Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05202 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/11/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5202
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 707
Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
REP. CHAPIN, 67th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5202 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 707

Referred to Committee on Environment 

Introduced by:

REP. CHAPIN, 67th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR FARMLAND PRESERVATION.

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

That the State Bond Commission be empowered to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in accordance with section 22-26hh of the general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate twenty million dollars, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of farmland preservation.

Statement of Purpose: 

To authorize the issuance of bonds for farmland preservation.