Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-11a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-11a
Sec. 15-11a. (Formerly Sec. 15-31). Removal and taking of derelict vessels.
Status: in_force

(b) Prior to removing and taking such derelict vessel into custody, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, a duly authorized harbor master or a duly authorized representative of a municipality shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the owner, agent or operator of the vessel and shall allow such owner, agent or operator to make arrangements for removal of the vessel. Such notification shall inform the owner, agent or operator that, pursuant to this section, if the vessel is not removed within twenty-four hours of notification, it shall be removed, taken into custody and stored at the owner's, agent's or operator's expense.

(c) Prior to removing a derelict vessel, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, a duly authorized harbor master or a duly authorized representative of a municipality shall affix to such vessel a readily visible notification sticker. The notification sticker shall contain the following information: (1) The date and time the notification sticker was affixed to the vessel, (2) a statement that, pursuant to this section, if the vessel is not removed within twenty-four hours of the time the sticker was affixed, it shall be taken into custody and stored at the owner's expense, (3) the location and telephone number where additional information may be obtained, and (4) the identity of the person who affixed the sticker.

(d) If the derelict vessel is not removed by the owner, agent or operator within the time period provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, a duly authorized harbor master or a duly authorized representative of a municipality may direct that such vessel be removed and taken into custody and may cause the same to be stored in a suitable place.

(e) If a derelict vessel is removed and taken into custody pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, a duly authorized harbor master or a duly authorized representative of a municipality shall give written notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner, agent or operator of such vessel, if known, which notice shall state: (1) The vessel has been removed, taken into custody and stored, (2) the location from which the vessel was removed, and (3) that the vessel may be disposed of after fifteen days if the market value of such vessel, as determined by a certified marine surveyor, does not exceed two thousand dollars or that the vessel may be sold after ninety days, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of this section.

(f) Ninety days or more after written notice has been given pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, a duly authorized harbor master or a duly authorized representative of a municipality may sell a derelict vessel at public auction in accordance with the provisions of this section. The commissioner, harbor master or authorized agent of a municipality shall apply the proceeds of such sale toward the payment of its charges, any storage charges and the payment of any debt or obligation incurred by the commissioner, harbor master or agent who placed the vessel in storage. Such sale shall be advertised twice in a newspaper published or having a circulation in the town where such vessel is stored or is located, commencing at least five days before such sale; and, if the last place of abode of the owner, agent or operator of such vessel is known to or ascertained by the commissioner, harbor master or agent by the exercise of reasonable diligence, notice of the time and place of sale shall be given to such owner, agent or operator by sending such notice to the owner, agent or operator, by certified mail, return receipt requested, at such last place of abode at least five days before the day of the sale. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting any amount due for removal and storage charges and all expenses connected with such sale, shall be paid to the owner, agent or operator of such vessel or the owner's, agent's or operator's legal representatives, if claimed by the owner, agent or operator or the owner's, agent's or operator's legal representative at any time within one year from the date of such sale. If such balance is not claimed within said period, it shall escheat to the municipality from which the vessel was removed. If the expenses incurred by the commissioner, harbor master or agent for such removal and storage and sale of such vessel and any fines exceed the proceeds of such sale, the owner, agent or operator of the vessel shall be liable for such excess expenses.

(g) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may require the owner, agent or operator to furnish a performance bond in an amount sufficient to cover the estimated costs of removal as determined by the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-72b — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-72b
Sec. 15-72b. Operation of unmanned aircraft over boundaries of private premises. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall operate an unmanned aircraft, or program an unmanned aircraft to operate, at a height of less than two hundred fifty feet over the boundaries of private premises without the prior approval of the owner of such premises.

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to (1) the operation of an unmanned aircraft by, or on behalf of, an employee of the federal government, the state or a political subdivision of the state, a member of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the armed forces of the state, a firefighter, a police officer or an employee of a public service company when such operation is in the performance of the official duties of such employee, member, firefighter or officer, or (2) a person operating an unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes in compliance with authorization granted by the Federal Aviation Administration to the extent such operation is necessary for such commercial purpose.

(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall have committed an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-102 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267 / Section 15-102
Sec. 15-102. Definitions.
Status: repealed

(a) “Judgment” means any judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a claim for damages suffered by a claimant arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of any aircraft, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person or injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon an agreement of settlement for such damages.

(b) “Nonresident's operating privilege” means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the law of this state pertaining to the operation by him of an aircraft, or the use of an aircraft owned by him, in this state.

(c) “Operator” means any person who is exercising actual physical control of an aircraft.

(d) “Owner” means any of the following persons who may be legally responsible for the operation of an aircraft: (1) A person who holds the legal title to an aircraft; (2) a lessee of an aircraft; (3) a conditional vendee, a trustee under a trust receipt and a mortgagor or other person holding an aircraft subject to a security interest.

(e) “Passenger” means any person in, on or boarding an aircraft for the purpose of riding therein, or alighting therefrom following a flight or attempted flight therein.

(f) Repealed by June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 8.

(g) “Resident's operating privilege” means the privilege conferred upon a resident by the law of this state pertaining to the operation by him of an aircraft, or the use of an aircraft owned by him, in this state.

Cited. 194 C. 129.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120i — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267a / Section 15-120i
Sec. 15-120i. Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority. Board of directors.
Status: in_force

(b) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of fifteen members, each member serving not more than two consecutive four-year terms. The terms of the members shall be staggered so that not more than four members' terms shall expire at the same time. Eight members of the board shall be appointed by the mayor of New Haven and five members shall be appointed by the mayor of East Haven, at least six of whom shall be residents of New Haven or East Haven. Two members of the board shall be appointed by the South Central Regional Council of Governments, each of whom shall be a resident of any of the following towns or cities: Bethany, Branford, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven or Woodbridge. The board of directors shall elect a chairperson from among its members and shall annually elect one of its members as vice-chairperson and shall elect other members as officers, and establish bylaws as necessary for the operation of the authority. Members of the board of directors shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties. No member of the board shall have any financial interest in Tweed-New Haven Airport or any of its tenants or concessions.

(c) The thirteen members of the board of directors appointed by the mayors of New Haven and East Haven shall be special directors vested with additional powers set forth in the bylaws of the Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority.

(d) The powers of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by the board. Eight members of the board shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting of the board shall be sufficient for any action taken by the board. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the board. Any action taken by the board may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting and shall take effect immediately unless otherwise provided in the resolution. Notice of any meeting, whether special or regular, shall be given orally, not less than forty-eight hours prior to the meeting. The board may delegate to three or more of its members, or its officers, agents and employees, such board powers and duties as it may deem proper.

(e) The authority shall have perpetual succession and shall adopt procedures for the conduct of its affairs in accordance with section 15-120k . Such succession shall continue as long as the authority shall have obligations outstanding and until the existence of the authority is terminated by law at which time the rights and properties of the authority shall pass to and be vested in the city of New Haven.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-140h — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-140h
Sec. 15-140h. Operation of vessel by person less than twelve years of age. Operation of vessel engaged in water skiing by person less than sixteen years of age.
Status: in_force

(b) No person less than sixteen years of age shall operate on the waters of the state a vessel that is required to be registered or numbered pursuant to this chapter and that is engaged in water skiing, as defined in section 15-127 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-93 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-93
Sec. 15-93. Establishment or alteration of structures.
Status: in_force

(b) Variances. Any person desiring to erect any structure, or increase the height of any structure, or permit the growth of any tree, or otherwise use his property, in violation of airport zoning regulations adopted under section 15-91 , may apply to the board of appeals, as provided herein, for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. Such variance shall be allowed where a literal application or enforcement of the regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship and the relief granted would not be contrary to the public interest but do substantial justice and be in accordance with the spirit of the regulations.

(c) Obstruction marking and lighting. In granting any permit or variance under this section the administrative agency or board of appeals may, if it deems such action advisable to effectuate the purposes of sections 15-88 to 15-97 , inclusive, and reasonable in the circumstances, so condition such permit or variance as to require the owner of the structure or tree in question to permit the municipality, at its own expense, to install, operate and maintain suitable obstruction markers and obstruction lights thereon.

Cited. 185 C. 145.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-207 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-207
Sec. 15-207. Application for certificate of title.
Status: in_force

(b) An application for a certificate of title shall be on a form that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles prescribes, be signed by the applicant and contain:

(1) The applicant's name, the street address of the applicant's principal residence and, if different, the applicant's mailing address;

(2) The name and mailing address of each other owner of the vessel;

(3) The hull identification number for the vessel or, if none, an application to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the issuance of a hull identification number for the vessel;

(4) The vessel number for the vessel or, if none has been issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, an application for a vessel number;

(5) A description of the vessel as required by the Department of Motor Vehicles, which shall include:

(A) The official number for the vessel, if any, assigned by the United States Coast Guard;

(B) The name of the manufacturer, builder or maker;

(C) The model year or the year in which the manufacture or build of the vessel was completed;

(D) The overall length of the vessel;

(E) The vessel type;

(F) The hull material;

(G) The propulsion type;

(H) The engine drive type, if any; and

(I) The fuel type, if any;

(6) An indication of all security interests in the vessel known to the applicant and the name and mailing address of each secured party;

(7) A statement that the vessel is not a documented vessel or a foreign-documented vessel;

(8) Any title brand known to the applicant and, if known, the jurisdiction under whose law the title brand was created;

(9) If the application is made in connection with a transfer of ownership, the transferor's name, street address and, if different, mailing address, the sales price, if any, and the date of the transfer;

(10) If the vessel previously was registered or titled in another jurisdiction, a statement identifying each jurisdiction known to the applicant in which the vessel was registered or titled; and

(11) Any further information the commissioner reasonably requires to identify the vessel and to enable the commissioner to determine whether the owner is entitled to a certificate of title and the existence or nonexistence of security interests in the vessel.

(c) In addition to the information required by subsection (b) of this section, an application for a certificate of title may contain an electronic communication address of the owner, transferor or secured party.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in sections 15-218 to 15-221 , inclusive, an application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by:

(1) A certificate of title signed by the owner shown on the certificate of title that:

(A) Identifies the applicant as the owner of the vessel; or

(B) Is accompanied by a record that identifies the applicant as the owner; or

(2) If there is no certificate of title:

(A) If the vessel was a documented vessel, a record issued by the United States Coast Guard which shows the vessel is no longer a documented vessel and identifies the applicant as the owner;

(B) If the vessel was a foreign-documented vessel, a record issued by the foreign country which shows the vessel is no longer a foreign-documented vessel and identifies the applicant as the owner; or

(C) In all other cases, a certificate of origin, bill of sale or other record that to the satisfaction of the department identifies the applicant as the owner.

(e) A record submitted in connection with an application is part of the application. The department shall maintain the record in its files.

(f) The department may require that an application for a certificate of title be accompanied by payment or evidence of payment of any or all fees and taxes payable by the applicant under the law of this state, other than fees paid in connection with the application or the acquisition or use of the vessel.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-154a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-154a
Sec. 15-154a. Town marine officers and auxiliaries.
Status: in_force

(b) The selectmen of any town may appoint for such length of time as they determine town marine auxiliaries to the municipal police. Such auxiliaries may monitor any body of water wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the town or land adjacent to such body of water for compliance with the provisions of this chapter, section 53-134 , subsection (b) of section 53a-119b and section 53a-182 , provided such auxiliaries shall not have the power to arrest any person and shall not be considered peace or police officers. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop a training program for such auxiliaries.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-229 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-229
Sec. 15-229. Department of Motor Vehicles' provision of forms and investigatory and rule-making authority. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive; and (2) adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out the provisions of said sections.

(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for the implementation of any of the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive, and for the placement of additional indications on any certificate of title concerning the condition of or status of title to any vessel. An indication shall be placed on a certificate of title stating that the vessel may be subject to security interests not shown on the certificate of title when: (1) This state becomes the state of principal use of the vessel from another state; (2) the vessel was not a documented or foreign-documented vessel immediately prior to the application for the certificate of title; and (3) the immediately previous state of principal use of the vessel did not issue, or does not have a requirement for, a certificate of title for the vessel. Such regulations, as may be adopted by the commissioner, shall provide for an opportunity for a hearing, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 and section 15-230 , for any person aggrieved by any action, omission to act or decision of the commissioner or of the Department of Motor Vehicles made pursuant to this subsection.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the inclusion of a title brand on a certificate of title for a vessel. In adopting such regulations, the commissioner shall consider whether special branding categories such as “hull damaged” shall be included on the certificate of title for a vessel.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-208 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-208
Sec. 15-208. Responsibilities of Department of Motor Vehicles re application for, creation of and cancellation of certificate of title.
Status: in_force

(b) If the department creates electronic certificates of title, the department shall create an electronic certificate of title unless in the application the secured party of record or, if none, the owner of record, requests that the department create a written certificate of title.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the department may reject an application for a certificate of title only if:

(1) The application does not comply with section 15-207 ;

(2) The application does not contain documentation sufficient for the department to determine whether the applicant is entitled to a certificate of title;

(3) There is a reasonable basis for concluding that the application is fraudulent or issuance of a certificate of title would facilitate a fraudulent or illegal act; or

(4) The application does not comply with state law.

(d) The department shall reject an application for a certificate of title for a vessel that appears from the application to be a documented vessel or a foreign-documented vessel.

(e) The department may cancel a certificate of title created by the department only if the department:

(1) Could have rejected the application for the certificate of title under subsection (c) of this section;

(2) Is required to cancel the certificate of title pursuant to this section or section 15-211 , 15-218 or 15-219 ; or

(3) Receives satisfactory evidence that the vessel is a documented vessel or a foreign-documented vessel.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-145 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-145
Sec. 15-145. Marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's and marine surveyor's registration numbers. Regulations. Fees. Availability and renewal of certificates. Use of vessels. Restrictions.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, regarding: (1) The establishment of fees for each marine dealer registration number issued, (2) application for such numbers, (3) examination of a marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer or marine surveyor with respect to criteria for issuance of such numbers, and (4) issuance and display of marine dealer registration numbers. Such application shall contain an affidavit stating that (A) such marine dealer is a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or repairing new or used vessels and that such person has an established place of business for the sale, trade, display or repair of such vessels, unless specifically exempted in this subsection from the requirement to have an established place of business, (B) such marine engine manufacturer is a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or repairing marine engines and that such person has an established place of business for the sale, trade, display or repair of such engines, or (C) such marine surveyor is a person engaged in the inspection, surveying or examination of vessels and meets the definition of a marine surveyor, as defined in section 15-141 . Yacht brokers shall not be required to have an established place of business. A marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's or marine surveyor's registration certificate shall be denominated as such and shall state the dealer's, engine manufacturer's or surveyor's name, residence address, business address, registration number, the expiration date of the certificate and such other information as the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may prescribe. The certificate, or a copy of the certificate, shall be carried aboard and shall be available for inspection upon each vessel which displays the marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's or marine surveyor's registration number whenever such vessel is in operation. A number or certificate may not be used on more than one vessel at a time. Each certificate shall be renewed on the first day of May of the year following the date of issue and shall expire on the last day of April of the year following such renewal, unless sooner terminated or surrendered. At least thirty days prior to the expiration date of each certificate, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall notify each marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer and marine surveyor of such expiration. Within ninety days before its expiration, each marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's or marine surveyor's certificate may be renewed upon application and upon payment of the fee prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection. Each registration number assigned to a marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer or marine surveyor shall remain the same as long as such dealer, manufacturer or surveyor continues, under the same name, in the business described in such dealer's, manufacturer's or surveyor's application affidavit as required pursuant to this subsection.

