Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06320 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6320
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1302
 *01302*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist. REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6320 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1302

*01302*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FINES FOR RUNNING BAMBOO AND ENFORCEMENT OF RUNNING BAMBOO RESTRICTIONS BY MUNICIPALITIES.

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 each day that a violation of the state's running bamboo restrictions exists and that municipalities be authorized to enforce such restrictions and to retain fifty per cent of any fines associated with such enforcement. 

Statement of Purpose: 

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