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CT Gen Stat § 26-48 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-48 - Private shooting preserves; permits; regulations.

 The commissioner may issue permits authorizing the establishment and operation of regulated private shooting preserves when in his judgment such preserves will not conflict with any reasonable prior public interest. The fee for such permit shall be sixty-three dollars per season. A hunting license shall not be required to hunt on such private shooting preserves. The commissioner shall govern and prescribe by regulations the size of the preserves, the methods of hunting, the species and sex of birds that may be taken, the open and closed seasons, the tagging of birds with tags furnished by the commissioner at a reasonable fee and the releasing, possession and use of legally propagated game birds thereon; and may require such reports as the commissioner deems necessary concerning the operation of such preserves. Any permit issued under the provisions of this section may be revoked for a violation of any provision of this chapter or for a violation of any regulation made by the commissioner relating to private shooting preserves.(1949, 1955, S. 2469d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 244; P.A. 82-91, S. 22, 38; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 16, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 91; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 451; P.A. 10-3, S. 41.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 82-91 increased permit fee from $10 to $25; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 increased the fee for permits authorizing the operation of private shooting preserves from $25 to $35; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased permit fee to $50, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $50 to $100; P.A. 10-3 reduced fee from $100 to $63, effective April 14, 2010.See Sec. 26-73 prohibiting hunting on Sunday.
CT Gen Stat § 26-48a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-48a - Management of salmon, trout and turkey. Issuance of permits, tags or stamps.

 (a) The commissioner may establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, standards for the management of salmon, trout and turkey which shall include provision for the issuance of permits, tags or stamps. The commissioner may charge a fee for a permit, tag or stamp as follows: Not more than nineteen dollars for turkey; not more than ten dollars for trout and not more than twenty-eight dollars for salmon. No person shall be issued a permit, tag or stamp for turkey without first obtaining a license to hunt and no person shall be issued a permit, tag or stamp for salmon or trout without first obtaining a license to fish. Notwithstanding any provision of any regulation to the contrary, the commissioner may charge a fee of nineteen dollars for the issuance of a permit to hunt wild turkey on state-owned or private land during the fall season.(b) Such permits, tags or stamps shall be issued to qualified applicants by any town clerk. Application for such permits, tags or stamps shall be on such form and require of the applicant such information as the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 authorizing a town clerk to retain part of any fee paid for a permit, tag or stamp issued by such town clerk pursuant to this section, provided the amount retained shall not be less than fifty cents.(P.A. 82-91, S. 30, 38; P.A. 85-403, S. 3, 4; P.A. 89-351, S. 1, 11; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 4, 21; P.A. 97-250, S. 10; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 92; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 452; P.A. 10-3, S. 42; P.A. 16-27, S. 1.)History: P.A. 85-403 added Subsec. (b) authorizing town clerks to issue permits, tags or stamps; P.A. 89-351 increased maximum fee for permit, tag or stamp for pheasant from $5 to $10; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for the issuance of a permit to hunt wild turkey and for a fee for such permit of $10; P.A. 97-250 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for regulations to manage migratory birds and for a fee for a permit, stamp or tag for taking of migratory birds and amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the commissioner to require information from an applicant for permits, stamps or tags under this section; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase permit, tag or stamp fee for turkey from $10 to $14, fee for migratory game birds from $2 to $3, fee for pheasant from $10 to $14, fee for salmon from $20 to $28 and fee for wild turkey during fall season from $10 to $14, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing fees; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (a) by reducing fees for turkey, migratory game birds and salmon, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 16-27 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to migratory game birds and pheasants, add references to trout and add provision re $10 fee for trout stamp, permit or tag, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 26-50 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-50 - Permits for training hunting dogs using liberated pheasants.

 Section 26-50 is repealed.(1957, P.A. 409; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 246; P.A. 83-191, S. 8, 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-51 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-51 - Permits for field dog trials. Fee.

 The commissioner may, upon application and payment of a fee of nine dollars, issue to any responsible person or organization a permit to hold a field dog trial subject to such regulations as he may prescribe. Any such permit may be revoked by the commissioner at any time.(1949 Rev., S. 4858; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 247; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 6, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 94; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 454; P.A. 10-3, S. 44.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended section to require a fee of $5 for a permit; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased fee to $7, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $7 to $15; P.A. 10-3 reduced fee from $15 to $9, effective April 14, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 26-52 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-52 - Permits for shooting birds liberated at field dog trials. Fees.

