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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6429
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5562
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING A GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM FOR
MUNICIPALITIES COMBA TING GYPSY MOTH AND EMERALD ASH
BORER INFESTATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The Secretary of the Office of 1
Policy and Management shall establish a grant-in-aid program for 2
municipalities that have documented infestations of gypsy moths or 3
emerald ash borers and that have incurred or are projected to incur 4
expenses: (1) In excess of such municipality's customary budgeted 5
expenses for tree removal required to preserve public safety and 6
health, or (2) for gypsy moth or emerald ash borer suppression 7
programs. The secretary may establish criteria for the award of any 8
such grants-in-aid and the manner and form of application for such 9
grants-in-aid. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 10
Protection and the Director of the Connecticut Agricultural 11
Experiment Station shall consult with the secretary to identify 12
additional sources of funding for such program, including, but not 13
limited to, any available federal funds. 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To assist municipalities with the costs associated with tree removal
and suppression programs resulting from gypsy moth and emerald
ash borer infestations.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.; REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
H.B. 6429