(c) A marine dealer's registration number shall be displayed in such manner as the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection prescribes on vessels: (1) Operated for the purpose of sale, trade, repair or transport and on any vessel sold by such dealer for not more than five days after the date of such sale, (2) on any vessel used by a marine engine manufacturer for the sole purpose of testing or demonstrating marine engines manufactured or repaired by such person, and (3) on any vessel used by a marine surveyor for the purpose of inspecting, surveying or examining such vessel or associated equipment to assess, monitor and report on the condition of such vessel or associated equipment. Any vessel displaying a marine dealer's registration number shall be presumed to be properly registered.

(d) No marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer or marine surveyor shall (1) rent, or allow or cause to be rented, (2) operate, or allow or cause to be operated, for hire, or (3) use, or allow or cause to be used, for the purpose of conveying passengers or merchandise or freight for hire, any vessel registered with a marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's or marine surveyor's number and certificate. No marine dealer or marine engine manufacturer may loan a number certificate to any person except (A) for the purpose of demonstrating a vessel; (B) when a vessel owned by or lawfully in the custody of such person is undergoing repairs; or (C) when such person has purchased a vessel, the registration of which has not yet been completed and in any case for not more than five consecutive days. Each marine dealer or marine engine manufacturer shall keep a record of each loaned number certificate showing the date loaned, the vessel hull identification number (HIN) of the vessel on which such number is displayed, the date returned and the name and address of the person operating any vessel with such loaned number certificate. Such dealer or engine manufacturer shall give a copy of this record to each person to whom such number certificate is loaned, which copy shall be carried in the vessel at all times when operated. This record shall be retained by the dealer or engine manufacturer for a period of six months from the date on which the number certificate was loaned and such record shall be available during business hours for examination by any police officer, marine officer or conservation officer. A marine surveyor shall not loan a number certificate to any person.

(e) Any marine dealer may operate, or cause to be operated by a bona fide full-time employee, a vessel with a marine dealer's registration number (1) while a potential purchaser or customer is aboard, (2) when running a new vessel from an import terminal to the dealer's place of business, (3) when test running a new vessel after receiving it from the manufacturer, (4) when delivering a sold vessel to the new owner, (5) when running a trade-in vessel from a buyer, (6) when test running a trade-in vessel before it is made available for sale, (7) when running a vessel to, and using a vessel in, a fishing tournament, (8) when test running a vessel after repairs, maintenance or winter storage, (9) when used in connection with the business of the marine dealer, (10) when running the vessel to obtain or deliver parts for the repair of the vessel or another vessel, and (11) for the personal use of the marine dealer. Any marine surveyor may operate, or cause to be operated by a bona fide full-time employee, a vessel with a marine dealer's registration number when performing an inspection, survey or examination of such vessel or associated equipment provided the marine surveyor has been contracted by written agreement to perform such work and a copy of the written agreement is carried on the vessel while the marine surveyor's registration number is displayed on the vessel. Each marine dealer and marine surveyor shall maintain a record of the following: (A) Each marine number certificate issued by the commissioner to such dealer, (B) the name, address and occupation of any bona fide full-time employee to whom such certificate has been assigned, (C) the date of assignment of such certificate, and (D) the exact location of each unassigned certificate. For the purposes of this subsection, “bona fide full-time employee” means a person who is employed by a marine dealer or marine surveyor for not less than thirty-five hours per week and who appears on the records of such marine dealer as an employee for whom tax is withheld for Social Security, federal income tax and any other withholding or deductions from salary required by law.

(f) No person may use a vessel with a marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's or marine surveyor's registration number for any purpose other than the purposes described in this section. The commissioner may revoke any marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's or marine surveyor's registration number under this section if any vessel with a number issued to such dealer, engine manufacturer or surveyor is used in violation of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120qq — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120qq
Sec. 15-120qq. Indemnification for title defects or environmental issues re airport properties.
Status: in_force

(b) The authority or any such employee or director may bring an action in the Superior Court against the state to enforce the provisions of this section.

(c) For purposes of this section, “pollution”, “contamination”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous substance” and “environmental condition” have the same meanings as in applicable federal, state or local laws, whether now in force or as amended or enacted in the future, pertaining to public health or the environment and including, without limitation, title 22a and any regulations or guidance promulgated by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1987, as may be amended from time to time, and “hazardous building material” has the same meaning commonly ascribed to it in the environmental remediation context and in any regulations or guidance promulgated by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or the Department of Administrative Services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-106 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267 / Section 15-106
Sec. 15-106. Policy or bond requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) The policy or bond need not cover: (1) Any liability on account of bodily injury to or death of any employee of the owner or operator while the employee is engaged in the duties of his employment; or (2) any obligation for which the owner or operator or his insurer may be held liable under any workers' compensation law.

See Sec. 15-87 re service of process against nonresident owners and operators.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-41 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-41
Sec. 15-41. Regulations, procedures and standards.
Status: in_force

Cited. 201 C. 700; 211 C. 690.

Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 250.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120ll — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120ll
Sec. 15-120ll. Authority as successor agency. Memoranda of understanding.
Status: in_force

(b) To the extent that the authority is authorized by sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive, to exercise powers or duties with respect to Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports, which powers are also granted to the commissioner by the general statutes or any public or special act, the authority shall not exercise such powers or perform such duties except to the extent that such powers or duties are ceded to the authority by the commissioner. The authority and the commissioner shall enter into one or more memoranda of understanding that will facilitate the authority's governance of such airports, and provide for an orderly transition and transfer of ownership, jurisdiction or authority to control, operate and maintain such airports from the Department of Transportation to the authority. Such memoranda of understanding shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The administrative support functions to be provided by the Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, human resources, payroll processing, purchasing, accounts payable, information technology, planning, engineering, construction inspection and additional services mutually agreed upon between the authority and the department; (2) those powers that will be exercised and duties that will be performed by each party, either as principal or as agent for the state, with respect to Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airport, including responsibilities for ensuring compliance with all federal obligations; (3) those assets, funds and accounts, contracts and liabilities, powers and duties associated with Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airport that will be transferred to the authority, whether by deed, lease, management contract, agency agreement, assignment or assumption, and the manner of such transfer; (4) the transfer of any employees as contemplated by section 15-120mm ; (5) the time or times when such transfers shall be effective; and (6) the reimbursement to the state for the services provided under any memorandum of understanding. Such memoranda of understanding shall also provide that the Commissioner of Transportation shall make available any funds appropriated for use in connection with the general aviation airports to the authority for use by the authority in support of its functions with respect to the general aviation airports. In addressing development and implementation of, and accountability for, policy relevant to the execution of powers and duties and conduct of administrative support functions under the memoranda of understanding, the memoranda of understanding shall defer to the powers and duties granted and transferred to the authority under sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive. The memoranda of understanding shall provide for the lease, assignment or transfer of ownership, jurisdiction or authority to control the airports, together with all assets, funds and accounts, contracts and liabilities, powers and duties and the manner and timing of any such lease, assignment or transfer. The authority, from time to time, shall advise the Department of Transportation of its readiness to accept any such lease, assignment or transfer in accordance with such memoranda of understanding, and such leases, assignments or transfers shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld. If any bonds or other obligations issued under chapter 266a remain outstanding, the Treasurer shall also be party to any such memorandum of understanding. Once any such power, duty, asset, fund or account, contract or liability shall have been transferred to the authority, the commissioner shall not thereafter exercise any such power, perform such duty or take action with respect to any such asset, fund or account, contract or liability.

(c) The Treasurer may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the authority and the commissioner to use the resources of the Bradley Enterprise Fund established pursuant to section 15-101p by the authority for purposes of funding the functions relating to Bradley International Airport assumed by the authority pursuant to any memorandum of understanding between the authority and the commissioner. The memorandum of understanding may provide for the transfer of the Bradley Enterprise Fund from the Treasurer to the authority for application by the authority to the operations and maintenance of Bradley.

(d) No memorandum of understanding entered into between the authority, the commissioner and the Treasurer, if applicable, shall provide for any powers to be ceded to the authority, any duties to be assumed by the authority, or any transfer of assets, funds or accounts, contracts or liabilities to the authority if such cession, assumption or transfer shall contravene any contract now extant between the state and any other party including, without limitation, any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to chapter 266a or any trust indenture or other agreement with respect to such bonds or other obligations. The Treasurer, the commissioner and the authority, and each of them, shall enter into such agreements, amendments, consents, assignments, supplemental indentures and other documents and instruments necessary to provide for such cession, assumption or transfer. The authority may, with the consent and approval of the Treasurer, assume the obligations of the state as issuer of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued under said chapter 266a that remain outstanding, and thereafter to indemnify and release the state from all liability and expense relating to such obligations. Any such assumption by the authority and release of the state shall be subject to the terms and provisions of any indenture securing such bonds, notes or other obligations of the state, and approval of the State Bond Commission.

(e) The authority and the Bureau of Aviation established pursuant to section 15-120oo shall further do all acts and things necessary by federal or state law, rule or regulation or relevant contractual requirements to effect the lease, assignment or transfer of ownership, jurisdiction or authority to control, operate and maintain Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports to the authority in the manner deemed by the authority to be in its best interests whether by deed, lease, management contract, agency agreement, assignment or assumption, all to the extent contemplated by such memoranda of understanding. The Department of Transportation shall receive no compensation in consideration of any such leases, assignments or transfers. Upon satisfaction of all such requirements, the authority, from time to time, shall notify the Department of Transportation of its readiness to accept such leases, assignments or transfers with respect to Bradley, the general aviation airports, other airports, or any of the foregoing and all documents and contracts necessary to effect such leases, assignments or transfers shall be executed.

(f) The Comptroller may establish such funds and accounts for the authority as may be requested by the authority or as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of any memorandum of understanding or as may be convenient to effect the purposes of subdivision (12) of section 1-79 , sections 1-120 , 1-124 and 1-125 , subsection (f) of section 4b-3 , sections 13b-4 and 13b-42 , subsection (a) of section 13b-44 and sections 15-101aa and 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive, including, without limitation, a fund to support the general aviation airports and a fund for the authority's general operations. All revenue from the licensing of state airports and use of services of the authority shall be paid into the fund established for the authority's general operations, to be used by the authority according to the authority's budget for its authorized purposes.

(g) Subject to the provisions of the memoranda of understanding, upon the effective date of the lease, assignment or transfer of the assets comprising Bradley, the general aviation airports or any other airports, and the transfer of jurisdiction and control of such airports from the Department of Transportation to the authority as provided in sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive, all existing regulations of the Department of Transportation concerning the licensing, use and operation of airports, aeronautics and aviation and state airport fees shall become duly adopted regulations and procedures of the authority. After said effective date of transfer, any modification to such existing regulations of the Department of Transportation or additional regulations or procedures concerning the airports, aviation or aeronautics within the state shall be adopted by the authority in accordance with applicable law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120mm — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120mm
Sec. 15-120mm. Employees.
Status: in_force

(b) Existing aviation employees, as defined in section 15-120oo , in collective bargaining units shall be transferred with their position to the authority, if, as and when the authority shall have been ceded the powers of the commissioner to perform the functions performed by such employees. If the authority elects to employ a smaller number of persons in such positions at the authority than the number of existing aviation employees in collective bargaining units, the opportunity to transfer to the authority shall be offered on the basis of seniority as defined by statute or collective bargaining agreement. Employees who are offered the opportunity to transfer to the authority may decline to do so. Any person who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement as an employee of the Department of Transportation who accepts employment with the authority shall transfer with his or her position and shall remain in the same bargaining unit of which he or she was a member as an employee of the Department of Transportation.

(c) No employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement as an employee of the Department of Transportation shall be laid off as a result of the creation of the authority. Each bargaining unit employee of the Department of Transportation who does not transfer to the authority and who, by virtue of sections 15-101 l to 15-101n , inclusive, is no longer employed by the Department of Transportation shall be retained by said department or assigned with his or her position to another state agency in accordance with the provisions of the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition agreement. Such opportunities shall be offered in the order of seniority. Seniority shall be defined in the same way as cases of transfer under the appropriate collective bargaining agreements. Such assignments shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Policy and Management and shall be reported at the end of the fiscal year to the Finance Advisory Committee. Employees may choose to be laid off in lieu of accepting any such assignment. In such case, they shall be entitled to all collective bargaining rights under their respective collective bargaining agreements including the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition. Sections 1-120 , 1-121 , 1-125 , 12-563 , 12-563a , 12-564 , 12-566 , 12-567 , 12-568a and 12-569 , subsection (c) of section 12-574 and sections 12-800 to 12-818 , inclusive, shall in no way affect the collective bargaining rights of employees of the Department of Transportation.

(d) (1) In addition to positions transferred to the authority under subsection (b) of this section, the authority may create one or more new classifications of employees as determined by the board of directors. Such classifications shall not be deemed comparable to other classifications in state service and shall be exempt from classified service.

(2) On and after July 1, 2011, the authority may hire employees into new unclassified positions without regard to any collective bargaining agreement then in effect and may set the initial terms and conditions of employment for all employees in new unclassified positions.

(e) The executive branch shall be authorized and empowered to negotiate on behalf of the authority for employees of the authority covered by collective bargaining and represent the authority in all other collective bargaining matters. The authority shall be entitled to have a representative present at all such bargaining.

(f) In any interest arbitration regarding employees of the authority, the arbitrator shall take into account as a factor, in addition to those factors specified in section 5-276a , the purposes of sections 1-120 , 1-121 , 1-125 , 12-563 , 12-563a , 12-564 , 12-566 , 12-567 , 12-568a and 12-569 , subsection (c) of section 12-574 and sections 12-800 to 12-818 , inclusive, the entrepreneurial mission of the authority and the necessity to provide flexibility and innovation to facilitate the success of the authority in the marketplace.

(g) The officers and all other employees of the authority shall be state employees for the purposes of group welfare benefits and retirement, including, but not limited to, those provided under chapter 66 and sections 5-257 and 5-259 . The authority shall reimburse the appropriate state agencies for all costs incurred by such designation.

