LCO No. 727 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5307 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 727 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING THE SEPARATION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to separate the functions of 1 the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from the functions of the 2 Department of Environmental Protection. 3 Statement of Purpose: To enable PURA and the Department of Environmental Protection to focus on issues separately in order to be able to prioritize those respective issues.