General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5499
February Session, 2020 LCO No. 2660
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING GREEN BURIALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2021, the
2 Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a
3 report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
4 cognizance of matters relating to the environment, in accordance with
5 section 11-4a of the general statutes, on recommendations for the award
6 of open space grant funds to organizations that utilize property for
7 green burials in accordance with the Green Burial Council standards.
8 Such report shall include, but not be limited to, any recommendations
9 for legislation to revise any such open space programs to allow for such
10 an award and any recommendations for requisite standards for
11 certification of such properties as green burial locations.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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 Raised Bill No. 5499
Statement of Purpose:
To require recommendations concerning the award of open space grants
for properties used for green burial purposes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
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