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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1146
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 4629
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO VARIOUS PROGRAMS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 26-5 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 3
appoint such number of conservation officers as may be necessary for 4
the efficient execution of the duties of the department under section 26-5
6. The commissioner may supplement the regular conservation officer 6
force by appointing as special conservation officer any employee of the 7
department or any sworn federal law enforcement officer of the United 8
States Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service, 9
provided such federal officer shall not be considered an employee of the 10
state and may only exercise such officer's authority pursuant to section 11
26-6 when working with a full-time conservation officer. The 12
commissioner may also appoint any lake patrolman as a special 13
conservation officer solely for the purpose of enforcing boating laws 14 Raised Bill No. 1146
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within such patrolman's jurisdiction, provided such patrolman shall not 15
be considered an employee of the state, and further provided that such 16
patrolman has completed a police training course at [the state police 17
training school or an equivalent course approved by the Commissioner 18
of Emergency Services and Public Protection] a Police Officer Standards 19
and Training Council approved training academy. Notwithstanding the 20
provisions of this section, no such lake patrolman shall carry a firearm 21
while in the performance of [his or her] such patrolman's duties as a 22
special conservation officer unless the board of selectmen of the town or 23
towns in which the lake on which the lake patrolman serves is located 24
approves such carrying of a firearm, or in the case of any town having 25
no board of selectmen, the lake patrolman obtains the approval of the 26
legislative body of such town or towns in which the lake is located. Each 27
conservation officer [or special conservation officer] shall [complete a 28
police training course at the state police training school or an equivalent 29
course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 30
Public Protection] be certified by the Police Officer Standards and 31
Training Council in accordance with the provisions of section 7-294d not 32
later than one year after appointment. Each special conservation officer 33
shall be certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council 34
in accordance with the provisions of section 7-294d or complete an 35
equivalent course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency 36
Services and Public Protection. Special conservation officers who are 37
employees of the department shall be entitled to the same benefits to 38
which conservation officers are entitled under the provisions of section 39
5-142, and such an appointment shall be deemed not to be in conflict 40
with any of the provisions of chapter 67. In addition to their salaries, 41
conservation officers and special conservation officers who are 42
employees of the department shall be reimbursed for all expenses 43
incurred in performance of official duty. 44
Sec. 2. Section 26-113 of the general statutes is repealed and the 45
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 46
Notice of such hearing shall be [advertised in one or more 47
newspapers having a general circulation in each of the counties of the 48 Raised Bill No. 1146
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state or in the locality where such waters are situated] posted on the 49
eRegulations System and on the Department of Energy and 50
Environmental Protection's Internet web site. Such notice shall specify 51
the time, not less than fourteen days thereafter, the agenda and the place 52
designated by the commissioner at which such hearing shall be held, 53
and at which persons having an interest therein will have an 54
opportunity to be heard. The commissioner or [his] the commissioner's 55
designated representative shall conduct such hearing and cause a record 56
thereof to be made. After such notice and hearing the commissioner 57
shall issue [his] such regulations based upon standards of sound 58
fisheries management including the following: (a) Scientific and factual 59
findings of a biological nature; (b) the availability of the species 60
involved; (c) unusual weather conditions and special hazards; (d) the 61
available supply of food and natural cover; (e) the general condition of 62
the waters; (f) the control of the species; (g) the number of permits 63
issued; (h) the area available; (i) the rights and privileges of sportsmen, 64
landowners and the general public; (j) the problem of providing and 65
perpetuating a sound program of fisheries management and a sound 66
recreational program consistent with the availability of the species. 67
Sec. 3. Section 26-159c of the general statutes is repealed and the 68
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 69
Prior to the adoption of any regulation under subsection (g) of section 70
26-142a or section 26-159a, the commissioner or [his] the commissioner's 71
designated representative shall conduct a public hearing or hearings in 72
those coastal areas where persons substantially affected by such 73
regulation and having an interest therein may be heard. The 74
commissioner shall cause notice of such hearing or hearings to be 75
[published at least once not more than thirty days and not fewer than 76
ten days before the date set for such hearing or hearings in a newspaper 77
or newspapers having general circulation in those areas which may be 78
affected by such regulation] posted on the eRegulations System and on 79
the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Internet web 80
site not fewer than fourteen days prior to the date set for such hearing 81
or hearings. 82 Raised Bill No. 1146
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Sec. 4. Section 26-102 of the general statutes is repealed and the 83
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 84
The commissioner may establish fish spawning areas and refuges on 85
