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Originally posted by Skipper of the Sea Que
Is it possible that we will be done with the forum for/against new speed limits discussion (I use the term loosely) on Lake Winnipesaukee by the end of the day today?
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Unfortunately no, even if it's approved by the Senate today without any amendments to the House version it still needs the Governor's signature to become law, so the lobbying will shift from the Senate to the Governor.
If the Senate adds any amendment, like the law would take effect immediately upon passage or kayaks have to stay within 150 feet of shore
then it has to go back to the House (or a House-Senate conference committee depending on the rules of the NH Legislature) for their approval then return to the Senate for final enactment before going to the Governor. (Unless things work very differently in NH than I am used to here in the southern hemisphere)
As
chipj29 correctly points out, if the Senate does what they should do and kills HB847 then WinnFabs etc will just file another bill for next session and by then hopefully lawmakers will have seen this for what it really is and kill it in committee.
As for the spin when the sunset clause is about to expire,
chipj29 is correct again, the backers of the bill will say
SEE It worked it needs to stay in place, when the truth of the matter is there was no speeding problem to fix in the first place!