Is Environment Committee Poised to Miss Opportunity to Enable Community Green Fund?

Your Calls in support of the Community Green Fund bill are needed now.

SB834, the Community Green Fund bill, is in danger. The Environment Committee raised the bill for a hearing on January 31, but has taken no action on the bill to date. 

If the bill is not voted favorably out of committee, it does not proceed this session, and the opportunity to fund air, water and land protection projects in your town will be lost for yet another year. 

About the Bill
SB 834 enables, but does not require, towns to enact a conveyance fee on buyers of real estate. The fees would be placed in a dedicated fund for land conservation and green projects -- creating green jobs as well as seed money for leveraging matching grants on major projects. (Read more on the Community Green Fund concept at CTLCV’s wiki.)

What Can You Do? 
If you want your town to have the option to create funding for green projects where you live, please call or e-mail your representative and the environment committee's leadership today, March 21, and ask them to bring the community green fund bill for a vote to enable the option of creating green jobs at the local level. 

Cities and towns have very limited options for raising revenue, and this one can’t wait another year.

Contact Environment Committee Members Today

Title	First Name	Last Name	District #	Phone	Email Address
Rep.	Terry	Backer	121	860-240-8585	terry.backer@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Fred	Camillo	151	860-240-8700	fred.camillo@housegop.ct.gov
Rep.	Clark	Chapin	67	860-240-8700	clark.chapin@housegop.ct.gov
Rep.	Paul	Davis	117	860-240-8585	paul.davis@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Leonard	Greene	105	860-240-8700	len.greene@housegop.ct.gov
Rep.	John "Jack"	Hennessy	127	860-240-8585	jack.hennessy@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Bryan	Hurlburt	53	860-240-8585	bryan.hurlburt@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Tony	Hwang	134	860-240-8787	tony.hwang@housegop.ct.gov
Rep.	Geoff	Luxenberg	12	860-240-8585	geoff.luxenberg@cga.ct.gov
Sen.	Andrew	Maynard	18	860-240-0591	maynard@senatedems.ct.gov
Rep.	Robert	Megna	97	860-240-8585	robert.megna@cga.ct.gov
Sen.	Edward	Meyer	12	860-240-0455	meyer@senatedems.ct.gov
Rep.	Lawrence	Miller	122	860-240-8700	lawrence.miller@housegop.ct.gov
Rep.	Phil	Miller	36	860-240-8585	philip.miller@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Craig	Miner	66	860-240-8700	craig.miner@housegop.ct.gov
Rep.	Edward	Moukawsher	40	860-240-8585	edward.moukawsher@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Mary	Mushinsky	85	860-240-8585	mary.mushinsky@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	John	Piscopo	76	860-240-8700	john.piscopo@housegop.ct.gov
Sen.	Andrew	Roraback	30	860-240-8800	andrew.roraback@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Kim	Rose	118	860-240-8585	kim.rose@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Richard	Roy	119	860-240-8585	richard.roy@cga.ct.gov
Rep.	Kevin	Ryan	139	860-240-8585	kevin.ryan@cga.ct.gov