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CT Gen Stat § 15-154a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-154a - Town marine officers and auxiliaries.

 (a) The selectmen of any town may appoint for such length of time as they determine such number of special constables to be called town marine officers as they deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter, section 53-134, subsection (b) of section 53a-119b and section 53a-182 on any body of water that lies wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the town, and the provisions of section 22a-250 on any body of water that lies wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the town or upon land adjacent to such body of water and within the jurisdiction of the town.(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.(1971, P.A. 54, S. 1; P.A. 73-257, S. 19, 27; P.A. 75-87; P.A. 79-166; P.A. 80-341, S. 1; P.A. 86-89, S. 1, 4; P.A. 98-200; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 73-257 deleted provision re training and supervision of constables by commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 75-87 added reference to Sec. 22a-27d; P.A. 79-166 qualified enforcement power with respect to Sec. 22a-27d and added reference to Sec. 53a-182; P.A. 80-341 added reference to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 53a-119b; P.A. 86-89 added reference to Sec. 53-134 and substituted reference to Sec. 22a-250 for reference to Sec. 22a-27d; P.A. 98-200 added Subsec. (b) re town marine auxiliaries; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 15-154b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-154b - Violation on waters between towns.

 Whenever any person or persons are committing a violation of the state boating laws or regulations, on that portion of any waters lying between two or more towns, any officer of either town, empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or other persons of either town who are authorized to make arrests for such violations shall have authority to make arrests on any portion of any such waters lying between such towns.(P.A. 73-257, S. 24, 27; P.A. 75-567, S. 25, 80.)History: P.A. 75-567 deleted reference to officers' authority to take violator to proper circuit court for prosecution.
CT Gen Stat § 15-154c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-154c - Attachment of property of town marine officer prohibited.

 No attachments shall be made against the real or personal property of any town marine officer appointed in accordance with section 15-154a for any actions taken in the performance of his duties.(P.A. 77-433.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-155 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-155 - Distribution of revenue received in fees for numbering and registration of vessels. Boating account.

 Section 15-155 is repealed, effective May 4, 2011.(1961, P.A. 506, S. 22; 1963, P.A. 564, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 392; P.A. 73-257, S. 20, 27; P.A. 76-365, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-423, S. 15, 25; P.A. 82-436, S. 5, 11; 82-472, S. 49, 183; P.A. 83-266, S. 1, 4; 83-587, S. 30, 96; P.A. 84-495, S. 2, 4; P.A. 86-418, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-130, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 394; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8, S. 21; P.A. 10-179, S. 57; P.A. 11-6, S. 165; 11-80, S. 1, 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-155c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-155c - Registration fees collected in 1982 exceeding amounts distributed to Boating Fund and towns to be allowed as credits against fees payable in 1983.

 Section 15-155c is repealed.(P.A. 81-423, S. 23, 25; P.A. 82-436, S. 7, 11; P.A. 84-495, S. 3, 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-157 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-157 - Special acts and ordinances superseded.

 All special acts and municipal ordinances contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this part are superseded and shall be of no force or effect. No political subdivision of the state shall enact or attempt to enforce any ordinance or regulation respecting the licensing, registration or numbering of vessels or impose any fee for the right to operate a vessel on any waterway within its territorial limits.(1961, P.A. 506, S. 24; P.A. 81-423, S. 17, 25.)History: P.A. 81-423 inserted references to registration and replaced “motor boat(s)” with “vessel(s)” consistent with other sections of the act.
CT Gen Stat § 15-170 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-170 - Discharge of sewage from vessels: Definitions.

 For the purposes of this section and sections 15-171 to 15-175, inclusive:(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.(P.A. 90-173, S. 1; P.A. 91-333, S. 3, 4; P.A. 10-106, S. 2; P.A. 11-59, S. 2.)History: P.A. 91-333 amended the definition of “no discharge zone” to include certain waters off the town of Fairfield and Cockenoe Island in Westport; P.A. 10-106 redefined “sewage” and “no discharge zone”; P.A. 11-59 made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 15-171 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-171 - Discharge within no discharge zone prohibited.

 No person shall discharge sewage from any vessel within a no discharge zone.(P.A. 90-173, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-172 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-172 - Provision of pump-out facilities.

 (a) The commissioner may require any docking facility constructed with or expanded to one hundred fifty slips or more on or after October 1, 1990, and may, on or after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to section 15-174, order any docking facility in a no discharge zone with one hundred fifty slips or more or, if no docking facility has one hundred fifty slips, the docking facility with the greatest number of slips to (1) provide and operate pump-out facilities on the premises for marine sanitation device holding tanks or (2) have a valid contract for the use of a reasonably proximate pump-out facility. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the authority of the commissioner under any other law.(b) Prior to taking action pursuant to subsection (a) of this section with respect to any docking facility, the commissioner shall consider relevant facts and circumstances including but not limited to, the following: The size, type and number of vessels the docking facility can accommodate; the proximity and availability of other pump-out facilities off the premises; the location of the docking facility; the depth of the waters and general hydrological character of the area; the present and potential use of the area by vessels; recreational uses of the area; marine life of the area including, but not limited to, finfish, shellfish and wildlife; and water quality standards and criteria.(P.A. 90-173, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-173 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-173 - Docking facility in violation of requirement or order deemed public nuisance. Civil and criminal penalties for violations.

