2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446i - Water Resources. Invasive Plants
Section 22a-339g - Control of nonnative invasive plant species.
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make recommendations and take appropriate actions for the control of nonnative invasive plant species; prepare information materials for distribution; conduct educational activities which address the effects of nonnative invasive plant species upon the state; and prepare and maintain a list of nonnative invasive plant species that will be distributed on an annual basis.
(P.A. 01-150, S. 17; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 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.
See Sec. 26-22 re commissioner's authority to use chemical, electrical or mechanical means to remove undesirable plants from waters of the state.
