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	7	+	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6384
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4		-	Substitute House Bill No. 6384
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6		-	Public Act No. 21-12
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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING AQ UATIC INVASIVE SPECIES EFFECTS ON
10		-	LAKES AND RELATED FU NDING, CERTAIN GROUP FISHING
11		-	EVENTS AND ELIMINATING THE SEASON LIMITA TION FOR THE
12		-	TAKING OF TROUT.
	14	+	AN ACT CONCERNING AQ UATIC INVASIVE SPECIES' EFFECTS ON
	15	+	LAKES AND RELATED FU NDING.
13	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14	17		Assembly convened:
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16		-	Section 1. Section 22a-339h of the general statutes is repealed and the
17		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021):
18		-	On or before November 1, [2006] 2021, the Commissioner of Energy
19		-	and Environmental Protection shall enter into an agreement with the
20		-	town of Middlefield and the Lake Beseck Association regarding a
21		-	schedule for annual water level draw downs of Lake Beseck. Water level
22		-	draw downs shall be three feet during even-numbered years with
23		-	completion achieved by December first of such year and maintained
24		-	until March first of the following year. Water level draw downs shall be
25		-	six feet during odd-numbered years achieved by November first of such
26		-	year and maintained until [December] January thirty-first of [such] the
27		-	following year; a three-foot water level draw down shall be maintained
28		-	thereafter until March first of the following year. Such water level draw
29		-	downs are designed to balance the various concerns of the lake
30		-	community, including: Recreational needs, preservation of lakefront
31		-	infrastructure, fisheries habitat and other natural resource concerns. Substitute House Bill No. 6384
	19	+	Section 1. Section 22a-339h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	20	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2
	21	+	On or before November 1, [2006] 2021, the Commissioner of Energy 3
	22	+	and Environmental Protection shall enter into an agreement with the 4
	23	+	town of Middlefield and the Lake Beseck Association regarding a 5
	24	+	schedule for annual water level draw downs of Lake Beseck. Water level 6
	25	+	draw downs shall be three feet during even-numbered years with 7
	26	+	completion achieved by December first of such year and maintained 8
	27	+	until March first of the following year. Water level draw downs shall be 9
	28	+	six feet during odd-numbered years achieved by November first of such 10
	29	+	year and maintained until [December] January thirty-first of [such] the 11
	30	+	following year; a three-foot water level draw down shall be maintained 12
	31	+	thereafter until March first of the following year. Such water level draw 13
	32	+	downs are designed to balance the various concerns of the lake 14
	33	+	community, including: Recreational needs, preservation of lakefront 15
	34	+	infrastructure, fisheries habitat and other natural resource concerns. 16
	35	+	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2021, the 17
	36	+	Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a 18 Substitute Bill No. 6384
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35		-	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2021, the
36		-	Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a
37		-	report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the
38		-	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
39		-	matters relating to the environment on the amount of revenue collected
40		-	from the Aquatic Invasive Species fees authorized pursuant to section
41		-	14-21bb of the general statutes and the number, value and purpose of
42		-	any grants to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations awarded
43		-	from the Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account in
44		-	accordance with section 14-21aa of the general statutes. The
45		-	Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall provide the Commissioner of
46		-	Energy and Environmental Protection with any information necessary
47		-	to perform the requirements of this section. Such report may include any
48		-	recommendations from the Commissioner of Energy and
49		-	Environmental Protection on additional means for funding projects to
50		-	control or eradicate aquatic invasive species by municipalities and lake
51		-	authorities.
52		-	Sec. 3. Subsection (h) of section 26-30 of the general statutes is
53		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
54		-	passage):
55		-	(h) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may
56		-	issue a group fishing license to any tax-exempt organization qualified
57		-	under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any
58		-	subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States,
59		-	as amended from time to time, for the purpose of conducting a group
60		-	fishing event or events for persons: (1) With a service-related or other
61		-	disability who receive services at a facility of the United States
62		-	Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, (2) who
63		-	receive mental health or addiction services from: (A) The Department of
64		-	Mental Health and Addiction Services, (B) state-operated facilities, as
65		-	defined in section 17a-458, or (C) programs or facilities funded by the Substitute House Bill No. 6384
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	43	+	report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the 19
	44	+	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 20
	45	+	matters relating to the environment on the amount of revenue collected 21
	46	+	from the Aquatic Invasive Species fees authorized pursuant to section 22
	47	+	14-21bb of the general statutes and the number, value and purpose of 23
	48	+	any grants to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations awarded 24
	49	+	from the Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account in 25
	50	+	accordance with section 14-21aa of the general statutes. The 26
	51	+	Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall provide the Commissioner of 27
	52	+	Energy and Environmental Protection with any information necessary 28
	53	+	to perform the requirements of this section. Such report may include any 29
	54	+	recommendations from the Commissioner of Energy and 30
	55	+	Environmental Protection on additional means for funding projects to 31
	56	+	control or eradicate aquatic invasive species by municipalities and lake 32
	57	+	authorities. 33
	58	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	59	+	sections:
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69		-	Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, as provided for
70		-	in sections 17a-468b, 17a-469, 17a-673 and 17a-676, (3) with intellectual
71		-	disability who receive services from the Department of Developmental
72		-	Services, as provided for in section 17a-217, or from facilities licensed by
73		-	the Department of Developmental Services, as provided for in section
74		-	17a-227, (4) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who receive
75		-	services from the Department of Social Services, or (5) receiving care
76		-	from the Department of Children and Families, as provided for in
77		-	section 17a-94, or from programs or child-care facilities licensed
78		-	pursuant to section 17a-145 or 17a-147. Any such organization shall
79		-	conduct not more than fifty such events, including marine and inland
80		-	water events, in any calendar year and each such event shall be limited
81		-	to not more than [fifty] one hundred persons. Application for such a
82		-	group fishing license shall be submitted once per calendar year on a
83		-	form prescribed by the commissioner and with the necessary fee and
84		-	shall provide such information as required by the commissioner. All
85		-	fishing activities conducted pursuant to such group license shall be
86		-	supervised by staff or volunteers of the organization conducting the
87		-	event or events. Such staff or volunteers shall possess such group fishing
88		-	license at the site of any such event or events. Each such staff member
89		-	or volunteer shall have a license to fish. Such organization shall, not later
90		-	than ten days after such group fishing event, report to the commissioner,
91		-	on forms provided by the commissioner, information on the results of
92		-	such event. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the
93		-	total: (A) Number of participants, (B) hours fished, (C) number of each
94		-	species caught, and (D) number of each species not released. Such
95		-	organization shall not charge a fee to any person that participates in any
96		-	such group fishing event conducted pursuant to such group fishing
97		-	license and any such group fishing event shall not be used by such
98		-	organization as a fund raising event.
99		-	Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision
100		-	of title 26 of the general statutes, there shall be no closed season for sport Substitute House Bill No. 6384
	61	+	Section 1 October 1, 2021 22a-339h
	62	+	Sec. 2 from passage New section
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104		-	fishing of trout, provided nothing in this section shall be construed to
105		-	limit the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's
106		-	authority to regulate the method and manner of take for such trout.
	64	+	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
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