any waters; and [he] the commissioner may establish closed areas and 86
safety zones on public lands and waters and, with the consent of the 87
owner, on private lands and waters, and close any such area to fishing 88
and trespassing. The commissioner shall have emergency authority to 89
declare a closed season on any regulated species [of fish] threatened 90
with undue depletion from any cause and, the provisions of section 26-91
116, as amended by this act, notwithstanding, if such cause is any 92
person, firm or corporation engaged in commercial fishing activity, the 93
commissioner shall have the additional emergency power to establish 94
prescribed conditions for the operation of such commercial fishing 95
activity, or suspend or prohibit the right of such person, firm or 96
corporation to operate within such waters for such period of time as the 97
commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner may, if [he] the 98
commissioner deems it necessary, close any waters, or portions thereof, 99
in the inland district to fishing for limited periods of time. 100
Sec. 5. Section 26-116 of the general statutes is repealed and the 101
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 102
The provisions of sections [26-102 and] 26-111 to 26-117, inclusive, 103
shall not apply to the taking of fish for commercial purposes and shall 104
not affect any statute regulating fishing in any lake, pond or reservoir 105
used for domestic water supply, nor shall any action be taken under the 106
provisions of said sections which will unreasonably interfere with the 107
proper management of a public water supply system. 108
Sec. 6. Section 26-137 of the general statutes is repealed and the 109
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 110
No person shall take or attempt to take any fish [, with the exception 111
of lamprey eels during the open season for the same,] within two 112
hundred fifty feet of any fishway, except that the commissioner when 113
[he] the commissioner deems necessary may extend or reduce such 114 Raised Bill No. 1146
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distance and shall indicate such other distance by posting. 115
Sec. 7. Section 26-142b of the general statutes is repealed and the 116
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 117
(a) For the purposes of this section, "active" with regard to a principal 118
commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license or 119
commercial lobster pot fishing license means that the license has been 120
renewed in the current year. 121
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner 122
of Energy and Environmental Protection may reissue an active principal 123
commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license or 124
commercial lobster pot fishing license in the event the license holder is 125
temporarily incapacitated and unable to operate a vessel or perform 126
other necessary functions associated with commercial fishing or in the 127
event a license holder is unable to conduct commercial fishing due to 128
exigencies related to medical care of an immediate family member. Such 129
temporary license may only be issued to a member of such 130
[incapacitated] license holder's immediate family or to a member of such 131
[incapacitated] license holder's crew, as designated by such license 132
holder, for the duration of such license holder's incapacity or [twelve 133
consecutive months, whichever is the shorter period] exigencies related 134
to medical care of an immediate family member of such license holder. 135
Such temporary license shall be subject to the provisions of section 26-136
142a. Landings during the period of such temporary license reissue may 137
be used to satisfy the requirements for license transfer in subsection (c) 138
of this section provided the license met all such requirements for 139
transfer at the time of such temporary reissue. 140
(c) The commissioner may authorize the transfer of an active 141
principal commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license 142
or commercial lobster pot fishing license, issued pursuant to subsection 143
(f) of section 26-142a, provided: (1) For purposes of an active resident-144
held principal or general commercial fishing license or commercial 145
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transfer is a resident of this state, and (B) the person transferring the 147
license held the license and landed regulated species or owned a vessel 148
that landed regulated species under the privilege of a quota-managed 149
species endorsement associated with the license in at least five of the 150
eight calendar years preceding the transfer request and [reported] such 151
landings were reported to the commissioner, pursuant to section 26-152
157b, for not less than thirty fishing days in each year, or (2) for purposes 153
of an active nonresident-held principal or general commercial fishing 154
license or commercial lobster pot fishing license: The person 155
transferring the license held the license and landed regulated species or 156
owned a vessel that landed regulated species under the privilege of a 157
quota-managed species endorsement associated with the license in at 158
least five of the eight calendar years preceding the transfer request and 159
[reported] such landings were reported to the commissioner, pursuant 160
to section 26-157b, for not less than thirty fishing days in each year. Such 161
landings shall be verified by seafood dealer reports submitted pursuant 162
to section 26-157b. The recipient of a transferred commercial lobster pot 163
fishing license or principal commercial fishing license shall be limited to 164
the number of lobster pots allocated to such license, except a transferee 165
who currently holds a commercial lobster pot fishing license, issued 166
pursuant to subsection (f) of section 26-142a, shall be limited to the 167
number of pots allocated to such person's currently held commercial 168
lobster pot fishing license or principal commercial fishing license or to 169
the transferred license, whichever is greater. The length of any 170
commercial fishing vessel used by the recipient of a transferred license 171
to fish with a trawl net in the waters of this state shall be not more than 172
[ten] twenty per cent greater than the length of the largest vessel used 173
