Sec. 22a-26a. State-owned properties providing public access to Long Island Sound.
Sec. 22a-26a. State-owned properties providing public access to Long Island
Sound. The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Departments of Transportation and Public Works, The University of Connecticut and other
state agencies with jurisdiction over state-owned properties, shall identify state-owned
properties which provide public access to the waters of Long Island Sound and, in
addition, identify other properties which the state may acquire to provide public access
to the waters of Long Island Sound. The properties to be identified shall include highway
easements, bridge crossings, university-owned lands, railroad rights-of-way and other
coastal or riverfront properties owned or controlled by the state or by others. State-owned properties which are used for non-water-dependent activities shall be assessed
for reclassification to public water-dependent use or shared use. The department shall
submit a report of its findings to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters concerning the environment on or before October 1, 1992,
and the Comptroller shall cause such findings to be added to and made a part of the
inventory of state property required pursuant to the provisions of section 4-36.
(P.A. 90-126.)