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Committee completes final language review for exception to fishing setback at Crooked Brook Dam
Summary
The committee performed a final language review of LD 47, amending statute to allow fishing closer to the Crooked Brook Dam fishway while prohibiting fishing in or from the fishway itself; an emergency preamble was added and the committee indicated it would report the language out.
The committee completed a final language review of LD 47, which creates an exception to the 150‑foot fishing setback around the Crooked Brook Dam to allow fishing closer to the fishway while still prohibiting fishing in or from the fishway for safety reasons.
The committee’s preliminary language review was conducted previously; staff reported no additional changes since that review and recommended adding an emergency preamble to the bill language. Committee members voiced no objections and directed staff to include the emergency preamble language when the measure is reported out.
Because the amendment is limited to creating a narrowly tailored exception for the site near the fishway and retains the safety prohibition for fishing in the fishway itself, staff said no further changes were required. The committee closed the language review and authorized the staff to prepare the final report language for transmittal.
