Sec. 22a-355. (Formerly Sec. 25-5e). Land sales by water companies. Commissioner's duties.
Sec. 22a-355. (Formerly Sec. 25-5e). Land sales by water companies. Commissioner's duties. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall study the
distribution of dedicated open space within the state in relation to proposed land sales
by water companies and shall assist in and, at the request of affected towns, coordinate
the public acquisition of water company owned lands.
(b) Upon filing of a water supply plan pursuant to section 25-32d, said commissioner
shall designate water utility lands which will contribute to recognized programs of the
department and shall recommend their acquisition to the General Assembly. Said commissioner shall also recommend the acquisition of water company lands when such
acquisition is less costly than the continued monitoring and enforcement of approved
sales or changes in use of such lands.
(c) Water utility lands acquired by the Department of Environmental Protection
shall be subject to Department of Public Health review and such lands, as restricted by
such review, shall be put into dedicated ownership and shall not be sold except by a
special act of the General Assembly.
(P.A. 77-456, S. 1; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 85-142, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A.
95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective
January 1, 1979; Sec. 25-5e transferred to Sec. 22a-355 in 1983; P.A. 85-142 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference
to forecast of land sales with reference to water supply plan; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with
department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 215 C. 616.
Cited. 3 CA 53.