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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-13a and 15-13b. - Validity of previously issued pilot's license; transfer of records. Licenses issued prior to January 1, 1972.

Sections 15-13a and 15-13b are repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1969, P.A. 815, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 797, S. 6; P.A. 76-435, S. 36, 82; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-14. - Rates of pilotage.

The Connecticut Port Authority shall establish the rates of pilotage for all vessels which use a licensed pilot in the ports and waters of this state including the Connecticut waters of Long Island Sound.
(1949 Rev., S. 4758; 1969, P.A. 815, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 797, S. 3; 872, S. 370; P.A. 73-405, S. 2; P.A. 84-254, S. 57, 62; P.A. 85-413, S. 6, 8; P.A. 90-274, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 24.)
History: 1969 act replaced superior court with boating commission and deleted provisions specifically applicable to Middlesex and New Haven superior courts; 1971 acts clarified provisions and replaced boating commission with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-405 replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 84-254 increased the rates of pilotage, effective July 1, 1984, by 50% on July 1, 1986, by an additional 50% on July 1, 1989, by an additional 25% on July 1, 1991 and by an additional 25% on July 1, 1993; P.A. 85-413 removed language concerning rate increases inserted in 1984; P.A. 90-274 clarified that the waters of the state include the waters of Long Island Sound; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “Commissioner of Transportation” with “Connecticut Port Authority”, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-15a. - Regulations of the Department of Transportation to become written procedures of the Connecticut Port Authority.

All existing regulations of the Department of Transportation respecting the conduct and duties of licensed pilots and the piloting, docking and undocking of vessels shall become duly written procedures of the Connecticut Port Authority, effective July 1, 2016. After said date, any modification to the written procedures or additional written procedures respecting the conduct and duties of licensed pilots and the piloting, docking and undocking of vessels shall be adopted by the authority in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, as the authority deems necessary for the protection of property, public safety and the effective administration of sections 15-13, 15-14, 15-15 and 15-15b.
(1971, P.A. 797, S. 4; 872, S. 370; P.A. 73-405, S. 3; P.A. 90-274, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 25.)
History: Later 1971 act replaced boating commission with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-405 replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 90-274 added reference to Sec. 15-15 to the provisions of the section; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 deleted provision re promulgation of regulations by Commissioner of Transportation and added provisions re existing regulations of Department of Transportation to become written procedures of Connecticut Port Authority, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-15b. - Reports by pilot.

Once every three months, each licensed pilot shall render to the Connecticut Port Authority an accurate account of all vessels piloted by such pilot. Any pilot who makes a false return shall be subject to suspension or revocation of his or her license as provided in section 15-13.
(1971, P.A. 797, S. 5; 872, S. 370; P.A. 73-405, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 26.)
History: Later 1971 act replaced boating commission with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-405 replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of transportation; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “Commissioner of Transportation” with “Connecticut Port Authority” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-15c. - Exemption from pilot requirement.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to (1) vessels navigating under a certificate of enrollment under the control of a federally licensed pilot, (2) American vessels engaged in fishing, (3) vessels otherwise exempt by the laws of the United States, or (4) recreational vessels, as defined in 46 USC 2101(25), of less than two hundred feet in length overall.
(P.A. 90-274, S. 4; P.A. 18-163, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 18-163 added Subdiv. (4) re recreational vessels.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-15d. - Pilotage concurrent with New York. Rotation system for assignment of pilots.

(a) Pilotage on Long Island Sound shall be concurrent with the state of New York.
(b) The Connecticut Port Authority may execute an agreement with the pilot commission of any other state for the establishment of a rotation system for the assignment of pilots for the conduct of vessels in the ports and waters of the state, including the waters of Long Island Sound.
(P.A. 90-274, S. 6; P.A. 97-304, S. 20, 31; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 97-304 divided section into two Subsecs., adding as Subsec. (b) a provision allowing Commissioner to execute an agreement with pilot commission of any other state for establishment of a rotation system for assignment of pilots, effective July 8, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “Commissioner of Transportation” with “Connecticut Port Authority”, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-15e. - Owners or operators of certain pilot boats to obtain certificate of insurance. Written procedures. Penalty.

