LCO 4340 \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00245-R02- SB.docx 1 of 2 General Assembly Committee Bill No. 245 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 4340 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) AN ACT PROHIBITING HUNTING ALONG THE QUI NNIPIAC RIVER IN NEW HAVEN. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 26-106 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 (a) That portion of Milford Harbor extending from Memorial Bridge 3 to the Milford breakwater and that portion of Gulf Pond extending 4 from land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 5 Company to said breakwater and that portion of the upland known as 6 harbor side of Wilcox Park located on the east side of said Milford 7 Harbor, comprising five acres more or less, is established as a state 8 refuge for wildlife. [The territory within the limits above described 9 shall be subject to all provisions of the general statutes relating to state 10 refuges for wildlife and to the regulations of the commissioner relating 11 to such refuges.] 12 (b) That portion of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven extending 13 from the Interstate 95 bridge to the Interstate 91 bridge and that 14 portion of the Mill River in New Haven extending from the Interstate 15 Committee Bill No. 245 LCO 4340 {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00245- R02-SB.docx } 2 of 2 95 bridge to the Interstate 91 bridge is established as a state refuge for 16 wildlife. 17 (c) The territory within the limits described in subsections (a) and 18 (b) of this section shall be subject to all provisions of the general 19 statutes relating to state refuges for wildlife and to the regulations of 20 the commissioner relating to such refuges. 21 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2019 26-106 ENV Joint Favorable