Comments on: Bills to Watch: SB 60 – Voluntary Search and Rescue Funding, R. Okerlund http://blueinredzion.com/2010/02/bills-to-watch-sb-60-voluntary-search-and-rescue-funding-r-okerlund/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bills-to-watch-sb-60-voluntary-search-and-rescue-funding-r-okerlund Poorly Spelled, Properly Thought Out. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Scott Crabill http://blueinredzion.com/2010/02/bills-to-watch-sb-60-voluntary-search-and-rescue-funding-r-okerlund/comment-page-1/#comment-855 Scott Crabill Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:35:29 +0000 http://blueinredzion.com/?p=1076#comment-855 Have any updates come from this proposed bill? I think a lot of the people who frequent the Utah backcountry would pay a higher fee for this card. Maybe $20 - $25. I also agree that an additional fee could be added to OHV, hunting and fishing licenses and that would include the issue of the card to the license holder. The problem is it seems that most people who need to be rescued are not frequent backcoutry users, but rather inexperienced once in a great while users who wouldn't posses this card. Have any updates come from this proposed bill? I think a lot of the people who frequent the Utah backcountry would pay a higher fee for this card. Maybe $20 – $25. I also agree that an additional fee could be added to OHV, hunting and fishing licenses and that would include the issue of the card to the license holder. The problem is it seems that most people who need to be rescued are not frequent backcoutry users, but rather inexperienced once in a great while users who wouldn’t posses this card.

]]> By: Brad Bartholomew http://blueinredzion.com/2010/02/bills-to-watch-sb-60-voluntary-search-and-rescue-funding-r-okerlund/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Brad Bartholomew Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:56:28 +0000 http://blueinredzion.com/?p=1076#comment-601 It's funny that you should post this just as I was reading the bill. This bill will cost the state more money then it will bring in if Colorado's execution of this is any indicator. This is based on Colorado's search & rescue card which cost the state of Colorado around $120,000 to administer, sold about 12,000 and only brought in around $62,000. This creates a loss for search & rescue. I don't see a benefit in purchasing the card other then I feel good about donating to search & rescue and I'm sure that most people will see it this way. Why donate if Grand County is going to charge you one way or the other if they have to rescue you? There are better ways to raise revenue for search & rescue, one being as you mentioned above, raise fees. They could also add a donate check box on licenses or registration cards or they could sell search & rescue pins where the proceeds then go to help fund search & rescue. It’s funny that you should post this just as I was reading the bill. This bill will cost the state more money then it will bring in if Colorado’s execution of this is any indicator. This is based on Colorado’s search & rescue card which cost the state of Colorado around $120,000 to administer, sold about 12,000 and only brought in around $62,000. This creates a loss for search & rescue.

I don’t see a benefit in purchasing the card other then I feel good about donating to search & rescue and I’m sure that most people will see it this way. Why donate if Grand County is going to charge you one way or the other if they have to rescue you?

There are better ways to raise revenue for search & rescue, one being as you mentioned above, raise fees. They could also add a donate check box on licenses or registration cards or they could sell search & rescue pins where the proceeds then go to help fund search & rescue.

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