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HOUSE BILL NO. 774 – Earl M. Hardy Box Canyon Springs

HOUSE BILL NO. 774

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H0774.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
EARL M. HARDY BOX CANYON SPRINGS NATURE PRESERVE - Amends existing law to
provide for the correct name of the Earl M. Hardy Box Canyon Springs Nature
Preserve in Malad Gorge State Park.
                                                                        
02/26    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/27    Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/04    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/05    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/09    3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
      Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
      Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Henbest, Jaquet,
      Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin,
      Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart,
      Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali,
      Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
      Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Harwood, Jones, McKague
    Floor Sponsors - Mr. Speaker & Stevenson
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/10    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/19    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 32-0-3
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett(Maxand),
      Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai,
      Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Richardson, Schroeder,
      Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Burtenshaw, Pearce, Sweet
    Floor Sponsor - Noh
    Title apvd - to House
03/20    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/22    To Governor
03/26    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 348
         Effective: 03/26/04

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 774
                                                                        
                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO STATE PARKS; AMENDING SECTION 67-4212, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE  FOR
  3        THE  CORRECT  NAME OF THE EARL M. HARDY BOX CANYON SPRINGS NATURE PRESERVE
  4        IN MALAD GORGE STATE PARK; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 67-4212, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        67-4212.  STATE  PARKS  AND RECREATIONAL TRAILWAYS LISTED -- CONTROLLED BY
  9    PARK AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. The  fol-
 10    lowing  described areas in the state of Idaho, so far as these areas are owned
 11    or controlled by the state of Idaho, and used for public, outdoor recreational
 12    purposes, are  hereby  declared  to  be  Idaho  state  parks  or  recreational
 13    trailways,  and  they  are hereby placed under the jurisdiction and control of
 14    the park and recreation board of the department of parks and recreation of the
 15    state of Idaho:
 16        (1)  Priest Lake State Park consisting of Indian Creek and Lion Head units
 17    on the east shore of Priest Lake to a depth of one thousand (1,000) feet  from
 18    the  shoreline  in  Bonner  County.  This park also includes Dickensheet Camp-
 19    ground, located on Priest River downstream from Priest Lake in Bonner County.
 20        (2)  Round Lake State Park, located on the shores  of  Little  Round  Lake
 21    west of State Highway 95 in Bonner County.
 22        (3)  Farragut  State  Park,  located  near the village of Bayview, east of
 23    State Highway 95 in Kootenai County.
 24        (4)  Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park, located  adjacent  to  Inter-
 25    state Highway 90 near Cataldo in Kootenai County.
 26        (5)  Mowry  State  Park,  located on the south shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene
 27    east of U.S. Highway 95 near Worley in Kootenai County.
 28        (6)  Heyburn State Park, located on Lake Chatcolet east of U.S. Highway 95
 29    in Benewah County.
 30        (7)  Mary Minerva McCroskey Memorial State Park, located at and  near  the
 31    boundary line between Latah and Benewah Counties and west of U.S. Highway 95.
 32        (8)  Dworshak  State  Park,  consisting  of  the  Freeman  Creek and Three
 33    Meadows Group Camp areas, located on the shores of Dworshak  Reservoir  north-
 34    east of U.S. Highway 12, and leased from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 35        (9)  Hells  Gate State Park, located on the Snake River at Lewiston, Snake
 36    River Avenue, Nez Perce County.
 37        (10) Winchester Lake State Park, located adjacent to the city of  Winches-
 38    ter, on Winchester Lake in Lewis County.
 39        (11) Ponderosa  State  Park,  constituted  by all the land of the state of
 40    Idaho department of parks and recreation adjacent to Payette  Lake  in  Valley
 41    County.
 42        (12) Eagle Island State Park, located on Hatchery Road west of the town of
 43    Eagle in Ada County.
                                                                        