(h) The executive director, as described in subsection (d) of section 15-120bb , may, at the discretion of the authority and at the one-time irrevocable option of the executive director, be exempted from the provision of subsection (g) of this section for the purposes of retirement under chapter 66 or group welfare benefits under sections 5-257 and 5-259 . If the executive director elects either or both such options, as approved by the authority, the executive director's participation in the retirement or group benefits plan, as applicable, shall be suspended during the period of such election while the executive director is an employee of the authority. The authority may develop and implement retirement plans and group welfare benefits for the executive director. Such plans shall not be subject to supervision, oversight or approval by the State Employees Retirement Commission under chapter 66 or the Comptroller, Attorney General or Insurance Commissioner under chapter 67, provided any such retirement plan shall be considered a Connecticut retirement plan for purposes of subsection (d) of section 5-160 . The authority shall pay all costs, fees, contributions and other expenses incurred as a result of any such retirement plan or group welfare benefit.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-31m — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 264a / Section 15-31m
Sec. 15-31m. Projects overseen by a construction manager. Bidding. Accounting and auditing.
Status: in_force

(b) Any project of the Connecticut Port Authority that is overseen by a construction manager shall be subject to the provisions of this section.

(c) The construction manager for a project of the authority shall invite bids and give notice of opportunities to bid on project elements on the State Contracting Portal. Each bid shall be kept sealed until opened publicly at the time and place as set forth in the notice soliciting such bid. The construction manager shall, after consultation with and approval by the authority, award any related contracts for project elements to the responsible qualified contractor submitting the lowest bid in compliance with the bid requirements, provided the construction manager shall not be eligible to submit a bid for any project element.

(d) Any contract entered into by the authority with a construction manager related to the construction of a project shall require the construction manager to maintain complete accounting records relating to all expenditures of state funds, including detailed support for all cost allocations, and such records shall be subject to audit by the Auditors of Public Accounts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120bb — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120bb
Sec. 15-120bb. Connecticut Airport Authority. Board of directors. Executive director. Annual report.
Status: in_force

(b) The powers of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a board of directors, which shall consist of eleven members, appointed as follows: (1) (A) The Treasurer or the Treasurer's designee, (B) the Commissioner of Transportation or the commissioner's designee, and (C) the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or the commissioner's designee, each serving ex officio; (2) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives for a term of four years; (3) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives for a term of four years; (4) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate for a term of four years; and (5) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate for a term of four years. Thereafter, such members of the General Assembly shall appoint members of the board to succeed such appointees whose terms expire and each member so appointed shall hold office for a period of four years from the first day of July in the year of his or her appointment. The Governor shall appoint four members to the board as follows: (A) Two members for two years; and (B) two members for four years. Thereafter, the Governor shall appoint members of the board to succeed such appointees whose terms expire and each member so appointed shall hold office for a period of four years from July first in the year of his or her appointment. Appointed directors shall have business and management experience and shall include individuals who have experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas: (i) Financial planning, (ii) budgeting and assessment, (iii) marketing, (iv) master planning, (v) aviation, and (vi) transportation management.

(c) Appointed directors may not designate a representative to perform in their absence their respective duties under this section. Any appointed director who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the board or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings of the board held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from the board. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.

(d) The board of directors of the authority shall appoint an executive director who shall not be a member of the board and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board and receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall be the chief administrative officer of the authority and shall direct and supervise administrative affairs and technical activities in accordance with the directives of the board. The executive director shall approve all accounts for salaries, allowable expenses of the authority or of any employee or consultant thereof, and expenses incidental to the operation of the authority. The executive director shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the board in carrying out the purposes of subdivision (12) of section 1-79 , sections 1-120 , 1-124 and 1-125 , subsection (f) of section 4b-3 , sections 13b-4 and 13b-42 , subsection (a) of section 13b-44 and sections 15-101aa and 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive. The executive director shall be exempt from the classified service. The executive director shall attend all meetings of the board, keep a record of the proceedings of the authority and shall maintain and be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the authority and of the minute book or journal of the authority and of its official seal. The executive director may cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the authority and may give certificates under the official seal of the authority to the effect that such copies are true copies, and all persons dealing with the authority may rely upon such certificates.

(e) Each director shall be entitled to reimbursement for such director's actual and necessary expenses incurred during the performance of such director's official duties.

(f) Directors may engage in private employment, or in a profession or business, subject to any applicable laws, rules and regulations of the state or federal government regarding official ethics or conflict of interest.

(g) Six directors of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the authority. For the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the authority, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the authority may act by a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.

(h) The board may delegate to six or more directors such board powers and duties as it may deem necessary and proper in conformity with the provisions of this section and its bylaws.

(i) The appointing authority for any director may remove such director for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office after giving the director a copy of the charges against the director and an opportunity to be heard, in person or by counsel, in the director's defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. If any director shall be so removed, the appointing authority for such director shall file in the office of the Secretary of the State a complete statement of charges made against such director and the appointing authority's findings on such statement of charges, together with a complete record of the proceedings.

(j) The authority shall continue as long as it has bonds or other obligations outstanding and until its existence is terminated by law. Upon the termination of the existence of the authority, all its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state of Connecticut.

(k) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, it shall not constitute a conflict of interest for a trustee, director, partner or officer of any person, firm or corporation, or any individual having a financial interest in a person, firm or corporation, to serve as a director of the authority, provided such trustee, director, partner, officer or individual shall abstain from deliberation, action or vote by the authority in specific respect to such person, firm or corporation.

(l) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson of the board, who shall serve for a term of four years. The board shall elect from its members a vice chairperson and such other officers as it deems necessary. Vacancies among any officers shall be filled within thirty days following the occurrence of such vacancy in the same manner as the original selection. Said board shall establish bylaws to govern its procedures and shall appoint such committees and advisory boards as may be convenient or necessary in the transaction of its business.

(m) The initial members of the board may begin service immediately upon appointment, but shall not serve past the sixth Wednesday of the next regular session of the General Assembly unless qualified in the manner provided in section 4-7 . Thereafter, all appointments shall be made with the advice and consent of both houses of the General Assembly, in the manner provided in section 4-19 .

(n) Not later than October 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation and finance, revenue and bonding, summarizing, for each airport the authority oversees, the operating revenue and expenditures for the prior fiscal year, the capital revenue and expenditures for the prior fiscal year and an overview of any plans for acquisition, closure or expansion of an airport in the coming year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120k — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267a / Section 15-120k
Sec. 15-120k. Adoption of written procedures.
Status: in_force

(b) Before adopting a proposed procedure, the authority shall give at least thirty days' notice by publication in the Connecticut Law Journal of its intended action. The notice shall include (1) either a statement of the terms or of the substance of the proposed procedure or a description sufficiently detailed so as to apprise persons likely to be affected of the issues and subjects involved in the proposed procedure, (2) a statement of the purposes for which the procedure is proposed and (3) when, where and how interested persons may present their views on the proposed procedure. The authority may only adopt a proposed procedure by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of its board of directors.

(c) If the authority finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare requires adoption of a proposed procedure upon fewer than thirty days' notice and states in writing its reasons for such finding and the authority's board of directors, by a three-fourths vote of the statutory membership, approves the finding in writing, the authority may proceed without prior notice or hearing or upon any abbreviated notice and hearing that it finds practicable, to adopt an emergency proposed procedure not later than ten days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, prior to the proposed effective date of the proposed procedure. An approved emergency procedure may be effective for a period of not more than one hundred twenty days and renewable once for a period of not more than sixty days. If the necessary steps to adopt a permanent procedure, including publication of notice of intent to adopt, are not completed prior to the expiration date of an emergency procedure, the emergency procedure shall cease to be effective on that date.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-129a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-129a
Sec. 15-129a. Required and authorized lights.
Status: in_force

(b) The visibility for the lights required by this section shall comply with 33 USC 2022 and 2038, as amended from time to time, and 33 CFR Part 84, as amended from time to time, which federal requirements are incorporated herein by reference.

(c) When lights are required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, no other lights shall be exhibited, except lights that (1) cannot be mistaken for the lights required pursuant to this section and do not impair the visibility or distinctive character of such required lights, and (2) do not interfere with the keeping of a proper lookout.

(d) Every vessel shall comply with the requirements of 33 USC 2030, as amended from time to time, which requirements are incorporated herein by reference, regarding the exhibition of anchor lights when a vessel is at anchor or aground.

(e) Flashing blue lights may be used by law enforcement vessels of the United States, this state or a political subdivision of this state in accordance with 33 CFR 88.11, as amended from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Flashing red and yellow light signals may be used by vessels engaged in government sanctioned public safety activities and commercial vessels performing similar functions in accordance with 33 CFR 88.12, which is incorporated herein by reference.

(g) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120hh — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120hh
Sec. 15-120hh. Notes and bonds to be tax-exempt. Legal securities.
Status: in_force

(b) Bonds issued under the authority of sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive, are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-16a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-16a
Sec. 15-16a. Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River.
Status: in_force

(b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be an infraction. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall administer the provisions of this section in accordance with chapter 268.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-101l — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266a / Section 15-101l
Sec. 15-101l. Bonds.
Status: in_force

(b) Special obligations of state. Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be special obligations of the state and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues pledged to the payment thereof, nor shall the state or any political subdivision thereof be subject to any liability thereon except to the extent of such pledged revenues. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of sections 15-101k to 15-101p , inclusive, shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. The bonds shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, except the property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p , inclusive. The substance of such limitation shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. Bonds issued pursuant to sections 15-101k to 15-101p , inclusive, shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and such bonds, when issued, shall not be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the state in respect to and to the extent of any such limitation.

(c) Execution of bonds, maturity, terms and conditions. The bonds referred to in this section may be executed and delivered at such time or times, shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable rates to be determined in such manner as set forth in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds, provide for payment of interest on such dates, whether before or at maturity, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their date, have such rank or priority, be payable in such medium of payment, be issued in coupon, registered or book entry form, carry such registration and transfer privileges and be subject to purchase or redemption before maturity at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions, including the condition that such bonds be subject to purchase or redemption on the demand of the owner thereof, all as may be determined by the State Bond Commission. The State Bond Commission shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, the manner of execution of the bonds, the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the State Bond Commission may, under like restrictions, provide for the issuance of interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. If any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons cease to be officers before the delivery of any such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until delivery.

(d) Sale of bonds. Any bonds issued under the authority of sections 15-101k to 15-101p , inclusive, may be sold at public sale on sealed proposals or by negotiation in such manner, at such price and at such time or times as may be determined by the Treasurer to be most advantageous, subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission. The state may pay from the proceeds of the bonds all costs and expenses which the Treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance thereof, including the cost of interest on any short-term financing authorized under subsection (b) of section 15-101n .

(e) Bonds secured by pledge of revenues. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable. They may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived or by a pledge of one or more leases, sale contracts or loan agreements with respect to such project or by a pledge of one or more notes, debentures, bonds or other secured or unsecured debt obligations of any lessee or contracting party under a loan agreement or sale contract or by a pledge of reserve and sinking funds established pursuant to the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and any other funds and accounts, including proceeds from investment of any of the foregoing, established pursuant to this chapter or the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and by moneys paid under a credit facility, including but not limited to, a letter of credit or policy of bond insurance, issued by a financial institution pursuant to an agreement authorized by such proceedings.

(f) Agreements and provisions in instruments securing bonds. The proceedings under which the bonds are authorized to be issued pursuant to this section, and any mortgage given to secure the same, may, subject to the provisions of the general statutes, contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds, including, but not limited to: (1) Provisions respecting custody of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, including their investment and reinvestment until used for the cost of the project; (2) provisions respecting the fixing and collection of rents or payments with respect to the facilities of Bradley International Airport and the application and use of passenger facility charges; (3) the terms to be incorporated in the lease, sale contract or loan agreement with respect to the project; (4) the maintenance and insurance of the project; (5) the creation, maintenance, custody, investment and reinvestment and use of the revenues derived from the operation of Bradley International Airport; (6) establishment of reserves or sinking funds, and such accounts thereunder as may be established by the State Bond Commission, and the regulation and disposition thereof; (7) the rights and remedies available in case of a default to the bondholders or to any trustee under any lease, sale contract, loan agreement, mortgage or trust indenture; (8) reimbursement agreements remarketing agreements, standby bond purchase agreements or similar agreements in connection with obtaining any credit or liquidity facilities including, but not limited to, letters of credit or policies of bond insurance and such other agreements entered into pursuant to section 3-20a ; (9) provisions for the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore issued, including establishment of coverage requirements with respect thereto; (10) covenants to do or to refrain from doing such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to better secure any bonds or to maintain any federal or state exemption from tax of the interest on such bonds; and (11) provisions or covenants of like or different character from the foregoing which are consistent with the provisions of this chapter and which the State Bond Commission determines in such proceedings are necessary, convenient or desirable in order to better secure the bonds or bond anticipation notes, or will tend to make the bonds or bond anticipation notes more marketable, and which are in the best interests of the state. The proceedings under which the bonds are authorized, and any mortgage given to secure the same, may further provide that any cash balances not necessary (A) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the facilities of Bradley International Airport, (B) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same shall become due and payable, and (C) to create and maintain reserve and sinking funds as provided in any authorizing resolution, or other proceedings shall be deposited into a Bradley International Airport working fund to be held in trust by the treasurer and applied to future debt service requirements or other general airport purposes.

(g) Trust indenture. In the discretion of the State Bond Commission, bonds issued pursuant to this section may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the state and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the state in relation to the exercise of its powers pursuant to sections 15-101k to 15-101p , inclusive, and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys. The state may provide by such trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and the revenues from the operation of Bradley International Airport to the trustee under such trust indenture or other depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the operating expenses of the project. If the bonds shall be secured by a trust indenture, the bondholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them.

(h) Validity of pledge. Any pledge made by the state shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and the revenues or property so pledged and thereafter received by the state shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the state, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.

(i) Treasurer may purchase bonds or notes. The Treasurer shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase bonds or notes of the state issued pursuant to this section and section 15-101n . The Treasurer may hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders.

(j) Negotiable instruments. Whether or not the notes and bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of the Uniform Commercial Code, the notes and bonds are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, subject only to the provisions of the notes and bonds for registration.

(k) Investment of moneys. Any moneys held by the Treasurer with respect to Bradley International Airport, or by a trustee pursuant to a trust indenture, subject to the provisions of such indenture, including proceeds from the sale of any bonds and notes, and revenues, receipts and income from the operation of Bradley International Airport may be invested and reinvested in such obligations, securities, and other investments, including without limitation participation certificates in the Short Term Investment Fund created in section 3-27a , or deposited or redeposited in such bank or banks, all as shall be authorized by the State Bond Commission in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds and notes.

(l) Costs payable out of proceeds. For the purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p , inclusive, the costs of the project payable out of the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this section shall include: (i) Expenses and obligations incurred for labor and materials in connection with the construction of the project; (ii) the cost of acquiring by purchase, if such purchase shall be deemed expedient, and the amount of any award or final judgment in any proceedings to acquire by condemnation, such land, property rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other interests in land as may be deemed necessary or convenient in connection with such construction or with the operation of the project, and the amount of any damages incident thereto; (iii) the costs of all machinery and equipment acquired in connection with the project; (iv) reserves for the payment of the principal of and interest on any notes and bonds issued pursuant to this section and section 15-101n , and interest accruing on any such notes, during construction of the project and for six months after completion of such construction; (v) initial working capital, expenses of administration properly chargeable to the construction or acquisition of the project, legal, architectural and engineering expenses and fees, costs of audits, costs of preparing and issuing any notes and bonds pursuant to this section and section 15-101n ; and (vi) all other items of expense not elsewhere specified incident to the planning, acquisition and construction of the project or of the placing of the same in operation.

