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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2349 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 466 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2349 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | SEN. KASSER, 36th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. MESKERS, 150th Dist. | |
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20 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT BY THE | |
21 | 21 | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. | |
22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of 1 | |
26 | 26 | Transportation to manage vegetation along highways and railroad 2 | |
27 | 27 | corridors to curtail unnecessary tree pruning and removal and to 3 | |
28 | 28 | prohibit the use of clear cutting in lieu of vegetation management and 4 | |
29 | 29 | conserve urban and edge forests through adherence to guidelines 5 | |
30 | 30 | developed to accomplish such goals. 6 | |
31 | 31 | Statement of Purpose: | |
32 | 32 | To protect both the state's infrastructure and the state's green | |
33 | 33 | infrastructure while contributing to the accomplishment of the state's | |
34 | 34 | climate goals. |