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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6642
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 5476
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF ACCESS TO M UNICIPAL-
OWNED BEACHES AND PA RKS ADJACENT TO MARINE OR TIDAL
WATERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Energy and 1
Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 2
Management shall jointly conduct a study of access by members of the 3
public to beaches and parks adjacent to marine or tidal waters that are 4
owned or otherwise controlled by any municipality or other political 5
subdivision of the state. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, 6
an examination of (1) any ordinances, regulations or other rules enacted 7
or enforced by any such municipality or political subdivision that limit 8
access to any such beach or park based on residency of any potential 9
visitor, and (2) any fees or other means of limiting access that disparately 10
impact any such potential visitor based on residency. 11
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the commissioner and the secretary 12
shall submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 13
having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and planning 14
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and development, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 15
the general statutes, (1) a report on the findings of such study, and (2) 16
recommendations for legislation to address potential concerns 17
identified in such study regarding access by members of the public to 18
such beaches and parks. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To conduct a study of access to municipal-owned beaches and parks
adjacent to marine or tidal waters.
[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.]