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Conference committee pauses on statutory change for municipal trail maintenance amid ongoing litigation
Summary
The Senate draft would clarify or grant municipal authority to maintain public rights‑of‑way known as legal trails; conferees noted active superior court litigation and warned a statutory change could moot the pending case or require eminent‑domain considerations.
Senate conferees reviewed a Senate‑only addition that would clarify the authority of municipalities to maintain so‑called legal trails — public rights‑of‑way owned by municipalities — but lawmakers stopped short of moving the text while a related superior court case is pending.
Damian Leonard explained the legal risk: changing the statute while a declaratory judgment on the existing statute is pending…
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