From House Calendar. Feb 6, 2026...get ready to pay !!!!!
HB 1301-FN, increasing certain mooring fees and directing such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan
and grant fund. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT.
Rep. Will Darby for Resources, Recreation and Development. Over the last several years, cyanobacteria has
spread across an increasing number of New Hampshire’s lakes, closing beaches, threatening tourism, and
keeping people from enjoying the water during the short summer period. The cyanobacterial mitigation loan
and grant fund was established to help lake communities reduce the blooms causing these closures but, with
no sustained funding source, it has run out of money. This bill increases existing annual mooring fees, which
have not changed since the 1980s, by $25 with the increase targeting the cyanobacteria mitigation fund. While
no single funding source can fully address the need to reduce the threat of cyanobacteria blooms, this bill
follows the New Hampshire model where those who use a resource should contribute to it. The amendment
clarifies the increase applies to all mooring types - public, congregate, and private. Vote 16-0.
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