Bill Text: CT HB05602 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Property Owner's Liability For The Expenses Of Removing A Fallen Tree Or Limb.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-27 - File Number 746 [HB05602 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05602-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5602
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 1109
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A REAL PROPERTY OWNER'S LIABILITY FOR THE EXPENSES OF REMOVING A FALLEN TREE OR LIMB.

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

That the general statutes be amended to impose liability on the owner of real property for the expenses of removing a tree or tree limb located on the property that falls on neighboring private real property, provided an arborist, as defined in section 23-61a of the general statutes, inspected the tree or tree limb and documented that such tree or tree limb was dead, hazardous or likely to fall on neighboring private real property.

Statement of Purpose:

To impose liability on an owner of private real property for the expenses of removing a tree or tree limb located on such property that falls on neighboring private real property.