by the person transferring the license during such qualifying period. 174
(d) (1) In the event of the death of the holder of an active principal 175
commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license or 176
commercial lobster pot fishing license, the commissioner may authorize 177
the transfer of such license pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, for 178
a period of two years from the date of death of such license holder. 179
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than five complete calendar years, the commissioner may authorize the 181
transfer of said license (A) subject to the provisions of this section, and 182
(B) provided the deceased license holder landed regulated species or 183
owned a vessel that landed regulated species under the privilege of a 184
quota-managed species endorsement associated with the license in each 185
calendar year during which the deceased license holder held the license 186
for six months or longer, and (C) provided such landings were reported 187
to the commissioner by the deceased license holder, pursuant to section 188
26-157b, for not less than thirty fishing days in each year. 189
(e) Upon transfer of a license, the original license holder shall become 190
ineligible to obtain a renewal of that license. Such original license holder 191
may acquire a new license through a subsequent license transfer. 192
(f) A transfer of a license under this section shall not be made while a 193
commercial fishery license, registration or vessel permit held by the 194
transferor or transferee is under suspension and a transfer shall not be 195
authorized for any transferee who has had a commercial fishery license, 196
registration or vessel permit revoked or suspended within the preceding 197
twelve months. 198
Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 22a-6g of the general statutes is 199
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 200
passage): 201
(a) Any person who submits an application to the Commissioner of 202
Energy and Environmental Protection for any permit or other license 203
pursuant to section 22a-32, 22a-39, 22a-174, 22a-208a, 22a-342, 22a-361, 204
22a-368, 22a-403 or 22a-430, subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-449, 205
section 22a-454 or Section 401 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act 206
(33 USC 466 et seq.), except an application for authorization under a 207
general permit shall: (1) Publish notice of such application in a 208
newspaper of general circulation in the affected area or on the Internet 209
web site used for local land use decisions in the municipality where such 210
property is located. Such notice shall also be published on the Internet 211
web site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) 212 Raised Bill No. 1146
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notify the chief elected official of the municipality in which the 213
regulated activity is proposed; and (3) include with such application a 214
copy of such notice as it appeared in the newspaper or municipal land 215
use Internet web site and a signed statement certifying that the applicant 216
notified the chief elected official of the municipality in which such 217
regulated activity is proposed. Such notices shall include: (A) The name 218
and mailing address of the applicant and the address of the location at 219
which the proposed activity will take place; (B) the application number, 220
if available; (C) the type of permit sought, including a reference to the 221
applicable statute or regulation; (D) a description of the activity for 222
which a permit is sought; (E) a description of the location of the 223
proposed activity and any natural resources affected thereby; (F) the 224
name, address and telephone number of any agent of the applicant from 225
whom interested persons may obtain copies of the application; and (G) 226
a statement that the application is available for inspection at the office 227
of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The 228
commissioner shall not process an application until the applicant has 229
submitted to the commissioner a copy of the notice and the signed 230
statement required by this section. Any person who submits an 231
application pursuant to section 22a-32 or 22a-361 shall additionally mail 232
such notice to any land owner of record for any property that is located 233
five hundred feet or less from the property line of the property on which 234
such proposed activity will occur. The provisions of this section shall 235
not apply to discharges exempted from the notice requirement by the 236
commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-430, to 237
hazardous waste transporter permits issued pursuant to section 22a-454 238
or to special waste authorizations issued pursuant to section 22a-209 239
and regulations adopted thereunder. 240
Sec. 9. Subsection (a) of section 22a-6h of the general statutes is 241
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 242
passage): 243
(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, at 244
least thirty days before approving or denying an application under 245
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403 or 22a-430, subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-449, section 22a-454 or 247
Section 401 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC 466 et 248
seq.), shall publish or cause to be published, at the applicant's expense, 249
once in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area 250
or, if such application pertains to a single-family residential property, 251
on the Internet web site used for local land use decisions in the 252
municipality where such property is located and on the Internet web 253
site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection notice 254
of the commissioner's tentative determination regarding such 255
application. Such notice shall include: (1) The name and mailing address 256
of the applicant and the address of the location of the proposed activity; 257
(2) the application number; (3) the tentative decision regarding the 258
application; (4) the type of permit or other authorization sought, 259
including a reference to the applicable statute or regulation; (5) a 260
description of the location of the proposed activity and any natural 261
