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5		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5013
	4	+	LCO No. 3556 1 of 5
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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5013
6	7		January Session, 2025
	8	+	LCO No. 3556
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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	14	+	Introduced by:
	15	+	(ENV)
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10	19		AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST.
11	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	21		Assembly convened:
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14	23		Section 1. Section 22a-381d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
15	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
16	25		(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section and 3
17	26		notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a 4
18	27		municipality, no person shall import, move, sell, purchase, transplant, 5
19	28		cultivate or distribute any of the following invasive plants: (1) Curly 6
20	29		leaved Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus); (2) fanwort (Cabomba 7
21	30		caroliniana); (3) eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); (4) 8
22	31		variable water milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum); (5) water 9
23	32		chestnut (Trapa natans); (6) egeria (Egeria densa); (7) hydrilla (Hydrilla 10
24	33		verticillata); (8) common barberry (Berberis vulgaris); (9) autumn olive 11
25	34		(Elaeagnus umbellata); (10) Bell's honeysuckle (Lonicera xbella); (11) 12
26	35		amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii); (12) Morrow's honeysuckle 13
27	36		(Lonicera morrowii); (13) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica); 14
28	37		(14) multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); (15) Oriental bittersweet 15
29	38		(Celastrus orbiculatus); (16) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata); (17) 16
30	39		narrowleaf bittercress (Cardamine impatiens); (18) spotted knapweed 17
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	43	+	LCO No. 3556 2 of 5
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31	45		(Centaurea biebersteinii); (19) black swallow-wort (Cynanchum 18
32	46		louiseae); (20) pale swallow-wort (Cynanchum rossicum); (21) leafy 19
33		-	spurge (Euphorbia esula); (22) Dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis); (23) 20 Substitute Bill No. 5013
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36		-	LCO 2 of 4
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	47	+	spurge (Euphorbia esula); (22) Dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis); (23) 20
38	48		perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium); (24) Japanese knotweed 21
39	49		(Polygonum cuspidatum); (25) mile-a-minute vine (Polygonum 22
40	50		perfoliatum); (26) fig buttercup (Ranunculus ficaria); (27) coltsfoot 23
41	51		(Tussilago farfara); (28) Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum); 24
42	52		(29) common reed (Phragmites australis); (30) sycamore maple (Acer 25
43	53		pseudoplatanus); (31) princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa); (32) white 26
44	54		poplar (Populus alba); (33) false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa); (34) 27
45	55		Russian olive (Eleagnus angustifolia); (35) wineberry (Rubus 28
46	56		phoenicolasius); (36) kudzu (Pueraria montana); (37) Canada thistle 29
47	57		(Cirsium arvense); (38) jimsonweed (Datura stramonium); (39) crested 30
48	58		late-summer mint (Elsholtzia ciliata); (40) Cypress spurge (Euphorbia 31
49	59		cyparissias); (41) slender snake cotton (Froelichia gracilis); (42) ground 32
50	60		ivy (Glechoma hederacea); (43) giant hogweed (Heracleum 33
51	61		mantegazzianum); (44) Japanese hops (Humulus japonicus); (45) 34
52	62		ornamental jewelweed (Impatiens glanulifera); (46) common kochia 35
53	63		(Kochia scoparia); (47) ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi); (48) Scotch 36
54	64		thistle (Onopordum acanthium); (49) bristle knotweed (Polygonum 37
55	65		caespitosum); (50) giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinense); (51) 38
56	66		sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella); (52) ragwort (Senecio jacobaea); (53) 39
57	67		cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum); (54) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum 40
58	68		dulcamara); (55) garden heliotrope (Valeriana officinalis); (56) hairy 41
59	69		jointgrass (Arthraxon hispidus); (57) drooping brome-grass (Bromus 42
60	70		tectorum); (58) Japanese sedge (Carex kobomugi); (59) reed managrass 43
61	71		(Glyceria maxima); (60) Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa); [and] (61) 44
62	72		tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); and (62) star of Bethlehem 45
63	73		(Ornithogalum umbellatum). 46
64	74		(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section and 47
65	75		notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a 48
66	76		municipality, on or after October 1, 2005, no person shall import, move, 49
67	77		sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate or distribute any of the following 50
68	78		invasive plants: (A) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria); (B) forget-51
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69	84		me-not (Myosotis scorpioides); (C) Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera 52
70	85		japonica); (D) goutweed (Aegopodium podagraia); (E) flowering rush 53
71		-	(Butomus umbellatus); (F) pond water-starwort (Callitriche stagnalis); 54 Substitute Bill No. 5013
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	86	+	(Butomus umbellatus); (F) pond water-starwort (Callitriche stagnalis); 54
76	87		(G) European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia); (H) parrotfeather 55
