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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5304
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4465
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF PINK BLAZE CLOTHING FOR
HUNTING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 26-66 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the 3
provisions of chapter 54 governing the taking of wildlife, provided any 4
regulations concerning the taking of migratory game birds shall be 5
consistent with section 26-91. The regulations may: (1) Establish the 6
open and closed seasons, which may be modified by decreasing or 7
increasing the number of days for any specific species, (2) establish 8
hours, days or periods during the open season when hunting shall not 9
be permitted for specific species, (3) establish legal hours, (4) prescribe 10
the legal methods, including type, kind, gauge and caliber of weapons 11
and ammunition, including long bow, (5) prescribe the sex of wildlife 12
that may be taken on a state-wide or local area basis, (6) establish the 13
daily bag limit and the season bag limit, (7) establish the maximum 14
number of persons that may hunt on designated areas during any 15
twenty-four-hour period, (8) require that a permit be obtained from the 16 Committee Bill No. 5304
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landowner or such landowner's agent, or the commissioner or such 17
commissioner's agent, to enter upon designated premises or areas for 18
the purpose of hunting, and further require that such permit be 19
returned within a specified time to the issuing authority with an 20
accurate report of all wildlife taken under such permit, the time spent 21
on the premises or area and any other data required by the 22
commissioner for management purposes, (9) establish areas that shall 23
be restricted for designated periods for hunting only with long bow or 24
other specified weapons, (10) establish areas that shall be restricted for 25
designated periods for hunting exclusively by persons with physical 26
disabilities, (11) establish requirements and procedures for tagging and 27
reporting birds or animals taken by hunting or trapping; and, in the 28
interest of public safety and for the purpose of preventing 29
unreasonable conduct and abuses by hunters, and to provide 30
reasonable control of the actions and behavior of such persons, said 31
commissioner may issue regulations and orders to (12) prohibit the 32
carrying of loaded firearms and hunting within specified distances of 33
buildings, (13) prohibit the discharge of firearms and other hunting 34
devices within specified distances of buildings and, when within 35
specified distances, the discharge of such firearms and devices toward 36
persons, buildings and livestock, (14) prohibit hunting while on any 37
road adjacent to any state park, state forest, premises used for the 38
breeding, rearing or holding in captivity of wildlife or premises used 39
for zoological purposes, (15) establish minimum distances between 40
fixed positions, floating and drift blinds for waterfowl hunting, (16) 41
prohibit crossing over lawns and lands under cultivation, (17) prohibit 42
damage to property, livestock and agricultural crops, (18) prohibit, 43
during specified periods on designated areas, the training, exercising 44
and running of dogs under control or uncontrolled, (19) prohibit the 45
operation and parking of vehicles on designated portions of public and 46
private roads, parking areas, lanes, passageways, rights-of-way, fields 47
and lots, (20) prohibit the discarding of bottles, glass, cans, paper, junk, 48
litter and trash, (21) control the launching, anchoring, mooring, storage 49
and abandonment of boats, trailers and related equipment on 50
properties under the control of the commissioner, (22) specify (A) the 51 Committee Bill No. 5304
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persons who shall wear fluorescent orange or pink clothing, (B) the 52
time periods during which such clothing shall be worn and (C) the 53
types and amounts of such clothing which shall be worn [, on and after 54
January 1, 1989,] when hunting. 55
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 26-66
ENV Joint Favorable