| 27 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) Notwithstanding any 1 |
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| 28 | | - | provision of the general statutes, the Department of Energy and 2 |
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| 29 | | - | Environmental Protection shall establish a permit that authorizes any 3 |
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| 30 | | - | resident living in a flood zone to lay up to ten thousand cubic yards of 4 |
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| 31 | | - | landscaping fill around the foundation of such resident's dwelling per 5 |
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| 32 | | - | year. 6 |
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| 33 | | - | (b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 7 |
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| 34 | | - | adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 8 |
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| 35 | | - | general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section. 9 |
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| 36 | | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) Notwithstanding any 10 |
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| 37 | | - | provision of the general statutes, the Department of Revenue Services 11 |
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| 38 | | - | shall establish an income tax deduction for the cost of installing 12 |
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| 39 | | - | landscaping fill, as described in section 1 of this act. 13 |
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| 40 | | - | Committee Bill No. 58 |
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| 26 | + | That the general statutes be amended to require (1) the Department 1 |
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| 27 | + | of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish a permit that 2 |
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| 28 | + | authorizes a resident living in a flood zone to lay up to ten thousand 3 |
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| 29 | + | cubic yards of landscaping fill around the foundation of their dwelling 4 |
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| 30 | + | per year; (2) the Department of Revenue Services to establish a tax 5 |
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| 31 | + | deduction for the cost of such landscaping fill; and (3) the Department 6 |
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| 32 | + | of Transportation to establish a grant program for road raising to 7 |
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| 33 | + | support climate resiliency whereby grants will be made available to 8 |
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| 34 | + | municipalities for climate resiliency projects that also meet the 9 |
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| 35 | + | requirements for the Local Capital Improvement Program. 10 |
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| 36 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 37 | + | To authorize the placement of landscape fill in flood zones and create a |
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| 38 | + | tax deduction for such flood prevention measures as well as a grant Proposed Bill No. 58 |
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| 45 | | - | (b) The Commissioner of Revenue Services may adopt regulations, in 14 |
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| 46 | | - | accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to 15 |
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| 47 | | - | implement the provisions of this section. 16 |
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| 48 | | - | Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) Notwithstanding any 17 |
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| 49 | | - | provision of the general statutes, the Department of Transportation shall 18 |
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| 50 | | - | establish a grant program for road raising to support climate resiliency, 19 |
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| 51 | | - | that provides grants to municipalities for climate resiliency projects that 20 |
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| 52 | | - | also meet the requirements for local capital improvement projects. 21 |
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| 53 | | - | (b) The Commissioner of Transportation may adopt regulations, in 22 |
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| 54 | | - | accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to 23 |
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| 55 | | - | implement the provisions of this section. 24 |
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| 56 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 57 | | - | sections: |
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| 59 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section |
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| 60 | | - | Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 New section |
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| 61 | | - | Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 New section |
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| 62 | | - | |
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| 63 | | - | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 64 | | - | To authorize the placement of landscape fill in flood zones and create a |
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| 65 | | - | tax deduction for such flood prevention measures as well as a grant |
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