General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6353 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3366 *03366HB06353ENV* Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6353 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3366 *03366HB06353ENV* Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) AN ACT DESIGNATING THE SHORELINE OF THE TOWN OF STRATFORD AS A "NO KILL OR HARVEST ZONE" FOR HORSESHOE CRABS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) No person shall engage in the hand-harvest of horseshoe crabs from any area of the shoreline located in the town of Stratford. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose: To preserve the Stratford horseshoe crab breeding grounds for uses such as pharmaceutical development. [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. GRESKO, 121st Dist.; REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist. Co-Sponsors: REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist.; REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist. H.B. 6353