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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5626
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1358
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. PALM, 36th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ERADICATION OF HYDRILLA IN THE
STATE'S WATERWAYS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish a fund for the 1
development of a coordinated management plan for eradicating 2
hydrilla in the state's waterways, including the creation of a task force 3
to develop such a plan and the possible use of benthic barriers, 4
mechanical harvesting, conservative biological controls and suction 5
guns to accomplish such eradication. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent the spread of invasive plants like hydrilla in the state's
waterways.