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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1060
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E REGULATION OF STORMWATER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than February 1, 2020, in 1
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 2
the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 3
submit recommendations to the joint standing committee of the 4
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the 5
environment concerning: (1) Any revisions to the state's requirements 6
for municipalities pursuant to the municipal separate storm sewer 7
system general permit, (2) methods for reducing any fiscal burdens for 8
municipalities that are associated with complying with such 9
stormwater general permit requirements, (3) best practices for the 10
effective management of stormwater by municipalities, regardless of 11
whether such practices are required pursuant to such stormwater 12
general permit, and (4) the establishment or utilization of funding 13
sources for municipalities to both employ such best practices and to 14
meet the requirements of the stormwater general permit. 15 Raised Bill No. 1060
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the submission of recommendations concerning the
requirements of stormwater regulation pursuant to the MS4 permit
and the availability of funding sources for the implementation of best
practices concerning the management of stormwater by municipalities.
[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.]