 (a) Any docking facility in violation of any requirement or order of the commissioner issued pursuant to section 15-172 shall be deemed a public nuisance. The Attorney General shall, at the request of the commissioner, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate any such nuisance.(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.(P.A. 90-173, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-174 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-174 - Regulations.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 15-170 to 15-173, inclusive. Such regulations may include: (1) Standards and criteria for the design and operation of pump-out facilities including, but not limited to, the specification of reasonable capacities, number of stations, methods of disposal and standards and criteria for marina sanitation facilities, and (2) provisions for contracts for the use of reasonably proximate pump-out facilities.(P.A. 90-173, S. 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 15-175 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-175 - Penalty for misuse of or failure to equip vessel with marine sanitation device.

 (a) Any person owning or operating a vessel which is equipped with a marine sanitation device having any type of operational bypass connection, pump or other system allowing the direct or indirect discharge of untreated sewage and from which untreated sewage is discharged into the waters of this state shall have committed a class A misdemeanor.(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.(P.A. 90-173, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-176 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-176 - Reasonable time for compliance with requirement or order.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, if the commissioner requires or orders any person or docking facility to comply with the provisions of sections 15-170 to 15-175, inclusive, such requirement or order shall specify a reasonable time for compliance, during which period no penalty shall be levied or assessed. In setting a reasonable time for compliance, the commissioner shall consider all relevant factors, including seasonal construction limitations.(P.A. 90-173, S. 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 15-180 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 268 - Boating|Section 15-180 - Transporting vessel or trailer without inspecting for and properly removing and disposing of vegetation and aquatic invasive species. Penalty.

 (a) No person shall transport a vessel, as defined in section 15-127, or any trailer used to transport such vessel, in the state without first inspecting such vessel for the presence of vegetation and aquatic invasive species, as determined by the commissioner, and properly removing and disposing of any such vegetation and aquatic invasive species that are visible and identifiable without optical magnification from such vessel or trailer.(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each such violation.(P.A. 03-136, S. 6; P.A. 12-167, S. 1.)History: P.A. 03-136 effective June 26, 2003; P.A. 12-167 amended Subsec. (a) to add requirements that inspection include aquatic invasive species, as determined by the commissioner, and that such aquatic invasive species that are visible and identifiable without optical magnification be disposed of from such vessel or trailer, effective July 1, 2012.See Sec. 15-140e re courses in safe boating operation to include instruction in the proper inspection of vessels and trailers for vegetation, and the proper disposal of such vegetation.
CT Gen Stat § 15-201 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act|Section 15-201 - Short title: Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act.

 Sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, may be cited as the “Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act”.(P.A. 14-63, S. 1.)History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 15-203 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act|Section 15-203 - Applicability.

 Subject to section 15-227, the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, shall apply to any transaction, certificate of title or record relating to a vessel, even if the transaction, certificate of title or record was entered into or created before January 1, 2016.(P.A. 14-63, S. 3.)History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 15-204 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act|Section 15-204 - Supplemental principles of law and equity.

 Unless displaced by a provision of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, the principles of law and equity supplement said sections.(P.A. 14-63, S. 4.)History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 15-205 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act|Section 15-205 - Applicable law governing vessel covered by certificate of title.

 (a) The local law of the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title a vessel is covered governs all issues relating to the certificate of title from the time the vessel becomes covered by the certificate of title until the vessel becomes covered by another certificate of title or becomes a documented vessel, even if no other relationship exists between the jurisdiction and the vessel or its owner.(b) A vessel becomes covered by a certificate of title when an application for the certificate of title and the applicable fee are delivered to the Department of Motor Vehicles in accordance with sections 15-206 and 15-207 or to the governmental agency that creates a certificate of title in another jurisdiction in accordance with the law of that jurisdiction.(P.A. 14-63, S. 5.)History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 15-208 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act|Section 15-208 - Responsibilities of Department of Motor Vehicles re application for, creation of and cancellation of certificate of title.

 (a) Unless an application for a certificate of title is rejected pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this section, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall create a certificate of title for the vessel in accordance with subsection (b) of this section after delivery of an application to the department that complies with section 15-207.(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.(P.A. 14-63, S. 8.)History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 15-209 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act|Section 15-209 - Content of certificate of title.

 (a) A certificate of title shall contain:(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.(P.A. 14-63, S. 9.)History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 15-210 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics|Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act|Section 15-210 - File retention responsibilities of Department of Motor Vehicles.

 (a) For each record relating to a certificate of title submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles, the department shall:(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.(P.A. 14-63, S. 10.)History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.