Sec. 25-71. Payment by state for flood or erosion control systems.
Sec. 25-71. Payment by state for flood or erosion control systems. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection is authorized to provide for the payment by the state
of the total cost of any flood or erosion control system when such system is for the
benefit of state parks or state-owned land. When such system is for the benefit of municipally-owned littoral or riparian property or littoral or riparian property held by the municipality under lease for a term not less than twenty-five years, the commissioner is authorized to pay two-thirds of the cost of the system and the remaining one-third shall be the
obligation of the local authority. If the project will benefit privately-owned littoral or
riparian property, the cost shall be prorated on the basis of two-thirds of the total cost
to such local authority and one-third of the cost to the state. If the system involves
benefit to both municipally-owned or leased and private littoral or riparian property,
said commissioner shall determine the extent of the financial participation of the state
as well as that of the local authority on a shorefront or stream-front percentage basis for
each type of property benefited.
(1955, S. 2401d; November, 1955, S. N210; 1957, P.A. 98; 364, S. 29; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 45, 46; 1971, P.A.
872, S. 111.)
History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with commissioner of environmental protection.