Section 55-08-06 - Permits for motor vehicles1. Unless authorized by the director, a motor vehicle may not enter or be permitted to enter any state park, state recreational area, or reserve unless the operator of the motor vehicle displays upon request a permit issued as provided in this chapter. Permits must be of a size, form, and character as the director prescribes, and the director shall procure permits for each calendar year which by appropriate language must grant permission to use any state park, state recreational area, or reserve.2. Permits for each calendar year must be provided and placed on sale on or before November first next preceding and used on or at any time after that date until May first of the year following the calendar year for which issued. Permits in each category must be numbered consecutively for each year of issue.3. A permit fee must be established by the director each year before being placed on sale as prescribed by subsection 1: a. Permits of appropriate special design may be sold individually at a fee established by the director and for a designated period of not more than three days; andb. The director may authorize a discount on the sale of annual permits to any resident of North Dakota who is sixty-five years of age or older and who applies for a discount.c. Unless a discount, lower fee, or package fee has been applied, a discount of twenty-five percent must be charged for a second annual permit issued to a permitholder under subsection 2, which only may be used by members of the permitholder's household, except the director may authorize a discount on the sale of a second or subsequent annual permit to any resident of North Dakota who is sixty-five years of age or older and who applies for a discount.4. The fees collected must be deposited in the state park operating fund in the state treasury, unless authorized by the director as follows:a. The director may allow other agencies or organizations that have leased state parks, state recreational areas, reserves, or facilities to retain entrance and special permit fees collected by the lessee.b. The director may exempt all or any part of any state park, state recreational area, or reserve from the requirement of the motor vehicle permit and fee, for any activity or period, when in the director's judgment it is desirable to do so.Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 526 (SB 2108),§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 526 (SB 2108),§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.Amended by S.L. 2021 , ch. 455( HB 1357 ), § 1, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by S.L. 2017 , ch. 18( HB 1019 ), § 14, eff. 7/1/2017.