Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5304
8	7		January Session, 2019
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12	11		Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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15	14		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF PINK BLAZE CLOTHING FOR
21	20		HUNTING.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. Section 26-66 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
27	26		The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the 3
28	27		provisions of chapter 54 governing the taking of wildlife, provided any 4
29	28		regulations concerning the taking of migratory game birds shall be 5
30	29		consistent with section 26-91. The regulations may: (1) Establish the 6
31	30		open and closed seasons, which may be modified by decreasing or 7
32	31		increasing the number of days for any specific species, (2) establish 8
33	32		hours, days or periods during the open season when hunting shall not 9
34	33		be permitted for specific species, (3) establish legal hours, (4) prescribe 10
35	34		the legal methods, including type, kind, gauge and caliber of weapons 11
36	35		and ammunition, including long bow, (5) prescribe the sex of wildlife 12
37	36		that may be taken on a state-wide or local area basis, (6) establish the 13
38	37		daily bag limit and the season bag limit, (7) establish the maximum 14
39	38		number of persons that may hunt on designated areas during any 15
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47	45		landowner or such landowner's agent, or the commissioner or such 17
48	46		commissioner's agent, to enter upon designated premises or areas for 18
49	47		the purpose of hunting, and further require that such permit be 19
50	48		returned within a specified time to the issuing authority with an 20
51	49		accurate report of all wildlife taken under such permit, the time spent 21
52	50		on the premises or area and any other data required by the 22
53	51		commissioner for management purposes, (9) establish areas that shall 23
54	52		be restricted for designated periods for hunting only with long bow or 24
55	53		other specified weapons, (10) establish areas that shall be restricted for 25
56	54		designated periods for hunting exclusively by persons with physical 26
57	55		disabilities, (11) establish requirements and procedures for tagging and 27
58	56		reporting birds or animals taken by hunting or trapping; and, in the 28
59	57		interest of public safety and for the purpose of preventing 29
60	58		unreasonable conduct and abuses by hunters, and to provide 30
61	59		reasonable control of the actions and behavior of such persons, said 31
62	60		commissioner may issue regulations and orders to (12) prohibit the 32
63	61		carrying of loaded firearms and hunting within specified distances of 33
64	62		buildings, (13) prohibit the discharge of firearms and other hunting 34
65	63		devices within specified distances of buildings and, when within 35
66	64		specified distances, the discharge of such firearms and devices toward 36
67	65		persons, buildings and livestock, (14) prohibit hunting while on any 37
68	66		road adjacent to any state park, state forest, premises used for the 38
69	67		breeding, rearing or holding in captivity of wildlife or premises used 39
70	68		for zoological purposes, (15) establish minimum distances between 40
71	69		fixed positions, floating and drift blinds for waterfowl hunting, (16) 41
72	70		prohibit crossing over lawns and lands under cultivation, (17) prohibit 42
73	71		damage to property, livestock and agricultural crops, (18) prohibit, 43
74	72		during specified periods on designated areas, the training, exercising 44
75	73		and running of dogs under control or uncontrolled, (19) prohibit the 45
76	74		operation and parking of vehicles on designated portions of public and 46
77	75		private roads, parking areas, lanes, passageways, rights-of-way, fields 47
78	76		and lots, (20) prohibit the discarding of bottles, glass, cans, paper, junk, 48
79	77		litter and trash, (21) control the launching, anchoring, mooring, storage 49
80	78		and abandonment of boats, trailers and related equipment on 50
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	84	+	properties under the control of the commissioner, (22) specify (A) the 51
88	85		persons who shall wear fluorescent orange or pink clothing, (B) the 52
89	86		time periods during which such clothing shall be worn and (C) the 53
90	87		types and amounts of such clothing which shall be worn [, on and after 54
91	88		January 1, 1989,] when hunting. 55
92	89		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
93	90		sections:
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95	92		Section 1 October 1, 2019 26-66
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97		-	ENV Joint Favorable
	94	+	Statement of Purpose:
	95	+	To authorize the use of pink blaze clothing for hunting.
	96	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	97	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	98	+	not underlined.]
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	100	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.; REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
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	102	+	H.B. 5304
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