Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00166 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 166
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 694
Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 166 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 694

Referred to Committee on Education 

Introduced by:

SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING CELLULAR AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TOWERS AT SCHOOLS.

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

That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit local zoning or other land use agencies or local and regional boards of education from permitting a developer of cellular and personal communication towers to locate such towers on or at a school building. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To protect school children from potentially adverse health effects of communications towers by prohibiting such towers from being located at or placed on a school building.