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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5308
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 527
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. D'AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ALONG STATE
HIGHWAYS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Require the Department 1
of Transportation to develop guidelines on managing vegetation and 2
removing trees along limited access highways which shall include a 3
requirement that such guidelines be reviewed and approved by a 4
licensed arborist, updated as needed, and posted on the department's 5
web site, (2) require said department to provide a copy of such 6
guidelines to the General Assembly's environment and transportation 7
committees, (3) exempt from such guidelines trees or vegetation or a 8
Department of Transportation construction project that poses an 9
immediate public hazard, and (4) require the Department of 10
Transportation to report annually, by May first, the amount of money 11
it has allocated for vegetation management for the remainder of the 12
calendar year to the General Assembly's environment and finance, 13
revenue and bonding committees. 14 Proposed Bill No. 5308
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the disclosure of certain information prior to the removal of
trees along limited access highways.