Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06314 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/20/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6314
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2569
 *02569*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. REYES, 75th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6314 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2569

*02569*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. REYES, 75th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL TREE REMOVAL.

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

That the general statutes be amended to reconcile the provisions of sections 23-65 and 16-234 of the general statutes by providing that section 23-65 of the general statutes applies to municipal trees and section 16-234 of the general statutes applies to trees of private landowners.

Statement of Purpose: 

To clarify existing tree stewardship laws and preserve public notice of municipal tree removal.