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Committee advances bill to bar 'agitators' on small lakes after safety complaints
Summary
Lawmakers advanced SB 594 to require removal of agitators where temporary docks must be removed on lakes under 1,000 acres after residents reported enforcement gaps and a child’s fall through thin ice.
Senate Bill 594, introduced by its prime sponsor, would clarify New Hampshire law to require removal of devices that prevent ice formation — commonly called "agitators" or bubblers — when temporary docks on lakes under 1,000 acres must be removed for five months of the year.
A Cottage Pond resident testified that contradictory statutes leave an enforcement gap. "If docks are required to be removed…
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