resources affected thereby; (6) the name, address and telephone number 262
of any agent of the applicant from whom interested persons may obtain 263
copies of the application; (7) a brief description of all opportunities for 264
public participation provided by statute or regulation, including the 265
length of time available for submission of public comments to the 266
commissioner on the application; and (8) such additional information as 267
the commissioner deems necessary to comply with any provision of this 268
title or regulations adopted hereunder, or with the federal Clean Air 269
Act, federal Clean Water Act or federal Resource Conservation and 270
Recovery Act. The commissioner shall further give notice of such 271
determination to the chief elected official of the municipality in which 272
the regulated activity is proposed. Nothing in this section shall preclude 273
the commissioner from giving such additional notice as may be required 274
by any other provision of this title or regulations adopted hereunder, or 275
by the federal Clean Air Act, federal Clean Water Act or federal 276
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The provisions of this section 277
shall not apply to discharges exempted from the notice requirement by 278
the commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-430, to 279
hazardous waste transporter permits issued pursuant to section 22a-454 280
or to special waste authorizations issued pursuant to section 22a-209 281 Raised Bill No. 1146
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and regulations adopted thereunder. 282
Sec. 10. Section 7-131g of the general statutes is repealed and the 283
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 284
(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 285
make grants under the open space and watershed land acquisition 286
program to: (1) Municipalities for acquisition of land for open space 287
under subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of subsection (b) of section 7-288
131d in an amount not to exceed sixty-five per cent of the fair market 289
value of a parcel of land or interest in land proposed to be acquired; (2) 290
municipalities for acquisition of land for class I and class II water supply 291
protection under subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of said section 7-131d, 292
in an amount not to exceed sixty-five per cent of such value; (3) 293
nonprofit land conservation organizations for acquisition of land for 294
open space or watershed protection under subdivisions (1) to (6), 295
inclusive, of subsection (b) of said section 7-131d, in an amount not to 296
exceed sixty-five per cent of such value; (4) water companies for 297
acquisition of land under subdivision (7) of subsection (b) of said section 298
7-131d, in an amount not to exceed sixty-five per cent of such value 299
provided if such a company proposes in a grant application that it 300
intends to allow access to such land for recreational uses, such company 301
shall seek approval of the Commissioner of Public Health for such 302
access; and (5) distressed municipalities or targeted investment 303
communities, as defined in section 32-9p, or, with the approval of the 304
chief elected official or governing legislative body of such a municipality 305
or community, to a nonprofit land conservation organization or water 306
company, for acquisition of land within that municipality or 307
community, for open space under subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of 308
subsection (b) of said section 7-131d, in an amount not to exceed 309
seventy-five per cent of such value or for performance of work in the 310
restoration, enhancement or protection of resources in an amount not to 311
exceed fifty per cent of the cost of such work. Applicants for grants 312
under the program shall provide a copy of the application to the 313
chairperson of the review board established under section 7-131e. The 314
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applications as it deems necessary. 316
(b) For purposes of this subsection, the fair market value of land or 317
interest in land shall be determined by one or more appraisals 318
satisfactory to the commissioner and shall not include incidental costs, 319
including, but not limited to, surveying, development or closing costs. 320
The commissioner may consider a portion of the fair market value of a 321
donation of land by an entity receiving a grant as a portion of the 322
matching funds required under this subsection. A grantee may use 323
funds made available by the state, pursuant to subsection (a) of this 324
section, and the federal government to fund not more than ninety per 325
cent of the fair market value of any project funded under the program, 326
except the commissioner may authorize a grantee to use such state funds 327
provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and any funds made 328
available by the federal government to fund one hundred per cent of the 329
fair market value of any project funded under said program if the 330
commissioner determines that any of the following conditions exist: (1) 331
The grantee committed or expended significant resources, including, 332
but not limited to, payment of such incidental costs, toward the 333
acquisition and preservation in perpetuity of such land; (2) that the 334
grantee committed or expended significant resources for the care, 335
maintenance or preservation of such land that was consistent with the 336
intent of the open space and watershed land acquisition program, as 337
described in section 7-131d, as amended by this act; (3) that such project 338
will provide a significant recreational opportunity or natural resource 339
protection for the state and is consistent with: (A) The criteria of 340
subsections (b) and (c) of section 7-131d, as amended by this act; (B) the 341
additional considerations set forth in subsection (a) of section 7-131e; 342
and (C) any written guidelines developed by the commissioner 343
pursuant to said subsection; or (4) that such project is located in an area 344
of the state with a limited amount of land available for such recreational 345
opportunity or natural resource protection and is consistent with: (A) 346
The criteria of subsections (b) and (c) of section 7-131d, as amended by 347
