(a) Any person who operates a boat having a motor or engine of more than six horsepower, in the upper and lower ponds of the Willimantic reservoir, known also as Bolton Ponds, in the towns of Bolton, Vernon and Coventry, shall have committed an infraction. The town marine officers of Bolton, Vernon and Coventry may enforce the provisions of this section.
(b) Any person who between sunset and eight o'clock in the morning operates a boat in excess of six miles per hour on Gardner's Lake in the towns of Salem, Montville and Bozrah shall have committed an infraction. The town marine officers of Salem, Montville and Bozrah may enforce the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 8515; 1949, S.A. 295; 1961, P.A. 557; P.A. 86-89, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1961 act added words “between sunset and sunrise” to subsection (b); P.A. 86-89 replaced provisions imposing fifty-dollar fine for violation with provisions making violations an infraction, specified that town marine officers of towns bordering lakes have enforcement powers and amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit the operation of a motorboat in excess of six miles per hour between sunset and eight o'clock in the morning, where before the operation of a boat with an engine greater than seven horsepower between sunset and sunrise was prohibited.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 943 - Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety
Section 53-181. - Soliciting rides in motor vehicles.
Section 53-182. - Use of highways by pedestrians.
Section 53-190. - Power boats on Killingly Pond, Alexander's Lake or Lake Wononscopomuc.
Section 53-191. - Motorboats on Bolton Ponds and Gardner's Lake.
Section 53-192 and 53-193. - Speed of boats in Wethersfield Cove. Lights on boats on Highland Lake.
Section 53-194. - Preservation of Bantam Lake.
Section 53-198. - Smoking in motor buses, railroad cars and school buses.
Section 53-199. - Theaters and moving picture shows; seating capacity; standing room.
Section 53-200. - Prize fighting.
Section 53-201. - Witnessing or aiding prize fights.
Section 53-202. - Machine guns.
Section 53-202a. - Assault weapons: Definitions.
Section 53-202aa. - Firearms trafficking: Class C or B felony.
Section 53-202c. - Possession of assault weapon prohibited. Exemptions. Class D felony.
Section 53-202e. - Relinquishment of assault weapon to law enforcement agency.
Section 53-202g. - Report of loss or theft of assault weapon or other firearm. Penalty.
Section 53-202o. - Affirmative defense in prosecution for possession of specified assault weapon.
Section 53-202x. - Declaration of possession of large capacity magazine. Regulations.
Section 53-203. - Unlawful discharge of firearms.
Section 53-204. - Hunting or discharging firearm from public highway.
Section 53-205. - Loaded shotguns, rifles and muzzleloaders prohibited in vehicles and snowmobiles.
Section 53-206. - Carrying of dangerous weapons prohibited.
Section 53-206a. - Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant.
Section 53-206e. - Limitation on sale and use of laser pointers.
Section 53-206h. - Bump stocks or other rates of fire enhancement prohibition. Notice.
Section 53-206k. - Conditions for sale or transfer of electronic defense weapons. Penalty.
Section 53-209a. - Manufacture of chemical, biological or radioactive weapon.
Section 53-210. - Refusal to relinquish telephone party line.
Section 53-212. - Use of Roentgen-rays, x-rays and radium.
Section 53-212a. - Use of fluoroscopic x-ray shoe-fitting devices prohibited.
Section 53-215. - Abandonment of refrigerator.
Section 53-215a. - Manufacture or sale of defective recapped tires.