Any person who violates any provision of sections 23-61h to 23-61m, inclusive, shall forfeit to the state a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars per day for each day of violation. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall institute a civil action to recover such forfeiture in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. All actions brought by the Attorney General shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191.
(P.A. 13-203, S. 6.)
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees
Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board
Section 23-58. - Tree wardens; appointment; compensation; supervision.
Section 23-59. - Powers and duties of tree wardens.
Section 23-60. - Appropriations. Public trees; removal.
Section 23-61. - Tree experts to be licensed.
Section 23-61a. - Definitions. Tree Protection Examining Board. Regulations.
Section 23-61d. - Validity of custom tree worker licenses held by licensees on July 1, 1977.
Section 23-61g. - Arborist business. Definitions.
Section 23-61j. - Employment of arborists by arborist business.
Section 23-61l. - Violations. Penalty. Attorney General action.
Section 23-61m. - Action by officer, agent or person acting for or employed by arborist business.