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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 392
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2213
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE
REPLACEMENT OF AN ABANDONED RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER THE
HOP RIVER AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTI -USE TRAIL IN
HOP RIVER STATE PARK IN COLUMBIA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the State Bond Commission be empowered to authorize the 1
issuance of bonds of the state in accordance with section 3-20 of the 2
general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate 3
two million two hundred thousand dollars, the proceeds of which shall 4
be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development 5
for the purpose of providing a grant-in-aid to the town of Columbia for 6
the replacement of an abandoned railroad bridge over the Hop River 7
with a pedestrian bridge, and the construction of four thousand four 8
hundred feet of a multi-use trail as part of the East Coast Greenway 9
system in Hop River State Park. 10 Proposed Bill No. 392
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Statement of Purpose:
To finance various improvements to Hop River State Park in the town
of Columbia.