This chapter of the Connecticut General Statutes concerns multiple use rivers. It provides that any two or more municipalities may, by ordinance, establish a river commission to plan for coordinated management of the development, protection and preservation of a river corridor flowing through or forming a common boundary of such municipalities or designate a river advisory board to act as such a river commission. A municipality may join a river commission established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if the subject river flows through the municipality or forms a boundary of the municipality and the legislative body of such municipality adopts an ordinance authorizing such municipality to do so. It further provides for membership of river commissions, and procedures; resource inventory, statement of objectives, map, notice, hearing, review by state officials, and management plan; approval of management plan by municipalities, commissioner, and revisions to plan; state plans and municipal land use regulations to be in accordance with recommendations of management plan, exceptions, acquisition of property for river corridor, and coordination of state permits and approvals; structures and uses existing at time of management plan approval; and guidance by commissioner re management plan.
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