(a) An owner or operator of a vessel used to transport a pilot licensed under the provisions of section 15-13 for the purpose of embarking or disembarking another vessel in open and unprotected waters shall obtain a certificate of insurance from an insurance carrier based on a survey conducted and documented by a qualified marine surveyor. Marine surveyors shall be guided by applicable United States Coast Guard regulations, if any, and standards set by insurance companies for the insurability of such vessel. All existing regulations of the Department of Transportation that specify procedures for embarkation and disembarkation of pilots and the operation of and equipment required on each such vessel, shall become duly adopted written procedures of the Connecticut Port Authority, effective July 1, 2016. After said date, any modification to the written procedures or additional written procedures that specify (1) the procedures for embarkation and disembarkation of pilots, and (2) the operation of and equipment required on each such vessel shall be adopted by the authority in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121. Such written procedures may establish standard rates for the use of each such vessel for such purpose. For the purposes of this subsection, “open and unprotected waters” means waters located east of the area depicted on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration charts of the eastern portion of Long Island Sound as “The Race”.
(b) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (a) of this section or any written procedures adopted thereunder shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
(P.A. 97-304, S. 2, 31; P.A. 13-277, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 97-304 effective July 8, 1997; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (a) to require vessel owner or operator to obtain certificate of insurance rather than certificate of compliance, to delete provisions re certificate of compliance regulations and to make technical changes, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase minimum fine from $60 to $500 and maximum fine from $250 for each violation to $1000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions re adoption of regulations by Commissioner of Transportation and add provisions re existing regulations of Department of Transportation to become written procedures of Connecticut Port Authority, and amended Subsec. (b) to make a conforming change, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-16. - Speed of vessels.

Section 15-16 is repealed, effective July 8, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 4760; 1957, P.A. 286, S. 1; 432; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 16; P.A. 11-90, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-16a. - Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River.

(a) No person shall operate a vessel in excess of slow-no-wake on the Mystic River within the following two areas: (1) Between the entrance to the Mystic Harbor and Red Navigation Marker No. 22, excluding Beebe Cove, where the entrance to Mystic Harbor shall be a line beginning at the southernmost tip of Mouse Island, then east to Red Navigation Buoy “4”, known as Whale Rock, then generally northeasterly to Green Navigation Buoy “9” to the northern tip of Ram Island and to the southernmost tip of Mason Point, and (2) from Red Navigation Buoy “26” northward to Green Navigation Buoy “53”.
(b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be an infraction. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall administer the provisions of this section in accordance with chapter 268.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 1; 11-90, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-90 effective July 8, 2011; 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 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-18 to 15-24. - Throwing refuse into harbor. Obstructions in New Haven Harbor restricted. Appeal from commissioner. Dumping in harbors. Jurisdiction of offenses. Dumping in Norwalk Harbor.

Sections 15-18 to 15-24, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4762
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4768; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 51, 204; 1961, P.A. 417; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 157, 158; 1972, P.A. 124; P.A. 75-218, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-25. - Removing, damaging or interfering with buoys, beacons, channel markers or navigational aids. Penalty.

Any person who removes, damages or destroys any buoy, beacon, channel marker or floating guide placed in the waters of this state by the proper exercise of the authority of the state or the harbor master of any harbor, or moors or in any manner attaches any boat, vessel or raft of any kind to such buoy, beacon, channel marker or floating guide, unless his life, or the safety of the vessel in which he is, is endangered, or cuts down, removes, damages or destroys any beacon or navigational aid erected on land in this state, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4769; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 159; P.A. 77-123; P.A. 12-80, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 29.)
History: 1969 act added reference to commissioner of transportation and deleted phrase “of this state” modifying “harbor master”; P.A. 77-123 deleted reference to U.S. lighthouse board, added references to channel markers and navigational aids, imposed minimum fine of $250 and raised maximum fine from $200 to $500 and added provision for imposition of prison term or both fine and imprisonment; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not less than $250 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $1,000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “authority of the Commissioner of Transportation” with “the proper exercise of the authority of the state”, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-26. - Local agent of foreign vessel.

Section 15-26 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(1957, P.A. 621, S. 1; P.A. 77-322; P.A. 99-181, S. 39.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers › Section 15-26a. - Five Mile River Commission. Harbor superintendent.

