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Panel debates annual boater education overhaul; liveries and enforcement clash over burden and benefits
Summary
Representative Peterson’s HB 54 would consolidate boater safety and invasive‑species training into a short annual course. Agency officials and boating managers supported safety benefits; rental businesses warned mandatory annual tests for renters would harm operations. The committee took public comment and moved on for further consideration.
House Bill 54, carried in the committee by Representative Peterson, proposes consolidating existing boater education requirements (including annual invasive‑species awareness) into a single shorter course intended to cover speed/proximity safety and quagga mussel prevention.
Representative Peterson described the proposal as a consolidation — not an extra requirement — reducing duplicative courses into a…
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