Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05311 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/15/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5311
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 869
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5311 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 869

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TO ENTER INTO COMPLIANCE AGREEMENTS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER.

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

That the general statutes be amended to authorize the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station to enter into compliance agreements with state residents, businesses and applicable federal agencies to prevent the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in the state.

Statement of Purpose: 

To authorize the use of compliance agreements to assist in the prevention of the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer.