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Lawmakers approve higher boating fees to fund invasive-species prevention despite objections
Summary
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means on May 16 advanced House Bill 2,982 to raise several boating fees to fund aquatic invasive-species prevention and related waterway projects; several legislators voiced objections saying the measure shifts statewide costs onto recreational users.
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means on May 16 voted to report House Bill 2,982 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation. The bill raises several boating and waterway fees to fund aquatic invasive-species prevention, facility grants and waterway access programs.
The measure was carried by Representative Levy, who told the committee the changes include higher nonresident boat permit fees and revised registration charges. Representative Levy also told colleagues, for emphasis, "for the record for the good people of Bend that a tube is not a vote." The…
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