H.B. No. 5254
Session Year 2019

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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPOSE A BUYER'S CONVEYANCE FEE ON REAL PROPERTY TO FUND THE PURCHASE AND STEWARDSHIP OF OPEN SPACE.

To enable municipalities such as Bolton, Bozrah, Bloomfield, Bethany, Coventry, Hartford, Lyme, New London, Norfolk, North Stonington and Warren to impose a conveyance tax on certain real property sales in order to generate funds for the preservation of open space.

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Public Hearing Testimony

  Environment Committee 

 

• 02/04/2019 Abbott, Tim, Director-Housatonic Valley Association, Inc.
• 02/04/2019 Ainsworth, Janet
• 02/04/2019 Ainsworth, Keith
• 02/04/2019 Beaudin, Ann
• 02/04/2019 Bellamy, Janet-Ashford Conservation Commission
• 02/04/2019 Bingham, David, Vice President-Salem Land Trust
• 02/04/2019 Blaymore Paterson, Amy, Executive Director-Connecticut Land Conservation Council-TMY
• 02/04/2019 Blaymore Paterson, Amy, Executive Director-Connecticut Land Conservation Council
• 02/04/2019 Breen, Joanne, Vice President-Connecticut Association of REALTORS-, Inc.
• 02/04/2019 Brown, Lori, Executive Director-CT League of Conservation Voters
• 02/04/2019 Clish, Heather, Director of Conservation - Recreation Policy-Appalachian Mountain Club
• 02/04/2019 Colley, Brent, First Selectman-Sharon, CT
• 02/04/2019 Comins, Patrick, Executive Director-Connecticut Audubon Society
• 02/04/2019 Cooper, Peter
• 02/04/2019 Coyle, James, Chairman-Ridgefield Conversation Commission
• 02/04/2019 Crider, Tom, Vice-President-Southbury Land Trust
• 02/04/2019 Davidson, Jo Ann
• 02/04/2019 Demers, Kathleen
• 02/04/2019 Downing, Rosamund
• 02/04/2019 Elsesser, John, Town Manager-Coventry, CT
• 02/04/2019 Fiedler, Katherine M., Legal Fellow-Connecticut Fund for the Environment
• 02/04/2019 Fish, Hope
• 02/04/2019 Gadwah, Ann, Chapter Chair-Sierra Club Connecticut
• 02/04/2019 Gara, Betsy, Executive Director-Connecticut Council of Small Towns
• 02/04/2019 Gazillo, Chelsea, Director-Working Lands Alliance
• 02/04/2019 Gleeson,, Marilyn, President-East Haddam Land Trust
• 02/04/2019 Gorski, Derrylyn, First Selectman-Bethany, CT
• 02/04/2019 Gorski, Derrylyn, First Selectman
• 02/04/2019 Gough, Kevin
• 02/04/2019 Griswold, Evan, Realtor-Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
• 02/04/2019 HadjSalem, Jamila
• 02/04/2019 Hammerling, Eric, Executive Director-Connecticut Forest - Park Association
• 02/04/2019 Harrity, John
• 02/04/2019 Havens, David, Vice President-Norwalk River Watershed Association
• 02/04/2019 Hill, Wendolyn, Open Space Coordinator-Lyme, CT
• 02/04/2019 Hogue, Mary
• 02/04/2019 Holmes, Walker, Connecticut State Director-The Trust for Public Land
• 02/04/2019 Hughes, Jeanne
• 02/04/2019 Hurlburt, Bryan, Executive Director-CT Farm Bureau Association
• 02/04/2019 Koepfer, Adelheid
• 02/04/2019 Lathrop, Barbara
• 02/04/2019 Lefland, Aaron, Executive Director-New Canaan Land Trust
• 02/04/2019 LeJava,, Jeffrey-Brookfield Open Space Legacy, Inc.
• 02/04/2019 Littlejohn, Jacqueline, Board of Directors-Aspetuck Land Trust
