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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1498
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PARK REPLACEMENT STATUTE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-131n of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
If any municipality takes, converts or repurposes any land, including, 3
but not limited to, any land in such municipality's possession, for 4
highway or other nonpark or nonopen space purposes, which land was 5
purchased or acquired for park or other recreational or open space 6
purposes, or for which bonds were issued for such purposes, or which 7
had been dedicated for such purposes, such municipality shall provide 8
comparable replacement land at least equal in value and per unit area 9
size to the value and per unit area size of the land taken, converted or 10
repurposed; provided before such municipality takes, converts or 11
repurposes such land for highway or other nonpark or nonopen space 12
purposes it shall hold a public hearing in addition to any public hearing 13
required by section 13a-58 or by any other section of the general statutes 14
or by any special act or city charter. At such public hearing and in the 15
notice thereof, the municipality shall set forth the description of the land 16 Raised Bill No. 1498
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proposed to be taken, converted or repurposed and the proposed use of 17
such land, any reasons for the proposed taking, conversion or 18
repurposing of the parkland, recreational space or open space rather 19
than other land and the description of the replacement land to be 20
provided. The municipality shall give notice of the time and place of 21
such hearing by publication in a newspaper having a substantial 22
circulation in such municipality, such notice to be given at least twice, 23
at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than fifteen days 24
nor less than ten days and the second not less than two days before such 25
hearing and such hearing shall be held within a period of not more than 26
thirty and not less than fifteen days after any other public hearing 27
required by section 13a-58 or by any other section of the general statutes. 28
For purposes of this section "municipality" means any town, city or 29
borough, or other political subdivision of the state. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 7-131n
ENV Joint Favorable