Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05986 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5986
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1786
 *01786*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5986 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1786

*01786*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

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

That title 8 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the state and municipalities from exercising the use of eminent domain for commercial purposes.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit the state and municipalities from exercising the use of eminent domain for commercial purposes.