General Assembly Raised Bill No. 305
February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1638
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Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 305
February Session, 2010
LCO No. 1638
*01638_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD )
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PRESERVATION OF STONE WALLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) Any municipality may, upon approval by its legislative body, or, in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, establish an ordinance to provide for the preservation and maintenance of stone walls. As used in this section, "municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) Any municipality may, upon approval by its legislative body or in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, abate the property taxes due for any tax year or the interest on delinquent taxes with respect to property containing a stone wall preserved or maintained in accordance with an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 1 of this act. As used in this section, "municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2010 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2010 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2010
New section
Sec. 2
July 1, 2010
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To protect the character of municipalities in the state by providing for the preservation of stone walls.
[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.]