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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 73
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 4749
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT TRANSFERRING OVERSIGHT OF FARMING ON STATE -
OWNED LAND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) Notwithstanding any 1
provision of the general statutes, any farming that occurs on any state-2
owned property, including, but not limited to, any property under the 3
care, custody or control of the Department of Energy and 4
Environmental Protection, shall be overseen by the Department of 5
Agriculture. Any lease agreement for any such farming shall, upon 6
renewal of such lease agreement, be entered into between the 7
Department of Agriculture and the respective lessor. 8
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To transfer oversight of certain farming activities from the Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection to the Department of
Agriculture.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. HARDING, 30th Dist.
S.B. 73