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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 117
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1632
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE
REPLACEMENT OF AN ABANDONED RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER THE
HOP RIVER AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTI -USE TRAIL IN
HOP RIVER STATE PARK IN COLUMBIA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the State Bond Commission be empowered to authorize the 1
issuance of bonds of the state in accordance with section 3-20 of the 2
general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate 3
two million two hundred thousand dollars, the proceeds of which shall 4
be used by the Department of Economic and Community 5
Development for the purpose of providing a grant-in-aid to the town 6
of Columbia for the replacement of an abandoned railroad bridge over 7
the Hop River, including a pedestrian bridge, and the construction of 8
four thousand four hundred feet of a multi-use trail as part of the East 9
Coast Greenway system in Hop River State Park. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To provide funding for the replacement of an abandoned railroad
bridge over the Hop River, including a pedestrian bridge, and the Proposed Bill No. 117
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construction of four thousand four hundred feet of a multi-use trail as
part of the East Coast Greenway system in Hop River State Park in
Columbia.