Raft fee would channel money to cyanobacteria, navigation funds

By: Molly Rains

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 304

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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A proposed $50 registration fee for “anchored seasonal floating platforms,” which swimmers and lakeside vacationers might better know as “rafts,” moved ahead in the House on Thursday.

The chamber voted, 284-47, in favor of passing House Bill 1477, with an amendment to exempt rafts used for aquaculture. Half of the fee would be directed into the navigation safety fund, and another half to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund, according to the …

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