Sentence Correction

166. Nine months after the county banned jet skis and other water bikes from the tranquil waters of Puget Sound, a judge overturned the ban on the ground of violating state laws for allowing the use of personal watercraft on common waterways.
A. of violating state laws for allowing
B. of their violating state laws to allow
C. that it violates state laws that allowed
D. that it violated state laws allowing
E. that state laws were being violated allowing



i'm stuck between c and d.

I felt D would be the best choice.

can you explain why?

I think D is the correct answer.
A and B are eliminated because on the gound of is idiomatically incorrect. C is not consistent in the tesnse use.
E changes the meaning of the sentence so should be eliminated.

What is the OA?

Ans is D

overturned .... it violated .....

D IS CORRECT ! 8)