(a) There shall be a Five Mile River Commission consisting of two electors from each of the towns of Norwalk and Darien. Each such member shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees to be submitted by the legislative body of each such town or by the board of selectmen in the case of a town in which the legislative body is a town meeting. Members shall serve for a term of four years from the date of his appointment and until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Such members shall not be compensated for their services as such but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses.
(b) The Five Mile River Commission shall have regulatory jurisdiction over the use of said river. Said commission shall concern itself with the navigation, pollution and conservation of said river and its drainage basin. It shall be the responsibility of said commission to bring to the attention of the appropriate federal, state or local authorities any and all violations of federal, state or local law brought to its notice which in any way affects said river. In addition said commission shall propose for ratification by the legislative bodies of the towns of Norwalk and Darien such regulations and procedures as it deems necessary for the control of moorings and for safe and orderly navigation. The commission may, with the consent of said legislative bodies apply to the appropriate federal authority for the designation of the Five Mile River estuary as a “special anchorage area”.
(c) The Five Mile River Commission shall appoint by majority vote a harbor superintendent. Said superintendent shall serve at the commission's pleasure and shall, subject to the approval of the commission, receive an annual salary established and paid by the member towns. He shall have such authority as the commission may delegate.
(d) Said commission may contract for the services of such professional and clerical personnel as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(e) The town of New Canaan, upon majority vote by its legislative body, may, at any time, become a member of the Five Mile River Commission, in which event two electors of said town shall be appointed to the commission as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(1971, P.A. 805, S. 1
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4; 1972, P.A. 277, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-59, S. 3.)
History: 1972 act removed members from New Canaan from commission in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (e) re terms upon which New Canaan shall become member; P.A. 94-59 added provision that appointments shall be made by the board of selectmen in the case of a town in which the legislative body is a town meeting.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 264 - Commissioners of Steamship Terminals (Repealed) (See Chapter 263) › Section 15-27 to 15-30a. - Commissioners. Office. Powers and duties. Sale of land by commissioner. Disposition of proceeds. Docking facilities in Stonington.

Sections 15-27 to 15-30a, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4775
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4778; 1953, S. 2407d; 1959, P.A. 44; 570, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 634, S. 1
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3; February, 1965, P.A. 616, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 330, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 263.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 264a - Connecticut Port Authority › Section 15-31d. - Refunding bonds. Bond anticipation notes.

(a) Any bonds issued by the authority under sections 15-31c to 15-31f, inclusive, and at any time outstanding may at any time be refunded by the authority by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amounts as the authority may deem necessary, but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds to be so refunded, any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums, related termination payments and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith and to pay costs and expenses which the authority may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of refunding bonds. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded shall have matured or shall thereafter mature. All refunding bonds issued hereunder shall be payable and shall be subject to and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of section 15-31c.
(b) Whenever the authority has adopted a resolution authorizing bonds pursuant to section 15-31c, the authority may, pending the issue of such bonds, issue temporary notes and any renewals thereof in anticipation of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, which notes and any renewals thereof shall be designated “Bond Anticipation Notes”. Such portion of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds as may be so required shall be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on any such bond anticipation notes which have been issued. The principal of and interest on any bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this subsection may be repaid from pledged revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged to the repayment of the bonds in anticipation of which the bond anticipation notes are issued, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of renewals thereof or of the bonds.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 4.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 264a - Connecticut Port Authority › Section 15-31e. - Notes and bonds to be tax exempt.

(a) It is hereby determined that the purposes of sections 15-31a to 15-31i, inclusive, are public purposes and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it hereunder. The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by the authority under sections 15-31c to 15-31f, inclusive, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the notes and bonds, that the principal and interest of such notes and bonds shall at all times be free from taxation, except for estate and gift taxes, imposed by the state or by any political subdivision thereof but the interest on such notes and bonds shall be included in the computation of any excise or franchise tax. The authority is authorized to include this covenant of the state in any agreement with the holder of such notes or bonds. Any notes or bonds issued by the authority pursuant to sections 15-31c to 15-31f, inclusive, may be issued on a basis that provides that the interest thereon is intended to be exempt or not to be exempt from federal income taxation, as may be determined by the authority.
(b) Bonds issued under the authority of sections 15-31c to 15-31f, inclusive, are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 5.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 264a - Connecticut Port Authority › Section 15-31f. - State pledge re bonds or notes.

