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Preservation, farms and land trusts back modest increase to Community Investment Act recording fee
Summary
Several groups including Preservation Connecticut, Connecticut Farm Bureau and the Connecticut Land Conservation Council urged the committee to raise the real‑estate recording fee that funds the Community Investment Act (CIA) to boost preservation, farmland protection, dairy support and affordable housing programs.
Nonprofits that preserve historic places, farms and open space told the Government Administration and Elections Committee on Friday that a modest increase in the land‑recording fee that funds the Community Investment Act would restore purchasing power lost to inflation and support projects statewide.
Preservation Connecticut, the Connecticut Farm Bureau, the Connecticut Land Conservation Council and other stakeholders testified in favor of Senate Bill 15-22, which renames the Community Investment Act in honor of the late state senator Donald E. Williams Jr. and raises the recording fee from $40 to $46. Witnesses…
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