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State Parks explains event-permit fees and plans online portal; SITLA charges remain separate

5793856 · August 20, 2025
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State Parks staff told the OHP advisory council that SITLA (School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration) charges a roughly 4% event fee for special-use permits on trust lands, that the parks division is building an online permitting portal, and that multi-year event contracts will be piloted.

Chris Harmato of State Parks updated the OHP advisory council on event-permit fees and administrative changes that affect OHV event organizers, saying SITLA charges a separate fee that event organizers must pay when their permit footprint includes SITLA-managed parcels.

“It's a 4% fee of the total of the event itself,” Chris said when describing SITLA’s portion of events that span trust lands. He noted that in practice the SITLA fee component has been small compared with lodging and campsite revenues tied to major events; staff described a recent year…

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