Sec. 28-1k. Designation of security zone re liquefied natural gas terminal: Recommendations; approval; notice; hearing; vote; notification.
Sec. 28-1k. Designation of security zone re liquefied natural gas terminal: Recommendations; approval; notice; hearing; vote; notification. (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland
Security, shall make written recommendations to the federal government regarding the
designation of a security zone in relation to a liquefied natural gas terminal located or
proposed to be located on Long Island Sound that will impact Connecticut waters or
land, and shall submit such recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
in accordance with section 11-4a.
(b) The Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and public safety shall approve
the designation of a security zone in relation to a liquefied natural gas terminal located
or proposed to be located on Long Island Sound that will impact Connecticut waters or
land prior to such designation by the federal government taking effect.
(c) The Attorney General shall file, in writing, notice of the federal government's
designation of such a security zone with the clerks of the House of Representatives and
the Senate and the office of the Governor.
(d) Not later than five days after receiving such notice, the clerks of the House of
Representatives and the Senate shall refer the notice to the joint standing committees
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and the
environment. The committees shall hold a joint public hearing regarding such notice
not later than thirty days after receiving the notice. Not later than five days after the
hearing, the committees shall each (1) hold a roll-call vote to approve or reject the notice,
and (2) forward the notice and a record of the committee's vote to the General Assembly.
(e) Not later than fifteen days after receiving such notice the General Assembly
may approve or reject the notice. The notice shall be approved in whole, by a majority
vote of each house. If one house fails to approve, the notice shall be rejected. If the
General Assembly fails to vote during such fifteen-day period, the notice shall be deemed
rejected. If the notice is submitted when the General Assembly is not in session, the
notice shall be deemed rejected if the General Assembly fails to convene to consider
the notice by the thirtieth day after it receives the notice from the committee. The clerks
of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall notify the federal government, in
writing, by registered mail of any approval or rejection pursuant to this subsection.
(f) The Governor shall approve or reject the notice of the federal government's
designation of such a security zone, and shall notify the federal government, in writing,
by registered mail of such approval or rejection.
(P.A. 07-94, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 07-94 effective July 1, 2007.