16 U.S.C. § 6811 — Enforcement and protection of receipts

Page 2657 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 6812 1 See References in Text note below. shall be applied by substituting ‘October 1, 2025’ for ‘September 30, 2019’.’’ Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 117–328, div. G, title IV, § 421, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4826. Pub. L. 117–103, div. G, title IV, § 421, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 415. Pub. L. 116–260, div. G, title IV, § 423, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1541. Pub. L. 116–94, div. D, title IV, § 425, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2748. Pub. L. 116–6, div. E, title IV, § 427, Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 264. § 6810. Volunteers (a) Authority to use volunteers The Secretary may use volunteers, as appro- priate, to collect recreation fees and sell recre- ation passes. (b) Waiver or discount of fees; site-specific agen- cy pass In exchange for volunteer services, the Sec- retary may waive or discount an entrance fee, standard amenity recreation fee, or an expanded amenity recreation fee that would otherwise apply to the volunteer or issue to the volunteer a site-specific agency pass authorized under sec- tion 6804(c) of this title. (c) National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass In accordance with the guidelines issued under section 6804(a)(7) of this title, the Secretaries may issue a National Parks and Federal Rec- reational Lands Pass to a volunteer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by the volunteer. (d) Regional multientity passes The Secretary may issue a regional multi- entity pass authorized under section 6804(d) of this title to a volunteer in exchange for signifi- cant volunteer services performed by the volun- teer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under which the regional multientity pass was established provides for the issuance of the pass to volunteers. (Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title VIII, § 811, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3389.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 6804 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (b) to (d), was in the original a reference to section 5, and was translated as meaning section 805 of title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, to reflect the probable intent of Con- gress. § 6811. Enforcement and protection of receipts (a) Enforcement authority The Secretary concerned shall enforce pay- ment of the recreation fees authorized by this chapter. (b) Evidence of nonpayment If the display of proof of payment of a recre- ation fee, or the payment of a recreation fee within a certain time period is required, failure to display such proof as required or to pay the recreation fee within the time period specified shall constitute nonpayment. (c) Joint liability The registered owner and any occupant of a vehicle charged with a nonpayment violation in- volving the vehicle shall be jointly liable for penalties imposed under this section, unless the registered owner can show that the vehicle was used without the registered owner’s express or implied permission. (d) Limitation on penalties The failure to pay a recreation fee established under this chapter shall be punishable as a Class A or Class B misdemeanor, except that in the case of a first offense of nonpayment, the fine imposed may not exceed $100, notwithstanding section 3571(e) of title 18. (Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title VIII, § 812, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3390.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, and was translated as read- ing ‘‘this title’’, meaning title VIII of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3377, known as the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classifica- tion of title VIII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6801 of this title and Tables. § 6812. Repeal of superseded admission and use fee authorities (a) Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (i) (except for paragraph (1)(C)) of section 4 1 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 are repealed, except that the Secretary may continue to issue Golden Eagle Passports, Gold- en Age Passports, and Golden Access Passports under such section until the date the notice re- quired by section 6804(a)(3) of this title is pub- lished in the Federal Register regarding the es- tablishment of the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. (b) Recreational fee demonstration program Section 315 1 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134), is repealed. (c) Admission permits for refuge units Section 3911 of this title is repealed. (d) National park passport, Golden Eagle Pass- port, Golden Age Passport, and Golden Ac- cess Passport Effective on the date the notice required by section 6804(a)(3) of this title is published in the Federal Register, the following provisions of law authorizing the establishment of a national park passport program or the establishment and sale of a national park passport, Golden Eagle Passport, Golden Age Passport, or Golden Ac- cess Passport are repealed: (1) Section 502 1 of the National Parks Omni- bus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391). (2) Title VI 1 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391).