General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5686
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1980
*01980*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5686
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1980
*01980*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF LAND SWAPS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amend to prohibit the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Agriculture, any municipality and any land conservation organization from approving any proposal for the swap of land that has been conserved as open space or farmland unless the land that the state, municipality or organization, as applicable, will receive as a result of such swap is of greater ecological value than such conserved property. Additionally, prior to entering an agreement for any such land swap, the applicable commissioner, municipality or land conservation organization shall be required to provide public notice of the intended swap to the residents of the town in which such conserved property is located and shall hold a public hearing on such proposed land swap in the town in which such conserved property is located.
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the swapping of land that has been conserved as open space or farmland unless the land to be received in such swap is of greater ecological value and to provide for public notice and comment prior to any legal agreement to undertake such land swap.