Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06404 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6404
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2492
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44 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
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66 REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 6404
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 2492
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2222 REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING A THOUSAND ACRES BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to establish the Thousand Acres Brownfield Cleanup Campaign to identify, remediate, repurpose and market brownfields in the state. Additionally, (1) seventy-five million dollars in bonds shall be authorized each year for the next ten years to meet the purposes and goals of the Thousand Acres Campaign, provided up to eight million dollars shall be used for the remediation and certification of the former Norwich Hospital property, (2) the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall establish a working group of business owners, legislators and agency staff to identify the properties to be included in the Thousand Acres Campaign, and (3) the first five plus program shall be terminated.
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3232 To establish the Thousand Acres Brownfield Cleanup Campaign to remediate, repurpose and market existing brownfields and ensure that future economic development funds are not devoted to the first five plus program.