General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5059
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 36
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A PROPERTY OWNER'S LIABILITY FOR THE
EXPENSES OF REMOVING A FALLEN TREE OR TREE LIMB.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the general statutes be amended to impose liability on the owner
2 of real property for the expenses of removing a tree or limb from a tree
3 located on such real property that falls on adjoining private real
4 property, provided an arborist, as defined in section 23-61a of the
5 general statutes, inspected the tree or tree limb and documented that
6 such tree or tree limb was dead, hazardous or likely to fall on an
7 adjoining private property's land.
Statement of Purpose:
To impose liability on an owner of private real property for the expenses
of removing a tree or tree limb located on such real property that falls
on adjoining private real property.
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