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Chapter 447 - State Parks and Forests
Section 23-1 to 23-3. - Appointment and term of commission. Powers and duties; reports; director. Supervision of tree wardens. - Sections 23-1 to 23-3, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 23-4. - Regulations for preservation and protection. Penalties. Alcoholic beverages in state parks and forests. Taking of mushrooms. Liability. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt...
Section 23-4a. - Lands of public use and benefit. Conservation and preservation restrictions on department lands. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may designate lands...
Section 23-4b. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Prohibition of use of cannabis on state lands or waters managed by department. Penalty. - The use of cannabis shall be prohibited on any state...
Section 23-4c. - Hazardous tree mitigation policy. Requirements. Tree replanting demonstration project. Report. - (a) Not later than August 1, 2022, the Commissioner of...
Section 23-5. - Public reservations; supervision. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall have charge...
Section 23-5a. - Natural area preserves. Declaration of policy. - Connecticut is a state of relatively small area, undergoing rapid...
Section 23-5b. - Definitions. - As used in sections 23-5a to 23-5i, inclusive: (1) “Natural...
Section 23-5c. - Natural area preserves system. - The commissioner shall establish a system of natural area preserves...
Section 23-5d. - Approval of preserve. - (a) The commissioner may approve a natural area preserve only...
Section 23-5e. - Alienation. - (a) An area designated as a natural area preserve is...
Section 23-5f. - Advisory committee. - Section 23-5f is repealed. (1969, P.A. 727, S. 6; 1971,...
Section 23-5g. - Cooperation with federal agencies. - The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any federal governmental...
Section 23-5h. - Acquisition of property. - The commissioner is authorized to acquire real property or any...
Section 23-5i. - Responsibility of other public authorities. - Nothing in sections 23-5a to 23-5i, inclusive, shall limit any...
Section 23-6. - Maintenance of state park and forest lands adjoining other states. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is authorized to...
Section 23-7. - Memorials in state parks and reservations. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may erect, or...
Section 23-8. - Open spaces for recreation. State goal for acquisition of open space. State-owned lands valuable for conservation purposes. Public use and benefit land registry. Content. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall have...
Section 23-8a. - Conveyance of certain state land previously held as protected open space. - On and after June 29, 1999, any person, organization or...
Section 23-8b. - Purchase of certain water company land in Fairfield County. Requirements for preservation. Jurisdiction by certain officers and patrolmen. - (a) Any contract for the protection of open space entered...
Section 23-9. - Acquisition of property by eminent domain. - The commissioner is authorized to take land or any interest...
Section 23-9a. - Acquisition of easements for maintenance of dams. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may acquire by...
Section 23-9b. - West Rock Ridge conservation area and supplement. Notice requirements re land use changes or transfers. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall review...
Section 23-10. - Development of recreational areas. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may develop recreational...
Section 23-10a. - Designation of state hiking trails. - Those portions of the Connecticut blue blazed trails system which...
Section 23-10b. - Outdoor recreation-related services. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide outdoor...
Section 23-10c. - Designation of trails for use by horseback riders. - Section 23-10c is repealed, effective July 1, 2012. (P.A. 01-150,...
Section 23-10d. - Equine Advisory Council. - There is established an Equine Advisory Council which shall assist...
Section 23-10e. - Equestrian use on multiuse trails on state park and forest lands. Nonequine use of trails. Temporary closing of multiuse trails. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall permit...
Section 23-10h. - Heritage parks: Legislative policy. - The General Assembly recognizes that the cities in the state...
Section 23-10i. - Designation of heritage parks. Public hearing. Designation of additional sites. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation...
Section 23-11. - Licenses for use of portions of parks or forests. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may grant revocable...
Section 23-12. - Transfer of control of open spaces. - Any town or other municipality may transfer the care and...
Section 23-13. - Animals for public parks. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or the custodians...
Section 23-14. - Rights-of-way in state parks and forests. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may grant rights-of-way...
Section 23-14a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-192a). - Payments to certified ambulance services for calls at state parks or forests. - Section 23-14a is repealed. (P.A. 86-358, S. 1, 3; P.A....
Section 23-15. - State park receipts deposited in Passport to the Parks account. - All receipts from the operation of the state parks shall...
Section 23-15a. - Use of state parks. Reimbursement of municipalities. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, within available...
Section 23-15b. - State park special event rentals paid into Passport to the Parks account. Subaccounts. Uses. Report. - (a) All funds collected from rent paid by any person...
