Bill Text: CT SB00363 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Department Of Energy And Environmental Protection To Conduct A Study Of Private Property Owners' Water Rights.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Public Hearing 02/27 [SB00363 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00363-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 3912 | ||
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS' WATER RIGHTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall conduct a study of private property owners' water rights in the state. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of a private property owner's rights to the groundwater located on such property and the superiority of any such right, if any, to the right of any other person, authority, corporation, municipality or state to utilize such groundwater. Not later than February 1, 2016, and in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, the commissioner shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment, public health and energy and technology. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, any recommended legislation to clarify such rights if such study determines that the nature of such rights is not defined or that the superiority of any such rights is not otherwise established.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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Statement of Purpose:
To require a study of private property owners' water rights with particular examination of such owners' groundwater rights.
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