Sec. 22a-43a. Findings on appeal. Setting aside or modifying action. Authority to purchase land.

      Sec. 22a-43a. Findings on appeal. Setting aside or modifying action. Authority to purchase land. (a) If upon appeal pursuant to section 22a-43, the court finds that the action appealed from constitutes the equivalent of a taking without compensation, it shall set aside the action or it may modify the action so that it does not constitute a taking. In both instances the court 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.)

      Cited. 180 C. 421; Id., 692. The inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 186 C. 67; 196 C. 218. Cited. 203 C. 525. Cited. 209 C. 544; Id., 652. Cited. 211 C. 416. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 212 C. 710; Id., 727; 213 C. 604. Cited. 216 C. 320. Inland wetlands and watercourses act (IWWA) Sec. 22a-36 et seq. cited. Id. Inland wetlands and watercourses act (IWWA) cited. 217 C. 164. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 218 C. 703. Cited. 219 C. 404. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. Id. Cited. 220 C. 362; Id., 476. Inland wetlands and watercourses act, Secs. 22a-36-22a-45a cited. 226 C. 579. Inland wetlands and watercourses act, Sec. 22a-36 et seq. cited. 228 C. 95. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 229 C. 247. Cited. Id., 627; Id., 654. Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act cited. 242 C. 355.

      Cited. 5 CA 70. Cited. 6 CA 715. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 12 CA 47. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 15 CA 336; 18 CA 440. Cited. 19 CA 713. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 20 CA 309; 26 CA 564; 27 CA 590; 28 CA 780. Inland wetland and watercourses act, Sec. 22a-36 et seq. cited. 29 CA 12; Id., 105. Inland wetlands act cited. 30 CA 85. Inland wetlands and watercourses act, Secs. 22a-36-22a-45 cited. 31 CA 105; 31 CA 599; judgment reversed, see 229 C. 627, see also 36 CA 270. Inland wetlands and watercourses act cited. 32 CA 799. Inland wetlands and watercourses act, Sec. 22a-36 et seq. cited. 34 CA 385. Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act cited. 36 CA 270; 37 CA 166.

      Cited. 41 CS 444. Cited. 42 CS 57.

      Subsec. (a):

      Court held 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.