Lake and River Enhancement Fees
Taxes collected for a specific purpose should either be used for that purpose – or repealed. With support of boat owners and other citizens,
Today, the $3.7 million dollars collected annually through LARE fees is no longer going towards it intended use. The July 16, 2010 report by the state budget agency indicated that $2,415,121 from the
Over the past two decades, LARE funds helped protect our natural water resources through implementation of agricultural best management practices, dredging of lakes, controlling the spread of invasive aquatic plants, constructing wetlands, and setting priority areas within watershed for treatment. These actions are imperative to maintaining the stability of local economies: loss of water clarity equates to a loss in property values; dirty lakes and rivers equate to revenue losses of boating, fishing, and other water-related businesses; clean-up of aquatic invasives, blue-green algae, and sediment far outpaces their preventive costs.
The safety and water quality that is so important to recreational uses, landowners, and local economies is imperiled through this blatant disregard of
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