Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00120 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 120
22 February Session, 2010 LCO No. 667
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1212 February Session, 2010
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2424 AN ACT AUTHORIZING REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S GUIDANCE STATEMENTS AND POLICIES BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S REGULATION REVIEW COMMITTEE.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. Section 4-170 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (g) as follows (Effective October 1, 2010):
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3030 (NEW) (g) The committee may receive any petition, signed by no fewer than twenty-five persons, that claims a guidance statement or policy of the Department of Environmental Protection, when applied to each signer of such petition, constitutes a regulation, as defined in section 4-166. Not later than ninety days after receipt of any such petition, the committee may hold a public hearing to review such guidance statement or policy of the department and determine whether such guidance statement or policy constitutes a regulation, as defined in section 4-166. Following any such public hearing, the committee shall inform the Commissioner of Environmental Protection of its determination and make any recommendation to the commissioner that is consistent with such determination.
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3535 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
3636 Section 1 October 1, 2010 4-170
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48+To provide the regulated community with an opportunity to have the guidance statements and policies of the Department of Environmental Protection reviewed by the Regulation Review Committee of the General Assembly.
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