state park pass

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I remember reading that they would prorate for the remainder of this year the state park annual pass if you had prior year pass expire.  Maybe it was not official, but I stopped at Hyrum today and the attendant said they had been told not do do it by the ranger, but that maybe Willard did.  So, any info here - possible/not possible, varies depending on park and ranger, etc?  It is more a matter of principle for me than cost; though I don't mind funding the parks, seems poor policy toward those who you are supposed to serve.

Took my previous pass with me last spring (Still had 2 months left on it)  showed it at Deer Creek. and asked them to prorate for the rest of the year.
No problem the lady was happy to oblige.

But how much did you end up paying?

Only had to pay for the remaining months of this year.
Being an old duffer the year passes are $50 so let me figure.
Was to expire end of May and bought prorated pass in March.
Last 7 months of 2022 cost me $29.17  I think.  I went thru the math on a piece of paper at the counter while she did it on her machine. We both came up with the same numbers.

 Well, just another confirmation of the poor way they have run things.  First off, I recall reading that the months would be prorated and I anticipated a true prorates as Pacmen describes.  Can't find anything official to that point at this time, and in fact only thing recoverable from the state park web site is an even olden news release regarding a fee increase and not anything on the pass as annual rather than yearly.  Second, it seems that perhaps such true prorate calculations were indeed too difficult for staff and/or to track in a budget, or state parks eventually decided they could get half a year prorate for anything after July.  Third, why would you need to ASK and INSIST on the prorate when you show up with an expired year pass except to make it more difficult or gouge those not prepared with all this background?   Fourth, why would you allow it at discretion of park range/manager rather than uniform policy?  Now the uniform policy may well need to be no prorate to preserve ranger/manager time etc, but lack of uniformity is always a bane on transparency.  Overall, this seems to be another example of shoot first and aim later.