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House committee backs statewide river-use census after amendment clarifying funding
Summary
The Montana House Committee of the Whole voted to recommend House Bill 762, a two-year river‑use census covering roughly 966 miles across 16 rivers, after adopting an amendment that clarified the funding source; the bill was later rereferred to the Appropriations Committee.
House Republicans and Democrats in the Committee of the Whole recommended House Bill 762 do pass after adopting an amendment that clarified the bill’s funding source and deleted a second, unintended funding tap. Representative Secondure, the bill sponsor, described the measure as a two‑year, statewide river‑use census designed to produce week‑by‑week, river‑by‑river counts and user‑type breakdowns, including private and commercial use and categories such as fishing and general recreation.
The bill’s sponsor said the study would establish a baseline of use to inform future regulatory debates and local planning. “In recent sessions, we've seen various proposals aimed at regulating river traffic, often based on anecdotal…
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