(m) Request for authorization by secretary. None of the bonds authorized pursuant to this section shall be issued and sold except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or on said secretary's behalf and stating such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require.

(n) Definition of “project”. For purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p , inclusive, the term “project” shall refer to the renovations and improvements to be acquired and constructed at Bradley International Airport as may be specified from time to time by the board in a resolution as contemplated by subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-206 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-206
Sec. 15-206. Certificate of title required, when. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The date of a transfer of ownership; or

(2) The date this state becomes the state of principal use.

(b) An application for a certificate of title is not required and shall not be accepted, and no certificate of title shall be issued, for:

(1) A documented vessel;

(2) A foreign-documented vessel;

(3) A barge;

(4) An amphibious vehicle for which a certificate of title is issued pursuant to chapter 247 or a similar statute of another state;

(5) A vessel, other than a motorboat, as defined in section 15-141 , less than nineteen and one-half feet in length;

(6) A vessel propelled solely by paddle or oar;

(7) A vessel that operates only on a permanently fixed, manufactured course and the movement of which is restricted to or guided by means of a mechanical device to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is controlled;

(8) A vessel owned by the United States, a foreign government or a state, or a political subdivision thereof, which is used in the performance of governmental functions;

(9) A vessel used solely as a lifeboat on another watercraft;

(10) A vessel before delivery if the vessel is under construction or completed pursuant to contract;

(11) A vessel held by a dealer for sale or lease;

(12) A stationary floating structure that:

(A) Does not have and is not designed to have a mode of propulsion of its own;

(B) Is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility hookup to a source originating on shore; and

(C) Has no sewage facilities or has a permanent, continuous hookup to a shoreside sewage system;

(13) A vessel designated by the manufacturer as having a model year of 2016 or earlier, and any vessel manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 2017, for which the manufacturer or assembler has not designated a model year; or

(14) A vessel for which a certificate of title has been issued by another state when this state has become the state of principal use for the vessel if one or more of the exceptions enumerated in this subsection apply to such vessel.

(c) The exceptions in subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to a vessel for which this state is the state of principal use that was a documented vessel or a foreign documented vessel when it becomes no longer a documented vessel or a foreign documented vessel.

(d) The department may not issue, transfer or renew a certificate of title for a vessel issued pursuant to the requirements of 46 USC 12301, unless the department has created a certificate of title for the vessel or an application for a certificate of title for the vessel and the applicable fee has been delivered to the department.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-98 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-98
Sec. 15-98. Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol. Clerical assistance.
Status: in_force

(b) The wing commander of the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol may employ clerical assistance at headquarters for such duties as may be required by the wing commander. The commander of the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol may issue vouchers for all expenditures covered by this section, and the Comptroller shall convert such vouchers into warrants, and the Treasurer shall pay the same out of the General Fund.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-140g — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-140g
Sec. 15-140g. Safe boating certificate to be carried on board vessel. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than sixty dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-133c — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-133c
Sec. 15-133c. When boating safety certificate required upon violation of safety rules.
Status: in_force

(b) The clerk of the court in which a conviction for a violation of section 15-132a , 15-133 , 15-134 , 15-140 l or 15-140n is rendered shall cause notice of such conviction to be given to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection not later than thirty days after such conviction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120dd — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120dd
Sec. 15-120dd. Written procedures. Nonbudgeted expenditures. Surety bond or equivalent insurance product.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, the board of directors may authorize the executive director to make nonbudgeted expenditures of up to one million dollars without prior board approval (1) to restore operations at any airport owned or operated by the authority, if such airport or the equipment of such airport is damaged as a result of a natural disaster or incurs a substantial casualty loss that results in an unsafe condition, or (2) where the failure to act would result in a disruption of airport operations. Not later than twenty-four hours after the executive director makes such nonbudgeted expenditure, the executive director shall provide notification to the chairperson or vice chairperson of the board of the amount of, and reason for, such expenditure.

(c) Each member of the board of directors of the authority shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars and the executive director shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or, in lieu thereof, the chairperson of the board shall execute a blanket position bond or procure an equivalent insurance product covering each member, the executive director and the employees of the authority, each surety bond or equivalent insurance product to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office or offices covered, to be issued by an insurance company authorized to transact business in this state for surety or such equivalent insurance product. The cost of each such bond or insurance product shall be paid by the authority.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-132a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-132a
Sec. 15-132a. Manslaughter in the second degree with a vessel.
Status: in_force

(b) Manslaughter in the second degree with a vessel is a class C felony and the court shall suspend the safe boating certificate for operation or certificate of personal watercraft operation for one year for any person found guilty under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-31n — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 264a / Section 15-31n
Sec. 15-31n. Purchases and contracts for supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services. Competitive bidding or competitive negotiation requirements. Procedures. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Authority” means the Connecticut Port Authority established under section 15-31a ;

(2) “Supplies”, “materials” and “equipment” mean any and all articles of personal property furnished to or used by the authority;

(3) “Contractual services” means any laundry and cleaning service, pest control service, janitorial service, security service, the rental and repair, or maintenance, of equipment, machinery and other state-owned personal property, advertising and other service arrangements where the service is provided by persons other than employees of the authority;

(4) “Competitive bidding” means the submission of prices by persons, firms or corporations competing for a contract to provide supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, under a procedure in which the authority does not negotiate prices;

(5) “Competitive negotiation” means a procedure for contracting for supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, in which (A) proposals are solicited from qualified suppliers by a request for proposals, and (B) changes may be negotiated in proposals and prices after being submitted;

(6) “Bidder” means a person, firm or corporation submitting a competitive bid in response to a solicitation;

(7) “Proposer” means a person, firm or corporation submitting a proposal in response to a request for proposals;

(8) “Lowest responsible qualified bidder” means the bidder whose bid is the lowest of those bidders possessing the skill, ability and integrity necessary to faithful performance of the work based on objective criteria considering past performance and financial responsibility; and

(9) “Highest scoring bidder in a multiple criteria bid” means the bidder whose bid receives the highest score for a combination of attributes, including, but not limited to, price, skill, ability and integrity necessary for the faithful performance of the work, based on multiple criteria considering quality of product, warranty, life-cycle cost, past performance, financial responsibility and other objective criteria that are established in the bid solicitation for the contract.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any purchases of, and contracts for, supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services by the Connecticut Port Authority, except purchases and contracts made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section and public utility services as provided in subsection (e) of this section, shall be based, when possible, on competitive bids or competitive negotiation. The authority shall solicit competitive bids or proposals by providing notice of the planned purchase in a form and manner that the authority determines will maximize public participation in the competitive bidding or competitive negotiation process, including participation by small contractors, as defined in section 4a-60g , and promote competition. Each notice of a planned purchase under this subsection shall indicate the type of goods and services to be purchased and the estimated value of the contract award. The notice shall, when applicable, also contain a notice of contract requirements concerning nondiscrimination and affirmative action pursuant to section 4a-60 and requirements concerning the awarding of contracts to small contractors, minority business enterprises, individuals with a disability and nonprofit corporations pursuant to section 4a-60g . Each bid and proposal shall be kept sealed or secured until opened publicly at the time stated in the notice soliciting such bid or proposal.

(c) The authority may waive the requirement of competitive bidding or competitive negotiation in the case of minor nonrecurring or emergency purchases of ten thousand dollars or less in amount.

(d) The authority shall adopt procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121 , establishing (1) standards and procedures for using competitive negotiation for purchases and contracts, including, but not limited to, criteria which shall be considered in making purchases by competitive negotiation and the weight which shall be assigned to each such criterion, and (2) standards and procedures under which additional purchases may be made under existing contracts.

(e) The purchase of or contract for the following public utility services shall not be subject to competitive bidding or competitive negotiation: (1) Electric distribution services; (2) water services; (3) gas distribution services; (4) electric generation services if such services are provided by an electric municipal utility other than a participating electric municipal utility, as defined in section 16-1 , in the service area of such electric municipal utility; and (5) gas supply services until the date such services are competitive pursuant to legislative act or order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, provided gas supply services shall be exempt from competitive bidding and competitive negotiation after such date if such services are provided by a gas municipal utility in the service area of such gas municipal utility.

(f) All open market orders or contracts of the authority shall be awarded to (1) the lowest responsible qualified bidder, while taking into consideration the qualities of the articles to be supplied, their conformity with the specifications, their suitability to the requirements of the authority and the delivery terms, (2) the highest scoring bidder in a multiple criteria bid, in accordance with the criteria set forth in the bid solicitation for the contract, or (3) the proposer whose proposal is deemed by the authority to be the most advantageous, in accordance with the criteria set forth in the request for proposals, including price and evaluation factors.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, when awarding a contract through competitive negotiation, the authority shall include price as an explicit factor in the criteria in the request for proposals and for the contract award. In considering past performance of a bidder for the purpose of determining the lowest responsible qualified bidder or the highest scoring bidder in a multiple criteria bid, the authority shall evaluate the skill, ability and integrity of the bidder in terms of the bidder's fulfillment of past contract obligations and the bidder's experience or lack of experience in delivering supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services of the size or amount for which bids have been solicited.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-101aa — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266b / Section 15-101aa
Sec. 15-101aa. Leased facilities at airport subject to property tax. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) All leases for concessions or similar arrangements in any terminal facilities of the airport;

(b) All leases for facilities directly related to aviation, located in Bradley International Airport, including, but not limited to: (1) Navigation and landing aids and other air aviation facilities; (2) facilities for storage of aircraft, spacecraft and related appurtenances; (3) passenger and cargo terminal buildings, hangars and control towers; (4) the portion of food service facilities servicing airlines, not exempt under subsection (a) of this section; (5) car rental agencies; (6) maintenance facilities; (7) parking facilities; and (8) office facilities existing on September 30, 1992, in which end uses that are directly related to aviation equal not less than forty per cent of the total gross leasable space in any such facility;

(c) A lease for a single hotel to be located on property at Bradley International Airport adjacent to and attached by common partition to the passenger terminal complex, notwithstanding that a lease of such property may not be executed and in effect as of June 12, 1984;

(d) All leases on facilities located in Bradley International Airport, executed and in effect as of September 30, 1992, including all future renewals, assignments and transfers of such leases, or portions thereof, whether with the same or a substitute lessee, without regard to whether such leases or any terms and provisions thereof shall be changed, provided that such renewal, assignment or transfer is for the same or similar facilities; and

(e) Any property leased to any organization which, if the property were owned by or held in trust for such organization, would not be liable for taxes with respect to such property under any of the subdivisions of section 12-81 , provided such property is used exclusively for the purposes of such organization as stated in the applicable subdivision of said section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-224 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-224
Sec. 15-224. Records re vessel's ownership and certificate of title retained by Department of Motor Vehicles.
Status: in_force

(b) The department shall retain in its files all information received by the department regarding a security interest in a vessel for not less than ten years after the department receives a termination statement regarding the security interest. The information shall be accessible by the hull identification number for the vessel and any other methods provided by the department.

(c) If a person submits a record to the department, or submits information that the department accepts, and requests an acknowledgment of the filing or submission, the department shall send to the person an acknowledgment showing the hull identification number for the vessel to which the record or submission relates, the information in the filed record or submission, and the date and time the record was received or the submission accepted. A request under this section shall contain the hull identification number and be delivered by means authorized by the department.

(d) The department shall send or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it and pays all applicable fees:

(1) Whether the files of the department indicate, as of a date and time specified by the department, but not a date earlier than ten calendar days before the department received the request, any certificate of title, security interest, termination statement or title brand that relates to a vessel:

(A) Identified by a hull identification number designated in the request;

(B) Identified by a vessel number designated in the request; or

(C) Owned by a person designated in the request;

(2) With respect to the vessel:

(A) The name and address of any owner as indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate of title;

(B) The name and address of any secured party as indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate of title, and the effective date of the information; and

(C) A copy of any termination statement indicated in the files of the department and the effective date of the termination statement; and

(3) With respect to the vessel, a copy of any certificate of origin, secured party's transfer statement under section 15-218 , transfer-by-law statement under section 15-219 and other evidence of previous or current transfers of ownership.

(e) In responding to a request under this section, the department may provide the requested information in any medium, provided on request and upon payment of all applicable fees, the department shall communicate the requested information by issuing the department's written document.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-134 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-134
Sec. 15-134. Water skiing. Jumps and courses for skiers and vessels.
Status: in_force

(1) Operate a motorboat towing a water skier unless there is present in such motorboat, in addition to the operator, a responsible person at least twelve years of age assisting the operator and observing the progress of such water skier;

(2) Engage in water skiing and no person shall operate a motorboat towing a person so engaged on any water area on which water skiing is prohibited;

(3) Engage in water skiing from one-half hour after sunset until sunrise or when weather conditions restrict normal visibility to less than one hundred yards; and

(4) Engage in water skiing in such manner as to strike or threaten to strike any person or vessel and no person shall operate a motorboat or manipulate a tow line or other towing device in such manner as to cause a water skier to strike or threaten to strike another person or vessel.

(b) The commissioner may modify or suspend the provisions of this section in respect to any person performing or competing in a bona fide race, regatta, water carnival or similar public event.

(c) (1) No individual, municipality, association or corporation shall place or cause to be placed on the waters of this state any marked course or jump ramp for use by any water skier or vessel without written authorization of the commissioner except on lakes or ponds owned by, and whose access is entirely under the control of, private landowners or lessees who all agree to the establishment of such course or ramp. On and after October 1, 1993, no new authorization shall be granted on any body of water with a surface area less than one hundred acres. Application for authorization shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by: (A) A detailed map showing the proposed location of such marked course or jump ramp, (B) a detailed diagram of the proposed course markers or jump ramp, and (C) a detailed statement addressing the safety and environmental impact of such proposal.

(2) The commissioner shall hold an informational meeting in the town or one of the towns in which authorization is sought, giving all towns involved and all interested persons an opportunity to present their views regarding the proposed marked course or jump ramp. Any such informational meeting shall not be deemed to be a hearing under the provisions of chapter 54. Prior to issuing or denying such authorization the commissioner shall consider: (A) The completeness, accuracy and detail of the application, (B) public safety, (C) any environmental impacts directly related to the proposed marked course or jump ramp, and (D) the possible conflicts with other water uses.

(3) Any authorization issued by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection may contain such conditions as the commissioner deems necessary to safeguard public safety, welfare or the environment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-69 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-69
Sec. 15-69. Tampering or interfering with airports, heliports, vertiports, landing fields, airways, security devices or equipment. Circumventing or failing to comply with security measures. Providing false information or withholding information on documents required by security plans or measures. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who knowingly or intentionally provides false information, makes a false written statement or withholds relevant information on any application or other document required by airport or airplane operator security plans or measures pursuant to federal law and regulations which is submitted to any airport owner or operator, air carrier, airport tenant, concessionaire or contractor shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.

