Sec. 26-6. Powers and duties of conservation officers and patrolmen. (a) Conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen appointed by the commissioner under authority of section 26-5, shall enforce the provisions of title 23 and
this title and chapters 246, 247, 248, 255 and 268 and regulations adopted pursuant to
such titles and chapters and sections 15-180, 22a-250, 22a-381d, 26-192c to 26-192h,
inclusive, 29-28, 29-35, 29-38, 53-134, 53-190, 53-191, 53-194, 53-203, 53-204, 53-205, 53a-59 to 53a-64, inclusive, 53a-100 to 53a-117a, inclusive, subsection (b) of
section 53a-119b, 53a-122 to 53a-125, inclusive, 53a-130, 53a-133 to 53a-136, inclusive, 53a-147 to 53a-149, inclusive, 53a-157b, 53a-165 to 53a-167c, inclusive, 53a-171, 53a-181 to 53a-183a, inclusive, 54-33d and 54-33e.
(b) Conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen may, without
warrant, arrest any person for any violation of any of the provisions set forth in subsection
(a) of this section, and any full-time conservation officer shall, in the performance of
his duties in any part of the state, have the same powers to enforce such laws as do
policemen or constables in their respective jurisdictions. Any full-time conservation
officer shall, incident to a lawful arrest while enforcing such laws in the performance
of his duties in any part of the state, have the same powers with respect to criminal
matters and the enforcement of the law relating thereto as policemen or constables have
in their respective jurisdictions.
(c) Any conservation officer, special conservation officer or patrolman may, anywhere within the boundaries of the state, examine the contents of any boat, ship, automobile or other vehicle, box, locker, basket, creel, crate, game bag or game coat or other
package in which he has probable cause to believe that any fish, crustacean, bird or
quadruped is being kept, in violation of any said statutory provisions or any regulation
issued by the commissioner, or any regulation issued by the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service as provided by section 26-91, and to ascertain whether any provision
of any law or any regulation for the protection of any fish, crustacean, bird or quadruped
has been or is being violated, and shall have the same authority as police officers to obtain
and execute search warrants as provided for in sections 54-33a, 54-33b and 54-33c.
(d) Any conservation officer, special conservation officer or patrolman may be appointed a special policeman under the provisions of section 29-18.
(e) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is authorized to
assign one or more conservation officers to patrol and inspect the buildings, lands and
waters owned by The White Memorial Foundation, Incorporated, located in the towns
of Litchfield and Morris and, in addition to their powers as conservation officers, such
officers may be appointed special policemen under the provisions of section 29-18.
(f) Each conservation officer, special conservation officer or patrolman shall be
sworn to the faithful performance of his duties.
(1949 Rev., S. 4866; 1955, June, 1955, S. 2458d; 1971, P.A. 233; 871, S. 101; 872, S. 211; P.A. 74-245, S. 2; P.A. 75-567, S. 68, 80; P.A. 80-341, S. 2; P.A. 81-227, S. 2; P.A. 87-589, S. 47, 87; P.A. 89-321, S. 9, 12; P.A. 90-173, S. 10; P.A.
91-402; P.A. 96-180, S. 95, 166; P.A. 00-99, S. 69, 154; P.A. 03-136, S. 7; P.A. 05-234, S. 11; P.A. 10-20, S. 1; P.A. 11-59, S. 12; 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 acts specified that law enforcement powers of full-time conservation officers are same as those of sheriffs,
policemen or constables, replaced reference to Secs. 53-108, 53-110, 53-118 and 53-123 with reference to Secs. 53a-109 and 53a-115 to 53a-117 and replaced references to board of fisheries and game and its director with references to
environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 74-245 divided section into Subsecs., listed statutes which conservation
officers and patrolmen have power to enforce in greater detail than previously and made technical changes for clarity; P.A.
75-567 substituted Sec. 22a-27d for Sec. 53-51 in Subsec. (a), reflecting its transfer; P.A. 80-341 added reference to Sec.
