2)
 fiscal years shall be   reported within the department's
 biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013.
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        Section 2.      The department of state parks and cultural
 resources shall initiate the strategic master plan required
 by this act within one (1) year following the effective
 date of this act and provide a report on the strategic
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 master plan to the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and
 cultural resources interim committee no later than October
 1, 2025.
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        Section    3.   This act is   effective immediately upon
 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
 as provided by   Article      4,    Section   8   of the Wyoming
 Constitution.
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                                     (END)
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