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Senate votes 16-7 to table proposed marine habitat fee after heated debate
Summary
The Senate voted 16-7 to deem Senate Bill 159 inexpedient to legislate, blocking a proposal to authorize a new marine habitat fee for saltwater habitat work. Proponents said the small fee would help leverage federal funds for habitat restoration; opponents argued it would impose another recreational cost and was poorly timed.
The New Hampshire Senate voted 16-7 to adopt a motion of "inexpedient to legislate" on Senate Bill 159, a proposal to authorize a marine habitat fee and let the director of Fish and Game set the fee level.
Supporters, led on the floor by Senator Waters, said the fee would allow the Fish and Game Department to acquire and restore coastal and marine habitat and to leverage federal matching dollars. Waters said the measure was meant…
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