Bill Text: CT HB05526 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring A Permit For Certain Commercial Projects That Involve Quarrying.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Signed by the Governor [HB05526 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05526-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 5526
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 4006
		*04006HB05526ENV*
Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ON PROPERTY THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN WOODLANDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish a permitting program for any commercial or residential development project proposed on a parcel of property that contains two hundred acres or more of undeveloped woodlands. Such permitting program shall require any person who seeks to construct a commercial or residential development project on a parcel of property that contains two hundred acres or more of undeveloped woodlands to submit to the commissioner a statement of the environmental compatibility of such development project with the nature of such woodlands and all neighboring properties. Additionally, such applicant shall submit a statement to the commissioner indicating why such parcel of property is the most suitable parcel for such development project. Any person who seeks to construct a commercial or residential development project on a parcel of property that contains two hundred acres or more of undeveloped woodlands shall obtain a permit from the commissioner prior to commencing any work on such development.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require a state issued permit prior to the construction of a commercial or residential development project on certain woodlands.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

Co-Sponsors:

REP. DAVIS P., 117th Dist.

H.B. 5526