Committee reviews new S.224 draft that would let towns seek delegation to regulate water use and impose wake-boat rules A committee walkthrough of a revised S.224 focused on municipal petitions to regulate public-water uses, and new rules for wake boats including registration, required decontamination, and enforcement moving to the Judicial Bureau. Members debated scope, grandfathering for existing boat-wash stations and who pays enforcement costs.

A new proposal could give Vermont towns the power to regulate public waters and enforce new wake-boat rules—could this change the future of boating in your area?

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