Title 23 — Title 23: Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees
10 chapters · 163 sections in this title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-4b Prohibition of use of cannabis on state lands or waters managed by department. Penalty.
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Sec. 23-4b. Prohibition of use of cannabis on state lands or waters managed by department. Penalty. The use of cannabis shall be prohibited on any state lands or waters managed by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Any person who violates such prohibition shal…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-4c Hazardous tree mitigation policy. Requirements. Tree replanting demonstration project. Report.
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Sec. 23-4c. Hazardous tree mitigation policy. Requirements. Tree replanting demonstration project. Report. (a) Not later than August 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop, finalize and publish on the Department of Energy and Environmental …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-4d State park hazardous tree removal report.
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Sec. 23-4d. State park hazardous tree removal report. Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4, to the joint standing committee of the …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5 Public reservations; supervision.
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Sec. 23-5. Public reservations; supervision. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall have charge and supervision of all lands acquired by the state, as public reservations, for the purposes of public recreation or the preservation of natural beauty or histor…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5a Natural area preserves. Declaration of policy.
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Sec. 23-5a. Natural area preserves. Declaration of policy. Connecticut is a state of relatively small area, undergoing rapid industrialization and rapid diminution of areas remaining in their natural condition. It is, therefore, declared to be the public policy that carefully sel…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5b Definitions.
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Sec. 23-5b. Definitions. As used in sections 23-5a to 23-5i, inclusive: (1) “Natural area” means an area of land or water, or land and water, containing, or potentially containing, plant or animal life or features of biological, scientific, educational, geological, paleontologica…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5c Natural area preserves system.
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Sec. 23-5c. Natural area preserves system. The commissioner shall establish a system of natural area preserves and shall have responsibility for selection, care, control, supervision and management of all natural area preserves within the system to the extent of the interest held…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5d Approval of preserve.
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Sec. 23-5d. Approval of preserve. (a) The commissioner may approve a natural area preserve only upon the recommendation of the Natural Area Preserves Advisory Committee and only after public hearing and upon notice. The notice required by this section shall set forth the substanc…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5e Alienation.
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Sec. 23-5e. Alienation. (a) An area designated as a natural area preserve is declared to be put to its highest, best and most important use for public benefit and no interest therein owned by the state shall be alienated or put to any use other than as a natural area preserve, ex…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5f Advisory committee.
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Sec. 23-5f. Advisory committee. Section 23-5f is repealed. (1969, P.A. 727, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 164; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5g Cooperation with federal agencies.
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Sec. 23-5g. Cooperation with federal agencies. The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any federal governmental agency in carrying out any provisions of sections 23-5a to 23-5i, inclusive. (1969, P.A. 727, S. 7; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 165.) History: 1971 act replaced referen…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5h Acquisition of property.
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Sec. 23-5h. Acquisition of property. The commissioner is authorized to acquire real property or any interest therein for natural area preserves by purchase, gift or devise. The commissioner is authorized to accept any gift or bequest of money or other personal property to be used…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-5i Responsibility of other public authorities.
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Sec. 23-5i. Responsibility of other public authorities. Nothing in sections 23-5a to 23-5i, inclusive, shall limit any other duly appointed public authority from exercising responsibility related to the suppression of fire, or any noxious insect, animal or plant, when such action…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-6 Maintenance of state park and forest lands adjoining other states.
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Sec. 23-6. Maintenance of state park and forest lands adjoining other states. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is authorized to cooperate with any official or agency having similar authority in any adjoining state for the care and maintenance of state park …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-7 Memorials in state parks and reservations.
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Sec. 23-7. Memorials in state parks and reservations. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may erect, or permit to be erected, upon any state park, ground or reservation any suitable monument, memorial or memorial tablet in commemoration of the services of any …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-8 Open spaces for recreation. State goal for acquisition of open space. State-owned lands valuable for conservation purposes. Public use and benefit land registry. Content.
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Sec. 23-8. Open spaces for recreation. State goal for acquisition of open space. State-owned lands valuable for conservation purposes. Public use and benefit land registry. Content. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall have power, acting by himself or…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-8a Conveyance of certain state land previously held as protected open space.
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Sec. 23-8a. Conveyance of certain state land previously held as protected open space. On and after June 29, 1999, any person, organization or political subdivision of the state to whom the state proposes to convey state park land, forest land or other state land held as protected…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-8b Purchase of certain water company land in Fairfield County. Requirements for preservation. Jurisdiction by certain officers and patrolmen.
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Sec. 23-8b. Purchase of certain water company land in Fairfield County. Requirements for preservation. Jurisdiction by certain officers and patrolmen. (a) Any contract for the protection of open space entered into by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection with BH…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-9 Acquisition of property by eminent domain.
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Sec. 23-9. Acquisition of property by eminent domain. The commissioner is authorized to take land or any interest therein by right of eminent domain in the manner provided for in section 48-12 for the public purposes for which it is authorized to acquire land under the provisions…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-9a Acquisition of easements for maintenance of dams.
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Sec. 23-9a. Acquisition of easements for maintenance of dams. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may acquire by purchase, lease or gift, or by condemnation in the manner provided by part I of chapter 835, such land, easements or rights-of-way as are needed in…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-9b West Rock Ridge conservation area and supplement. Notice requirements re land use changes or transfers.
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Sec. 23-9b. West Rock Ridge conservation area and supplement. Notice requirements re land use changes or transfers. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall review the West Rock Ridge conservation area established in special act 75-80, as amended by speci…