SB 72 — AN ACT REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S EVICTION OF FARMERS CONDUCTING FARMING ON STATE-OWNED PROPERTY.

General Assembly ProposedCommittee Bill No.

6933846 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by:

SEN.(ENV) AN ACT REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S EVICTION OF FARMERS CONDUCTING FARMING ON STATE- OWNED PROPERTY.

HARDING, 30 Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S EVICTION OF FARMERS CONDUCTING FARMING ON STATE- OWNED PROPERTY.

ThatSection the1. general statutes be amended to require legislative approval of the decision of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to evict any farmer who is conducting farming on state- owned property under an agreement with the state.

Statement(NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of Purpose:thegeneral statutes, any lease renewed or entered into after the effective date of this section between the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and a farmer for the lease of state property for agricultural purposes shall provide that any eviction of such farmer from such property shall not be permitted unless such eviction is approved by a vote of both chambers of the General Assembly.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose:

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HARDING, 30th Dist.

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