The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds and notes issued under this section and sections 15-31c to 15-31e, inclusive, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant to the provisions of sections 15-31a to 15-31i, inclusive, that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority until such obligations, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully performed on the part of the authority, provided nothing contained herein shall preclude such limitation or alteration if and when adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of the holders of such bonds and notes of the authority or those entering into such contracts with the authority. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and undertaking for the state in such bonds and notes or contracts.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 6.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 264a - Connecticut Port Authority › Section 15-31g. - Tax exemption. Grants in lieu of taxes.

The exercise of the powers granted by sections 15-31a to 15-31i, inclusive, shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity, and as the improvement of their infrastructure, navigability and transportation systems by the authority or its agent shall constitute the performance of an essential public function, neither the authority nor its agent shall be required to pay any taxes or assessments, including mortgage recording taxes, upon or with respect to any property acquired or used by the authority or its agent under the provisions of sections 15-31a to 15-31i, inclusive, or upon the income therefrom. Property and facilities owned by the authority shall be deemed to be state-owned real property for purposes of section 12-18b, and the state shall make grants in lieu of taxes with respect to such property and facilities to the municipality in which such property and facilities are located as provided by section 12-18b.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 7; P.A. 21-3, S. 7.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 21-3 deleted reference to on and before June 30, 2018, and replaced references to Secs. 12-19a and 12-19b with references to Sec. 12-18b, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 264a - Connecticut Port Authority › Section 15-31h. - Memorandum of understanding with the Department of Economic and Community Development.

The Department of Economic and Community Development and the Connecticut Port Authority established pursuant to section 15-31a may enter into a memorandum of understanding pursuant to which: (1) Administrative support and services, including all staff support necessary for the operations of the authority may be provided by the department, and (2) provision is made for the coordination of management and operational activities that may include: (A) Joint procurement and contracting; (B) the sharing of services and resources; (C) the coordination of promotional activities; and (D) other arrangements designed to enhance revenues, reduce operating costs or achieve operating efficiencies. The terms and conditions of such memorandum of understanding, including provisions with respect to the reimbursement by the authority to the department of the costs of such administrative support and services, shall be as the authority and the department determine to be appropriate. Such memorandum of understanding shall terminate as of June 30, 2018.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 8.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 264a - Connecticut Port Authority › Section 15-31k. - Quarterly reports.

On or before October 1, 2021, and quarterly thereafter, the executive director of the Connecticut Port Authority shall submit a report regarding the status of pending and current contracts, small harbor projects and the construction project at the State Pier in the town of New London to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. The Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall jointly review and comment on each such report before such report is submitted to the committee.
(P.A. 21-179, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-179 effective July 12, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 265 - Coast Survey › Section 15-32. - Entry upon land for coast survey. Damages.

Persons employed under an act of the Congress of the United States, passed February 10, 1807, and the supplements thereto, may enter upon any land within this state, for any purpose which may be necessary to effect the objects of said act, and erect thereon works, stations, buildings or appendages for that purpose, doing no unnecessary injury. If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for damages caused thereby, either of them may file suit in the superior court for the judicial district in which such land is situated. A trial shall be had in said court in the same manner in which other civil actions are tried therein, and such hearing shall take precedence of all other causes. The person so entering upon land may tender to the party injured payment therefor; and, if the damages finally assessed are not more than the amount tendered, the person entering shall recover costs; otherwise, the prevailing party shall recover such costs as are ordinarily taxed in civil actions in said court.
(1949 Rev., S. 4780; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 38; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: 1959 act removed provision for determination of damages by county commissioners, county government having been abolished; P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 265 - Coast Survey › Section 15-33. - Injury to signals.

Any person who wilfully injures or removes any signal, monument, building or appendage thereto, erected, used or constructed under said acts of Congress, shall be fined fifty dollars and shall be liable for all damages sustained by the United States.
(1949 Rev., S. 4781.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-35 to 15-38. - Commission and Department of Aeronautics. Director and deputy director of aeronautics. Oath. Police authority of commissioner and inspectors.

Sections 15-35 to 15-38, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4783, 4784, 4793, 4794; June, 1955, S. 2408d; 1959, P.A. 307; 1961, P.A. 12; 298; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 167, 263; P.A. 77-614, S. 552, 610; P.A. 85-327, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-39. - Inspector's credentials.

