to facilitate a management agreement for the park in
partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, which was
finalized Nov. 1, 2014. The Arbor Day Foundation will
provide daily management and operational oversight under
the new agreement.
Additionally, LB 814 created the Game and Parks
Commission Capital Maintenance Fund, with funding from
the sales and use tax proceeds for the sale or lease of
motorboats and all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles. LB
814 became effective Oct. 1, 2014 and will generate an
estimated $3 million annually through 2019, when the
legislation sunsets.
G O V E R N O R ' S R O W C A B I N S A T
E U G E N E T . M A H O N E Y S T A T E P A R K
In July, three new six-bedroom cabins were opened
at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park and dedicated as the
"Governor's Row" cabins. These cabins were as a result
of Gov. Dave Heineman's $1 million inclusion in his 2013
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