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Committee flags legal risk in draft allowing towns to maintain legal trails; decision deferred

3039714 · April 17, 2025
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Summary

Committee members discussed draft language (part of S.4 and H.488 negotiations) that would authorize municipal maintenance of legal trails and found potential legal risk. The committee deferred a decision pending a fuller review of court filings and legal analysis.

The committee reviewed proposed language that would permit municipalities to maintain legal trails; the provision is drawn from S.4 and would affect multiple statutory sections. Staff explained that an earlier draft included language limiting municipal liability, but that liability…

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