The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority shall issue to any salaried aeronautics inspector credentials which shall be carried upon the person of such inspector while in the discharge of official duties.
(1949 Rev., S. 4795; June, 1955, S. 2409d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 168; P.A. 85-327, S. 1; P.A. 15-192, S. 26.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission” with “commissioner” and “his duties” with “official duties”; P.A. 85-327 applied provisions specifically to “salaried” inspectors and deleted reference to inspectors' authority to make arrests; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority” and deleted reference to the department, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-41. - Regulations and standards.

The executive director may perform such acts, issue and amend such orders, and make and amend such reasonable general or special regulations and procedure and establish such minimum standards, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as the executive director deems necessary or appropriate, and which are commensurate with and for the purpose of protecting and insuring the general public interest and safety, the safety of persons receiving instruction concerning, or operating, using or traveling in, aircraft, and of persons and property on land or water, and to develop and promote aeronautics in this state. No regulation of the executive director shall apply to airports or other air navigation facilities owned by the federal government within this state.
(1949 Rev., S. 4786; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 169; P.A. 15-192, S. 27.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission” with “commissioner” and made technical changes to language; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and made a technical change, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 201 C. 700; 211 C. 690.
Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 250.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-42 to 15-42d. - State airways system. Long-range planning. Declaration of policy. Research into future state aviation facility needs. Advisory committee. Receipt of federal and private funds. Consultative services.

Sections 15-42 to 15-42d, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4787; 1967, P.A. 502, S. 1
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4; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 263.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-43. - Intervention.

The executive director may participate as party plaintiff or defendant, or as intervenor on behalf of the state or any municipality or citizen thereof, in any controversy having to do with any claimed encroachment by the federal government or any foreign state upon any state or individual rights pertaining to aeronautics.
(1949 Rev., S. 4788; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 170; P.A. 15-192, S. 28.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission” with “commissioner”; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-44. - Enforcement of aeronautics laws.

The executive director, and aeronautics inspectors of the authority, and each state, county and municipal officer charged with the enforcement of state and municipal laws shall enforce and assist in the enforcement of this chapter and of all regulations made pursuant thereto, and of all other laws of this state relating to aeronautics.
(1949 Rev., S. 4789; 1961, P.A. 57; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 171; 1972, P.A. 134, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 553, 610; P.A. 15-192, S. 29.)
History: 1961 act substituted deputy for assistant director; 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation and deputy commissioner for aeronautics for director and deputy director of aeronautics and replaced department of aeronautics with bureau of aeronautics; 1972 act deleted reference to abolished aeronautics commission; P.A. 77-614 deleted references to deputy commissioner and to bureau of aeronautics and specified inspectors to be aeronautics inspectors of the department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and “department” with “authority”, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 185 C. 145; 211 C. 690.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-45. - Investigations.

The executive director may hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions of this chapter, aircraft accidents or orders and regulations of the executive director.
(1949 Rev., S. 4790; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 172; P.A. 15-192, S. 30.)
History: 1969 act replaced references to commission, commission members and its director with references to commissioner of transportation and deleted provision re administration of oaths and subpoena power; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 211 C. 690.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-46 to 15-51. - No exclusive rights to be granted. Federal aid; contracts by commissioner as agent of the state or a municipality. Authority of commission over state airports. Regulation of motor vehicles on state airports. Agreements for fire protection. Regulation of aircraft, airmen, airports and air instruction; licenses and registrations; fees.

Sections 15-46 to 15-51, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4791, 4792, 4796, 4817; 1949, S. 2410d, 2433d, 2434d; 1957, P.A. 498; September, 1957, P.A. 8; 1959, P.A. 391, S. 1; 569, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 34; 55; 1963, P.A. 237; 426; 1969, P.A. 421, S. 1; 460, S. 1; 768, S. 173, 263; 1972, P.A. 207, S. 11; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-52. - Operation of aircraft during period of suspension or revocation of right to operate.

No person whose right to operate any aircraft in this state has been suspended or revoked shall operate any aircraft during the period of such suspension or revocation. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any aircraft of which the right to operate has been suspended or revoked. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1949, S. 2432d; 1972, P.A. 207, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 110.)
History: 1972 act deleted references to airman's license, registration of aircraft and refusal of license or registration; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a class C misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-54. - Revocation or suspension of right to operate aircraft.

