General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6351
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2037
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO PUBLIC BEACHES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the general statutes be amended to prohibit any municipality or
2 other local unit of government from (1) enacting ordinances, regulations
3 or other rules that limit access to any public beach based on town
4 residency of any potential visitor to such public beach, including when
5 a municipal or local official determines that capacity concerns warrant
6 limiting such access, (2) establishing a fee or access structure that
7 disparately impacts any such potential visitors based on town
8 residency, and (3) charging more for the issuance of any parking or
9 access pass for any such public beach than the state charges for access to
10 its public parks.
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit municipalities and other local units of government from
limiting the access of certain individuals to public beaches.
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