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Committee advances rail-trail rules, broadens fishing language and asks AOT for clarifications on rail banking and maintenance
Summary
The committee reviewed new rail-trail provisions that add cross-references to section 3408a, broaden fishing language, and preserve the secretary’s authority to place state-owned rail rights-of-way into railbank status; members asked AOT for clarifications on railbank ownership and maintenance obligations.
The committee reviewed multiple new and revised provisions addressing rail banking and rail-trail use in draft 3.1.
Damien Leonard outlined edits that add references to section 3408a for state-owned rail trails and allow the secretary to adopt rules governing interim trail use consistent with section 3408a. Committee members noted one specific change in Section 7 that broadened fishing language: earlier text had allowed fishing only in locations designated by the trail…
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