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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-140n. - Reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

(a) A person commits the offense of reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree while under the influence when, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or both, or while such person has an elevated blood alcohol content, such person operates a vessel at such speed or maneuvers a vessel in such a manner as to endanger the life, limb or property of another person.
(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.
(P.A. 89-388, S. 14, 27; P.A. 03-244, S. 3; P.A. 04-257, S. 26; P.A. 10-32, S. 159; P.A. 11-74, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 03-244 amended Subsec. (a) to include operation of a vessel with an elevated blood alcohol level and make a technical change and amended Susec. (b) to increase the minimum fine from $250 to $500 and the maximum fine from $500 to $1,000; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 10-32 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “level” re blood alcohol content, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-74 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re suspension of safe boating certificate, certificate of personal watercraft operation or right to operate a vessel that requires a safe boating certificate, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-140p. - Fines deposited in Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.

Any fine imposed for a violation of section 15-132a, subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 15-140k or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 15-140l shall be deposited in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established pursuant to section 54-215.
(P.A. 89-388, S. 17, 27; P.A. 96-180, S. 151, 166; P.A. 09-140, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 96-180 changed “account” to “fund”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 09-140 added reference to Sec. 15-132a, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-140s. - Seizure and admissibility of chemical analysis of blood or urine sample of injured operator.

Evidence respecting the amount of alcohol or drug in the blood or urine of an operator of a vessel involved in an accident who has suffered or allegedly suffered physical injury in such accident, which evidence is derived from a chemical analysis of a blood or urine sample taken from such person at the scene of the accident, while en route to a hospital or at a hospital after such accident, shall be competent evidence to establish probable cause for the arrest by warrant of such person for a violation of section 15-132a, 15-133, 15-140l, or 15-140n and shall be admissible and competent in any subsequent prosecution thereof if: (1) The blood or urine sample was taken in the regular course of business of the hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of such injury; (2) the blood sample was taken by a person licensed to practice medicine in this state, a qualified laboratory technician, an emergency technician II or a registered nurse; (3) a police officer has demonstrated to the satisfaction of a judge of the Superior Court that such officer has reason to believe that such person was operating a vessel while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug, or both, and that the chemical analysis of such blood or urine sample constitutes evidence of the commission of the offense of operating a vessel upon the waters of this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug, or both, in violation of section 15-132a, 15-133, 15-140l, or 15-140n; and (4) such judge has issued a search warrant in accordance with section 54-33a authorizing the seizure of the chemical analysis of such blood or urine sample.
(P.A. 89-388, S. 21, 27; P.A. 11-74, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-74 added references to urine sample and authority to take blood or urine sample at scene of the accident or while en route to a hospital, replaced reference to Sec. 15-133(d) with reference to Sec. 15-133 and included references to Secs. 15-132a, 15-140
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and 15-140n, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-140t. - Immunity of person taking sample.

A person qualified to withdraw blood or take a urine specimen or any hospital, laboratory or clinic employing or utilizing the services of such a person shall not incur any civil liability as a result of such activities if requested by a law enforcement officer acting in accordance with section 15-140q to withdraw blood or take a urine specimen, unless the actions of the person while performing such activities constitute gross negligence.
(P.A. 89-388, S. 22, 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-140u. - Blood sample of body of deceased person.

As part of the investigation of any boating accident resulting in a fatality, the Chief Medical Examiner or a deputy medical examiner, an associate medical examiner or a pathologist appointed pursuant to section 19a-405, or an authorized assistant medical examiner, shall order that a blood sample be taken from the body of any person who dies as a result of such accident. Such blood samples shall be examined for the presence and concentration of alcohol by the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. To the extent provided by law, a blood or breath sample may also be obtained from any surviving operator of any vessel involved in such an accident. The blood samples obtained from the surviving operator shall be examined for the presence and concentration of alcohol and drugs by the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The results from the examination of such samples shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Nothing in this section or section 19a-406 shall be construed as requiring such medical examiner to perform an autopsy in connection with obtaining such blood samples.
(P.A. 89-388, S. 24, 27; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 99-218, S. 6, 16; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-218 replaced the toxicological laboratory of the Department of Public Health with the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Public Safety and replaced the Department of Public Health with the Department of Public Safety, effective July 1, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-140v. - Reinstatement of safe boating certificate, right to operate vessel or certificate of personal watercraft operation. Regulations.

Section 15-140v is repealed, effective June 11, 2014.
(P.A. 03-244, S. 16; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-187, S. 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-144a. - Provision of information re registrants to tax assessors.

Section 15-144a is repealed.
(1971, P.A. 668, S. 5; P.A. 73-257, S. 11, 27; P.A. 81-423, S. 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-145a. - Marine dealer's registration numbers for boat trailers.

