Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
The Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee killed SB26-030, Sen. Mark Baisley's bid to route Keep Colorado Wild Pass overage funds to counties for park access roads, after conservation and gun-safety groups warned it would raid dollars already pledged to wildlife and firearms-safety programs.
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“it fixes a problem that was created unintentionally. Unintentional consequence of a good idea and. But now we need to make some adjustments so that the funds that are generated by that good idea are keeping that good idea well maintained and in place.”
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Sign in to subscribeCome to order. Mr. Sayed, please call the roll. Senators Winstead? Present. Pelton R. Here. Zamora, Wilson. Here. Sullivan. Here. Madam Chair, Here. Today we will be hearing Senate Bill 30 from Senator Basley and we will have another hearing later this week on Senate Bill 43 on Thursday just for any clarific folks who might need. And we will now go on to Senate Bill 30. Senator Bazley, if you would like to open us up. Us up, sir. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, members. Thank you for hearing Senate Bill 2630. The premise of this bill is the Keep Colorado Wild Pass act, which gives opportunity for folks when they're registering their vehicles to buy a year round, an annual pass to state parks, which is a cool thing, 29 bucks. I encourage people to do that. I do that every year. But the result of it in the positive sense, what we're hoping to happen is that people will enjoy the outdoors of Colorado some more. And they are. So they are increasing their visitation, which is increasing the wear and tear on the roads leading to and sometimes through those parks, which are…
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