Cited. 14 CA 804.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-140f — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-140f
Sec. 15-140f. Courses in safe boating operation. Safe water skiing instruction. Regulations. Reciprocity.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the content of safe boating operation courses. Such regulations may include provisions for examinations, issuance of safe boating certificates and establishment of reasonable fees for the course and examination and for issuing certificates, temporary certificates and duplicate certificates.

(2) The commissioner shall amend the regulations described in subdivision (1) of this subsection to set forth the content for instruction on safe water skiing, which shall be part of the course in safe boating operation. Such safe water skiing content shall include instruction on the safe operation of a vessel while engaged in water skiing. Such regulations may include provisions establishing a fee for a safe water skiing endorsement and an alternative online course only for such safe water skiing endorsement and shall include provisions for the issuance of a safe water skiing endorsement to be placed on a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation, including, but not limited to, provisions for including safe water skiing questions in the safe boating certificate examination and provisions for revoking any such endorsement. The commissioner shall make available on the department's Internet web site online information in safe water skiing that provides equivalent information on safe water skiing to such safe water skiing instruction provided as part of the course in safe boating operation.

(c) No person shall teach a course in safe boating operation that satisfies the requirements for issuance of a safe boating certificate if the commissioner has not approved such course.

(d) No Department of Energy and Environmental Protection employee or agent shall use Department of Energy and Environmental Protection safe boating course materials for personal gain.

(e) Any person who holds a certificate from another state that has a reciprocal agreement with the commissioner may operate a vessel on the waters of this state.

(f) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than sixty dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-149b — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-149b
Sec. 15-149b. Reporting of accidents involving death, injury or disappearance. Report of interviews.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after July 7, 1987, any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter who interviews participants or witnesses at the time or scene of a boating accident for which a report is required pursuant to section 15-149a shall submit a copy of the report of the interviews to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The report shall contain the names of the persons and vessels involved, all information necessary to determine the cause of the accident, the conditions at the time of the accident and the enforcement action taken. The report shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner and shall be submitted not more than five days after the completion of the interviews.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-31i — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 264a / Section 15-31i
Sec. 15-31i. Memorandum of understanding with the Department of Transportation and the Treasurer.
Status: in_force

(b) No memorandum of understanding entered into between the authority, the commissioner and the Treasurer, if applicable, shall provide for any powers to be ceded to the authority, any duties to be assumed by the authority or any transfer of assets, funds or accounts, contracts or liabilities to the authority if such cession, assumption or transfer shall contravene any contract now extant between the state and any other party including, without limitation, any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to any provision of the general statutes for projects or purposes relating to ports and harbors or any trust indenture or other agreement with respect to such bonds or other obligations. The Treasurer, the commissioner and the authority, and each of them, shall enter into such agreements, amendments, consents, assignments, supplemental indentures and other documents and instruments necessary to provide for such cession, assumption or transfer. The authority may, with the consent and approval of the Treasurer, assume the obligations of the state as issuer of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued under any provision of the general statutes for projects or purposes relating to ports and harbors that remain outstanding, and thereafter to indemnify and release the state from all liability and expense relating to such obligations. Any such assumption by the authority and release of the state shall be subject to the terms and provisions of any indenture securing such bonds, notes or other obligations of the state and approval of the State Bond Commission.

(c) The authority shall further do all acts and things necessary by federal or state law, rule or regulation or relevant contractual requirements to effect the lease, assignment or transfer of ownership, jurisdiction or authority to control, operate and maintain the ports and harbors of the state in the manner deemed by the authority to be in its best interests whether by deed, lease, management contract, agency agreement, assignment or assumption, all to the extent contemplated by such memoranda of understanding. The Department of Transportation shall receive no compensation in consideration of any such leases, assignments or transfers. Upon satisfaction of all such requirements, the authority, from time to time, shall notify the Department of Transportation of its readiness to accept such leases, assignments or transfers with respect to the ports and harbors of the state and all documents and contracts necessary to effect such leases, assignments or transfers shall be executed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120aa — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120aa
Sec. 15-120aa. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Authority” means the Connecticut Airport Authority established pursuant to section 15-120bb .

(2) “Bradley” means Bradley International Airport and all related improvements and facilities now in existence and as hereafter acquired, added, extended, improved and equipped and shall include (A) any property or facilities purchased with funds of, or revenues derived from, Bradley International Airport, and (B) any other property or facilities allocated by the state, authority or otherwise to Bradley International Airport.

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation.

(4) “General aviation airports” means the state-owned and operated general aviation airports, including Danielson Airport, Groton/New London Airport, Hartford Brainard Airport, Waterbury-Oxford Airport and Windham Airport, and such other airports as shall be owned, operated or managed by the authority and designated as general aviation airports.

(5) “Other airports” means any other airport as shall become owned, operated or managed by the authority pursuant to the provisions of sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120j — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267a / Section 15-120j
Sec. 15-120j. Purposes and powers. Airport runway.
Status: in_force

(b) The authority shall have full control of the operation and management of the airport, including land, buildings and easements by means of a lease to the authority by the city of New Haven and the town of East Haven.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, Runway 2-20 of the airport shall not exceed the existing paved runway length of five thousand six hundred linear feet.

Subsec. (b):

Court reads lease provision as, by necessary implication, containing proviso, “insofar as either municipality possesses land, buildings or easements used for operation and management of the airport,” or words to that effect. 47 CS 594.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-88 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-88
Sec. 15-88. Airport zoning. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Airport” means any area of land or water designed for the landing and taking-off of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized by the public as a point of arrival or departure by air navigation.

(b) “Airport hazard” means any structure or tree which obstructs or may hereafter obstruct the aerial approaches of a publicly-owned airport.

(c) An airport is “publicly-owned” if the portion thereof used for the landing and taking-off of aircraft is owned or operated by a governmental body, political subdivision, public agency or other public corporation.

(d) “Structure” means any object constructed or installed by man, including such objects although regulated or licensed by other provisions of law.

(e) “Tree” means any object of natural growth.

Cited. 185 C. 145.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-131 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-131
Sec. 15-131. Rules for preventing collisions.
Status: in_force

(1) When vessels approach each other end on, or nearly so, each shall pass on the port side of the other, except that, if the courses of such vessels are so far to the starboard of each other as not to be considered approaching end on and altering course would create a hazard, each shall keep out of the way of the other and pass on the starboard side of the other.

(2) When vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other, except that in such a situation a motorboat shall keep out of the way of a sailboat.

(3) When sailboats are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other as follows: (A) A sailboat running free shall keep out of the way of a sailboat which is close-hauled. (B) A sailboat which is close-hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a sailboat which is close-hauled on the starboard tack. (C) When two sailboats are running free with the wind on different sides, the sailboat which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other. (D) When two sailboats are running free with the wind on the same side, the sailboat which is to the windward shall keep out of the way of the other.

(4) Every vessel overtaking another vessel shall keep out of the way of the overtaken vessel. Any person operating a vessel shall not follow another vessel more closely than is reasonable and prudent and shall have regard for prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to not create a risk of collision.

(5) Every vessel which is required by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel, on approaching such other vessel, shall slacken speed, stop, reverse or alter course as necessary and, as circumstances permit, avoid crossing ahead of or hazarding the other vessel. The other vessel shall maintain her course and speed.

(6) In obeying and construing these rules, regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision and any special circumstances which may render a departure from these rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. For the purposes of this subsection, following too closely to avoid collision with another vessel shall be considered a violation.

(7) The operator of a vessel shall at all times maintain a proper lookout required by the ordinary practice of seamen and by the special circumstances of the case.

(8) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-221 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-221
Sec. 15-221. Replacement certificate of title.
Status: in_force

(b) An applicant for a replacement certificate of title shall sign the application and, except as otherwise permitted by the department, the application shall comply with section 15-207 . The application shall include the existing certificate of title unless the certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or otherwise unavailable.

(c) A replacement certificate of title created by the department shall comply with section 15-209 and indicate on the face of the certificate of title that it is a replacement certificate of title.

(d) If a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains possession of the original written certificate of title, the person promptly shall destroy the original certificate of title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-101p — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266a / Section 15-101p
Sec. 15-101p. (Formerly Sec. 15-101). Airport revenues held in trust. Separate account. Contract with holders of notes or bonds.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 15-101:

Bradley Field is state property and suits against it are subject to governmental immunity. 18 CS 373.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-76 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-76
Sec. 15-76. Abandoned aircraft. Lien for storage charges. Notice to executive director.
Status: in_force

(b) If the owner of such aircraft placed in storage in accordance with the provisions of this section fails to claim such aircraft within sixty days, the owner of such hangar or other place of storage shall, within thirty days thereafter, send a written notice to the executive director, stating the make, type, engine number and identification number of such aircraft and the date such aircraft was left with such owner for storage and by whom, which notice shall be placed on file by the executive director and shall be subject to public inspection. Any sale under the provisions of this section shall be void, unless the notice required by this section has been given to the executive director.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-211 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-211
Sec. 15-211. Department of Motor Vehicles' responsibilities re creation of written certificate of title.
Status: in_force

(b) If the department creates a written certificate of title, any such written certificate of title shall cancel any such electronic certificate of title. The department shall maintain in its files the date and time of such cancellation.

(c) Before the department creates an electronic certificate of title, any person holding a written certificate of title shall surrender such written certificate of title. If the department creates an electronic certificate of title, the department shall destroy or otherwise cancel any such surrendered written certificate of title and maintain in its files the date and time of such destruction or other cancellation. If a written certificate of title being canceled is not destroyed, the department shall indicate on the face of the certificate of title that it has been canceled.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-145b — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-145b
Sec. 15-145b. Operation of a vessel registered with a marine dealer registration number by holder of passenger-for-hire license and party or charter fishing vessel registration.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not revoke a marine dealer registration number issued pursuant to section 15-145 for any vessel used in compliance with subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-110 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267 / Section 15-110
Sec. 15-110. Form and amount of security.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon ten days' notification of the parties concerned, the executive director may reduce or, within the limits specified in section 15-106 , increase the amount of security ordered in any case if in the executive director's discretion the amount ordered is excessive or insufficient. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess shall be returned to the depositor, notwithstanding the provisions of section 15-111 . Substitution of security shall be permitted.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-222 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-222
Sec. 15-222. Rights of a purchaser of a vessel.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 15-216 and 15-223 , the rights of a purchaser of a vessel who is not a buyer in ordinary course of business or a lien creditor shall be governed by the provisions of title 42a.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-8a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-8a
Sec. 15-8a. “Harbor”, “navigable waters” and “navigable waterways”, defined.
Status: in_force

(a) “Harbor” means a place on navigable waters where water-borne commercial or recreational traffic enters for the purpose of anchorage or docking or the unloading or receiving of cargo, supplies, equipment, fuel or passengers;

(b) “Navigable waters” means waters which are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide shoreward to their mean high-water mark;

(c) “Navigable waterways” means waters which are physically capable of supporting water-borne traffic, and subject to the ebb and flow of the tide.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-31b — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 264a / Section 15-31b
Sec. 15-31b. Purposes. Duties and powers.
Status: in_force

(1) Have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(2) Adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(3) Maintain an office at such place or places as it may designate;

(4) Sue and be sued in its own name, and plead and be impleaded;

(5) Develop an organizational and management structure that will best accomplish the goals of the authority concerning Connecticut ports and harbors;

(6) Create a code of conduct for the board of directors of the authority consistent with part I of chapter 10;

(7) Adopt rules for the conduct of its business, which shall not be considered regulations as defined in section 4-166 ;

(8) Adopt an annual budget and plan of operations, including a requirement of board approval before the budget or plan may take effect;

(9) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements that are necessary, desirable or incidental to the conduct of its business, subject to the requirements of section 15-31n and chapter 62;

(10) Enter into joint ventures and invest in, and participate with, any person or entity, including, without limitation, governmental or private business entities in the formation, ownership, management and operation of business entities, including stock and nonstock corporations, limited liability companies and general and limited partnerships, formed to advance the purposes of the authority. The officers, employees and members of the board of directors of the authority may serve, without compensation, as directors or officers of any such business entities formed and such service shall be deemed to be within the discharge of the duties of such officers, employees or directors to the authority;

(11) Receive and accept, from any source, aid or contributions, including money, property, labor and other things of value;

(12) Award grants and subsidies, make loans and provide other forms of financial assistance to any person or entity under a written policy, adopted in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121 , setting forth the eligibility criteria, application process, and such other provisions as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this section;

(13) Charge reasonable fees for the services it performs and waive, suspend, reduce or otherwise modify such fees in accordance with written criteria established by the authority, and provided, that no change may be made in fees without at least thirty days prior notice, published in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121 ;

(14) Employ such assistants, agents and other employees as may be necessary or desirable to carry out its purposes. (A) The executive director and such employees shall be exempt from the classified service and, except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, shall not be employees, as defined in subsection (b) of section 5-270 . The authority shall fix appropriate compensation for such employees and establish all necessary or appropriate personnel practices and policies, including those relating to hiring, promotion, compensation, retirement and collective bargaining, which need not be in accordance with chapter 68, and the authority shall not be an employer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-270 , and may engage consultants, attorneys and appraisers as may be necessary or desirable to carry out its purposes in accordance with sections 15-31a to 15-31i , inclusive. (B) For purposes of group welfare benefits and retirement, including, but not limited to, those provided under chapter 66 and sections 5-257 and 5-259 , the officers and all other employees of the authority shall be state employees. The authority shall reimburse the appropriate state agencies for all costs incurred by such designation;

(15) Invest in, acquire, lease, purchase, own, manage, hold and dispose of real property and lease, convey or deal in or enter into agreements with respect to such property on any terms necessary or incidental to carrying out the purposes of sections 15-31a to 15-31i , inclusive, provided such transactions shall not be subject to approval, review or regulation by any state agency pursuant to title 4b or any other provision of the general statutes, except (A) the authority shall not convey fee simple ownership in any property associated with the ports or harbors under its jurisdiction and control without the approval of the State Properties Review Board and the Attorney General, and (B) as provided in subsection (c) of this section; and

(16) Adopt any policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this section in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121 .

(b) The authority shall continue as long as it has bonds or other obligations outstanding and until its existence is terminated by law, provided no such termination shall affect any outstanding contractual obligation of the authority and the state shall succeed to the obligations of the authority under any contract. Upon the termination of the existence of the authority, all its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state of Connecticut.

