General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5087
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 805
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5087
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 805
*00805_______ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STEALING OF SHELLFISH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 26-225 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Any person who, in the daytime, unlawfully takes and carries away any [oysters] shellfish lawfully planted or cultivated in any waters, or any [oysters] shellfish being on any place designated for the planting or cultivation of [oysters] shellfish, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year; and, if such offense is committed in the night season, [he] such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year.
Sec. 2. Section 26-226 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Any person who wilfully injures any [oyster] shellfish enclosure legally designated, marked out and enclosed or removes any buoys or stakes used to mark out any [oyster] shellfish ground, or who takes any shells from such enclosure, shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 26-225
Sec. 2 from passage 26-226
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
26-225
Sec. 2
from passage
26-226
Statement of Purpose:
To apply the penalties that are currently in effect for the stealing of oysters and the injuring of oyster enclosures to all shellfish.
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