SF 2020 (LSB 5024XS (2) 87)

SENATE FILE 2020

BY  DAWSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the percentage of campsites in a state park or preserve that may be reserved through a centralized reservation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 461A.48, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   461A.48  Camping areas.

   1.  No person shall camp in any portion of a state park or preserve except in portions prescribed or designated by the commission.
   2.  The commission may designate up to one hundred percent of the campsites in that portion of a state park or preserve designated for camping as reservable using a centralized reservation system maintained or contracted for by the commission. For purposes of this subsection, “centralized reservation system” means a system that accepts and processes reservations either online or through a call center for camping and rental facilities in state parks, preserves, and recreation areas. 
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current commission rules require the commission to make reservable on the centralized reservation system at least 50 percent but no more than 75 percent of the total number of campsites in each individual campground. 
   This bill will allow the commission to make reservable up to 100 percent of campsites in each individual campground. The bill only affects the commission’s self-imposed upper limit and does not affect the remainder of the commission’s rules covering the centralized reservation system.