RAISED BILL 998. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX ABATEMENT FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (Formerly SB129)
1) Authorizes municipalities to abate property taxes on a trail corridor protected by a conservation easement (and describes the process). Municipalities would have to adopt a local ordinance to do this, it is not mandatory; and
2) Clarifies that the Public Act 490 Open Space property tax reduction benefit can be used on a state-designated Greenway on private land. This new section of the bill is very helpful, and in some communities may be a shorter path (so to speak) to incentivizing landowners who host trails.
Introduced by: Planning and Development Committee, Jan. 2023
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SB129 (Formerly Raised Bill 5477). AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX ABATEMENT FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
To authorize municipalities to exempt from real property taxes any portion of land that (1) qualifies as a greenway, (2) is a terrestrial recreational trail that does not exceed one hundred feet in width, (3) is the subject of a conservation easement conveyed by the owner of the land to a municipality, the state or a nonprofit land conservation organization.
Introduced by: Planning and Development Committee
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HOUSE BILL 5291. AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDING FOR BIKEWAYS, GREENWAYS AND RECREATIONAL TRAILS
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SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. NO. 4
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT CLEAN AIR ACT.
To reduce carbon emissions by expanding public and private utilization of electric vehicles in Connecticut to protect human health and the environment.
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S.4122 – HOUSATONIC WILD AND SCENIC RIVER ACT OF 2022
A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Housatonic River in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.