04-28-2021, 08:43 PM
parryconner,
Thank for sharing this. I don't fish much after dark, but this really limits our liberty and freedom to use state public resources. So I did a little digging on my own and found this. Utah state law for parks is covered by:
Index Utah Code
Title 79 Natural Resources
Chapter 4 Parks and Recreation
https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapter4/79-4.html
Specifically see: 79-4-304 - https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapte...000101.pdf
For more fun research see: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapte...0118000101
Basically this was a rule set by the Board of Parks and Recreation. Our generous law makers gave the Board the authority to (see 79-4-304(2)(b):
(b) To accomplish the purposes stated in Subsection (2)(a), the board may enact rules that:
(i) close or partially close state parks; or
(ii) establish use or access restrictions within state parks.
So we are being ruled over by non-elected appointed bureaucrats. The worst sort of government, but perhaps necessary in a growing society with all the complexities.
The board is set up of nine members appointed for four years terms by the governor. One from each judicial district and one from the public at larger. No more than five members may be from one political party. (see Utah Code 79-4-302) https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapte...1220210101
To see who is on the board and contact them by email, go to this webpage.
https://stateparks.utah.gov/resources/bo...ecreation/
You can find out when the next Board meeting and agenda is here: https://www.utah.gov/pmn/index.html
Since you have a vested interest in seeing the parks stay open 24 hours a day, you may want to write the board and ask to be put on the agenda and prepare a statement asking that the rule be revised. I wonder if the rule put into place was a Covid-19 reaction.
I guess the best way to change things is not to just complain, but to get involved. I am glad to hear you called the park and spoke with the manager. Thank for sharing.
Matthew
Thank for sharing this. I don't fish much after dark, but this really limits our liberty and freedom to use state public resources. So I did a little digging on my own and found this. Utah state law for parks is covered by:
Index Utah Code
Title 79 Natural Resources
Chapter 4 Parks and Recreation
https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapter4/79-4.html
Specifically see: 79-4-304 - https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapte...000101.pdf
For more fun research see: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapte...0118000101
Basically this was a rule set by the Board of Parks and Recreation. Our generous law makers gave the Board the authority to (see 79-4-304(2)(b):
(b) To accomplish the purposes stated in Subsection (2)(a), the board may enact rules that:
(i) close or partially close state parks; or
(ii) establish use or access restrictions within state parks.
So we are being ruled over by non-elected appointed bureaucrats. The worst sort of government, but perhaps necessary in a growing society with all the complexities.
The board is set up of nine members appointed for four years terms by the governor. One from each judicial district and one from the public at larger. No more than five members may be from one political party. (see Utah Code 79-4-302) https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapte...1220210101
To see who is on the board and contact them by email, go to this webpage.
https://stateparks.utah.gov/resources/bo...ecreation/
You can find out when the next Board meeting and agenda is here: https://www.utah.gov/pmn/index.html
Since you have a vested interest in seeing the parks stay open 24 hours a day, you may want to write the board and ask to be put on the agenda and prepare a statement asking that the rule be revised. I wonder if the rule put into place was a Covid-19 reaction.
I guess the best way to change things is not to just complain, but to get involved. I am glad to hear you called the park and spoke with the manager. Thank for sharing.
Matthew