Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06321 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6321
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2276
 *02276*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6321 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2276

*02276*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING RUNNING BAMBOO.

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

That section 22a-381e of the general statutes be amended to prohibit persons from allowing running bamboo to spread within the forty-foot buffer zone, limit enforcement of such restrictions to municipal zoning officers and tree wardens and make all fines payable to the municipality that enforces such restrictions.

Statement of Purpose: 

To amend the state's running bamboo law to provide additional prohibitions and provide incentive for municipal enforcement of such law.