Section 23-15c. - Revenue from food service facilities, vending machines and stands in state parks. - (a) Not later than December 1, 2015, and annually thereafter,...
Section 23-15d. - Request for information re state park concessions, services and amenities. - (a) Not later than August 15, 2015, the Commissioner of...
Section 23-15e. - Rents for special events of limited duration. - Not later than July 31, 2015, the Commissioner of Energy...
Section 23-15f. - Adopt-A-Park program. Financial sponsorship. - Not later than July 31, 2015, the Commissioner of Energy...
Section 23-15g. - Per-person admission fee for state parks. Report. - Not later than January 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Energy...
Section 23-15h. - Passport to the Parks account. Established. Subaccounts. Payments from account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 23-16. - Leases of camp sites. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may execute with...
Section 23-16a. - Leasing of camping sites at shore parks. Pilot program. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not...
Section 23-16b. - Portable wastewater holding tanks. Use at state or private campgrounds. Authorized. - Notwithstanding any provision of title 19a, any person may utilize...
Section 23-17. - Trust funds. - The State Treasurer is authorized, with the approval of the...
Section 23-18. - State Park Police. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may, upon...
Section 23-19. - State Forester. - There shall be within the Department of Energy and Environmental...
Section 23-20. - Powers and duties of commissioner. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall administer...
Section 23-21. - Purchase and sale of land by commissioner. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may buy land...
Section 23-22. - Acquisition of land by exchange. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may acquire land...
Section 23-23. - Purchase and sale of seeds and seedling stock. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, in...
Section 23-24. - Establishment of boundaries. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish the...
Section 23-24a. - Survey of boundaries of state parks and forest lands. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall cause the...
Section 23-25. - Granting of leases for public purposes. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, with the...
Section 23-26. - Revenue from state parks and facilities. Motor vehicle parking passes. Lifetime passes for residents sixty-five years of age or older or disabled veterans. - (a) The commissioner may (1) provide for the collection of...
Section 23-26a. - “All-terrain vehicle” defined. - As used in sections 23-26b to 23-26g, inclusive, “all-terrain vehicle”...
Section 23-26b. - Certificate to operate all-terrain vehicles on state land. - (a) No person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle on state...
Section 23-26c. - Availability of state land for use by persons operating all-terrain vehicles. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall evaluate the...
Section 23-26d. - Regulations re safety education courses for the operation of all-terrain vehicles. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with...
Section 23-26e. - Operation of all-terrain vehicles on state land by certain minors. - No person less than twelve years of age shall operate...
Section 23-26f. - Regulations re operation of all-terrain vehicles. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations...
Section 23-26g. - Penalties. - (a) Any person who violates section 23-26b or 23-26e or...
Section 23-27. - Federal grants. - The commissioner is authorized (a) to apply for and receive...
Section 23-27a to 23-27k. - Registration of private land for recreational purposes. - Sections 23-27a to 23-27k, inclusive, are repealed. (1967, P.A. 623,...
Chapter 447a - Park Improvement Employment Projects (Repealed)
Section 23-27l to 23-27q. - Park improvement employment projects. - Sections 23-27l to 23-27q, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 75-533, S....
Chapter 448 - Forests and Wildlife
Section 23-28. - Membership; meetings. - Obsolete. (1949 Rev., S. 3468.)
Section 23-29. - Powers. - The commissioner may, in the name and for the use...
Section 23-30. - Leasing of land. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, for the...
Section 23-31. - Acquisition of property for development as state forests. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may accept...
Section 23-32. - Improvement of forest lands. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may repair and...
Section 23-32a. - Study re sustainable harvesting of forests. Plan based on study results. Report. - (a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Department of...
Chapter 449 - Fire Wardens
Section 23-33. - Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to be State Forest Fire Warden. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be, ex...
Section 23-34. - Prosecutorial powers of State Forest Fire Warden. - Section 23-34 is repealed, effective October 1, 2001. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 23-35. - Fire-fighting crews. - The State Forest Fire Warden shall equip trained fire-fighting crews...
Section 23-36. - Powers and duties of State Forest Fire Warden. - The State Forest Fire Warden may take such action as...
Section 23-37. - Powers and duties of state forest fire control personnel and district and deputy fire wardens. Temporary emergency workers. - (a) State forest fire control personnel and district and deputy...
Section 23-37a. - Forest fire-fighting equipment for fire companies. - Upon written request by any fire company which may be...
Section 23-37b. - Forest fire-fighting equipment account. - (a) There is established within the General Fund a separate...
