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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5140
February Session, 2022
AN ACT CONCERNING THE HAND -HARVESTING OF HORSESHOE
CRABS IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) (a) Notwithstanding the 1
provisions of title 26 of the general statutes, no person shall engage in 2
the hand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs 3
from the waters of this state. 4
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 5
the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 6
authorize the hand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs by permit for: (1) 7
Educational or scientific purposes provided the commissioner 8
determines that such harvesting will not cause harm to the horseshoe 9
crab population in this state, or (2) the collection of blood from 10
horseshoe crabs for biomedical purposes provided any such horseshoe 11
crab is returned, unharmed, to the waters from which it was collected. 12
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be 13
fined twenty-five dollars for each specimen taken in violation of this 14
section. 15
(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 16
enforce the provisions of this section. 17 Substitute Bill No. 5140
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 New section
ENV Joint Favorable Subst.