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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 644 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 162 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 644 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | REP. RILEY, 46th Dist. |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN ACT CONCERNING MANAGEMENT OF RESERVATION LANDS |
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| 22 | 22 | | AND TRIBAL SERVICES. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 24 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 26 | | That the general statutes be amended to require that (1) a retaining 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | wall be built on the Schaghticoke reservation to rectify the flooding of 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | historical burial grounds, (2) a community well, septic system and 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | access road be built on the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot reservation to 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | allow for access and use of the reservation, (3) section 47-65 be amended 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to require that the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Protection, with the advice of the Indian Affairs Council, develop a care 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and management plan for reservation lands, which shall include, but 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | need not be limited to, a review of historical burial grounds to ensure 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | that such grounds are preserved and kept free of invasive species and 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | flood waters and a review of tribal services and utilities, including, but 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | not limited to, the adequacy of septic and drinking water systems, and 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) any proposed action by the Department of Energy and 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Environmental Protection on reservation lands be presented to the 14 Proposed Bill No. 162 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 644 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | appropriate tribal council for review. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 46 | 46 | | To require that (1) a retaining wall be built on the Schaghticoke |
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| 47 | 47 | | reservation, (2) a community well, septic system and access road be built |
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| 48 | 48 | | on the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot reservation, (3) the Commissioner of |
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| 49 | 49 | | Energy and Environmental Protection, with the advice of the Indian |
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| 50 | 50 | | Affairs Council, develop a care and management plan for reservation |
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| 51 | 51 | | lands, and (4) any changes to reservation lands proposed by the |
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| 52 | 52 | | Department of Energy and Environmental Protection be reviewed by |
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| 53 | 53 | | the appropriate tribal council. |
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