Sec. 26-27b. Hunting or taking of waterfowl, stamp required. Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp.
Sec. 26-27b. Hunting or taking of waterfowl, stamp required. Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp. (a) On or after July 1, 1993, no person sixteen
years of age or older may hunt waterfowl or take waterfowl in the state without first
procuring a Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and having such stamp in
his possession with his signature written in ink across the face of the stamp while hunting
waterfowl or taking waterfowl. The stamp shall not be transferable and shall be issued
annually beginning on July first.
(b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall provide for the design,
production and procurement of the mandatory Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation
Stamp and shall, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter
54, provide for the issuance of the stamp. Stamps shall be sold at a price determined by
the commissioner, provided the price of a mandatory stamp shall not exceed ten dollars.
Any agent or town clerk issuing such stamps may retain a fee of fifty cents for each
stamp sold and shall remit the balance to the Department of Environmental Protection.
(P.A. 91-308, S. 2; P.A. 92-133, S. 1, 9.)
History: P.A. 92-133 amended Subsec. (a) to change the date on which a Connecticut Migratory Bird Stamp would be
required for certain hunting activities from July 1, 1992, to July 1, 1993, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete a requirement
that funds received under this section be deposited into the general fund and credited to the conservation fund established
under Sec. 22a-27h.