SB 1144 Summary

• Grants Connecticut state agencies authority to acquire land and interests in property, including through condemnation, for construction and maintenance of flood prevention, climate resilience, and erosion control systems in cooperation with federal and other state agencies.

• Allows property owners to challenge compensation amounts under eminent domain proceedings according to Chapter 238 of the general statutes, except section 13a-76a does not apply.

• Requires state agencies to bear equitable costs of relocating or readjusting public service facilities displaced by flood prevention systems, calculated per section 13a-126.

• Authorizes the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish interim flood prevention, climate resilience, and erosion control boards in municipalities of state-wide or regional significance that have not adopted local ordinances, with 5-7 appointed members or existing board of selectmen serving in smaller towns under 50,000 people.

• Updates statutes governing district purposes, assessment procedures, and state-local agreements to use "or" instead of "and" when referring to flood prevention, climate resilience, or erosion control systems, clarifying these are distinct but related functions.