 The commissioner may issue to any responsible person or authorized field trial group a permit to hold field dog trials, on land approved by the commissioner as suitable for the purpose, at any time, including Sunday, during daylight hours, at which liberated game birds, waterfowl and pigeons legally possessed may be shot. All such game birds shall, immediately after being shot, be tagged with tags furnished by the commissioner, for which a reasonable fee may be charged. Such game birds so tagged may be possessed, transported, bought and sold at any time. Tags shall not be removed from such game birds until such time as such birds are finally prepared for consumption. The commissioner may, by regulation, govern and prescribe the minimum number of such birds that shall be released, the method of liberating and the method of taking such birds, the species and sex of such birds that may be shot, locations where such field dog trials may be held, periods of the year when such field dog trials may be held, the maximum number of such field dog trials that shall be sponsored or conducted by an individual or group during the period from July first to June thirtieth and the method of reporting all such activities. Notwithstanding the provision of any regulation to the contrary, the fee for a permit to hold a field dog trial on state-owned land shall be thirty-five dollars and the fee for a permit to hold a field dog trial on private land shall be eighteen dollars.(1949, S. 2450d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 248; P.A. 73-24, S. 1, 2; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 7, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 95; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 455; P.A. 10-3, S. 45.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 73-24 specified that commissioner has power to dictate the method of reporting activities within the scope of his power; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended section to require a fee of $10 for a permit issued for a field dog trial held on private land and a fee of $20 for a permit issued for a field dog trial held on state land; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased permit fee to hold a field dog trial on state-owned land to $28 and increased permit fee to hold a field dog trial on private land to $14, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased permit fee to hold field dog trial on state-owned land from $28 to $56 and increased permit fee to hold field dog trial on private land from $14 to $28; P.A. 10-3 reduced fees from $56 to $35 and from $28 to $18, effective April 14, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 26-53 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-53 - Hunting licenses not required at field trials.

 A hunting license shall not be required for any person at any field trial under the supervision and regulation of the commissioner.(1949 Rev., S. 4875; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 249.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-54 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-54 - Permits for custodians of protected birds and quadrupeds.

 The commissioner may appoint as custodians persons who may have in their possession injured, sick or immature birds or quadrupeds until such time as they can be released, and he may issue permits without fee authorizing possession of legally acquired wild birds or quadrupeds as pets or for the purpose of training dogs. The commissioner may regulate the number and species of birds or animals to be held under such permits and the type and size of pens used in their confinement and their care and feeding. The commissioner, in the interest of protecting other game, domestic birds or quadrupeds or the public health and safety, or for a violation of any regulation under which the permit was granted, may revoke such permit and may confiscate birds or animals possessed by the permittee and may destroy such birds or animals when, in his opinion, such action is advisable. Such permits shall expire December thirty-first of each year and may be renewed each year. The commissioner may require such annual reports from such permittees as he deems advisable. Any person who possesses any such bird or quadruped for any of such purposes unless so authorized by the commissioner shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 4860; 1953, S. 2452d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 250; P.A. 73-20, S. 1, 2.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 73-20 substituted “game birds” for “wild birds”.
CT Gen Stat § 26-55a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-55a - Possession of diploid grass carp.

 (a) Any person who possesses diploid grass carp in violation of section 26-55 and the regulations adopted under said section, and who submits written notice of such possession to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, not later than January 1, 1990, shall not be subject to the penalty provided in said section 26-55.(b) The department shall evaluate each site where diploid grass carp are present.(c) The department shall allow diploid grass carp present in Connecticut on June 6, 1989, to remain, provided such carp are in a contained environment. As used in this subsection, “contained environment” means a lake or pond that has no outlet or whose outlet is screened or otherwise controlled to prevent the migration of fish.(d) The department shall publicize the statutes and regulations pertaining to the importation, possession and liberation of diploid grass carp into the state.(P.A. 89-218, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-56 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-56 - Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits.

 No person shall transport into this state any wild hare or rabbit or liberate in this state any such animal which has been so transported, without a permit from the commissioner, except that wild hares known as snowshoe rabbits or variant hares may be imported without a permit from any of the New England states or the Province of Quebec or the maritime provinces of Canada and liberated in this state, subject to regulations issued by the commissioner, any statute to the contrary notwithstanding. The commissioner may quarantine, confiscate, destroy or otherwise dispose of any wild hare or rabbit other than a snowshoe rabbit or variant hare imported into this state and may make regulations as to importation and liberation of any such animal. Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation made under any such provision shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 4864; 1957, P.A. 393; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 252; P.A. 12-80, S. 24.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-57 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-57 - Permits for transportation and exportation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.