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  1        (13) Veterans  Memorial State Park, located in the city of Boise, on State
  2    Highway 44 in Ada County.
  3        (14) Lucky Peak State Park, constituted by all recreational  areas  leased
  4    to the state of Idaho on the shores of Lucky Peak Reservoir on the Boise River
  5    in  Ada  and Boise Counties and the Sandy Point area on the Boise River in Ada
  6    County. Discovery State Park, located approximately eight (8) miles  southeast
  7    of Boise between Lucky Peak Dam and Diversion Dam on the Boise River and along
  8    State Highway 21 in Ada County.
  9        (15) Three Island State Park, located adjacent to the City of Glenns Ferry
 10    and the Snake River, south of Interstate Highway 84 in Elmore County.
 11        (16) Bruneau Dunes State Park, located approximately three (3) miles south
 12    of  the  Snake  River near the town of Bruneau and east of State Highway 51 in
 13    Owyhee County.
 14        (17) Malad Gorge State Park, located on  the  Malad  River  and  south  of
 15    Interstate  Highway  84  in  Gooding  County,  including  the Crystal Springs,
 16    Niagara Springs, Earl  M.  Hardy  Box  Canyon  Springs  Nature  Preserve,  and
 17    Billingsley  Creek state park lands located on the Snake River south of Inter-
 18    state Highway 84 and east of U.S. 30 in Gooding County.
 19        (18) City of Rocks, (one section of  land  within  the  National  Reserve)
 20    located west of the Village of Almo in Cassia County.
 21        (19) Massacre  Rocks State Park, located approximately ten (10) miles west
 22    of American Falls on Interstate Highway 86 in Power County and including  Reg-
 23    ister Rock.
 24        (20) Bear  Lake  State  Park,  located  on the east shoreline of Bear Lake
 25    south of U.S. Highway 30 and east of U.S. Highway 89, north of the  Idaho-Utah
 26    state line in Bear Lake County. This park also includes the North Beach area.
 27        (21) Harriman  State Park, located adjacent to and east of U.S. Highway 20
 28    in Fremont County.
 29        (22) Henrys Lake State Park, located on the shores of Henrys Lake west  of
 30    State Highway 87 in Fremont County.
 31        (23) Lake  Cascade  State Park, located on the shores of Cascade Reservoir
 32    in Valley County.
 33        (24) Lake Walcott State Park, located on the shores of  Walcott  Reservoir
 34    in Minidoka County.
 35        (25) Trail  of  the  Coeur d'Alenes Recreational Trailway, situated on the
 36    Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way running from Mullan to Harrison, Idaho.
 37        (26) Coeur d'Alene Lake Parkway State  Park,  located  adjacent  to  Coeur
 38    d'Alene Lake Drive beginning at Rutledge Trailhead and ending at Higgins Point
 39    boat launch.
 40        (27) Glade  Creek  State Park, located approximately one (1) mile south of
 41    Lolo Pass along Forest Road #5670.
 42        (28) Ashton-Tetonia Trail, situated on the Union Pacific  Railroad  right-
 43    of-way running from Tetonia to Ashton, Idaho.
 44        (29) Land  of the Yankee Fork State Park and historic area, situated along
 45    the Custer Motorway running from Challis to Custer, Idaho. The  area  includes
 46    the  visitor  center  and museum located in Challis, the ghost towns of Custer
 47    and Bonanza, the Yankee Fork gold dredge, and cemeteries  at  Custer,  Bonanza
 48    and Boot Hill.
 49        (30) Castle  Rocks  State  Park,  including any department lands in Cassia
 50    County situated outside the National Reserve boundary.
                                                                        
 51        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 52    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 53    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 14197

     On December 31, 1998, the State of Idaho entered into a Real
Property Purchase and Sale Agreement with Earl M. Hardy, LaVane
M. Hardy, the Hardy Foundation, Inc., and The Earl M. and LaVane
M. Hardy Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust, for the purchase of
Box Canyon Springs.  Pursuant to Paragraph II (4) of the
Agreement, it was agreed that the Box Canyon Property "shall be
named, in perpetuity, 'Earl M. Hardy Box Canyon Springs Nature
Preserve'".
     By House Bill No. 65, in the 57th Legislature, first regular
session 2003, the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
introduced House Bill No. 65, updating a statutory list of State
parks.  Pursuant to Paragraph 17, of House Bill 65, "Box Canyon"
was added to the list of State parks.  To comply with the terms
of Paragraph II (4) of the December 31, 1999, Real Property
Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Hardys the statutory
reference to Box Canyon should be amended to reference the "Earl
M. Hardy Box Canyon Springs Nature Preserve".



                          FISCAL IMPACT

     None



Contact
Name: Speaker Bruce Newcomb 
Phone: (208) 332-1111


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                    H 774