Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05710 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5710
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2539
 *02539*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5710 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2539

*02539*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO SEEK ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITIONS AGAINST PERSONS ENCROACHING ON STATE-OWNED OPEN SPACE .

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

That section 52-560a of the general statutes be amended to authorize the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to go to court to seek enforcement of prohibitions on persons encroaching on state-owned open space. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To authorize the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in addition to the Attorney General, to seek enforcement of laws concerning encroaching on state-owned open space.