Sec. 22a-318. (Formerly Sec. 25-106). Watershed soil conservation, flood prevention, conservation programs. Definitions.
Sec. 22a-318. (Formerly Sec. 25-106). Watershed soil conservation, flood prevention, conservation programs. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-318 to 22a-322,
inclusive, "works of improvement" means any undertaking for: (a) Flood prevention,
including structural, nonstructural and land-treatment measures, (b) the conservation,
development, utilization and disposal of water, including fish and wildlife or recreational
developments, or (c) any multiple purpose or open space use and access thereto for
any of the aforementioned uses, in watershed or subwatershed areas not exceeding two
hundred and fifty thousand acres and not including any single structure which provides
more than five thousand acre-feet of flood water detention capacity, and more than
twenty-five thousand acre-feet of total capacity. The Commissioner of Environmental
Protection is authorized to act as a "local organization", as that term is defined in Public
Law 566, 83rd Congress, as amended, for the purpose of cooperating with the Secretary
of Agriculture in planning and carrying out any of the works of improvement authorized
by said Public Law 566, as amended.
(November, 1955, S. N172; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 79; 218, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1963, P.A. 365; 1971,
P.A. 872, S. 124; P.A. 81-136, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural
resources; 1961 act dropped "conservation" from commissioner's title; 1963 act made specific reference to conservation,
use, etc. of fish, wildlife and to recreational developments and to "multiple purpose or open space land use"; 1971 act
replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 81-136
amended the definition of "works of improvement" to include nonstructural measures for flood prevention; Sec. 25-106
transferred to Sec. 22a-318 in 1983.