2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees
Chapter 451a - Forest Practices
Section 23-65m - Injunctions.
If any person fails to comply with sections 23-65f to 23-65o, inclusive, including any regulation, certificate, authorization or order adopted or issued pursuant to said sections, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may request the Attorney General to bring, or an inland wetlands agency authorized to regulate forest practices may bring, an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enjoin such person to comply fully with said sections, including any regulation, certificate, authorization, or order adopted or issued thereunder, or any part thereof. All actions brought by the Attorney General or an inland wetlands agency pursuant to this section shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-335, S. 8; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 98-228, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 and P.A. 90-98 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford” in public and special acts of the 1991 session of the general assembly, effective September 1, 1993); P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-228 authorized certain inland wetlands agencies to bring an action under this section; 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.