(a) Each marine dealer, as defined in section 15-141, may make application to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for a general distinguishing number and mark in lieu of registering each boat trailer owned by him or in his custody, and the commissioner may issue to the applicant a certificate or certificates of registration containing the distinguishing number and mark assigned to such applicant, and made in a form and containing any further information that the commissioner may require. Each such boat trailer owned by such applicant or temporarily in his custody shall be regarded as registered under and having assigned to it such general distinguishing number and mark until sold. Such application shall contain an affidavit stating that such 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. For the registration of all boat trailers registered under a general distinguishing number and mark, the commissioner shall charge a fee at the rate of fifty dollars per annum or any part thereof for each number plate furnished. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall assess a twenty-five dollar late fee for renewal of a registration in the event a dealer fails to renew such registration within five days after its expiration. The issuance of such registrations shall be in the sole discretion of the commissioner and may be recalled at any time for any reason or cause the commissioner deems sufficient.
(b) Each marine dealer who is in possession of one or more such registrations shall report such information to the tax assessor of the municipality wherein such dealer is located.
(P.A. 92-133, S. 6, 9; P.A. 12-81, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 12-81 amended Subsec. (a) to require Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to assess $25 late fee for renewal of registration if dealer fails to renew registration within 5 days after expiration.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 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.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, any person who holds a current passenger-for-hire license issued by the United States Coast Guard and a current party or charter fishing vessel registration issued by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 26-142a shall not be prohibited from operating a vessel registered with a marine dealer registration number issued pursuant to section 15-145, provided any such person operates a recreational charter fishing guide service using a vessel registered with such a marine dealer registration number in connection with such guide service.
(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.
(P.A. 10-124, S. 4; P.A. 12-174, S. 1; P.A. 15-52, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 10-124 effective May 27, 2010; P.A. 12-174 deleted “for two years from the effective date of this section,” and “for not less than five of the ten years preceding the effective date of this section” in Subsec. (a), changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and made technical changes, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 15-52 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to charter boat registration with reference to party or charter fishing vessel registration, effective January 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-146. - Notice of change of address.

Within fifteen days after changing his address, the owner of a vessel with a registration number or registration decal issued by this state shall file with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles notice in writing of such change. The owner's certificate of number or registration may be altered or the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue a new certificate to indicate the new address. Failure to file notice of change of address as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1961, P.A. 506, S. 13; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 387; P.A. 73-257, S. 13, 27; P.A. 76-381, S. 29; P.A. 81-423, S. 7, 25.)
History: 1971 act replaced “commission”, referring to boating commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-257 transferred duties of environmental protection commissioner under section to commissioner of motor vehicles; P.A. 76-381 made failure to give notice of address change an infraction; P.A. 81-423 inserted reference to vessel registration number or registration decal, replacing reference to “motorboats numbered” by state.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-148. - Duplicate certificate.

If a valid certificate of number or registration is lost, mutilated or destroyed, the owner shall notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in writing within fifteen days. The owner may obtain a duplicate certificate upon application to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and upon payment of a fee of twenty dollars.
(1961, P.A. 506, S. 15; P.A. 73-257, S. 15, 27; P.A. 81-423, S. 9, 25; P.A. 07-167, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 73-257 required notification of lost, mutilated or destroyed certificate within 15 days and replaced town clerk with commissioner of motor vehicles and made provisions applicable to valid certificates only; P.A. 81-423 inserted reference to registration; P.A. 07-167 increased fee from $1.00 to $20.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-149. - Accident reports.

Section 15-149 is repealed.
(1961, P.A. 506, S. 16; 1967, P.A. 184, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 389; P.A. 73-257, S. 16, 27; P.A. 76-381, S. 31; P.A. 87-505, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-149b. - Reporting of accidents involving death, injury or disappearance. Report of interviews.

(a) Any law enforcement officer, fire department personnel, rescue service personnel, emergency medical technician or other emergency response official who receives the initial report of a boating accident in which a person is killed or injured or disappears from on board under circumstances suggesting a possibility of death or injury shall immediately notify the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The commissioner shall investigate any accident resulting in the death or disappearance of any person. The commissioner shall investigate any accident resulting in serious injury when he deems such an investigation to be necessary.
(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.
(P.A. 87-505, S. 4, 9; P.A. 97-72, S. 3, 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-72 divided section into Subsecs., designated existing language as Subsec. (b) and inserted new language as Subsec. (a) re reporting and investigation of accidents involving death, injury or disappearance, effective May 27, 1997; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-150. - Rental of vessels. Boat livery requirements.

(a) Each boat liveryperson shall keep a record of the name and address of every person who rents a vessel, the registration number thereof, if applicable, the departure date and time and the expected time of return. The record shall be preserved for at least one year.
(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.
(1961, P.A. 506, S. 17; 1969, P.A. 100, S. 1; P.A. 76-381, S. 32; P.A. 81-423, S. 10, 25; P.A. 08-26, S. 8.)
History: 1969 act made provisions applicable to all vessels rather than to motorboats; P.A. 76-381 added Subsec. (c) making violation an infraction; P.A. 81-423 replaced reference to identification number with reference to registration number in Subsec. (a); P.A. 08-26 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), added new Subsec. (b) re written rental agreement requirements, Subsec. (d) re vessel registration and numbering and Subsec. (e) re safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation prior to vessel departure from boat livery and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as new Subsecs. (c) and (f), respectively.
See Sec. 15-129 re required safety devices and equipment.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-150a. - Any facility mooring or storing vessels required to maintain record of vessels not registered in Connecticut.