• 02/04/2019 Lord, Henry Lord, Steering Committee-Working Lands Alliance
• 02/04/2019 Lukingbeal, Amanda
• 02/04/2019 MacLise-Kane, Leslie, Managing Director-Audubon CT
• 02/04/2019 Magee, Kevin, Environmental Planner-Town of Guilford
• 02/04/2019 Marconi, Rudy, First Selectman-Town of Ridgefield
• 02/04/2019 Marpe, James, First Selectman-Westport, CT
• 02/04/2019 Masino, Susan, Professor-Trinity College
• 02/04/2019 McCarthy, Shirley, Professor,-Yale School of Medicine
• 02/04/2019 McHutchison, Jim
• 02/04/2019 Messina, JoAnn, Executive Director-Greenwich Tree Conservancy
• 02/04/2019 Miller, Judith, Chair-Shoreline Greenway Trail
• 02/04/2019 Miner, Margaret, Executive Director-Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
• 02/04/2019 Mitchell, Jon
• 02/04/2019 Mongellow, Tom-Connecticut Bankers Association
• 02/04/2019 Murphy, Diane
• 02/04/2019 Murray, Susan
• 02/04/2019 Newton, Richard, Chair-Climate Change Task Force, Stonington
• 02/04/2019 Noonan, Bernie
• 02/04/2019 Norfolk Conservation Commission
• 02/04/2019 Nowell, Jackie, Realtor-Coldwell Banker
• 02/04/2019 Oko, Benjamin
• 02/04/2019 Olsen, Eric
• 02/04/2019 Passero, Michael, Mayor-New London, CT
• 02/04/2019 Perras, Jim, Chief Executive Officer-Home Builders and Remodelers Association of CT
• 02/04/2019 Prescott, Bennett-Wallingford, CT
• 02/04/2019 Propen, Beverly
• 02/04/2019 Prud homme, Hector
• 02/04/2019 Rabinowitz,, Cynthia, Executive Director-Northwest Conservation District
• 02/04/2019 Raisbeck, Villagra, Elizabeth, Eugenia, Co-chairs,-Groton Conservation Advocates
• 02/04/2019 Rauch, Cate
• 02/04/2019 Rauch, Dave
• 02/04/2019 Rawson, Catherine, Executive Director-Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust
• 02/04/2019 Reid, Dara, Director-Wildlife in Crisis
• 02/04/2019 Riiska, Matthew, First Selectman-Norfolk, CT
• 02/04/2019 Root, James
• 02/04/2019 Rudy, Michelle-Pequabuck River Watershed Association
• 02/04/2019 Sargent, David, President-North Branford Land Conservation Trust Inc
• 02/04/2019 Savageau, Denise, President-Connecticut Association of Conservation Districts
• 02/04/2019 Schroeder, Andrew-CT Home Improvement Contractor
• 02/04/2019 Scozzafava, Joe, Realtor-Connecticut Association of REALTORS-, Inc.
• 02/04/2019 Sesto, Patricia, Environmental Affairs Director-Greenwich,CT
• 02/04/2019 Siniscalchi, Alan, President-Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland
• 02/04/2019 Smigelski, Theo
• 02/04/2019 Stille, Joyce, Administrator Officer-Bolton, CT
• 02/04/2019 Sullivan, Beth-Stonington Town Committee Chair
• 02/04/2019 Sutherland, David, Director of Government Relations-The Nature Conservancy
• 02/04/2019 Tella, Thomas, President-Wolcott Land Conservation Trust
• 02/04/2019 Thompson, Suzanne
• 02/04/2019 Urgo, Michael, First Selectman-North Stonington, CT
• 02/04/2019 Vaca, Paul Anthony
• 02/04/2019 Walsh, Allison
• 02/04/2019 Wensinger, Arthur
• 02/04/2019 Wrobel, Loretta, Conservation Commission-Ashford
• 02/04/2019 Young, Patricia, Program Director-Eightmile River Wild - Scenic Watershed
• 02/04/2019 Ziarnik, Mark, President-Hartland Land Trust