Connecticut SB 473: AN ACT CONCERNING GREEN BURIALS.

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Substitute Senate Bill No. 473

Public Act No. 26-11

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR'S TECHNICAL REVISIONS
TO THE GENERAL STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 7-459e of the
2026 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(4) Each participating municipality shall contribute to the MERS
defined contribution plan an amount equal to the contributions required
under subdivision (2) of [subsection (b) of this section] this subsection
from members participating in MERS 2.0 who are employees of such
municipality.
Sec. 2. Subsection (f) of section 22a-133y of the 2026 supplement to the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(f) On or after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to
section 22a-134tt, any licensed environmental professional licensed by
the State Board of Examiners of Environmental Professionals pursuant
to section 22a-133v may, pursuant to prevailing standards and
guidelines, conduct a parcel-wide Phase II environmental site
assessment and a parcel-wide Phase III investigation, for any parcel of

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real property which has, or which may have been, subject to a release,
as defined in section 22a-134pp, for the purposes of entering such parcel
into a voluntary parcel-wide remediation program pursuant to
subsections (f) to (k), inclusive, of this section, except as provided by
subsection (g) of this section. Any such professional employed by a
municipality may enter, without liability, upon any property within
such municipality for the purpose of performing an environmental site
assessment or investigation if the owner of such property is unknown
or such property is encumbered by a lien for taxes due to such
municipality, or as otherwise provided for pursuant to section [22-
133dd] 22a-133d. Nothing in subsections (f) to (k), inclusive, of this
section shall affect the ability of any person, firm or corporation to
provide any of the services described in this subsection in connection
with the remediation of contaminated real property other than as
provided for a voluntary parcel-wide remediation conducted pursuant
to subsections (f) to (k), inclusive, of this section.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 42a-9-204 of the 2026 supplement to
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a
security agreement may create or provide for a security interest in after-
acquired collateral.
Sec. 4. Subdivision (1) of section 42a-10-105 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2026):
(1) Transactions validly entered into after October 1, 1961, and before
October 1, 1976, and which were subject to the provisions of title 42a of
the general statutes, revised to 1975, and which would be subject to
subsection (2) of section 42a-1-105, subsections (9) and (37) of section
42a-1-201 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsections

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(1) and (2) of section 42a-2-107, subsection (2) of section 42a-5-116,
subsection (1) of section 42a-9-102 of the general statutes, revised to
January 1, 2001, sections 42a-9-103a to 42a-9-106, inclusive, of the
general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-114 of the general
statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-203 to 42a-9-205, inclusive, of
the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-301 of the general
statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-302 of the general statutes,
revised to January 1, 2001, subsections (1) and (5) of section 42a-9-304 of
the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, sections 42a-9-305 to 42a-
9-308, inclusive, of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-
9-312 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-313 of the
general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-318 of the general
statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-401 to 42a-9-407, inclusive, of
the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-408a of the general
statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsection (3) of section 42a-9-501 of
the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsection (2) of section
42a-9-502 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, section 42a-
9-504 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsection (2) of
section 42a-9-505 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, and
sections 42a-10-105 to 42a-10-109, inclusive, as amended by this act, if
they had been entered into after October 1, 1976, and the rights, duties
and interests flowing from such transactions remain valid afte