Each boat yard, public or private marina or other entity renting or leasing slips, dry storage, mooring or other space for vessels during the period from April fifteenth to October fifteenth, inclusive, in any year shall maintain a list of all such vessels not registered in Connecticut. Each yacht club, boat club or other group assigning slips or moorings for vessels as part of membership rights shall maintain a list of all such vessels not registered in Connecticut. Each condominium or cooperative marina shall maintain a list of all such vessels not registered in Connecticut. Said list shall be compiled on forms furnished by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and shall contain with respect to each such vessel (1) the name of the vessel, (2) the state of registration or documentation, (3) the registration number, (4) the name and address of the entity renting or using space, and (5) such other information as the commissioner deems necessary. Transient vessels are not required to be included in such lists. Such lists shall be available during normal business hours for inspection by any boating law enforcement officer. Any boat yard, public or private marina, condominium or other entity renting, leasing or controlling slips, dry storage, moorings or other spaces for vessels during the period of any year from April fifteenth to October fifteenth, or any yacht club, boat club or cooperative or other group assigning slips or moorings for vessels as part of membership rights, which fails to maintain the lists required in this section or fails to make the same available for inspection by any boating law enforcement officer shall have committed a violation and shall be fined two hundred dollars.
(P.A. 81-423, S. 21, 25; P.A. 82-348, S. 4, 6; P.A. 83-455, S. 3, 4; P.A. 84-546, S. 48, 173; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-348 applied provisions to condominium and cooperative marinas, added a penalty provision under which any facility providing space for mooring or storage of vessels which fails to maintain the list required in this section shall have committed a violation and shall be fined $200; P.A. 83-455 provided that such lists shall be compiled on forms furnished by commissioner of environmental protection, and in addition to information already required, shall contain such information as said commissioner deems necessary; P.A. 84-546 made technical changes; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-151. - Records of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Remission and report of fees.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall keep a record of all registration numbers assigned by him and of all certificates of number and certificates of registration recorded with him. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall remit monthly to the Treasurer of the state all registration fees paid to him and he shall report to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection monthly for all fees so remitted.
(1961, P.A. 506, S. 18; 1963, P.A. 564, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 132; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 390; P.A. 73-257, S. 17, 27; P.A. 81-423, S. 11, 25; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act provided clerk should forward applications and notices monthly instead of weekly and remit fees to treasurer monthly instead of quarterly; 1967 act deleted clause calling for deposit of registration fees in general fund; 1971 act replaced “commission”, referring to boating commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-257 made commissioner of motor vehicles responsible for record-keeping, deleted provisions re reports to environmental protection commissioner except for monthly reports of fees and deleted Subsec. (b) re assessment of recording fee by town clerk; P.A. 81-423 replaced reference to identification numbers with reference to registration numbers and added reference to certificates of registration; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-152. - False statement, penalty.

Every statement made in an application, notice or report required by this part shall be upon oath or affirmation. Any person who knowingly makes a material false statement, in addition to such other penalty as may be imposed by law, shall be subject to the cancellation of his certificate of number or certificate of registration and registration number.
(1961, P.A. 506, S. 19; P.A. 81-423, S. 12, 25.)
History: P.A. 81-423 inserted reference to certificate of registration and replaced “identification” number with “registration” number.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-153. - Alteration or defacing of certificate of number or registration or alteration, removal or obliteration of number displayed on vessel.

No person shall alter or deface a certificate of number or registration or alter, remove or obliterate the number displayed on a vessel. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1961, P.A. 506, S. 20; P.A. 76-381, S. 33; P.A. 81-423, S. 13, 25.)
History: P.A. 76-381 stated that violation is an infraction; P.A. 81-423 inserted changes consistent with those in other sections of the act, replacing identification numbers with registration numbers and “motorboat” with “vessel”.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-155a and 15-155b. - Annual report of receipts from vessel registration fees and payments therefrom. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration.

Sections 15-155a and 15-155b are repealed, effective October 1, 2009.
(P.A. 81-423, S. 19, 20, 25; P.A. 82-436, S. 6, 11; P.A. 83-266, S. 2, 4; P.A. 94-65, S. 3, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 513.)
2023 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 268 - Boating › Section 15-155d and 15-155e. - Annual report re boating account. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration.

Sections 15-155d and 15-155e are repealed, effective May 4, 2011.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8, S. 37, 38; P.A. 11-6, S. 165; 11-80, S. 1.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.