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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5059
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 36
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A PROPERTY OWNER'S LIABILITY FOR THE
EXPENSES OF REMOVING A FALLEN TREE OR TREE LIMB.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to impose liability on the owner 1
of real property for the expenses of removing a tree or limb from a tree 2
located on such real property that falls on adjoining private real 3
property, provided an arborist, as defined in section 23-61a of the 4
general statutes, inspected the tree or tree limb and documented that 5
such tree or tree limb was dead, hazardous or likely to fall on an 6
adjoining private property's land. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To impose liability on an owner of private real property for the expenses
of removing a tree or tree limb located on such real property that falls
on adjoining private real property.