Bill Text: CT SB00079 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Clarifying Provisions Of The General Statutes Regarding The Use Of Properly Installed And Constructed Barrier Systems For Certain Plantings.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-10 - File Number 29 [SB00079 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00079-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 79*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 714
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CLARIFYING PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES REGARDING THE USE OF PROPERLY INSTALLED AND CONSTRUCTED BARRIER SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN PLANTINGS.

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

Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 22a-381e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(c) No person shall plant running bamboo or allow running bamboo to be planted on his or her property at a location that is forty feet or less from any abutting property or public right-of-way. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined one hundred dollars. In the case of a continuing violation, each day of continuance shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense until such time as such bamboo is removed. [or contained by a properly installed and constructed barrier system.]