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CT Gen Stat § 26-196 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-196 - Determination of disputed boundaries in other cases.

 When any designation of shellfish grounds which are wholly or partially within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state contains a map thereof or refers to such map lodged on file in the town clerk's office, and the owner or owners of the adjoining grounds, so far as they lie within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state, do not agree as to the location of the line fixed by such map or, if the boundary between such owners is a town boundary and they disagree as to the same, one or more of such owners may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall thereupon notify all parties in interest to file sworn statements of facts and copies of maps as claimed by them respectively, and said commissioner shall thereupon appoint a surveyor who shall take such maps and statements and lay out and survey the grounds in the various ways claimed and, if any town boundary comes into question, he shall ascertain and report upon such boundary as it appears from the maps and records in the custody of the respective town clerks of such towns. Thereupon he shall report his doings, accompanied with the maps or copies of maps touching the dispute, to said commissioner, who shall thereupon summon all parties in interest before him at a time and place to be named in the summons, and, after a full hearing of the parties, with their witnesses and counsel, said commissioner shall establish the line in dispute and cause the same to be located and marked by ranges and buoys; and the line so established shall be the true dividing line between such grounds unless on appeal taken to the Superior Court, as provided for in section 26-195, such decision is reversed. The costs and expenses of such proceedings as fixed by said commissioner shall be equally divided between the adjoining owners, who shall pay the same to said commissioner upon the filing of his decision, and the same shall be accounted for and paid to the State Treasurer; and the cases provided for by this section shall not be included under section 26-195.(1949 Rev., S. 5032; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 335; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.The divisional line must be of adjoining grounds and the map must be one of absolute accuracy; these are jurisdictional questions. 51 C. 188. Cited. 74 C. 374.
CT Gen Stat § 26-197 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-197 - Commissioners' fees on hearings.

 Section 26-197 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5033; P.A. 78-48, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-198 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-198 - Fees for recording or copying.

 The same fees shall be paid for recording or copying papers and maps under this chapter in the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture as are charged by town clerks for like services; and all fees so paid shall be accounted for and paid to the State Treasurer.(1949 Rev., S. 5034; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 336; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to shellfish commissioners with reference to environmental protection commissioner and added phrase “under this chapter”; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.See Sec. 7-34a re fees received by town clerk.
CT Gen Stat § 26-199 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-199 - Recording of transfers.

 All transfers of title to oyster grounds within state jurisdiction shall be recorded in the record books of said Commissioner of Agriculture. The person making such transfer shall cause such record to be made forthwith or, in lieu thereof, shall forthwith give written notice of such transfer to said commissioner, stating the date thereof, the name of the transferee and the description of the grounds affected thereby. Upon the failure to make such record or to give such notice, the person making such transfer shall be deemed, for all purposes of taxation, to be the owner thereof notwithstanding such transfer and shall pay all such taxes as may be laid on such land by said commissioner at any time before such record has been made or such notice given; and such tax shall be a lien on such grounds.(1949 Rev., S. 5028; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 337; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-200 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-200 - Survey and staking; maps; fee.

 Said Commissioner of Agriculture shall, previous to the delivery of any instrument conveying the right to plant or cultivate shellfish upon any of said grounds, make or cause to be made a survey of the same upon the official map or maps in his office, and shall locate and delineate the same or cause it to be located and delineated upon said map or maps. The fee for such survey, location and delineation shall be thirty-five dollars per corner and shall be paid by the applicant. Upon receipt of such instrument of conveyance, such grantee shall have the right to use and occupy such grounds for said purposes, which rights shall be and remain in such grantee and his legal representatives.(1949 Rev., S. 5029; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 338; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 8; P.A. 80-239, S. 1, 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 53, 117; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners and commission with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 80-239 specified a fee for survey, location and delineation of shellfish grounds to be paid by the applicant; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised fee from $25 to $35; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.Effect of survey and map in fixing designations. 62 C. 50; 66 C. 285.
CT Gen Stat § 26-201 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-201 - Release to the state.

 Any owner of grounds designated for the cultivation of oysters in the waters of Long Island Sound within the jurisdiction of said Commissioner of Agriculture may surrender the same by delivery to the state of a deed of release of the same, executed and acknowledged by such owner; provided such release and the recording thereof shall be made without charge or expense to the state and shall be approved by said commissioner.(1949 Rev., S. 5030; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 339; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-202 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-202 - Leasing beacon ground.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture may hire and take upon leases not exceeding a term of ten years, in the name and behalf of the state, any such plot or plots of ground within the state as he deems necessary for constructing, erecting, setting, maintaining and protecting signals, beacons, boundstones, posts or buoys to be used in designating, locating, surveying or mapping any shellfish grounds within state jurisdiction.(1949 Rev., S. 5060; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 340; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 10; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-203 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-203 - Buoying of certain natural beds.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture shall cause those natural or public oyster beds in the exclusive jurisdiction of this state, known and described in section 3295 of the general statutes, revision of 1918, as the Stratford bed, Fish Island and Roton Point beds, the Bridgeport bed and the Fairfield Bar and Fairfield beds, to be marked by buoys which shall be known as state buoys, and by range monuments on the shore by which the lines can be relocated should any buoys be removed, and shall cause double buoys or a distinctive mark to be placed at any point on the boundary where the line changes in direction, and such buoys shall be maintained by the state. No buoys shall be set in lines so run as to include within the natural or public beds any private or designated grounds.(1949 Rev., S. 5040; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 341; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 11; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to shellfish commissioners with reference to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-204 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-204 - Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void.

