General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5344

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 346

 

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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING SITING COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 227a of the general statutes be amended to require the Siting Council to hold a public information session when construction of a project has not begun within three years of the Siting Council issuing a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need or determining no such certificate was necessary for such project.

Statement of Purpose:

To keep the public updated on the status of projects.