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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6637
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4594
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT REQUIRING AN INVASIVE SPECIES STAMP FOR THE
OPERATION OF A MOTOR BOAT ON THE INLAND W ATERS OF THE
STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Any person who 1
registers a vessel or renews a vessel registration pursuant to section 15-2
144 of the general statutes and who intends to operate or allow such 3
vessel to be operated on the inland waters of the state shall 4
concomitantly, in addition to the remittance of any fee required 5
pursuant to section 15-144 of the general statutes, purchase an Invasive 6
Species Stamp. Such stamp shall expire with the applicable registration 7
for such vessel. The fee for such stamp for a resident of the state shall 8
be five dollars and the fee for such stamp for a nonresident of the state 9
shall be twenty-five dollars. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall 10
cause all revenues collected from the purchase of such Invasive Species 11
Stamps to be deposited in the Connecticut Lakes and Ponds 12
Preservation account established in section 14-21aa of the general 13
statutes. 14
Committee Bill No. 6637
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To enable Connecticut municipalities and the Department of Energy
and Environmental Protection to prevent and respond to infestations
of aquatic invasive species that negatively impact water quality,
recreational use, environmental health and property values through a
user-fee-based approach.
[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. ARCONTI, 109th Dist.; REP. GUCKER, 138th Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.
H.B. 6637