The executive director is authorized to revoke or suspend temporarily or permanently the right to operate aircraft, when the executive director determines that any aircraft is not airworthy, or that any airman is not qualified, has wilfully violated the provisions of this chapter or the regulations prescribed pursuant thereto or any other statute of this state relating to aeronautics, or any Act of Congress relating to aeronautics, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, or the statutes or rules or regulations of another state relating to aeronautics, is addicted to the use of narcotics or any other habit-forming drug or to the excessive use of intoxicating liquor, has made any false statement in any application for registration of a federal license certificate or permit or has been guilty of other conduct, acts or practices dangerous to the public safety and the safety of those engaged in aeronautics.
(1949 Rev., S. 4798; 1949, S. 2411d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 174; 1972, P.A. 207, S. 2; P.A. 15-192, S. 31.)
History: 1969 act replaced aeronautics commission with commissioner of transportation; 1972 act deleted references to licenses and registrations of aircraft, airmen and aeronautics instructors; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and made a technical change, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-55 to 15-59. - Concealment of revocation. Registration or license voided by fraud. Notice of change of address or change in aircraft. Operation unlawful without license or certificate. Exceptions to registration requirements.

Sections 15-55 to 15-59, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4799
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4803; 1959, P.A. 326; February, 1965, P.A. 288, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 175
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178; 1971, P.A. 451, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 207, S. 11; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-60. - Exhibition of licenses and certificates.

The federal license, certificate or permit, and the evidence of registration in another state, if any, required for an airman shall be kept in the personal possession of the airman when he or she is operating within this state and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any passenger, any peace officer of this state, the executive director, any employee of the authority or any manager or person in charge of any airport in this state upon which he or she lands. The federal aircraft license, certificate or permit, and the evidence of registration in another state, if any, required for aircraft shall be carried in every aircraft operating in this state at all times and shall be conspicuously posted therein where it may readily be seen by passengers or inspectors and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any passenger, any peace officer of this state, any official or employee of the authority or any manager or person in charge of any airport in this state upon which it lands.
(1949 Rev., S. 4804; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 130; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 179; 1972, P.A. 134, S. 4; 207, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 554, 610; P.A. 15-192, S. 32.)
History: 1961 act substituted deputy director for assistant director; 1969 act replaced director and deputy director of aeronautics with commissioner of transportation and deputy commissioner for aeronautics and substituted “any official” for “any member of the commission, the director, the deputy director”; 1972 acts deleted reference to “any member of the commission” and deleted words “this or” in phrase “this or another state”; P.A. 77-614 deleted reference to deputy commissioner for aeronautics, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and “department” with “authority” and made technical changes, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-61 to 15-65. - Approval of airports and other air navigation facilities. Certificates of approval and licenses: Hearings, standards, revocation. Federal government facilities exempt.

Sections 15-61 to 15-65, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4805
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4809; 1959, P.A. 292; 1961, P.A. 32; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 263.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-66. - Actions of executive director. Inspections.

In any case in which the executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority refuses to issue a certificate of approval of, or license or renewal of license for, an airport, restricted landing area, heliport or other air navigation facility, or in any case in which the executive director issues any order requiring certain things to be done or revoking any license, the executive director shall set forth the reasons therefor and shall state the requirements to be met before such approval shall be given, license granted or order modified or changed. Any order made by the executive director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be served upon the interested persons by registered or certified mail or in person. To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the executive director and any official or employee of the authority and any state or municipal officer charged with the duty of enforcing this chapter may inspect and examine at reasonable hours any premises and the buildings and other structures thereon where airports, restricted landing areas, heliports, air schools, flying clubs or other air navigation facilities or aeronautical activities are operated or carried on. No provision of this section shall prohibit the executive director from suspending or revoking the right of any person to pilot, or the right to any operation of any aircraft within this state, for any cause that is deemed sufficient, with or without a hearing. No appeal taken from the action of the executive director shall act as a stay of suspension or revocation except with the executive director's consent and under such conditions as the executive director may prescribe. No service of process shall be necessary in connection with any of the prescribed activities of the executive director. The term of any suspension or revocation shall commence upon notice thereof by the executive director.
(1949 Rev., S. 4810; 1961, P.A. 323; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 180; 1972, P.A. 207, S. 4; P.A. 85-262, S. 6; P.A. 15-192, S. 33.)
History: 1961 act substituted deputy director for assistant director; 1969 act replaced aeronautics commission with commissioner of transportation and replaced reference to commission members, director and deputy director with “official”; 1972 act deleted references to registration and airman's licenses, replaced “nonresident” with “person” and deleted provision re notice of suspension or revocation of registration or airman's license; P.A. 85-262 extended the provisions of this section to heliports; P.A. 15-192 replaced references to commissioner with references to executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, replaced “department” with “authority” and made technical changes, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 201 C. 700.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-67. - Appeal.

