General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5126
January Session, 2011 *_____HB05126ENV___031011____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5126
January Session, 2011
*_____HB05126ENV___031011____*
AN ACT INCREASING ANCHORAGE AND MOORING FEES PAID TO HARBOR MASTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22a-113s of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) The commission may propose a fee schedule for a permit for a mooring or anchorage or any other activity within the scope of the plan to be adopted by vote of the legislative body of each town establishing the commission. The maximum annual fee for a mooring or anchorage shall be [two] four hundred dollars. The harbor master or deputy harbor master for the municipality shall collect such fee. Any fee collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a fund maintained by the municipality in which such fee was collected and shall be used for the maintenance and improvement of the harbor for the public and for expenses for personnel and equipment directly related to the function of the commission and the harbor master or deputy harbor master.
(b) Not later than April 1, 2012, the commission may propose a fee schedule for a permit for a mooring or anchorage that is not less than ten per cent and not more than one hundred per cent greater than the applicable permit fee as of October 1, 2011. Such proposed fee schedule shall be implemented or rejected by the legislative body of each town establishing the commission not later than July 1, 2012. The amount of such increase shall be deposited into a fund maintained by the municipality in which such fee was collected and shall be used by such municipality as such municipality deems appropriate.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 22a-113s
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
22a-113s
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