Sec. 26-216. Penalty. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 26-216. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of section 26-215, or who uses any device or number not furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture for a boat or vessel used in cultivating or dredging for shellfish, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than fifty dollars for each day that such boat or vessel is so unlawfully used and, on conviction of a second offense, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each day that such boat or vessel is so unlawfully used.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5048; 1969, P.A. 218, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 353; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 23; P.A. 78-334, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 120.)

      History: 1969 act rephrased provisions; 1971 act replaced clerk of shellfisheries with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-334 increased minimum fine from $10 to $25 and deleted reference to not bearing coat of arms as violation; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005.