Bill Text: CT SB00217 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Bureau Of Aquaculture To Study And Develop A Plan To Open New Shellfish Beds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-21 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [SB00217 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00217-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 217
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 990
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE BUREAU OF AQUACULTURE TO STUDY AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO OPEN NEW SHELLFISH BEDS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require the Bureau of Aquaculture within the Department of Agriculture to study and develop a plan to open new shellfish beds when such beds have been tested and determined to be safe.

Statement of Purpose:

To expand employment opportunities in the shellfish industry by expediting the opening of new shellfish beds.