1. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board of land and natural resources may adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fee schedules, exempt from chapter 91, for all user fees, including but not limited to camping, lodging, parking, group use, and special use activities for which the department charges fees. Fee schedules may be adopted at regular or special meetings of the board of land and natural resources pursuant to section 171-5.

2. (b) The division of state parks shall post notice on the division's and department's websites of any proposed amendments to administrative fee schedules at least forty-five days prior to the meeting of the board of land and natural resources at which the amended fee schedule is to be considered. The notice shall include:

   1. (1) The full text of the proposed amended fee schedule in Ramseyer format; and
   2. (2) The date, time, and place where the board of land and natural resources meeting is to be held and where interested persons may provide written testimony or be heard on the proposed fee schedule adoption, amendment, or repeal.
3. (c) The board of land and natural resources shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing. The board of land and natural resources shall fully consider all written and oral submissions respecting the proposed administrative fee schedule and shall make its decision at the meeting pursuant to section 171-5.
4. (d) Any administrative fee schedule adopted, amended, or repealed pursuant to this section shall become effective ten days after adoption by the board of land and natural resources, unless otherwise specified by the board. If the board of land and natural resources specifies a later effective date, the later date shall be the effective date; provided that no administrative fee schedule shall have an effective date more than thirty days after adoption of the administrative fee schedule by the board.
5. (e) The division of state parks shall maintain a file of administrative fee schedules in Ramseyer format on the division's and department's websites.
6. (f) For the purposes of this section "administrative fee schedules" includes a fee range with a minimum and maximum amount to be charged.

[L 2021, c 194, §2]