Connecticut § 47-42c - Acquisition of restrictions. Enforcement by Attorney General.
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§ 47-42c. Acquisition of restrictions. Enforcement by Attorney General.
Sec. 47-42c. Acquisition of restrictions. Enforcement by Attorney General. Such conservation and preservation restrictions are interests in land and may be acquired by any governmental body or any charitable corporation or trust which has the power to acquire interests in land in the same manner as it may acquire other interests in land. Such restrictions may be enforced by injunction or proceedings in equity. The Attorney General may bring an action in the Superior Court to enforce the public interest in such restrictions.
(1971, P.A. 173, S. 3; P.A. 05-124, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 05-124 permitted Attorney General to bring enforcement action in Superior Court to enforce public interest in restrictions, effective July 1, 2005.
Provision permitting enforcement by injunction or proceedings in equity authorized trial court to order a restoration plan that went beyond restoration of the property to its condition prior to defendant's violation of conservation restriction. 325 C. 737.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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