Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05478 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5478
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1618
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5478 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1618

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE-WIDE MORATORIUM FOR WATER DIVERSIONS AND REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE-WIDE WATER USE PLAN.

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

That the general statutes be amended to establish a state-wide moratorium on water diversions until a state-wide water use plan is developed and implemented.

Statement of Purpose: 

To responsibly authorize water diversions in accordance with a state-wide water use plan.