Bill Text: CT HB05146 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5146 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Open Space Required To Be Set Aside By Land Developers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-07 - Public Hearing 02/13 [HB05146 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05146-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5146*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 288

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. HOVEY, 112^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN SPACE REQUIRED TO BE SET ASIDE BY LAND DEVELOPERS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require that any land which a land developer must set aside as open space pursuant to law be appropriate for passive recreational use and to further provide that such open space be developed for passive recreational use contiguous to any existing trail systems that may exist on such lands.

Statement of Purpose:

To require that open space set asides be useable for passive recreation use.