(c) On and after June 23, 2021, the authority shall be a state contracting agency for the purposes of chapter 62, except for the provisions of section 4e-16 , and shall be subject to the authority of the State Contracting Standards Board established under section 4e-2 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-170 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-170
Sec. 15-170. Discharge of sewage from vessels: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Discharge” means spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty or dump;

(2) “Docking facility” means any public, private or commercial marina, yacht club, dock, wharf or in-water mooring used for anchoring, berthing, mooring, serving or otherwise handling vessels, and includes a facility organized as a common interest community;

(3) “Marine sanitation device” means any equipment for installation on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat or discharge sewage;

(4) “Sewage” means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes;

(5) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water; and

(6) “No discharge zone” means those bodies of water in this state that the United States Environmental Protection Agency designates as no discharge areas pursuant to 33 USC 1322.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-214 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-214
Sec. 15-214. Perfection of security interest.
Status: in_force

(b) If the interest of a person named as owner, lessor, consignor or bailor in an application for a certificate of title delivered to the department is a security interest, the application sufficiently identifies the person as a secured party. Identification on the application for a certificate of title of a person as owner, lessor, consignor or bailor shall not in and of itself be a factor in determining whether the person's interest is a security interest.

(c) If the department has created a certificate of title for a vessel, a security interest in the vessel may be perfected by delivery to the department of an application, in such form as the department may require, to have the security interest added to the certificate of title. The application shall be signed by an owner of the vessel or by the secured party and shall include:

(1) The name of the owner of record;

(2) The name and mailing address of the secured party;

(3) The hull identification number for the vessel; and

(4) If the department has created a written certificate of title for the vessel, the certificate of title.

(d) A security interest perfected under subsection (c) of this section shall be perfected on the later of delivery to the department of the application and all applicable fees or attachment of the security interest under section 42a-9-203 .

(e) On delivery of an application that complies with subsection (c) of this section and payment of all applicable fees, the department shall create a new certificate of title pursuant to section 15-208 and deliver the new certificate of title or a record evidencing an electronic certificate of title pursuant to subsection (a) of section 15-211 . The department shall maintain in its files the date and time of delivery of the application to the department.

(f) If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest in a vessel, the receipt by the department of a statement providing the name of the assignee as secured party shall not be required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor. A purchaser of a vessel subject to a security interest which obtains a release from the secured party indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate of title takes free of the security interest and of the rights of a transferee unless the transfer is indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate of title.

(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a security interest:

(1) Created in a vessel by a person during any period in which the vessel is inventory held for sale or lease by the person or is leased by the person as lessor if the person is in the business of selling vessels;

(2) In a barge or any other vessel for which a certificate of title is not permitted under sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive; or

(3) In a vessel before delivery if the vessel is under construction, or completed, pursuant to contract and for which no application for a certificate of title has been delivered to the department.

(h) When a certificate of documentation for a documented vessel is deleted or canceled, if a security interest in the vessel was valid immediately before deletion or cancellation against a third party as a result of compliance with 46 USC 31321, the security interest is and remains perfected until the earlier of four months after deletion or cancellation of the certificate or the time the security interest becomes perfected under this section.

(i) A security interest in a vessel arising under section 42a-2-401 or 42a-2-505 , subdivision (3) of section 42a-2-711 or subsection (d) of section 42a-2A-724 shall be perfected when it attaches but shall become unperfected when the debtor obtains possession of the vessel, unless before the debtor obtains possession the security interest is perfected pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) of this section.

(j) A security interest in a vessel as proceeds of other collateral shall be perfected to the extent provided in section 42a-9-315 .

(k) A security interest in a vessel perfected under the law of another jurisdiction shall be perfected to the extent provided in subsection (d) of section 42a-9-316 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-44 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-44
Sec. 15-44. Enforcement of aeronautics laws.
Status: in_force

Cited. 185 C. 145; 211 C. 690.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-150 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-150
Sec. 15-150. Rental of vessels. Boat livery requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) Any operator of a vessel rented from a boat livery shall carry on board such vessel and make available for inspection the original or a copy of the written rental agreement for such rental, signed by the owner of the boat livery or such owner's agent and by the person renting the vessel, stating the length of time for which such vessel is being rented, the identity of the person who rented the vessel and the vessel number which appears on the certificate of number, if vessel registration is required.

(c) Neither the owner nor any agent or employee of a boat livery shall permit any vessel which is rented to depart from the livery premises unless it is provided, either by the owner or lessee, with such safety devices and equipment as may be required by law.

(d) Neither the owner nor any agent or employee of a boat livery shall permit any vessel which is rented to depart the boat livery unless such vessel is registered and numbered properly as a livery boat, if required. Except as provided in subsection (a) of section 15-144 , if the vessel is required to be registered and numbered as a livery boat, the certificate of number shall be carried aboard and made available for inspection upon the vessel for which it is issued.

(e) Neither the owner nor any agent or employee of a boat livery shall permit an operator of any vessel which is rented to depart from the boat livery without a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation, if such operator is required by sections 15-140e and 15-140j to have a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation.

(f) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

See Sec. 15-129 re required safety devices and equipment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-140e — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-140e
Sec. 15-140e. Safe boating certificate. Safe water skiing endorsement.
Status: in_force

(b) A safe boating certificate shall be issued under subsection (a) of this section to any applicant regardless of age who provides proof that such applicant has: (1) Successfully completed a course in safe boating operation approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, which courses may include those offered by the United States Power Squadrons, Coast Guard Auxiliary or other organizations, or (2) successfully passed an equivalency examination testing knowledge of safe boating operation administered by the commissioner.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any person who purchases a new or used vessel may, upon vessel registration, apply to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for a temporary safe boating certificate which shall be valid for three months from the date of registration. No person shall be issued more than one temporary safe boating certificate.

(d) Any person operating a vessel other than a personal watercraft, as defined in section 15-140j , which is rented for a period of fourteen days or less from a boat livery need not obtain a certificate during the rental period. An owner, agent or employee of a boat livery shall furnish to each rental customer literature on safety and rules of navigation as supplied by the commissioner.

(e) Any person enrolled in a course in safe boating operation approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may operate a vessel without a safe boating certificate when under the direct onboard supervision of a boating instructor holding a valid instructor number issued by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, on and after October 1, 2015, no person shall operate on the waters of the state a vessel that is required to be registered or numbered pursuant to this chapter and that is engaged in water skiing, as defined in section 15-127 , unless such person: (1) Is not less than sixteen years of age, (2) has a valid vessel operator license issued by the United States Coast Guard, has obtained a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation issued by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or holds a boating safety certificate from a state that has a reciprocal agreement with the commissioner pursuant to section 15-140f or 15-140j , and (3) has a safe water skiing endorsement on or accompanying such certificate that was issued by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection upon such person's completion of the safe water skiing instruction described in section 15-140f . No owner of a vessel shall knowingly authorize or permit a person who is less than sixteen years of age to operate such vessel while engaged in water skiing on the waters of the state. The requirements of subdivision (3) of this subsection shall not apply to any resident or person who, on or before October 1, 2015, received a valid vessel operator license issued by the United States Coast Guard, obtained a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation from the commissioner or held a boating safety certificate from a state that has such a reciprocal agreement with the commissioner. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the towing of a person or a vessel during the course of an emergency that poses a threat to human life or property.

(g) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than sixty or more than two hundred fifty dollars for each such violation.

(h) Any course in safe boating operation approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, as described in subsection (b) of this section, shall include instruction on the proper means of: (1) Inspecting a vessel and trailers used for transporting such vessels for the presence of vegetation and aquatic invasive species, as determined by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of section 15-180 ; and (2) properly disposing of such vegetation and such aquatic invasive species.

See Sec. 15-180 re transporting vessels or trailers without inspecting for properly removing and disposing of vegetation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-7 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-7
Sec. 15-7. Jurisdiction, powers and duties of Bridgeport harbor master. Approval of harbor works. Appeal. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Each person who contemplates the building over said harbor and tidewaters of any bridge, wharf, pier dam or bulkheads, or the dredging or filling in of any flats or tidewaters, or the driving or placement of any piles, dolphins or bumpers below high-water mark shall, before beginning such work, give written notice upon forms provided by said master of his intention to do such work to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and to said harbor master and shall submit plans or drawings of any proposed wharf or any other structure, and of the flats to be dredged or filled, and of the mode in which the work is to be performed; and no such work shall be commenced until the plan or drawing and the mode of performing the same is approved in writing by the commissioner. The commissioner may reject or alter such plans at his discretion and prescribe the direction, limits and mode of building of the wharf and other structures, and all such works shall be executed under the supervision of the commissioner and the harbor master.

(c) Any erection made or work done in any manner not sanctioned by said commissioner, when his direction is required as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed a public nuisance. Said commissioner may order suits in the name of the city and prevent or stop or abate, by injunction or otherwise, any such erection or other nuisance and such suits shall be conducted by and at the expense of the city of Bridgeport.

(d) Any person aggrieved by any action taken or order issued by said commissioner under authority of this section may within thirty days appeal to the superior court for the judicial district of Bridgeport and said court shall take such action in the premises as equity may require.

(e) Any person who violates or assists in violating any of the provisions of subsection (b) of this section or any direction or order of the commissioner made pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

Cited. 146 C. 619.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-31o — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 264a / Section 15-31o
Sec. 15-31o. Prohibition on payment of success fees.
Status: in_force

(b) No contract or other agreement entered into, amended or extended on or after July 1, 2023, by the Connecticut Port Authority which is financed in whole or in part by the state, including, but not limited to, matching expenditures, grants, loans, insurance or guarantees, may include a provision in such contract or other agreement for the payment of a success fee to any person or business entity.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-220 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-220
Sec. 15-220. Department of Motor Vehicles' responsibilities re application for transfer of ownership or termination of security interest without signed certificate of title.
Status: in_force

(1) All other requirements under sections 15-207 and 15-208 are met;

(2) The applicant provides an affidavit stating facts showing the applicant is entitled to a transfer of ownership or termination statement;

(3) The applicant provides the department with satisfactory evidence in such form as the department prescribes that notification of the application has been sent to the owner of record and all persons indicated in the department's files as having an interest, including a security interest, in the vessel, not less than forty-five days have passed since the notification was sent, and the department has not received an objection from such owner or persons; and

(4) The applicant submits any other information required by the department as evidence of the applicant's ownership or right to terminate the security interest, and the department has no credible information indicating theft, fraud or an undisclosed or unsatisfied security interest, lien or other claim to an interest in the vessel.

(b) The department shall indicate in a certificate of title created under subsection (a) of this section that the certificate of title was created without submission of a signed certificate of title or termination statement. Unless credible information indicating theft, fraud or an undisclosed or unsatisfied security interest, lien or other claim to an interest in the vessel is delivered to the department not later than one year after creation of the certificate of title, on request in a form and manner required by the department, the department shall remove the indication from the certificate of title.

(c) Unless the department determines that the value of a vessel is less than five thousand dollars, before the department creates a certificate of title under subsection (a) of this section, the department may require the applicant to post a bond or provide an equivalent source of indemnity or security. The bond, indemnity or other security shall be in an amount equal to twice the value of the vessel as determined by the department. The bond, indemnity or other security shall be in a form required by the department and provide for indemnification of any owner, purchaser or other claimant for any expense, loss, delay or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs, but not including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from creation or amendment of the certificate of title.

(d) Unless the department receives a claim for indemnity not later than one year after creation of a certificate of title under subsection (a) of this section, on request in a form and manner required by the department, the department shall release any bond, indemnity or other security.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-175 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-175
Sec. 15-175. Penalty for misuse of or failure to equip vessel with marine sanitation device.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person owning or operating a vessel which is required to be equipped with a marine sanitation device in accordance with Section 312 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 USC 1322) and which is found without such equipment or with such equipment in a nonoperable condition shall have committed an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-15e — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-15e
Sec. 15-15e. Owners or operators of certain pilot boats to obtain certificate of insurance. Written procedures. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (a) of this section or any written procedures adopted thereunder shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-1 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-1
Sec. 15-1. Harbor masters.
Status: in_force

(b) Harbor masters shall have the general care and supervision of the harbors and navigable waterways over which they have jurisdiction, subject to the direction and control of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and shall be responsible to the commissioner for the safe and efficient operation of such harbors and navigable waterways in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The harbor masters or deputy harbor masters shall exercise their duties in a manner consistent with any harbor management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-113m for a harbor over which they have jurisdiction. The commissioner may delegate any of his powers and duties under this chapter to such harbor masters or to any existing board of harbor commissioners, but shall at all times be vested with responsibility for the overall supervision of the harbors and navigable waterways of the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-144 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-144
Sec. 15-144. Vessel registration number or registration decal. Schedule of fees payable to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Regulations. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The owner shall pay a fee to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for deposit with the State Treasurer for each vessel so numbered or registered in accordance with the following schedule and subdivisions of this subsection:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-101o — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266a / Section 15-101o
Sec. 15-101o. Notes and bonds to be tax-exempt. Legal securities.
Status: in_force

(b) Bonds issued under the authority of section 15-101 l are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter, be authorized by law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-94 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-94
Sec. 15-94. Regulations. Appeals.
Status: in_force

(b) Administration of zoning regulations; administrative agency. The legislative body of any municipality adopting airport zoning regulations hereunder may delegate the duty of administering and enforcing such regulations to any administrative agency under its jurisdiction, but such administrative agency shall not include any member of the board of appeals. The duties of such administrative agency shall include hearing and ruling on the granting of all permits under subsection (a) of section 15-93 , but such agency shall not have or exercise any of the powers delegated to the board of appeals.

(c) Board of appeals. Airport zoning regulations adopted hereunder shall provide for appointment of a board of appeals to have and exercise the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the administrative agency in the enforcement of sections 15-88 to 15-97 , inclusive, or any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto; (2) to hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the ordinance upon which such board may be required to pass under such ordinance; (3) to hear and decide specific variances under subsection (b) of section 15-93 . Where a zoning board of appeals already exists, it may be appointed as the board of appeals. Otherwise, the board of appeals shall consist of five members, each to be appointed to serve for a term of three years unless removed for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearing.

(d) Appeal by municipality. Any municipality aggrieved by any zoning ordinance or regulation under the terms of sections 15-88 to 15-97 , inclusive, may appeal to the executive director without recourse to the board of appeals.

Cited. 185 C. 145.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-9 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-9
Sec. 15-9. Vessels may be removed. Procedures. Notice. Regulations. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) A harbor master may notify any officer attached to an organized police department or any state police officer that a master or owner of a vessel is in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Any such officer may remove and take such vessel into custody and shall give written notice by certified mail to the owner or master of such vessel, if known, which notice shall state (1) that the vessel has been taken into custody and stored, (2) the location of storage of the vessel, (3) that such vessel may be sold after fifteen days if the market value of such vessel does not exceed five hundred dollars or after ninety days if the value of such vessel exceeds five hundred dollars, and (4) that the owner has a right to contest the validity of such taking by application, on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, to the hearing officer named in such notice within ten days from the date of such notice. Such application forms shall be made readily available to the public at all offices of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and at all state and local police departments.