53a-119b(b) in Subsec. (a); P.A. 81-227 amended Subsec. (a) by expanding the authority of conservation officers to enforce
provisions of chapters on motor vehicles, litter, firearms and bribery of public servants and amended Subsec. (b) by granting
conservation officers same authority as police officers to obtain and execute search warrants, replacing provision granting
them power to search buildings, dwellings, trailers and tents with a search warrant; P.A. 87-589 substituted reference to
Sec. 53a-183a for reference to Sec. 53a-183 in Subsec. (a); P.A. 89-321 added references to Secs. 26-192c to 26-192h,
inclusive, (formerly Secs. 19a-96 to 19a-101); P.A. 90-173 proposed to amend Subsec. (a) to add reference to Secs. 15-171 to 15-175, inclusive, but said Secs. included in existing reference to chapter 268 and the wording remains the same;
P.A. 91-402 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision granting full-time conservation officers, incident to a lawful arrest while
enforcing the laws set forth in Subsec. (a), the same powers with respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of the
law relating thereto as sheriffs, policemen or constables have in their respective jurisdictions, and divided Subsec. (b) into
Subsecs. (b) and (c) and relettered the remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 96-180 amended Subsec. (e) to change "Said
commissioner" to "The Commissioner of Environmental Protection", effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 00-99 deleted references
to sheriffs in Subsec. (b), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 03-136 amended Subsec. (a) to include reference to Sec. 15-180, effective June 26, 2003; P.A. 05-234 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to sections "53a-100 to 53a-117,
inclusive" with "53a-100 to 53a-117a, inclusive", effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 10-20 amended Subsec. (a) by adding
reference to Sec. 22a-381d; P.A. 11-59 made a technical change in Subsecs. (c) and (d), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant
to P.A. 11-80, "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner
of Energy and Environmental Protection" in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 26-15. Fish and wildlife restoration projects. Funds for programs and
functions of Bureau of Natural Resources. The state of Connecticut assents to the
provisions of the Act of Congress titled "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act",
approved September 2, 1937, and the provisions of the Act of Congress titled "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act", approved August 9, 1950. The Commissioner of
Energy and Environmental Protection is authorized and directed to perform such acts
as may be necessary to the establishment and operation of cooperative fish and wildlife
restoration projects, as defined in said Acts of Congress, in compliance with said acts
and with rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior thereunder,
and no funds accruing to the state from license, permit, tag and stamp fees, other than
the stamp fee paid pursuant to section 26-27b, paid by hunters, trappers and anglers,
including, but not limited to, license fees paid by hunters pursuant to sections 26-28,
26-30, 26-31, 26-36, 26-48a, 26-86a and 26-86c, and real or personal property acquired
with license, permit, tag and stamp fees, interest, dividends, or other income earned on
license, permit, tag and stamp fees shall be diverted for any other purpose than to fund
the programs and functions of the Bureau of Natural Resources within the Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection, in accordance with 50 CFR 80.4.
(1949 Rev., S. 4925; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 217; P.A. 09-173, S. 7; P.A. 10-3, S. 66; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced board of fisheries and game with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 09-173
added provision re use of funds accruing to state from license fees paid by hunters, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-3
replaced reference to "An Act to Provide that the United States Shall Aid the States in Wildlife Restoration Projects, and
for Other Purposes" with reference to "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act", added reference to provisions of Act
of Congress titled "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act", added provisions re fish restoration projects and re permit,
tag and certain stamp revenues, and replaced provision re protection, propagation, preservation and investigation of fish
and game and administration of department functions relating thereto with provision re funding programs and functions
of Bureau of Natural Resources within Department of Environmental Protection, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 11-59
made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" and
"Department of Environmental Protection" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Energy and
Environmental Protection" and "Department of Energy and Environmental Protection", respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 26-27. Licenses required for hunting, trapping and fishing. Exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of this section and other
provisions of this chapter providing specific license exemption, no person shall take,
hunt or trap, or shall attempt to take, hunt or trap, or assist in taking, hunting or trapping,
any wild bird or mammal and no person more than sixteen years of age shall take, attempt
to take, or assist in taking any fish or bait species in the inland waters or marine district
by any method or land marine fish and bait species in the state, regardless of where such
marine fish or bait species are taken, without first having obtained a license as provided
in this chapter. No person under sixteen years of age shall hunt or trap, except as provided
in section 26-38.
