2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 440 - Wetlands and Watercourses
Section 22a-43a - Findings on appeal. Setting aside, modifying or remanding action. Authority to purchase land.

(a) The court, after a hearing, may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may revise, modify or remand the decision from which the appeal was taken in a manner consistent with the evidence in the record before it. If upon appeal pursuant to section 22a-43, the court finds that the action appealed from constitutes the equivalent of a taking without compensation, the court (1) shall set aside the action or may modify the action so that it does not constitute a taking, and (2) shall remand the order to the inland wetland agency for action not inconsistent with its decision.

(b) To carry out the purposes of sections 22a-38, 22a-40, 22a-42 to 22a-43a, inclusive, 22a-401 and 22a-403, the commissioner, district or municipality may at any time purchase land or an interest in land in fee simple or other acceptable title, or subject to acceptable restrictions or exceptions, and enter into covenants and agreements with landowners.

(P.A. 73-571, S. 6, 9; P.A. 15-85, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 15-85 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “The court, after a hearing, may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may revise, modify or remand the decision from which the appeal was taken in a manner consistent with the evidence in the record before it.”, designating existing provision re court to set aside or modify action as Subdiv. (1), designating existing provision re court to remand order as Subdiv. (2), and making technical changes.

Cited. 180 C. 421; Id., 692; 186 C. 67; 196 C. 218; 203 C. 525; 209 C. 652; 211 C. 416; 212 C. 710; Id., 727; 213 C. 604; 216 C. 320; 217 C. 164; 218 C. 703; 219 C. 404; 220 C. 362; Id., 476; 226 C. 579; 228 C. 95; 229 C. 247; Id., 627; Id., 654; 242 C. 355.

Cited. 5 CA 70; 6 CA 715; 12 CA 47; 15 CA 336; 18 CA 440; 19 CA 713; 20 CA 309; 26 CA 564; 27 CA 590; 28 CA 780; 29 CA 12; Id., 105; 30 CA 85; 31 CA 105; Id., 599; judgment reversed, see 229 C. 627; 32 CA 799; 34 CA 385; 36 CA 270; 37 CA 166.

Cited. 41 CS 444; 42 CS 57.

Subsec. (a):

Trial court should decide a “taking without compensation” issue de novo since administrative agency has been held incompetent to decide constitutional issues. 209 C. 544.