Bill Text: CT HB05516 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Requiring Deposit Of Certain Charitable Contributions In The "turn In Poachers" Fund.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary [HB05516 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05516-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
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Referred to Committee on Environment |
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AN ACT REQUIRING DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE "TURN IN POACHERS" FUND.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 26-27 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of this section and other provisions of this chapter providing specific license exemption, no person shall take, hunt or trap, or shall attempt to take, hunt or trap, or assist in taking, hunting or trapping, any wild bird or mammal and no person more than sixteen years of age shall take, attempt to take, or assist in taking any fish or bait species in the inland waters or marine district by any method or land marine fish and bait species in the state, regardless of where such marine fish or bait species are taken, without first having obtained a license as provided in this chapter. No person under sixteen years of age shall hunt or trap, except as provided in section 26-38. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection may, in lieu of remitting payment of the fine prescribed by section 26-64, as amended by this act, make a contribution to the Turn In Poachers Fund established in section 3 of this act.
Sec. 2. Section 26-64 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
[Any] Except as provided in subsection (a) of section 26-27, as amended by this act, any person who violates any provision of this part for which no other penalty is provided shall be fined eighty-seven dollars.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) (a) The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish a Turn In Poachers Fund for the purpose of funding the turn in poachers program. The fund may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. The interest derived from the investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Amounts in the fund may be expended by the Department of Environmental Protection to provide a grant to the Turn in Poachers nonprofit organization and to staff the department's toll-free hotline that is used by persons to provide information on poaching and other fish and game law violations. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(b) Any contribution made in lieu of a fine, as described in subsection (a) of section 26-27 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall be deposited in the Turn In Poachers Fund. The Department of Environmental Protection may apply for and receive moneys for the fund from any federal, state or private source.
(c) Any administrative costs related to the operation of the Turn In Poachers Fund shall be paid from the fund.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
26-27(a) |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2011 |
26-64 |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2011 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To help fund the Turn In Poachers program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]