Posted by Hey Everyone!
Our Funding Bill is now published…. Senate Bill SB700 Assembly Bill AB704
Increases our Registration and Trail Pass Fee Increase…
Our Club (AWSC) Pass will go from $10 to $20
The Non-Club Member (DNR) Pass will go from $30 to $50
The Out of State Pass will go from $50 to $70
The reasoning is simple….
We have not had snowmobile registration and trail pass fee increase since the 2013 season, when Act 142, our Trail Pass Program was enacted.
Last year, we were $4 million dollars short of funding the project requests put in by our clubs and counties.
We have seen the projects that were approved for funding double in cost since the 2014-2015 season.
We have seen grooming power units and drags that our clubs need to maintain our trails increase between 60% and 100% since Act 142 was enacted.
Our funding reimbursements for equipment and labor rates have not kept up, increasing only 30% or less since 2013.
We have not had any additional miles of funded trails added for more than 7 years. There are still hundreds of miles of trails that are completely funded and maintained with zero reimbursements.
Our program uses no taxpayer dollars. We, the users, riders and providers, are asking for this increase.
Our program will not be sustainable without passage of this bill.
Please contact your State Senator and Assembly Representative and ask them to support this bill. If you need to know who they are, you can go to this link: https://legis.wisconsin.gov put your address in the “Who are my Legislators” box, and it will bring up who they are for the address you put in.
Thanks to all!