(c) The chief executive officer of each town may appoint a suitable person, who shall not be a member of any state or local police department, to be a hearing officer to hear applications to determine whether or not the taking was authorized under the provisions of this section. Two or more towns may join in appointing such officer; provided any such hearing shall be held at a location which is as near to the town where such vessel was located as is reasonable and practicable. The commissioner shall establish by regulation the qualifications necessary for hearing officers and procedures for the holding of such hearings. If it is determined at such hearing that the owner or master was in violation of subsection (a) of this section, the owner or master of such vessel shall be liable for any expenses incurred as a result of such removal, or the costs and expenses incident to such removal, including legal expenses and court costs incurred in such recovery. If it is determined at such hearing that the owner or master was not in violation of subsection (a) of this section, the owner or master of such vessel shall not be liable for any expenses incurred as a result of such removal or for the costs and expenses incident to such removal, including legal expenses and court costs incurred in such recovery. Any person aggrieved by the decision of such hearing officer may, within fifteen days of the notice of such decision, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such hearing was held.

(d) The state or local police department which has custody of the removed vessel shall have the power to sell such vessel at public auction in accordance with the provisions of this section. The state or local police department shall apply the avails of such sale toward the payment of its charges, any storage charges and the payment of any debt or obligation incurred by the officer who placed the same in storage. Such sale shall be advertised in a newspaper published or having a circulation in the town where such vessel is stored or other place is located three times, commencing at least five days before such sale; and, if the last place of abode of the owner of such vessel is known to or may be ascertained by the state or local police by the exercise of reasonable diligence, notice of the time and place of sale shall be given him by mailing such notice to him in a registered or certified letter, postage paid, at such last usual place of abode, at least five days before the time of sale. The state or local police department shall report the sales price, storing and towing charges, if any; buyer's name and address; identification of the vessel and such other information as may be required in regulations which shall be adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to the commissioner within fifteen days after the sale of the vessel. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting the amount due for any storage and all expenses connected with such sale, including the expenses of the officer who placed such vessel in storage, shall be paid to the owner of such vessel or his legal representatives, if claimed by him or them at any time within one year from the date of such sale. If such balance is not claimed within said period, it shall escheat to the municipality from which the vessel was removed. If the expenses incurred by the municipality for such removal and towing and the sale of such vessel and any fines exceed the proceeds of such sale, the owner of the vessel shall be liable for such excess amount. A vessel may not be sold in accordance with the provisions of this section until: (1) The expiration of the time period under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section and (2) a final decision has been rendered in connection with an application filed pursuant to subdivision (4) of subdivision (b) of this section.

(e) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-139 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-139
Sec. 15-139. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any other provision of this part for which no penalty is provided shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-97a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-97a
Sec. 15-97a. Meteorological evaluation tower markings. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) A meteorological evaluation tower that is at least fifty feet but not more than two hundred feet in height above ground level: (1) Shall be painted in equal alternating bands of aviation orange and white, beginning with aviation orange at the top of the tower; (2) shall have aviation orange marker balls installed and displayed in accordance with the standards contained in current federal regulations and Federal Aviation Administration advisory circulars; and (3) may not be supported by guy wires unless the guy wires have a seven-foot-long safety sleeve at each anchor point that extends from the anchor point along each guy wire attached to the anchor point.

(c) Any person who owns, operates or erects a meteorological evaluation tower in violation of any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of (1) not more than five hundred dollars if such violation results in no physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3 , to another person, (2) not more than one thousand dollars if such violation results in physical injury to another person, (3) not more than five thousand dollars if such violation results in serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-2 , to another person, and (4) not more than ten thousand dollars if such violation results in the death of another person.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-156 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-156
Sec. 15-156. Penalties. Operation of vessel while safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation refused, suspended or revoked. Jurisdiction. Return of certificate to commissioner.
Status: in_force

(b) No person to whom a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation has been refused, or whose certificate or right to operate a vessel in this state has been suspended or revoked, shall operate any vessel during the period of such refusal, suspension or revocation. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any vessel, the registration of which has been suspended or revoked.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall, for a first offense, be fined not less than one hundred fifty dollars or more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or be both fined and imprisoned, and, for any subsequent offense, be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than six hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or be both fined and imprisoned.

(d) (1) Any person who operates any vessel during the period such person's certificate or right to operate a vessel in this state is under suspension or revocation on account of a violation of subsection (d) of section 15-133 or subsection (c) of section 15-154 shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than one year. In the absence of any mitigating circumstances, as determined by the court, thirty consecutive days of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced in any manner. The court shall specifically state, in writing, for the record any mitigating circumstances, or the absence thereof.

(2) Any person convicted of reckless operation of a vessel in the first or second degree while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or both, in violation of section 15-140 l or 15-140n , or of manslaughter in the second degree with a vessel, in violation of section 15-132a , who operates a vessel during the period such person's certificate or right to operate a vessel in this state is under suspension or revocation, in addition to any penalties imposed in accordance with said sections or section 15-140o , shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than one year. In the absence of any mitigating circumstances as determined by the court, thirty consecutive days of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced in any manner. The court shall specifically state, in writing, for the record any mitigating circumstances, or the absence thereof.

(3) A court having jurisdiction of a violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection may prohibit such person from operating any vessel on any waters of this state for a period of not more than two years. Notice of such suspension shall be transmitted forthwith by the court to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

(e) Any person who has had a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation suspended or revoked under section 15-132a , subsection (d) of section 15-133 or section 15-140 l, 15-140n or 15-154 shall, not later than two business days after the suspension or revocation takes effect, return the certificate to the commissioner. If such person fails to return the certificate to the commissioner, the commissioner shall direct a conservation law enforcement officer to secure possession thereof and to return the certificate to the office of the commissioner. Failure of such person to return the certificate shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-227 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-227
Sec. 15-227. Savings clause.
Status: in_force

(b) Sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive, do not affect an action or proceeding commenced before January 1, 2016.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a security interest that is enforceable immediately before January 1, 2016, and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time is a perfected security interest under sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive.

(d) A security interest in a vessel for which a certificate of title is required under sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive, that is perfected immediately before January 1, 2016, remains perfected until the earlier of:

(1) The time perfection would have ceased under the law under which the security interest was perfected; or

(2) January 1, 2019.

(e) Sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive, shall not affect the priority of a security interest in a vessel if immediately before January 1, 2016, the security interest is enforceable and perfected, and that priority is established.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-210 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-210
Sec. 15-210. File retention responsibilities of Department of Motor Vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1) Maintain the hull identification number and all the information submitted with the application pursuant to subsection (b) of section 15-207 to which the record relates, including the date and time the record was delivered to the department;

(2) Maintain the files for public inspection; and

(3) Index the files of the department pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The department shall maintain in its files the information contained in all certificates of title created pursuant to section 15-208 . The information in the files of the department shall be searchable by the hull identification number for the vessel, the vessel number, the name of the owner of record and any other method used by the department.

(c) The department shall maintain in its files, for each vessel for which it has created a certificate of title, all title brands known to the department, the name of each secured party known to the department, the name of each person known to the department to be claiming an ownership interest and all stolen property reports the department has received.

(d) Upon request, for safety, security or law enforcement purposes, the department shall provide to federal, state or local government the information in its files relating to any vessel for which the department has issued a certificate of title.

(e) Except as otherwise provided by the general statutes, the information required pursuant to section 15-209 is a public record.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-143 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-143
Sec. 15-143. Exceptions to numbering and registration requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) Vessels, the sale or transfer of which is subject to the provisions of Section 37 of the Shipping Act, 1916, shall be numbered by this state only when such sale or transfer is approved by the United States Maritime Administration.

Cited. 198 C. 168.

Cited. 12 CA 417.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-140n — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-140n
Sec. 15-140n. Reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person guilty of reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree while under the influence shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, and such person's safe boating certificate, certificate of personal watercraft operation or right to operate a vessel that requires a safe boating certificate shall be suspended by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 15-133 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-129 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-129
Sec. 15-129. Safety and equipment requirements for vessels. Regulation of motorboat noise.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any motorboat on the waters of this state unless such motorboat is at all times equipped with a muffler or muffler system which enables such motorboat to be operated in compliance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section and such muffler or muffler system is in use. For purposes of this section, “muffler” or “muffler system” means a sound suppression device or system designed and installed to abate the sound of exhaust gases emitted from an internal combustion engine and causes such engine to operate in compliance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section. “Muffler system” includes, but is not limited to, an underwater through-the-propeller-hub exhaust outlet system.

(c) No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any motorboat on the waters of this state in such a manner as to exceed the following noise levels: (1) For engines manufactured before January 1, 1993, a noise level of 90 dB(A) when subjected to a stationary sound level test as prescribed by Society of Automotive Engineers Specification Number J2005; (2) for engines manufactured on or after January 1, 1993, a noise level of 88 dB(A) when subjected to a stationary sound level test as prescribed by Society of Automotive Engineers Specification Number J2005. If a motorboat is equipped with more than one engine, such noise levels shall apply when all such engines are simultaneously in operation.

(d) No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any motorboat on the waters of this state in such a manner as to exceed a noise level of 75 dB(A) measured as specified by Society of Automotive Engineers Specification Number J1970.

(e) Any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter who has reason to believe that a motorboat is being operated in excess of the noise levels established in subsection (c) or (d) of this section may request the operator of such motorboat to submit the motorboat to an on-site test to measure noise levels, with the officer on board such motorboat if such officer chooses, and the operator shall comply with such request. If such motorboat exceeds the noise levels established in subsection (c) or (d) of this section, the officer may direct the operator to take immediate and reasonable measures to correct the violation, including returning the motorboat to a mooring and keeping the motorboat at such mooring until the violation is corrected or ceases.

(f) Any officer who conducts a motorboat sound level test as provided in this section shall be qualified in motorboat noise testing by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Such qualification shall include, without limitation, instruction in selection of the measurement site and in the calibration and use of noise testing equipment.

(g) No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any motorboat on the waters of this state that is equipped with a muffler or muffler system cutout, bypass or similar device which prevents the proper operation of or diminishes the operating capacity of the muffler, or causes the motorboat to be operated in violation of subsection (c) or (d) of this section, except that the commissioner shall allow the installation and operation of those muffler system cutouts, bypasses or similar devices that are demonstrated to the satisfaction of the commissioner to operate in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) or (d) of this section.

(h) No person shall remove a muffler or muffler system from a motorboat or alter a muffler or muffler system on a motorboat so as to prevent the operation of such motorboat in compliance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.

(i) No person shall sell or offer for sale any motorboat which is not equipped with a muffler or muffler system which enables such motorboat to be operated in compliance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section. This subsection shall not apply to the sale or offer for sale of a motorboat which will be operated solely for the purpose of competing in marine races or regattas, provided upon the sale of a motorboat which is not equipped with such a muffler or muffler system, the seller shall provide to the purchaser, and the purchaser shall date and sign, the following statement: “I understand that this motorboat may not be operated for any purposes other than competing in a marine race or regatta authorized under section 15-140b of the Connecticut general statutes”. Such statement shall include the hull identification number of the motorboat being purchased. Not later than five days after the sale, the seller shall submit to the commissioner a copy of such signed and dated statement. The seller and purchaser shall each retain a copy of the statement.

(j) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to the operation of a motorboat participating in a marine race or regatta authorized by the commissioner under section 15-140b .

(k) All devices and equipment required by this section shall be of a type and carried in the quantity and location approved by the commissioner or by the United States Coast Guard.

(l) Sirens shall not be used on any vessel, except that law enforcement vessels of the United States, this state or a political subdivision of this state may use sirens when engaged in law enforcement activities or when identification is necessary for safety reasons. Any vessel may be equipped with a theft alarm signal device if such device is so designed that it cannot be used as an ordinary warning signal.

(m) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall have committed an infraction. Any person who fails to comply with a request or direction of an officer made pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall be fined not less than three hundred fifty dollars or more than five hundred fifty dollars and shall be fined not less than four hundred fifty dollars or more than six hundred fifty dollars for each subsequent offense. Any person who violates the provisions of any other subsection of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars.

Cited. 209 C. 169.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-31e — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 264a / Section 15-31e
Sec. 15-31e. Notes and bonds to be tax exempt.
Status: in_force

(b) Bonds issued under the authority of sections 15-31c to 15-31f , inclusive, are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-74 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-74
Sec. 15-74. Removal of obstructions to air navigation.
Status: in_force

(b) In the case of an application for an approval or a license from the executive director for a commercial airport, if there is any obstacle at or near the landing area which would violate the minimum physical standards for commercial airports adopted by the executive director under section 15-41 and the removal of such obstacle is a prerequisite for the approval or license, the executive director shall notify the owner or person responsible for the existence of the obstacle, requiring such owner or person to remove it within such time as the executive director determines. The applicant for the approval or license shall pay the owner of the obstacle just compensation for its removal.

(c) Any person aggrieved by the action of said executive director in relation to the removal of an obstacle under subsection (a) or (b) of this section may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district within which such obstacle is located or to any judge thereof in vacation; but, if the ground of appeal is a disagreement as to the amount of such compensation, the removal of such obstacle shall not be delayed pending the determination of such amount.

Cited. 185 C. 145.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120gg — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267b / Section 15-120gg
Sec. 15-120gg. Refunding bonds. Bond anticipation notes.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever the authority has adopted a resolution authorizing bonds pursuant to section 15-120ff , the authority may, pending the issue of such bonds, issue temporary notes and any renewals thereof in anticipation of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, which notes and any renewals thereof shall be designated “Bond Anticipation Notes”. Such portion of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds as may be so required shall be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on any such bond anticipation notes which have been issued. The principal of and interest on any bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this subsection may be repaid from pledged revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged to the repayment of the bonds in anticipation of which the bond anticipation notes are issued, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of renewals thereof or of the bonds.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-223 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-223
Sec. 15-223. Effect of perfected or nonperfected security interest.
Status: in_force

(b) If, while a security interest in a vessel is perfected by any method under section 15-214 , the Department of Motor Vehicles creates a certificate of title that does not indicate that the vessel is subject to the security interest or contain a statement that it may be subject to security interests not indicated on the certificate of title:

(1) A buyer of the vessel, other than a person in the business of selling or leasing vessels of that kind, takes free of the security interest if the buyer, acting in good faith and without knowledge of the security interest, gives value and receives possession of the vessel; and

(2) The security interest is subordinate to a conflicting security interest in the vessel that is perfected under section 15-214 after creation of the certificate of title and without the secured party's knowledge of the conflicting security interest.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-26a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-26a
Sec. 15-26a. Five Mile River Commission. Harbor superintendent.
Status: in_force

(b) The Five Mile River Commission shall have regulatory jurisdiction over the use of said river. Said commission shall concern itself with the navigation, pollution and conservation of said river and its drainage basin. It shall be the responsibility of said commission to bring to the attention of the appropriate federal, state or local authorities any and all violations of federal, state or local law brought to its notice which in any way affects said river. In addition said commission shall propose for ratification by the legislative bodies of the towns of Norwalk and Darien such regulations and procedures as it deems necessary for the control of moorings and for safe and orderly navigation. The commission may, with the consent of said legislative bodies apply to the appropriate federal authority for the designation of the Five Mile River estuary as a “special anchorage area”.

(c) The Five Mile River Commission shall appoint by majority vote a harbor superintendent. Said superintendent shall serve at the commission's pleasure and shall, subject to the approval of the commission, receive an annual salary established and paid by the member towns. He shall have such authority as the commission may delegate.

