| 4 | 4 | | HB.docx |
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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6429 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 5562 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (ENV) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM FOR |
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| 21 | 21 | | MUNICIPALITIES COMBA TING GYPSY MOTH AND EMERALD ASH |
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| 22 | 22 | | BORER INFESTATIONS. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 24 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The Secretary of the Office of 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Policy and Management shall establish a grant-in-aid program for 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | municipalities that have documented infestations of gypsy moths or 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | emerald ash borers and that have incurred or are projected to incur 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | expenses: (1) In excess of such municipality's customary budgeted 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | expenses for tree removal required to preserve public safety and 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | health, or (2) for gypsy moth or emerald ash borer suppression 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | programs. The secretary may establish criteria for the award of any 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | such grants-in-aid and the manner and form of application for such 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | grants-in-aid. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Protection and the Director of the Connecticut Agricultural 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Experiment Station shall consult with the secretary to identify 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | additional sources of funding for such program, including, but not 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | limited to, any available federal funds. 14 Committee Bill No. 6429 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO 5562 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06429- |
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