CGS § 25-94. Agreements concerning navigation and flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control systems.

Any flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control board established under section 25-84, any such board or commission established by special act or any district having as one of its powers and purposes the right to construct or maintain a flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system under chapter 105, acting through its officers, is authorized to negotiate, cooperate and enter into agreements with (1) the United States, (2) the United States and the state of Connecticut, (3) the state of Connecticut, or (4) one or more municipalities in the state of Connecticut, in order to satisfy the conditions imposed by the United States or the state of Connecticut in authorizing any system for the improvement of navigation of any harbor or river and for constructing, reconstructing, operating or maintaining any flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system, provided such system shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 4770; 1955, S. 2393d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 26; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-115, S. 9.)

Long History

History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 21-115 changed “flood and erosion control board” to “flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control board”, changed “flood and erosion control system” to “flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system”, added Subdiv. (4) re one or more municipalities, and changed “protection of property against damage by floods or by erosion” to “constructing, reconstructing, operating or maintaining any flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system”, effective July 1, 2021.