Sec. 26-226. Injury to enclosure. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 26-226. Injury to enclosure. Any person who wilfully injures any oyster enclosure legally designated, marked out and enclosed or removes any buoys or stakes used to mark out any oyster ground, or who takes any shells from such enclosure, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days; on a second conviction, the person shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than thirty days or more than ninety days, and, on each subsequent conviction, the person shall be fined one hundred fifty dollars and imprisoned not more than six months.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5057; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 25; P.A. 78-334, S. 10; P.A. 07-217, S. 126.)

      History: 1961 act deleted provision which allowed prosecutions for first or second offenses to be heard and determined by a trial justice; P.A. 78-334 changed maximum fine for first offense from $7 to $50, changed fines for second conviction from minimum of $7 to $50 and from maximum of $20 to $100 and increased fine for subsequent convictions from $50 to $150 and specified six-month prison term as a maximum sentence; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.

      History of law. 79 C. 701.