General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5422
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3194
*03194HB05422ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5422
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3194
*03194HB05422ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE USE OF NATURAL ALTERNATIVES TO MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE FOR MELTING ICE ON STATE HIGHWAYS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall develop and implement a plan to eliminate the use of magnesium chloride on any state highway, as defined in section 13a-1 of the general statutes. Such plan shall require the elimination of such use by not later than July 1, 2022, and provide for the use of natural alternatives to magnesium chloride for the purpose of melting ice on such state highways, as identified by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the use of natural alternatives to magnesium chloride for melting ice on state highways.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. SIEGRIST, 36th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. SIEGRIST, 36th Dist.
H.B. 5422