77	88		(Myriophyllum aquaticum); (I) brittle water-nymph (Najas minor); (J) 56
78	89		American water lotus (Nelumbo lutea); (K) yellow floating heart 57
79	90		(Nymphoides peltata); (L) onerow yellowcress (Rorippa microphylla); 58
80	91		(M) watercress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum), except for watercress 59
81	92		sold for human consumption without its reproductive structure; (N) 60
82	93		giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta); (O) yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus); (P) 61
83	94		border privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium); (Q) tatarian honeysuckle 62
84	95		(Lonicera tatarica); (R) dwarf honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum); and (S) 63
85	96		garden loosetrife (Lysimachia vulgaris). 64
86	97		(2) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section and 65
87	98		notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a 66
88	99		municipality, on or after October 1, 2024, no person shall import, move, 67
89	100		sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate or distribute any of the following 68
90	101		invasive plants: (A) Porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata), (B) 69
91	102		mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), (C) quackgrass (Elymus repens), (D) 70
92	103		Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata), (E) Japanese wisteria (Wisteria 71
93	104		floribunda), and (F) Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis). 72
94	105		(3) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section and 73
95	106		notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a 74
96	107		municipality, on or after October 1, 2027, no person shall import, move, 75
97	108		sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate or distribute callery pear (Pyrus 76
98	109		calleryana). 77
99	110		(4) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section and 78
100	111		notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a 79
101	112		municipality, on or after October 1, 2028, no person shall import, move, 80
102	113		sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate or distribute any of the following 81
103		-	invasive plants: (A) Glossy buckthorn (frangula ~~alnus~~), (B) European 82
	114	+	invasive plants: (A) Glossy buckthorn (frangula almus), (B) European 82
104	115		buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), (C) reed canary grass (Phalaris 83
	116	+	Committee Bill No. 5013
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	119	+	LCO No. 3556 4 of 5
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105	121		arundinacea), (D) winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus), (E) European 84
106	122		privet (Ligustrum vulgare), (F) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), (G) 85
107	123		miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis), and (H) Japanese barberry (Berberis 86
108		-	thunbergii). 87 Substitute Bill No. 5013
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111		-	LCO 4 of 4
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	124	+	thunbergii). 87
113	125		(5) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section and 88
114	126		notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a 89
115	127		municipality, on or after October 1, 2030, no person shall import, move, 90
116	128		sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate or distribute Norway maple (Acer 91
117	129		platanoides). 92
118	130		(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, and 93
119	131		notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a 94
120	132		municipality, no person shall move, import, sell, purchase, transplant, 95
121	133		cultivate or distribute any reproductive portion of any invasive plant 96
122	134		listed in subsection (a) or (b) of this section. For the purposes of this 97
123	135		section, "reproductive portion" includes, but is not limited to, seeds, 98
124	136		flowers, roots and tubers. 99
125	137		(d) The provisions of subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section 100
126	138		shall not apply to the moving for eradication, research or educational 101
127	139		purposes of any invasive plant listed in subsection (a) or (b) of this 102
128	140		section or of any reproductive portion of such an invasive plant or to the 103
129	141		cultivating for research purposes of any such plant or reproductive 104
130	142		portion. 105
131	143		(e) [From July 1, 2009, until October 1, 2014, no] No municipality shall 106
132	144		adopt any ordinance regarding the retail sale or purchase of any 107
133	145		invasive plant. 108
134	146		(f) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be 109
135	147		fined not more than one hundred dollars per plant. 110
136	148		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
137	149		sections:
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139	151		Section 1 from passage 22a-381d
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141		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
142		-	In Subsec. (b)(4)(A), "almus" was changed to "alnus", for accuracy.
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144		-	ENV Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	155	+	LCO No. 3556 5 of 5
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	158	+	Statement of Purpose:
	159	+	To prohibit the sale, use and distribution of certain invasive plants in
	160	+	the state.
	161	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	162	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	163	+	underlined.]
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	165	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist.
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	167	+	H.B. 5013
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