Connecticut General Statutes/Title 26/Chapter 491/Section 26-216

CGS § 26-216. Penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of section 26-215, or who uses any device or number not furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture for a boat or vessel used in cultivating or dredging for shellfish, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than fifty dollars for each day that such boat or vessel is so unlawfully used and, on conviction of a second offense, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor for each day that such boat or vessel is so unlawfully used.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 5048; 1969, P.A. 218, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 353; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 23; P.A. 78-334, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 120; P.A. 12-80, S. 89.)

Long History

History: 1969 act rephrased provisions; 1971 act replaced clerk of shellfisheries with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-334 increased minimum fine from $10 to $25 and deleted reference to not bearing coat of arms as violation; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty for second offense of a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.

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