(b) Any landowner who has a domiciliary residence in this state, such landowner's
spouse or lineal descendants may hunt, trap or fish on land owned by such landowner
or on land leased by such landowner and on which such landowner is actually domiciled,
which land is not used for club, fishing or hunting purposes, without a license, subject
to the provisions of this chapter.
(c) No fishing license shall be required for any person who is rowing a boat or
operating the motor of a boat from which other persons are taking or attempting to
take fish.
(d) The taking of fish and bait species as herein provided shall be regarded as sport
fishing and the taking or landing of such species in the inland waters or marine district
by commercial methods for commercial purposes shall be governed by other provisions
of this chapter.
(e) No fishing license shall be required for any resident of the state who is participating in a fishing derby authorized in writing by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection provided (1) no fees are charged for such derby, (2) such derby has
a duration of one day or less, and (3) such derby is sponsored by a nonprofit civic service
organization. Such organization shall be limited to one derby in any calendar year.
(f) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall designate one
day in each calendar year when no license shall be required for sport fishing.
(g) No fishing license shall be required for any person who is fishing as a passenger
on a party boat, charter boat or head boat registered under section 26-142a and operating
solely in the marine district.
(h) No fishing license shall be required for any person who participates in a fishing
event conducted by an organization that receives a group fishing license, as provided
in subsection (h) of section 26-30, provided any person who participates in such group
fishing event shall be subject to all other provisions of the general statutes and the
regulations of Connecticut state agencies that relate to fishing.
(1949 Rev., S. 4868; 1957, P.A. 348, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 71, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 148; P.A. 76-131, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-298, S. 1,
9; P.A. 82-366, S. 2; P.A. 83-191, S. 1, 9; P.A. 85-53, S. 3; P.A. 87-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 117; June Sp. Sess. P.A.
09-3, S. 439; P.A. 10-106, S. 12; P.A. 11-74, S. 8; 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act deleted prohibition in Subsec. (a) against persons under sixteen trapping without a license; 1971 act
prohibited attempting to take, hunt or trap birds or quadrupeds and attempting to take fish or bait species in Subsec. (a);
P.A. 76-131 added Subsec. (e) re exemption from licensing requirements for participants in fishing derbies; P.A. 81-298
substituted "sixteen years of age or over" for "over sixteen years" in Subsec. (a) provision requiring license to hunt, trap
or fish and prohibited trapping as well as hunting by those under sixteen except as provided in Sec. 26-38; P.A. 82-366
amended Subsec. (a) to be consistent with new license categories established by Sec. 26-27a; P.A. 83-191 amended Subsec.
(a) to exempt persons under 16 years of age from the requirement of a fishing license; P.A. 85-53 substituted "mammal"
for "quadruped" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 87-30 added Subsec. (f) authorizing the commissioner to designate a free fishing day;
P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec.
(a) by adding provisions re taking in marine district and landing marine fish and bait species, amended Subsec. (d) by
adding "or landing" and "or marine district" and added Subsec. (g) re fishing as a boat passenger; P.A. 10-106 amended
Subsec. (a) by adding references to Subsecs. (g) and (h), amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes and added
Subsec. (h) re exception for person who participates in fishing event conducted by organization that receives group fishing
license, effective June 21, 2010; P.A. 11-74 amended Subsec. (f) by changing "may" to "shall" re designation of day;
pursuant to P.A. 11-80, "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" in Subsecs. (e) and (f), effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 26-29. Free lifetime fishing licenses for blind persons. No fee shall be
charged for any sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any blind person, and
such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section
26-35. Proof of such blindness shall be furnished, in the case of a veteran, by the United
States Veterans' Administration and, in the case of any other person, by the Bureau of
Rehabilitative Services. For the purpose of this section, a person shall be blind only if
his central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses,
or if his visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the
fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no
greater than twenty degrees.