 Except as provided in section 26-194, said Commissioner of Agriculture shall in no case grant to any person a right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with any established right of fishing and, if any such grant is made, the same shall be void.(1949 Rev., S. 5041; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 342; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act deleted provision which had prohibited granting franchise in natural oyster or clam bed except as provided in Sec. 26-194 and replaced remaining reference to shellfish commissioners with reference to commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-205 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-205 - Wardens; appointment, duties and powers.

 Section 26-205 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1949 Rev., S. 5042; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 343; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 13; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-206 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-206 - Shellfish police.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture may, upon the application of the Oystermen's Protective Association of Connecticut or the owner of any oyster franchise or grounds or any natural growers' association, during such time as the commissioner may determine, appoint and commission such number of policemen as he deems necessary to be designated by such association or owner, who, having been sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, may act as policemen upon the tidal waters and flats of this state and upon any boats, wharves or docks owned, leased or controlled by said association or a member thereof or an owner of oyster grounds. Said commissioner shall cause a record to be made of the issuance or revocation of any such commission. Any person so appointed shall have the powers to make arrests and, when on duty, shall wear in plain view a badge bearing conspicuously the words “Shellfish Policeman”.(1949 Rev., S. 5043; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 344; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 14; P.A. 00-99, S. 70, 154; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners and commission with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff, effective December 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-207 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-207 - Taxation of shellfish grounds.

 Any owner of shellfish grounds, franchise or franchises lying within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state, on or before the first day of July, annually, shall deliver to the Commissioner of Agriculture a statement under oath of such franchise or franchises or grounds belonging to such owner on the first day of June next preceding. Such statement shall specify the lot or lots owned by such owner by numbers as appear upon the last official map published by said commissioner, or, if granted since the publication of such map, according to such number as may be furnished by said commissioner, and the location and number of acres of each lot. Blanks for such statement shall be prepared by said commissioner and furnished to each owner, but failure to receive such blanks shall not relieve any person from the obligation to furnish the statement herein provided for. The commissioner may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of any person before him, with books of account, documents and maps, and may administer oaths to and examine any person for the purpose of ascertaining the amount and value of such property. Any person who fails to respond to any such subpoena or who, having responded, refuses to testify or who fails to produce any such book or books of account, documents or maps, upon application of said commissioner to the superior court for any judicial district bordering on the waters of Long Island Sound, may be punished for contempt. Said commissioner may exercise the authority of assessors of towns and add ten per cent of the value of the property as a penalty for failure to give in a list. Any person who discloses any information obtained from any such witness or from the books or records of any such owner provided for under the provisions of this section, otherwise than in carrying out the provisions hereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5035; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 345; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 15; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners, commission and board of tax review and to clerk of shellfisheries with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district”; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-208 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-208 - Laying of tax.

 All statements so delivered or made shall be alphabetically arranged, and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall determine the value of all property so returned and described in such statements, which property shall be liable to taxation at the valuation so determined, including the ten per cent for default as aforesaid. Said commissioner shall annually declare and lay a tax thereon at the rate of two per cent of such valuation, payable at the office of said commissioner on and after the first Monday of the January following, and such tax shall be a lien upon the franchises and grounds so taxed from the time it is so laid until paid and shall be in lieu of all other taxes on such property.(1949 Rev., S. 5036; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 346; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 16; P.A. 96-180, S. 98, 166; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 96-180 deleted “said” and inserted “the” before “Commissioner of Agriculture”, effective June 3, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-209 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-209 - Appeal.

 Any person aggrieved by the action of the Commissioner of Agriculture under section 26-208 shall have the same right of appeal to the Superior Court as is provided by law for appeals to said court from boards of assessment appeals of towns, except as otherwise provided. Each such appeal shall be taken to the judicial district where the franchise or ground in question is situated or to the judicial district where the owner appealing resides, and said court shall have such powers therein as in appeals from boards of assessment appeals of towns.(1949 Rev., S. 5037; 1957, P.A. 30; 1959, P.A. 93; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 347; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 17; P.A. 76-436, S. 604, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 95-283, S. 63, 68; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act changed time for meeting of shellfish board of tax review from first Tuesday of September to first Tuesday of February; 1971 act terminated the shellfish board of tax review, deleting provisions setting forth its duties; 1972 act replaced reference to environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978, and deleted obsolete provision terminating shellfish board of tax review; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 95-283 replaced board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-210 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-210 - Collection of tax.

 If any tax so laid is not paid on or before the first Monday in March, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall make and issue his warrant for the collection thereof, with interest thereon, at the rate of one per cent per month from the day such tax becomes payable until paid, with the expenses of such collection, which warrant shall authorize any reputable person named therein to seize such grounds and any oysters or other shellfish thereon, or any other property of the owner or owners thereof not exempt from execution, and to sell the same, or so much thereof as he may find necessary, at such time and place, in such manner and by such person as said commissioner may direct, whereupon such sale shall be so made, and such warrant shall be immediately returned to said commissioner by such person with all his doings endorsed thereon, and he shall pay to said commissioner the money received upon such sale, and the commissioner shall apply the same to the payment of such tax and all the expenses thereon, including the expenses of such sale, returning any balance that remains to such owner or owners; and all moneys received by said commissioner in payment of taxes and interest thereon shall be accounted for and paid to the State Treasurer.(1949 Rev., S. 5038; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 348; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 18; P.A. 96-180, S. 99, 166; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 96-180 deleted “said” and inserted “the” before “Commissioner of Agriculture”, effective June 3, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.