Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05064 Compare Versions

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5		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5064
6		-	January Session, 2025
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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5064
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12		-	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A GRANT PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL
13		-	PRESERVATION AND FARMLAND ACCESS PURPOSES.
	11	+	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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	14	+	Introduced by:
	15	+	(ENV)
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	19	+	AN ACT CONCERNING AN OPTION TO PURCHASE RESTRICTED
	20	+	AGRICULTURAL LANDS AT AGRICULTURAL VALUE.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) The Department of 1
18	25		Agriculture, within available appropriations, may establish and 2
19	26		administer a grant program for the purpose of providing grants to hold 3
20	27		land for agricultural preservation purposes by any: (1) Agricultural not-4
21	28		for-profit organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 5
22	29		Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal 6
23	30		revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time; (2) 7
24	31		municipality; (3) group of municipalities; (4) regional council of 8
25	32		governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-9
26	33		124p, inclusive, of the general statutes; or (5) group of municipalities 10
27	34		that have established a regional interlocal agreement pursuant to 11
28	35		sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, of the general statutes. In carrying 12
29		-	out such purpose, any such grant may be expended for ~~developing~~ 13
30		-	~~farmland access and affordability programs,~~ ~~other than~~ such ~~programs~~ 14
31		-	that ~~may exist as of the effective date of this section.  No grant recipient~~ 15
32		-	~~shall utilize a grant distributed pursuant~~ to ~~such program~~ for ~~any~~ 16
33		-	~~purpose that conflicts with the preservation of farmland~~, ~~as set forth in~~ 17
34		-	~~chapter 422 of the general statutes. 18 Substitute~~ Bill No. 5064
	36	+	out such purpose, any such grant may be expended for any of the 13
	37	+	following uses: (A) The acquisition of options to purchase land at such 14
	38	+	land's agricultural use value, (B) purchasing any interest in land that 15
	39	+	requires such land to be restricted for agricultural use, or (C) developing 16
	40	+	farmland access and affordability programs, other than such programs 17
	41	+	Committee Bill No. 5064
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	46	+	that may exist as of the effective date of this section.  No grant recipient 18
	47	+	shall utilize a grant distributed pursuant to such program for any 19
	48	+	purpose that conflicts with the preservation of farmland, as set forth in 20
	49	+	chapter 422 of the general statutes. 21
39	50		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
40	51		sections:
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42	53		Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
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44		-	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
	55	+	Statement of Purpose:
	56	+	To encourage and provide for the retention of agricultural lands for
	57	+	agricultural purposes.
	58	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	59	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	60	+	underlined.]
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	62	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist.; REP. BUMGARDNER, 41st Dist.
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	64	+	H.B. 5064
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