(1955, S. 2471d; 1957, P.A. 321, S. 1; P.A. 07-133, S. 3; P.A. 11-44, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 07-133 added provision making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-44 replaced
"State Board of Education of the Blind" with "Bureau of Rehabilitative Services", effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 26-30. Applications. Issuance of licenses. (a) Resident licenses to firearms
hunt, archery hunt, trap or fish, or the combination thereof, shall be issued only to
qualified applicants therefor by the town clerk of any town, an agent of such town clerk
deputized pursuant to subsection (f) of this section or an agent of the Commissioner of
Energy and Environmental Protection licensed pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.
Such licenses shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe.
(b) Nonresident licenses shall be issued by any town clerk, an agent of such town
clerk or an agent of the commissioner, except that nonresident trapping licenses shall
be issued by the commissioner.
(c) Applications shall be made on forms furnished by the commissioner, containing
such information as the commissioner may require, and any such application forms shall
have printed thereon, "I declare under the penalties of false statement that the statements
herein made by me are true and correct." Any person who makes any material false
statement on such application form shall be guilty of false statement and shall be subject
to the penalties provided for false statement, and said offense shall be deemed to have
been committed in the town in which such application is presented or received for processing.
(d) No application shall contain any material false statement.
(e) The town clerk, an agent of such town clerk or an agent of the commissioner
shall, upon receipt of such application, correctly filled out and accompanied by the
required fee, issue to such applicant the appropriate license. If such application is by
mail, the town clerk shall mail such license to such applicant within five days from the
receipt of the application and proper fee.
(f) The town clerk of any town may deputize agents in such town to issue firearms
hunting, archery hunting, trapping and fishing licenses, or the combination thereof,
provided he shall be solely responsible for compliance with the provisions of the statutes
relating to the duties of the town clerk in connection with such licenses and the moneys
received therefor.
(g) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, upon application by persons on forms furnished by the commissioner and containing such information
as the commissioner may require, license such persons as agents for the issuance of
firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping and fishing licenses, or the combination
thereof. Upon the request of any agent licensed by the commissioner, the town clerk of
the town in which such agent conducts business shall sell license forms to such agent
at the regular license cost minus twenty-five cents for such agent's fee. Not later than
the first Monday of each month, such agent shall remit to the town clerk from whom
the license forms were purchased any license forms voided by such agent and two copies
of all licenses sold by such agent during the preceding month. Upon the request of an
agent, the town clerk shall reimburse such agent for any unused or voided license forms
remitted to such town clerk.
(h) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a group
fishing license to any tax-exempt organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code
of the United States, as amended from time to time, for the purpose of conducting a
group fishing event or events for persons: (1) With a service-related or other disability
who receive services at a facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Connecticut Healthcare System, (2) who receive mental health or addiction services
from: (A) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, (B) state-operated
facilities, as defined in section 17a-458, or (C) programs or facilities funded by the
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, as provided for in sections 17a-468b, 17a-469, 17a-673 and 17a-676, (3) with intellectual disability or diagnosed with
autism spectrum disorder who receive services from the Department of Developmental
Services, as provided for in section 17a-217, or from facilities licensed by the Department of Developmental Services, as provided for in section 17a-227, or (4) receiving
care from the Department of Children and Families, as provided for in section 17a-94,
or from programs or child-care facilities licensed pursuant to section 17a-145, 17a-147 or 17a-154. Any such organization shall conduct not more than fifty such events,
including marine and inland water events, in any calendar year and each such event
shall be limited to not more than fifty persons. Application for such a group fishing
license shall be submitted once per calendar year on a form prescribed by the commissioner and with the necessary fee and shall provide such information as required by the
commissioner. All fishing activities conducted pursuant to such group license shall be
supervised by staff or volunteers of the organization conducting the event or events.
Such staff or volunteers shall possess such group fishing license at the site of any such
event or events. Each such staff member or volunteer shall have a license to fish. Such
organization shall, not later than ten days after such group fishing event, report to the
commissioner, on forms provided by the commissioner, information on the results of
such event. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the total: (i) Number
of participants, (ii) hours fished, (iii) number of each species caught, and (iv) number
of each species not released. Such organization shall not charge a fee to any person that
participates in any such group fishing event conducted pursuant to such group fishing
license and any such group fishing event shall not be used by such organization as a
fund raising event.
