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Committee approves bill to expand passenger‑only ferry districts and create local grant program
Summary
The committee moved a substitute to House Bill 19 23 that expands entities able to form passenger‑only ferry districts, creates a local account and establishes a grant program for capital, operating and feasibility grants; the substitute passed 20‑7.
A House committee on March 1 advanced substitute House Bill 19 23, the so‑called Mosquito Fleet Act, to expand which entities may form passenger‑only ferry (PoF) service districts and where they can be formed, and to create a local PoF account and grant program.
Representative Nance, who moved the substitute, described the bill as empowering local communities to deliver passenger‑only ferry service…
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