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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 - Sections 23-1 to 23-3, inclusive, are repealed.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 - Section 23-5f is repealed.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,...