(1949 Rev., S. 4870; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 2463d; 1957, P.A. 288, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 244, S. 2;
1971, P.A. 871, S. 103; 872, S. 229; P.A. 80-461; P.A. 81-115, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-366, S. 3; P.A. 85-613, S. 66, 154; Nov.
Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 2, 21; P.A. 10-106, S. 14; P.A. 11-4, S. 5; 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act deleted Subsecs. (b) and (c) stating that licenses to nonresidents shall be issued by town clerk, his
agent or the board of fisheries and game and prohibiting issuance of trapping license to nonresidents; 1967 act restored
previously deleted Subsecs; 1971 acts replaced references to "perjury" and penalties in Sec. 53-143 with references to
"false statement" and references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner;
P.A. 80-461 added Subsec. (h) re issuance of licenses by agents; P.A. 81-115 extended licensing power to agents of
environmental protection commissioner, repealed the bond requirement for sales agents, required that they purchase licenses from town clerks, replacing previous provision which had required clerks to furnish forms without charge and
replaced previous provisions requiring agent to remit moneys received to commissioner except for $0.75 recording fee to
be remitted to clerk with provisions requiring agents to return voided forms and copies of licenses sold to town clerk and
requiring clerk to reimburse agent for voided and unused forms if requested to do so; P.A. 82-366 amended Subsec. (a) to
establish separate license categories for firearms hunting and archery hunting, amended Subsec. (b) by authorizing the
commissioner of environmental protection to issue nonresident trapping licenses and deleted former Subsec. (c) which
had prohibited issuance of trapping licenses to nonresidents, relettering accordingly and changing language elsewhere in
section to reflect amendments; P.A. 85-613 made technical change in Subsec. (a); Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended
Subsec. (e) to delete provision for issuance of license holders; P.A. 10-106 added Subsec. (h) re issuance of group fishing
license to tax-exempt organization for purpose of conducting group fishing event, effective June 21, 2010; P.A. 11-4
amended Subsec. (h)(3) by substituting "intellectual disability" for "mental retardation" and substituting "diagnosed with
autism spectrum disorder" for "autism", effective May 9, 2011; 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.
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Sec. 26-64. Fine for violations. Exception. Any person who violates any provision of this part for which no other penalty is provided shall be fined eighty-seven
dollars, except that any person who takes, attempts to take or assists in taking any fish
or bait species in violation of subsection (a) of section 26-27, such fine shall be suspended
and the case dismissed for any first time violator who provides proof of purchase of the
requisite license subsequent to the violation but prior to the imposition of such fine.
(1949 Rev., S. 4884; 1957, P.A. 444; P.A. 95-119, S. 5; P.A. 10-3, S. 72; P.A. 11-74, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 95-119 deleted a provision re making false statements, deleted a provision re imprisonment and set the
fine at $77; P.A. 10-3 increased fine from $77 to $87, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 11-74 added exception to fine for first
time violators who take, attempt to take or assist in taking any fish or bait species in violation of Sec. 26-27(a) and who
provide proof of purchase of the requisite license subsequent to the violation but prior to imposition of the fine.