Section 23-37c. - Termination of forest fire-fighting equipment account. - Section 23-37c is repealed. (P.A. 84-347, S. 2, 5; P.A....
Section 23-38. - Posting of notices containing fire laws. - State forest fire control personnel may post such notices relating...
Section 23-39. - Compensation of wardens and firefighters. - The compensation of district and deputy fire wardens, trained firefighters...
Section 23-40. - Patrol personnel. - The State Forest Fire Warden may appoint patrol personnel, who...
Section 23-41. - Disposal of receipts. - All sums received by the State Treasurer from railroad companies...
Section 23-42. - Liability of railroads for damages caused by sparks. - Any railroad company which, through act of its employees or...
Section 23-43. - Determination of railroad fire hazards. - The State Forest Fire Warden may, at any time, bring...
Section 23-44. - Protection from railroad fire hazards. - As to any portion of any railroad right-of-way and contiguous...
Section 23-45. - Regulations by commissioner. Violations. Penalty. - The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to make and enforce...
Section 23-46. - Removal of cut brush along highways. Penalty. - (a) No person, firm or corporation and no agent of...
Section 23-47. - Forest fire hazards. - In case of emergency, when down timber, parts of trees...
Section 23-48. - Kindling fire in the open. Penalty. - Any person who kindles or directs another to kindle a...
Section 23-49. - Permits for kindling fires. Exemptions. - Section 23-49 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3490; 1949, 1953,...
Section 23-49a. - Declaration of burning ban; special burning permit; penalty; exemptions. - (a) No person shall kindle or use fire in the...
Section 23-50. - Closing of forests by the Governor. - Whenever it appears to the Governor that by reason of...
Section 23-51. - Abandoned highways may be maintained for fire prevention. - Section 23-51 is repealed, effective October 1, 2001. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 23-52. - Recovery of expenses for extinguishing fires. - Section 23-52 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3495; 1967, P.A....
Chapter 450 - The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact
Section 23-53. - Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact. - The Governor on behalf of this state is authorized to...
Section 23-54. - Appointment of commissioners. - There shall be three members, hereinafter called commissioners, of the...
Section 23-55. - Powers and duties of commissioners. - There is granted to the commissioners all of the powers...
Section 23-56. - Application of other laws. - Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded...
Section 23-57. - Report. - The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and...
Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board
Section 23-58. - Tree wardens; appointment; compensation; supervision. - The selectmen of each town, except those having cities with...
Section 23-59. - Powers and duties of tree wardens. - The town or borough tree warden shall have the care...
Section 23-59a. - Required coursework for tree wardens. Failure to comply. Extension of time. Record of completion. Tree Wardens Association of Connecticut coursework. Exemptions. Fee. - (a) Not later than one year after appointment or reappointment...
Section 23-60. - Appropriations. Public trees; removal. - Each town, city or borough may appropriate annually a suitable...
Section 23-61. - Tree experts to be licensed. - Section 23-61 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3499; 1963, P.A....
Section 23-61a. - Definitions. Tree Protection Examining Board. Regulations. - (a) As used in sections 23-61a to 23-61f, inclusive, “arboriculture”...
Section 23-61b. - Licensing for arboriculture; examination; fees; renewal; suspension; revocation. Nonresidents. Records. Pesticides. - (a) No person shall advertise, solicit or contract to do...
Section 23-61c. - Privilege of licensee to take examination without fee for commercial applicators of pesticides. - Section 23-61c is repealed. (1967, P.A. 587, S. 3(h), (i);...
Section 23-61d. - Validity of custom tree worker licenses held by licensees on July 1, 1977. - Section 23-61d is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1967, P.A....
Section 23-61e. - Appeals. - Any person aggrieved by an order or finding of the...
Section 23-61f. - Penalties. - (a) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b),...
Section 23-61g. - Arborist business. Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 23-61h to 23-61m, inclusive: (1)...
Section 23-61h. - Arborist business. Certificate of registration. Application. Fee. Exemption re pesticide application. - (a) No person shall engage in the operation of an...
Section 23-61i. - Issuance of certificate. Denial. Hearing. Revocation or suspension of certificate. Grounds. Reapplication. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, after...
Section 23-61j. - Employment of arborists by arborist business. - Each arborist business shall employ at each place of business...
Section 23-61k. - Retention of records by arborist business. Information required. Inspection by commissioner. Customer records. - (a) Each arborist business shall maintain records for not less...
Section 23-61l. - Violations. Penalty. Attorney General action. - Any person who violates any provision of sections 23-61h to...