(d) Said commission may contract for the services of such professional and clerical personnel as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(e) The town of New Canaan, upon majority vote by its legislative body, may, at any time, become a member of the Five Mile River Commission, in which event two electors of said town shall be appointed to the commission as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-3a — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-3a
Sec. 15-3a. “Derelict vessel”, “harbor”, “navigable waters”, “navigable waterways”, defined.
Status: in_force

(1) “Derelict vessel” means any vessel, scow, lighter or similar floating structure or part thereof, whether or not moored, anchored or made fast to shore, that is broken or altered to such an extent that it will not keep afloat with ordinary care;

(2) “Harbor” means a place on navigable waters, as defined by this section, where water-borne commercial or recreational traffic enters for the purpose of anchorage or docking or the unloading or receiving of cargo, supplies, equipment, fuel or passengers;

(3) “Navigable waters” means waters which are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide shoreward to their mean high-water mark;

(4) “Navigable waterways” means waters which are physically capable of supporting water-borne traffic, and subject to the ebb and flow of the tide.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-142 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-142
Sec. 15-142. Vessel numbering requirements. Certain vessels required to display registration decals.
Status: in_force

(b) Each vessel with respect to which the owner holds a valid marine document issued by the United States Coast Guard, a valid certificate of number awarded by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 or a valid certificate of number awarded by another state, which vessel is used upon the waters of this state for more than sixty days in any calendar year, shall be required to display a Connecticut registration decal. No person shall launch, moor or operate and no owner shall permit the launching, mooring or operation of any such vessel unless (1) the owner holds a valid, effective certificate of registration awarded by this state, and (2) the registration decal is displayed as directed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, provided the requirements of this subsection shall not be applicable, in the period commencing on the first day of October in any year to and including the thirtieth day of April next succeeding, to any such vessel in use upon the waters of this state exclusively for purposes of delivery of such vessel to a facility in this state for storage, including dry storage and storage in water by means of apparatus preventing ice damage to the hull, maintenance or repair or the actual process of storage, maintenance or repair of such vessel.

(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

Cited. 198 C. 168; 206 C. 253.

Cited. 12 CA 417; 20 CA 452.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-73 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-73
Sec. 15-73. Airport protection privileges. Encroachments prohibited. Standards for determining necessity of taking land.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13b-43 and this section provide a vehicle for a municipality to acquire interests in airport hazards to ensure safe and efficient operation of an airport. 185 C. 145. Cited. 201 C. 700, 706; 230 C. 140.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-216 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-216
Sec. 15-216. Transfer of ownership.
Status: in_force

(1) If the certificate of title is a written certificate of title and the transferor's interest is noted on the certificate of title, the transferor shall sign the certificate of title and deliver it to the transferee. If the transferor does not have possession of the certificate of title, the person in possession of the certificate of title shall have a duty to facilitate the transferor's compliance with this subdivision. A secured party shall not have a duty to facilitate the transferor's compliance with this subdivision if the proposed transfer is prohibited by the security agreement.

(2) If the certificate of title is an electronic certificate of title, the transferor shall sign and deliver to the transferee a record evidencing the transfer of ownership to the transferee.

(3) The transferee shall have a right enforceable by specific performance to require the transferor to comply with the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.

(b) The creation of a certificate of title identifying the transferee as owner of record shall satisfy subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Failure to comply with subsection (a) of this section or to apply for a new certificate of title shall not render a transfer of ownership of a vessel ineffective. Except as otherwise provided in section 15-217 , section 15-218 , subsection (a) of section 15-222 or section 15-223 , a transfer of ownership without compliance with subsection (a) of this section shall not be effective against another person claiming an interest in the vessel.

(d) A transferor that complies with subsection (a) of this section shall not be liable as owner of the vessel for an event occurring after the transfer, regardless of whether the transferee applies for a new certificate of title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-135 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-135
Sec. 15-135. Position of scuba divers to be marked. Safe operating distance for vessels.
Status: in_force

(b) Not more than four persons shall use the same marking device simultaneously, except when engaged in underwater swimming or diving from an anchored boat displaying such marking device, in which case the number of persons using the same marking device shall be limited to the legal capacity of such boat.

(c) No person shall operate a vessel or cause any person on water skis to pass within one hundred feet of a device marking the location of an underwater swimmer or diver.

(d) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-173 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-173
Sec. 15-173. Docking facility in violation of requirement or order deemed public nuisance. Civil and criminal penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person owning or operating a docking facility in violation of any requirement or order issued pursuant to section 15-172 or any regulation issued pursuant to section 15-174 , or who commits, takes part in or assists in any violation of the terms or conditions of such requirement or order shall forfeit to the state a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Attorney General shall, at the request of the commissioner, institute a civil action to recover such forfeiture.

(c) Any person who wilfully or with criminal negligence violates any provision of section 15-171 or 15-172 shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or be imprisoned not more than one year or both. A subsequent conviction for any such violation shall carry a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or imprisonment for not more than two years or both. For the purposes of this subsection, “person” includes any responsible corporate officer.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-232 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-232
Sec. 15-232. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who: (1) With fraudulent intent, permits another person, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; (2) wilfully fails to deliver an application for a certificate of title to the department within ten days after the time required by section 15-206 ; (3) wilfully fails to deliver to such person's transferee a certificate of title within ten days after the time required by section 15-216 ; or (4) wilfully violates any provision of sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive, other than subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection and except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than two years or be both fined and imprisoned.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-140o — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-140o
Sec. 15-140o. Seizure of vessel.
Status: in_force

(b) Any vessel that is operated by a person who is arrested for a violation of section 15-140n , in connection with such operation, or for a violation of section 15-132a or 15-140 l , after being involved in a boating accident, may be impounded for a minimum of forty-eight hours after the arrest. Any vessel involved in a boating accident that results in death, serious physical injury, a missing person or property damage in excess of two thousand dollars may be seized for the collection of evidence and held until the investigation of the boating accident or any related court proceedings are concluded. Any trailer utilized by the operator to transport such vessel may also be impounded to facilitate transport and handling of such vessel.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-219 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-219
Sec. 15-219. Transfer-by-law statement. Department of Motor Vehicles' responsibilities re acceptance.
Status: in_force

(1) “By operation of law” means pursuant to a law or judicial order affecting ownership of a vessel:

(A) Because of death, divorce or other family law proceeding, merger, consolidation, dissolution or bankruptcy;

(B) Through the exercise of the rights of a lien creditor or a person having a lien created by statute or rule of law; or

(C) Through other legal process; and

(2) “Transfer-by-law statement” means a record signed by a transferee stating that by operation of law the transferee has acquired or has the right to acquire an ownership interest in a vessel.

(b) A transfer-by-law statement shall contain:

(1) The name and last-known mailing address of the owner of record and the transferee and the other information required pursuant to subsection (b) of section 15-207 ;

(2) Documentation sufficient to establish the transferee's ownership interest or right to acquire the ownership interest;

(3) A statement that:

(A) The certificate of title is an electronic certificate of title;

(B) The transferee does not have possession of the written certificate of title created in the name of the owner of record; or

(C) The transferee is delivering the written certificate of title to the Department of Motor Vehicles with the transfer-by-law statement; and

(4) Except for a transfer described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, evidence that notification of the transfer and the intent to file the transfer-by-law statement has been sent to all persons indicated in the department's files as having an interest, including a security interest, in the vessel.

(c) Unless the department rejects a transfer-by-law statement for a reason stated in subsection (c) of section 15-208 or because the statement does not include documentation satisfactory to the department as to the transferee's ownership interest or right to acquire the ownership interest, after delivery to the department of the statement and payment of fees and taxes payable under the law of this state other than sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive, in connection with the statement or with the acquisition or use of the vessel, the department shall:

(1) Accept the statement;

(2) Amend its files to reflect the transfer; and

(3) If the name of the owner whose ownership interest is being transferred is indicated on the certificate of title:

(A) Cancel the certificate of title even if the certificate of title has not been delivered to the department;

(B) Create a new certificate of title indicating the transferee as owner;

(C) Indicate on the new certificate of title any security interest indicated on the canceled certificate of title, unless a court order provides otherwise; and

(D) Deliver the new certificate of title or a record evidencing an electronic certificate of title.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a transfer of an interest in a vessel by a secured party under sections 42a-9-601 to 42a-9-628 , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-215 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-215
Sec. 15-215. Termination statement; requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Twenty days after the secured party receives a signed demand from an owner for a termination statement and there is no obligation secured by the vessel subject to the security interest and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value secured by the vessel; or

(2) If the vessel is consumer goods, thirty days after there is no obligation secured by the vessel and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value secured by the vessel.

(b) If the department has created a written certificate of title and delivered such certificate of title to a secured party and a termination statement is required under subsection (a) of this section, the secured party shall, not later than the date required by subsection (a) of this section, deliver the certificate of title to the debtor or to the department with the statement. If the certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or otherwise unavailable or illegible, the secured party shall, not later than the date required by subsection (a) of this section, deliver with the statement an application for a replacement certificate of title meeting the requirements of section 15-221 .

(c) On delivery to the department of a termination statement authorized by the secured party, the security interest to which the statement relates ceases to be perfected. If the security interest to which the statement relates was indicated on the certificate of title, the department shall create a new certificate of title and deliver such new certificate of title or a record evidencing an electronic certificate of title. The department shall maintain in its files the date and time of delivery to the department of the statement.

(d) A secured party that fails to comply with this section shall be liable for any loss that the secured party had reason to know might result from its failure to comply and that could not reasonably have been prevented and for the cost of an application for a certificate of title under section 15-207 or 15-221 .

(e) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may require a secured party indicated in the files of the department as having a security interest in a vessel to electronically transmit to the department a termination statement evidencing release of its security interest in a vessel.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-91 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 266 / Section 15-91
Sec. 15-91. Adoption of airport zoning regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) If a municipality has adopted or adopts a general zoning ordinance regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations adopted for the same area or portion thereof under this section may be incorporated in and made a part of such general zoning regulations and may be administered and enforced in connection therewith, but such general zoning regulations shall not limit the effectiveness or scope of the regulations adopted hereunder.

(c) Any zoning or other regulations applicable to any area within which, according to the airport approach plan adopted by the executive director, measures should be taken for the protection of airport approaches, including any airport zoning regulations adopted under this section and any zoning or other regulations dealing with the same or similar matters adopted under authority other than that conferred by this section, shall be consistent with, and conform to, the executive director's approach plan for such area, and shall be amended from time to time as may be necessary to conform to any revision of the plan that may be made by the executive director.

(d) All airport zoning regulations adopted hereunder shall be reasonable, and none shall require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use, except as provided in subsection (a) of section 15-93 .

(e) If any municipality fails to adopt airport zoning regulations within a reasonable time, the executive director may, for the protection of public safety, adopt and from time to time as may be necessary amend or repeal such regulations for such municipality until airport zoning regulations herein provided for are adopted by such municipality.

Cited. 185 C. 145.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-120h — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267a / Section 15-120h
Sec. 15-120h. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Authority” means the Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority as created under section 15-120i ;

(2) “Procedure” means each statement, by the authority, of general applicability, without regard to its designation, that implements or prescribes law or policy or describes the organization or procedure of the authority. The term includes the amendment or repeal of a prior regulation, but does not include, unless otherwise provided by any provision of the general statutes, (A) statements concerning only the internal management of the authority and not affecting procedures available to the public and (B) intra-authority memoranda;

(3) “Proposed procedure” means a proposal by the authority under the provisions of section 15-120k for a new procedure or for a change in, addition to or repeal of an existing procedure.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-15 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 263 / Section 15-15
Sec. 15-15. Vessels requiring pilots.
Status: in_force

(b) No person not licensed as a pilot under the provisions of section 15-13 or of the laws of any other state having concurrent jurisdiction over Long Island Sound shall pilot, or offer to pilot any foreign vessel, or any American vessel sailing under register, to or from any port in this state, including any such vessels transiting the Connecticut waters of Long Island Sound. No master or person on board any tug or towboat shall tow such a vessel to or from any port in this state including any such vessels transiting the Connecticut waters of Long Island Sound, unless such vessel has on board a pilot licensed under the provisions of section 15-13 or licensed under the laws of any other state having concurrent jurisdiction over Long Island Sound.

(c) Any person or any officer or agent of any firm or corporation who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or be both fined and imprisoned.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-209 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 269 / Section 15-209
Sec. 15-209. Content of certificate of title.
Status: in_force

(1) The date the certificate of title was created;

(2) The name of the owner of record and, if not all owners are listed, an indication that there are additional owners indicated in the files of the Department of Motor Vehicles;

(3) The mailing address of the owner of record;

(4) The hull identification number;

(5) The information listed in subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of section 15-207 ;

(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of section 15-214 , the name and mailing address of the secured party of record, if any, and, if not all secured parties are listed, an indication that there are other security interests indicated in the files of the department;

(7) All title brands indicated in the files of the department covering the vessel, including, but not limited to, brands indicated on a certificate of title created by a governmental agency of another jurisdiction and delivered to the department; and

(8) Any other information the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles prescribes.

(b) Nothing in sections 15-201 to 15-232 , inclusive, shall preclude the department from noting on a certificate of title the name and mailing address of a secured party that is not a secured party of record.

(c) For each title brand indicated on a certificate of title, the certificate of title shall identify the jurisdiction under whose law the title brand was created or the jurisdiction that created the certificate of title on which the title brand was indicated. If the meaning of a title brand is not easily ascertainable or cannot be accommodated on the certificate of title, the certificate of title may state: “Previously branded in (insert the jurisdiction under whose law the title brand was created or whose certificate of title previously indicated the title brand)”.

(d) If the files of the department indicate that a vessel previously was registered or titled in a foreign country, the department shall indicate on the certificate of title that the vessel was registered or titled in that country.

(e) A written certificate of title shall contain a form that all owners indicated on the certificate of title may sign to evidence consent to a transfer of an ownership interest to another person. The form shall include a certification, signed under penalty of false statement, that the statements made are true and correct to the best of each owner's knowledge, information and belief.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-115 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 267 / Section 15-115
Sec. 15-115. Failure to report accident. False statement in report or instrument.
Status: in_force

(b) Any owner or operator who knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact in a report to or written instrument filed with the executive director shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-136 — Connecticut Code / Title 15 / Chapter 268 / Section 15-136
Sec. 15-136. Ordinances and regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, respecting the operation of vessels on any body of water which lies within the territorial limits of two or more towns (1) when no local regulations exist or (2) when such action is required to establish uniformity in the boating regulations of the several towns. Any town, by vote of its legislative body, and any group of ten or more interested persons may petition the commissioner for the adoption, amendment or repeal of the regulations. The commissioner shall hold a public hearing on each such petition in the petitioning town or in one of the towns which will be affected, giving all interested persons an opportunity to present their views. Notice of such hearing, stating the date, time and place thereof and the substance of the proposed regulation, shall be published at least ten days prior thereto in a newspaper of general circulation in the town or towns which will be affected.

(c) All regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall take effect upon their publication and posting as required by section 15-138 .