this act; (B) the additional considerations set forth in subsection (a) of 348
section 7-131e, except equitable geographic distribution of such grants; 349 Raised Bill No. 1146
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and (C) any written guidelines developed by the commissioner 350
pursuant to said subsection. 351
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 352
(c) of section 7-131d, as amended by this act, for land that is the subject 353
of the execution or recording of a conservation easement or restriction 354
that resulted from a federally funded land conservation program, 355
municipal conservation grant program or a private conservation grant 356
program, prior to the recording of a permanent conservation easement 357
described in subsection (e) of section 7-131d, shall not be construed to 358
constitute land that has already been committed for public use, 359
provided: 360
(1) Such prior conservation easement or restriction is executed after 361
the execution of the grant agreement for a grant to preserve such land 362
under the provisions of this section, (2) at the time of the recording of 363
the permanent conservation easement required pursuant to subsection 364
(e) of section 7-131d, any nonfederal holder of any such prior easement 365
subordinates such holder's interests in the land to the interests of the 366
state, (3) such other federal funds, municipal grant funds or private 367
grant funds are used as matching funds for a grant issued under this 368
section, and (4) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 369
Protection determines, based on all pertinent circumstances, that the 370
conveyance of such other conservation easement or restriction, in 371
combination with the acquisition of the state's interest under this 372
section, constitutes one concurrent acquisition of property or interests 373
therein. 374
[(c)] (d) To the extent there is a balance of bonds authorized but not 375
allocated by the State Bond Commission on or after July 1, 1998, 376
pursuant to any bond act for the purposes of (1) the recreation and 377
natural heritage trust program established under sections 23-73 to 23-378
79, inclusive, and (2) the municipal open space grant program 379
established under sections 7-131c to 7-131g, inclusive, as amended by 380
this act, the State Bond Commission shall authorize the issuance of such 381
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75 and 7-131d, as amended by this act, and in two substantially equal 383
installments one in each half of the fiscal year commencing with the 384
fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 385
Sec. 11. Subsection (c) of section 7-131d of the general statutes is 386
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 387
passage): 388
(c) No grant may be made under the protected open space and 389
watershed land acquisition grant program established under subsection 390
(a) of this section or under the Charter Oak open space grant program 391
established under section 7-131t for: (1) Land to be used for commercial 392
purposes or for recreational purposes requiring intensive development, 393
including, but not limited to, golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, 394
ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles other than 395
vehicles needed by water companies to carry out their purposes, 396
provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or 397
nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intensive development; 398
(2) land with environmental contamination over a significant portion of 399
the property provided grants for land requiring remediation of 400
environmental contamination may be made if remediation will be 401
completed before acquisition of the land or any interest in the land and 402
an environmental assessment approved by the Commissioner of Energy 403
and Environmental Protection has been completed and no 404
environmental use restriction applies to the land; (3) land which has 405
already been committed for public use, except as provided in subsection 406
(c) of section 7-131g, as amended by this act; (4) development costs, 407
including, but not limited to, construction of ballfields, tennis courts, 408
parking lots or roadways; (5) land to be acquired by eminent domain; or 409
(6) reimbursement of in-kind services or incidental expenses associated 410
with the acquisition of land. This subsection shall not prohibit the 411
continuation of agricultural activity, the activities of a water company 412
for public water supply purposes or the selling of timber incidental to 413
management of the land which management is in accordance with 414
approved forest management practices provided any proceeds of such 415
timber sales shall be used for management of the land. In the case of 416 Raised Bill No. 1146
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land acquired under this section which is designated as a state park, any 417
fees charged by the state for use of such land shall be used by the state 418
in accordance with the provisions of title 23. 419
Sec. 12. Section 22a-185a of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 420
from passage) 421
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 26-5
Sec. 2 from passage 26-113
Sec. 3 from passage 26-159c
Sec. 4 from passage 26-102
Sec. 5 from passage 26-116
Sec. 6 from passage 26-137
Sec. 7 from passage 26-142b
Sec. 8 from passage 22a-6g(a)
Sec. 9 from passage 22a-6h(a)
Sec. 10 from passage 7-131g
Sec. 11 from passage 7-131d(c)
Sec. 12 from passage Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To revise training standard requirements for conservation officers,
change notice publication requirements for certain fishing regulations,
authorize the transfer of certain commercial fishing licenses, alter the
location for the publication of notice for numerous permit applications
submitted to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection,
authorize state open space grants for certain lands that are the subject of
other federally funded, municipally funded or privately funded
conservation easements or restrictions and repeal the Cricket Valley
Energy Center air monitoring equipment technical assistance and
support obligation of the department.
[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.]