General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5300
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2675
*02675HB05300ENV*
Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5300
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 2675
*02675HB05300ENV*
Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SPEED LIMITS OF BOATS ON THE MYSTIC RIVER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 15-16 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) If any vessel, wholly or partly propelled by power, moves at a greater rate of speed than six miles per hour, when approaching or passing, and while within two hundred feet of, any wharf, pier or dock in the city of Hartford between the Bulkeley Bridge over the Connecticut River and the southern limits of said city, or Long Wharf and pier in New Haven Harbor, when any vessel is lying thereat at any berth below the north end of the platform on the east side of the wharf, or the wharf or pier in Bridgeport Harbor known as Mather's Dock, or any wharf, pier or marine railway in Norwalk Harbor, or any wharf in the city of Middletown, or any dock, pier or wharf in the city of New London or in New London Harbor, or in the city of Norwich, or between the cities of New London and Norwich, or on the Eight Mile River in Lyme between the northerly end of the channel at Hamburg Village and the southerly end at the Connecticut River, or any wharf on either side of Mystic River between its mouth at Noank beacon and the most northerly channel buoy north of the Marine Historical Association, or while passing between Branford Point Dock and Sybil's Creek, so called, in the Branford River, the person in command of any such vessel shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the state, and shall also be liable to pay threefold damages to any person whose property is injured in consequence of the violation of the provisions of this section.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, on and after the adoption of regulations by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 15-121 that establish speed limits for vessels moving on the Mystic River, the speed limit for vessels moving on the Mystic River shall be as established in such regulations.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 15-16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
15-16
Statement of Purpose:
To create consistency between the general statutes and the regulations concerning the speed limit for vessels on the Mystic River.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. WRIGHT E., 41st Dist.; REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist. SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. WRIGHT E., 41st Dist.; REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.
SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist.
H.B. 5300