Bill Text: CT HB05498 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Submission Of Certain Development And Maintenance Plans To The West Rock Ridge State Park Advisory Council.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Public Hearing 02/03 [HB05498 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05498-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 3262 | ||
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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AN ACT CONCERNING SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLANS TO THE WEST ROCK RIDGE STATE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 23-9b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall review the West Rock Ridge conservation area established in special act 75-80, as amended by special acts 76-47 and 77-49, and the West Rock Ridge conservation area supplement established in special act 79-92, and shall designate, within said areas, certain parcels for priority acquisition by the state.
(b) The commissioner shall cause to be recorded on the land records of the appropriate town for each such priority parcel a notice of the requirements and restrictions on such parcels contained in special act 75-80, as amended by special acts 76-47 and 77-49 and special act 79-92, including the requirement that each owner of any such property notify the commissioner of any transfer, development or change in use, including proposals for a change in use which necessitate the approval of any state or local board or agency. On or before ninety days after such recordation, the commissioner shall send, by registered mail, return receipt requested, a copy of the notice, together with a statement as to where the notice was filed, to the property owner at his last-known address.
(c) Prior to undertaking any action to alter the: (1) Boundaries, (2) development, (3) maintenance, or (4) passive or active recreational use of the West Rock Ridge Conservation area established in special act 75-80, as amended by special acts 76-47 and 77-49, or the West Rock Ridge conservation area supplement established in special act 79-92, including, but not limited to, providing for the removal, planting, pruning or altering of any tree, shrub or wildlife in such area or supplement, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall submit plans for such proposed action to the West Rock Ridge state park advisory council, established in subsection (b) of section 8 of special act 75-80, for such advisory council's review and approval.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
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23-9b |
Statement of Purpose:
To clarify the oversight responsibilities of the West Rock Ridge state park advisory council.
[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.]