Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06443 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/20/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6443
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2656
 *02656*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6443 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2656

*02656*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A PROPERTY OWNER'S LIABILITY FOR EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMOVAL OF A TREE OR TREE LIMBS THAT FALL ON NEIGHBORING PRIVATE REAL PROPERTY.

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

That the general statutes be amended to impose liability on the owner of real property for the expenses of removing a tree or limb from a tree located on such property that falls on adjoining private real property, provided an arborist, as defined in section 23-61a of the general statutes, inspected the tree or tree limb and documented that such tree or tree limb was dead, hazardous or likely to fall on an adjoining private property's land.

Statement of Purpose: 

To impose liability on an owner of private real property for the expenses of removing a tree or tree limb located on such property that falls on neighboring private real property.