 No person shall transport within the state or transport out of the state any fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate for which a closed season is provided without a permit from the commissioner, except as provided in this section. The commissioner may issue a permit to any person to transport within the state or to transport out of the state any fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate protected under the provisions of this chapter under such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe. No fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate shall be transported out of the state unless each unit, package or container is conspicuously tagged or labeled, and such tag or label contains in legible writing the full name and address of the person legally authorized to transport out of the state such fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate. Any such fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate received by any person or by any common carrier within the state, addressed for shipment to any point without the state and not having such tag or label conspicuously attached shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions of this section. A permit shall not be required to transport within the state or to transport out of the state any fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate which has been legally taken, bred, propagated or possessed by a person to whom a license, registration or permit has been issued under the provisions of this chapter authorizing the taking, breeding, propagating or possessing of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians or invertebrates, and no permit shall be required to transport within the state or to transport out of the state any fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate that has been legally taken or acquired by a person exempt from license requirements under the provisions of this chapter. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.(1949 Rev., S. 4892, 4897; 1957, P.A. 277; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 253; P.A. 85-53, S. 5; P.A. 03-192, S. 4; P.A. 04-257, S. 43; P.A. 12-80, S. 132.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 85-53 applied provisions of section to reptiles and amphibians; P.A. 03-192 replaced references to quadrupeds with references to mammals, added references to invertebrates and made a technical change; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 12-80 changed penalty from a fine of not less than $10 or more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both to a class D misdemeanor.Killing for purpose of transporting and having in possession with intent to transport are distinct offenses; section is not in restraint of interstate commerce. 61 C. 144; 161 U.S. 519.
CT Gen Stat § 26-58 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-58 - Taxidermist's license.

 (a) No person shall practice taxidermy for profit unless he has obtained a license from the commissioner. The commissioner may, upon the application of any citizen of this state, accompanied by payment of a fee of one hundred five dollars, issue to such person a license to practice taxidermy, which license shall expire on December thirty-first next following the date of issue. Any such licensee shall permit, at any time, any law enforcement officer to examine and inspect any premises used by him for the practice of taxidermy. Such licensee may receive any bird or animal legally killed in this state or any bird or animal legally killed and imported into this state, for the purpose of tanning, curing or mounting the same, and the provisions of section 26-76 shall not apply to such person. Each licensee shall make an annual report to the commissioner, containing such information as he requires.(b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(c) The license of any person to practice taxidermy may be revoked or suspended at any time for cause by the commissioner.(1949 Rev., S. 4672–4674; 1959, P.A. 398, S. 10; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 254; P.A. 82-91, S. 23, 38; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 17, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 96; P.A. 03-278, S. 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 456; P.A. 10-3, S. 46; P.A. 12-80, S. 25.)History: 1959 act increased license fee from $5 to $15; 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 82-91 increased license fee to $50; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fee for a taxidermist's license to $60; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased fee to $84 in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 9, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee from $84 to $168; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (a) by reducing fee from $168 to $105, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (b) to replace penalty of a fine of not less than $1 or more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-59 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-59 - Regulation of tanning, curing and mounting; permits.

 The commissioner may make regulations governing the tanning, curing and mounting of all species of wild birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians, including the issuance of permits therefor. All applications for such a permit shall contain such information, in writing, as the commissioner requires. Any person who possesses any such bird, quadruped, reptile or amphibian for any such purpose unless so authorized by the commissioner shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred dollars, and any such bird, quadruped, reptile or amphibian shall be seized by any representative of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and shall be disposed of as shall be determined by the commissioner.(1953, 1955, S. 2455d; 1957, P.A. 273; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 255; P.A. 85-53, S. 6; P.A. 95-119, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act substituted references to commissioner and department of environmental protection for references to board of fisheries and game; P.A. 85-53 added reptiles and amphibians to the list of animals that may be regulated by the commissioner; P.A. 95-119 provided a minimum fine of $50 for violation of section; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-60 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-60 - Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational purposes. Fee.

 The commissioner may grant to any properly accredited person not less than eighteen years of age, upon written application, a permit to collect fish, crustaceans and wildlife and their nests and eggs, for scientific and educational purposes only, and not for sale or exchange or shipment from or removal from the state without the consent of the commissioner. The commissioner may determine the number and species of such fish, crustaceans and wildlife and their nests and eggs which may be taken and the area and method of collection of such fish, crustaceans and wildlife under any permit in any year. The permit shall be issued for a term established by the commissioner in accordance with federal regulations and shall not be transferable. The commissioner shall charge an annual fee of twenty-five dollars for such permit. Each person receiving a permit under the provisions of this section shall report to the commissioner on blanks furnished by the commissioner, at or before the expiration of such permit, the detailed results of the collections made thereunder. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter or of the permit held by him shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 26-64, and, upon conviction of such violation, the permit so held by him shall become void.(1949 Rev., S. 4920; 1957, P.A. 279; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 256; P.A. 73-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-422, S. 1; P.A. 83-191, S. 4, 9; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 8, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 97; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 457; P.A. 10-3, S. 47.)History: 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to board of fisheries and game; P.A. 73-30 specified that collection of wildlife and nests and eggs allowed for educational purposes; P.A. 76-422 substituted “permit” for “certificate”, allowed collection of crustaceans and provided that all permits expire on December thirty-first of the year of issuance rather than one year from date of issuance; P.A. 83-191 extended permit requirements to the collection of fish and authorized the commissioner to determine the duration of the permit and the method of collection; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended section to require a fee of $10 for a permit; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased permit fee to $20, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased annual fee from $20 to $40; P.A. 10-3 reduced annual fee from $40 to $25, effective April 14, 2010.