Section 23-61m. - Action by officer, agent or person acting for or employed by arborist business. - In any proceeding regarding the denial, suspension or revocation of...
Section 23-62 to 23-64. - Tree Protection Examining Board; license. Officers; regulations; seal; revocation of licenses. Examination and renewal fees; compensation of board. - Sections 23-62 to 23-64, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 23-65. - Posting or distributing advertisements. Removing, pruning, injuring or defacing certain trees or shrubs. Restoration. Damages. Regulations. Permit for cutting or removal. - (a) Any person, firm or corporation which affixes to a...
Chapter 451a - Forest Practices
Section 23-65f. - Definitions. - As used in sections 23-65g to 23-65o, inclusive: (1) “Commercial...
Section 23-65g. - Forest Practices Advisory Board. Membership. Powers and duties. - (a) There is established a Forest Practices Advisory Board consisting...
Section 23-65h. - Forest practitioner certification. Classifications and requirements. Regulations. - (a) On or after July 1, 1992, no person shall...
Section 23-65i. - Forest practice activities. Reports. - (a) Each certified forester, except any state employee who engages...
Section 23-65j. - Forest practices. Regulations. Fees. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt...
Section 23-65k. - Municipal regulation of forest practices. - (a) Any of the towns of Berlin, Brookfield, Chester, Deep...
Section 23-65l. - Orders. - If the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or, in...
Section 23-65m. - Injunctions. - If any person fails to comply with sections 23-65f to...
Section 23-65n. - Civil penalties. - Any person who violates any provision of sections 23-65f to...
Section 23-65o. - Denial, suspension or revocation of forest practitioner certification. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may refuse...
Section 23-65p. - Revocation and reinstatement of municipal authority. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may revoke...
Section 23-65q. - Appeal of municipal action re forest practices. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any person...
Chapter 452 - Scenic Trails
Section 23-66. - Preservation of Appalachian National Scenic Trail as state policy. - It is declared to be the policy of the state...
Section 23-67. - Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Acquisition of land. Provision of facilities. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is hereby authorized...
Section 23-68. - Transfer of land from other agencies for Appalachian National Scenic Trail. - Any department or agency of the state or of any...
Section 23-69. - Uses of Appalachian National Scenic Trail and land. - As ordered in Public Law 90-543, the Appalachian National Scenic...
Section 23-70. - Maintenance agreements re Appalachian National Scenic Trail. - As stated in Public Law 90-543, the commissioner may enter...
Section 23-71. - Liability of grantor of right-of-way re Appalachian National Scenic Trail. - No person who has granted a right-of-way for said trail...
Section 23-72. - Use of funds for Appalachian National Scenic Trail. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is hereby authorized...
Section 23-72a. - New England National Scenic Trail. Preservation of trail as state policy. Acquisition of land. Transfer of land from other agencies. Use of trail and land. Maintenance agreements. Liability of grantor of right-of-way. Use of funds. - (a) It is declared to be the policy of the...
Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas
Section 23-73. - Definitions. - As used in sections 23-74 to 23-80, inclusive: (1) “Appraised...
Section 23-74. - Recreation and natural heritage trust program. Purpose. - There is hereby created the recreation and natural heritage trust...
Section 23-75. - Land acquisition. Criteria. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall acquire...
Section 23-76. - Acquisitions list. Stewardship account income. - The department shall maintain and quarterly revise a list of...
Section 23-77. - Funding sources for program purposes. - (a) Resources from the following sources shall be used by...
Section 23-78. - Matching funds. - Any moneys authorized for the program may be expended with...
Section 23-79. - Stewardship account. - To ensure the proper management of land acquired pursuant to...
Section 23-80. - Advisory board. Annual report. - Section 23-80 is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 86-406,...
Section 23-81. - “Connecticut Heritage Area” defined. State planning consideration and project partnering. - (a) As used in this section, section 23-81a and section...
Section 23-81a. - Recognized Connecticut Heritage Areas. - The General Assembly recognizes two Connecticut Heritage Areas: (1) The...
Chapter 454 - Greenways and Bikeways
Section 23-100. - Definitions. - As used in sections 23-101, 23-102, 32-9qq, 32-327 and 32-228,...
Section 23-101. - Greenways capital grant program. Greenways small grants program. Regulations. - (a) There is established a greenways capital grant program that...
Section 23-102. - Connecticut Greenways Council. - (a) There shall be a Connecticut Greenways Council which shall...
Section 23-103. - Bond authorization for Connecticut bikeway, pedestrian walkway, recreational trail and greenway grant program. - (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this...