Bill Text: CT SB00143 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 143 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Outdoor Wood-burning Furnaces.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [SB00143 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00143-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 143*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1453
		01453
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. LINARES, 33^rd Dist. (By Request)

AN ACT CONCERNING OUTDOOR WOOD-BURNING FURNACES.

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

That section 22a-174k of the general statutes be amended to provide that existing outdoor wood-burning furnaces that fail to meet current state standards cannot be operated between May sixteenth and September thirtieth of each year unless such furnaces are located at least five hundred feet from the nearest dwelling.

Statement of Purpose:

To improve air quality by banning the use of noncompliant outdoor wood-burning furnaces during certain times of the year.