An appeal may be taken from any decision of the executive director rendered under the provisions of this chapter. The procedure in such appeal shall be the same as that provided in section 14-134 concerning appeals from decisions by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No appeal taken from the order of a court in a criminal case, involving the operation of an aircraft without permission of the owner, the piloting of an aircraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, reckless flying or evading responsibility for accidents or involving fatal accidents shall act as a stay to any action or order of the executive director.
(1949 Rev., S. 4811; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 181; P.A. 15-192, S. 34.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-68a. - Unlawful use of aircraft.

Any person who operates or uses, or causes to be operated or used, or tampers or interferes in any way with any aircraft without the consent of the owner, or who obtains the consent of the owner to the use of his aircraft by false and fraudulent means, statements or representations, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both for a first violation, for a second violation shall be imprisoned not more than ten years and for each subsequent violation shall be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.
(1961, P.A. 56, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 467.)
History: 1965 act added crime of tampering or interfering in any way with aircraft.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-69. - Tampering or interfering with airports, heliports, landing fields, airways, security devices or equipment. Circumventing or failing to comply with security measures. Providing false information or withholding information on documents required by security plans or measures. Penalty.

(a) Any person who interferes or tampers with any airport, heliport, landing field or airway or the equipment thereof or who interferes or tampers with or circumvents, attempts to circumvent or thwart any security device or equipment installed or who circumvents, attempts to circumvent or fails to comply with security measures or procedures in operation at any airport shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) Any person who knowingly or intentionally provides false information, makes a false written statement or withholds relevant information on any application or other document required by airport or airplane operator security plans or measures pursuant to federal law and regulations which is submitted to any airport owner or operator, air carrier, airport tenant, concessionaire or contractor shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.
(1949 Rev., S. 4813; P.A. 85-427, S. 5; P.A. 97-304, S. 28; P.A. 13-258, S. 61.)
History: P.A. 85-427 extended provision of section to heliports and increased minimum fine from $50 to $200; P.A. 97-304 divided section into two Subsecs., designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and inserted in Subsec. (a) prohibitions re any person “who interferes or tampers with or circumvents, attempts to circumvent or thwart any security device or equipment installed or who circumvents, attempts to circumvent or fails to comply with security measures or procedures in operation at any airport”, and added new language in Subsec. (b) re prohibition and penalty for “any person who knowingly or intentionally provides false information, makes a false written statement or withholds relevant information on any application or other document required by airport or airplane operator security plans or measures pursuant to federal law and regulations”; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (a) to change penalty from fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
Cited. 14 CA 804.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-70 and 15-71. - Coroner to investigate fatal accidents. Accidents to be reported.

Sections 15-70 and 15-71 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4814, 4820; 1959, P.A. 481, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 182; P.A. 80-190, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-71a. - Accidents to be reported.

Any pilot, whether resident or nonresident, of a civil aircraft involved in an accident resulting in personal injury or substantial damage to the aircraft shall immediately notify the executive director or the state police. If the pilot or pilots are incapacitated, any person who caused or authorized the operation of such aircraft at the time of the accident shall be responsible for giving such notification. A written report shall be filed with the executive director within fourteen calendar days on a form prescribed by the executive director. If requested by the executive director, a written report may also be required for an aircraft accident when the damage is less than substantial. The executive director may make an investigation of such accidents as he or she deems advisable or in lieu of a detailed investigation may accept a copy of the final report by a federal investigation agency.
(1959, P.A. 481, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 468, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 309, S. 2; 768, S. 183; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 85-110, S. 1; P.A. 15-192, S. 35.)
History: 1965 act raised reportable amount from $100 to $300; 1969 acts replaced references to damage where repair estimate is $300 or more with references to “substantial” damage and substituted “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation, for “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-110 changed the period by which a written accident report shall be submitted to the commissioner from 7 days to 14 calendar days; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and made a technical change, effective July 2, 2015.
See Sec. 15-104 re report of accidents under Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act.