Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00060 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Committee Bill No. 60
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2439
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT AND PERMITTING DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
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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. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish staffing levels for the Department of Environmental Protection that enable the department to fully perform all of the department's permitting and enforcement responsibilities in a timely and responsive manner. Not later than February 1, 2012, the commissioner shall provide the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment with a written copy of such staffing levels.
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3636 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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46+To require certain staffing levels within the Department of Environmental Protection that will enable the agency to improve critical services to the regulated community and the citizens of this state.
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48+[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.]
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52+Co-Sponsors: SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.
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