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Parks staff outline bills to watch and prepare for upcoming budgets
Summary
Agency legislative staff briefed the commission on session cutoffs, bills affecting parks (ski-lift safety language, snowmobile registration fee bills), and capital and operating budget timing; staff urged vigilance on new obligations and identified capital investments as a priority area.
Brian Considine, director of external and legislative relations, delivered an overview of the 2026 legislative session and the agency's tracking priorities.
Considine summarized upcoming deadlines (policy cutoff, fiscal cutoff, floor cutoff) and said the agency is tracking approximately 175 bills and has 22 fiscal-note assignments so far. He reported that the agency's request bills on ski-lift…
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