Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05878 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5878
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1301
 *01301*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5878 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1301

*01301*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FINES ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLATION OF THE STATE'S RUNNING BAMBOO LAW.

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

That the general statutes be amended to establish a fine of one hundred dollars per day for any person who violates the state's running bamboo law and to enable municipalities to assess such fine and retain fifty per cent of any such fines. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide for local enforcement of the state's running bamboo law.