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Sec. 26-141b. Adoption of regulations establishing flow standards for rivers
and streams. Procedure. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection
shall, on or before December 31, 2006, and after consultation and cooperation with the
Department of Public Health, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, an advisory
group convened by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and
any other agency, board or commission of the state with which said commissioner shall
deem it advisable to consult and after recognizing and providing for the needs and
requirements of public health, flood control, industry, public utilities, water supply,
public safety, agriculture and other lawful uses of such waters and further recognizing
and providing for stream and river ecology, the requirements of natural aquatic life,
natural wildlife and public recreation, and after considering the natural flow of water
into an impoundment or diversion, and being reasonably consistent therewith, shall
adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing flow
regulations for all river and stream systems. Such flow regulations shall: (1) Apply to
all river and stream systems within this state; (2) preserve and protect the natural aquatic
life, including anadromous fish, contained within such waters; (3) preserve and protect
the natural and stocked wildlife dependent upon the flow of such water; (4) promote
and protect the usage of such water for public recreation; (5) be based, to the maximum
extent practicable, on natural variation of flows and water levels while providing for
the needs and requirements of public health, flood control, industry, public utilities,
water supply, public safety, agriculture and other lawful uses of such waters; and (6)
be based on the best available science, including, but not limited to, natural aquatic
habitat, biota, subregional basin boundaries, areas of stratified drift, stream gages and
flow data, locations of registered, permitted, and proposed diversions and withdrawal
data reported pursuant to section 22a-368a, locations where any dams or other structures
impound or divert the waters of a river or stream and any release made therefrom, and
any other data for developing such regulations or individual management plans. Such
flow regulations may provide special conditions or exemptions including, but not limited
to, an extreme economic hardship or other circumstance, an agricultural diversion, a
water quality certification related to a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission or as necessary to allow a public water system, as defined in subsection
(a) of section 25-33d, to comply with the obligations of such system as set forth in the
regulations of Connecticut state agencies. Any flow management plan contained in
a resolution, agreement or stipulated judgment to which the state, acting through the
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, is a party, or the management
plan developed pursuant to section 3 of public act 00-152*, is exempt from any such
flow regulations. Flow regulations that were adopted pursuant to this section and sections
26-141a and 26-141c prior to October 1, 2005, shall remain in effect until the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection adopts new regulations pursuant to this
section.
(1971, P.A. 229, S. 2; 872, S. 442; P.A. 75-486, S. 59, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 323, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 184, 348;
P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 05-142, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 83.)
*Note: Section 3 of public act 00-152 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force
and effect according to its terms.
History: Later 1971 act replaced state board of fisheries and game and water resources commission with commissioner
of environmental protection; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A.
77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business
regulation and replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482
made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business
regulation; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services
with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 05-142 changed deadline for adopting
regulations from July 1, 1973, to December 31, 2006, required Commissioner of Environmental Protection to convene an
advisory group with which to consult prior to adopting the regulations, added "public safety, agriculture and other lawful
uses of such waters" to list of considerations, added "natural" re aquatic life, replaced language re 30 days' notice with
reference to chapter 54, deleted references to "standards", "instantaneous minimum" and stocked rivers and streams,
amended Subdiv. (5) to add requirement re regulations based on natural variation of flows and water levels, added Subdiv.
(6) re regulations based on best available science, added allowance for special conditions or exemptions, and preserved
existing flow management plans and regulations; P.A. 11-80 changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to
"Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and changed "Department of Public Utility Control" to "Public
Utilities Regulatory Authority", effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 26-157f. Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation. (a) There is established a Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee to advise the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection on matters relating to the development of a lobster v-notch
conservation program to enhance recovery and rebuilding of lobster stock in Long Island
Sound.
(b) The committee shall be comprised of the following eleven members: (1) The
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, (2) the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee, (3) the state's
administrative commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (4)
the state's legislative commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission,
(5) the state's commissioner who has been appointed by the Governor to the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission, (6) a representative of the Southern New England
Fishermen's and Lobsterman's Association, (7) a representative of the Connecticut
Commercial Lobstermen's Association, (8) a representative of the Long Island Western
End Lobstermen's Association, (9) a representative of the state vocational aquaculture
school known as the Sound School in New Haven, (10) a representative of a state vocational aquaculture school in Bridgeport, and (11) a representative of the Connecticut
Seafood Council.
(c) The committee shall be appointed jointly by the Commissioners of Energy and
Environmental Protection and Agriculture, after receiving appointment nominations
from each group listed in subsection (b) of this section, not more than thirty days after
May 26, 2006. The committee shall elect its own chairman and such other officers and
adopt such rules of procedure as it may deem appropriate. Members of said committee
shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary
expenses in the performance of their duties.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 46; P.A. 11-80, S. 84.)
History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006; P.A. 11-80 changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to
"Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection", effective July 1, 2011.
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