Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-14 (2026)

Rights-of-way in state parks and forests

✓ current as of May 2026
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The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may grant rights-of-way or other easements on or with respect to any state park or state forest, if said commissioner finds that such purposes are not in conflict with park or forest purposes with respect to such lands.

(1949 Rev., S. 3440; 1949, S. 1859d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 176; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1971 act replaced references to state park and forest commission with references to environmental protection commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2004–2023 · leading case: R.T. Vanderbilt Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 156 A.3d 539 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
R.T. Vanderbilt Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 156 A.3d 539 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). “) Practice Book § 23-14. The court, in fashioning its bifurcation orders, emphasized that there was "a need to provide additional procedures .”
Brown v. Comm'r of Corr., 282 A.3d 959 (Conn. 2022). “’’ We also disagree that Practice Book § 23-34 is mirrored by Practice Book § 23-14, as the latter specifically limits complex litigation judges to orders facilitating ‘‘the management of .”
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Sewer Comm'n, 853 A.2d 497 (Conn. 2004). “In accordance with the general grant of powers set forth in § 7-247, § 23-14 of the Milford code provides that “[t]he construction, extension, maintenance and operation of the sewerage system of the city and connections therewith .”
State v. Douglas C. (Conn. 2023). · cites it 5× “Section 23-34 substantively mirrors Practice Book § 23-14, which provides: ‘‘The judge to whom complex litigation cases have been assigned may stay any or all further proceedings in the cases, may transfer any or all further proceedings in the cases to the judicial district…”
AFSCME, Connecticut Council 4 v. Town of Andover, 908 A.2d 608 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2006). “town of Water-town and the Watertown board of education in denying the motions to strike and grants permission to all defendants who have filed any pleading under the discretion permitted to the court by Practice Book §§ 10-7, 1-8 (rules of practice are to be liberally…”
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