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Connecticut House Bill HB05140

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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5140
5+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5140
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10+Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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1419 AN ACT CONCERNING THE HAND -HARVESTING OF HORSESHOE
1520 CRABS IN THE STATE.
1621 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1722 Assembly convened:
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19-Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) (a) Notwithstanding the 1
20-provisions of title 26 of the general statutes, no person shall engage in 2
21-the hand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs 3
22-from the waters of this state. 4
23-(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 5
24-the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 6
25-authorize the hand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs by permit for: (1) 7
26-Educational or scientific purposes provided the commissioner 8
27-determines that such harvesting will not cause harm to the horseshoe 9
28-crab population in this state, or (2) the collection of blood from 10
29-horseshoe crabs for biomedical purposes provided any such horseshoe 11
30-crab is returned, unharmed, to the waters from which it was collected. 12
31-(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be 13
32-fined twenty-five dollars for each specimen taken in violation of this 14
33-section. 15
34-(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 16
35-enforce the provisions of this section. 17 Substitute Bill No. 5140
24+Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person shall engage in 1
25+the hand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs 2
26+from the waters of this state. 3
27+(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 4
28+the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 5
29+authorize the hand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs by permit for: (1) 6
30+Educational or scientific purposes provided the commissioner 7
31+determines that such harvesting will not cause harm to the horseshoe 8
32+crab population in this state, or (2) the collection of blood from 9
33+horseshoe crabs for biomedical purposes provided any such horseshoe 10
34+crab is returned, unharmed, to the waters from which it was collected. 11
35+(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be 12
36+fined ten thousand dollars for a first offense and twenty-five thousand 13
37+dollars for any subsequent offense. 14 Raised Bill No. 5140
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4245 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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47-ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
50+Statement of Purpose:
51+To prohibit the hand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs from the waters and
52+shoreline of the state in order to protect the horseshoe crab population.
53+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
54+that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
55+underlined.]
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