Sec. 26-45. Bait dealer's license.
Sec. 26-45. Bait dealer's license. No person shall possess for the purpose of sale,
sell or offer for sale any bait species without first obtaining a bait dealer's license from
the commissioner, provided the provisions hereof shall not apply to persons issued a
commercial hatchery license under section 26-149. Application forms for such license
shall be furnished by the commissioner. Such license shall be nontransferable. The fee
for each such license shall be fifty dollars annually. Each such license shall expire on
the last day of December next after issuance. Each such licensed bait dealer may possess
and sell only such bait species as shall be authorized under regulations issued by the
commissioner, provided live carp and goldfish shall not be possessed for any purpose
on premises used by licensed bait dealers. Each such licensee shall keep such records
relating to the operation of such business as the commissioner determines on forms
furnished by the commissioner and shall file such report with the commissioner within
thirty days after the expiration of such license. No such report shall contain any material
false statement. Failure to file such report shall be a violation of this section and the
commissioner may refuse to reissue such license until the licensee complies with this
requirement. Representatives of the commissioner may enter upon the premises of bait
dealers at any time to inspect required records and the bait species possessed and to
detect violations of this section and regulations issued hereunder by the commissioner,
and such representatives may confiscate and dispose of any fish illegally possessed.
Any person who violates any provision of this section or any such regulation issued by
the commissioner shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
(1957, P.A. 338, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 398, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 240; P.A. 82-91, S. 21, 38; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S.
15, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 89.)
History: 1959 act increased license fee from $2 to $5 and required that fees collected be deposited in general fund rather
than in fish fund; 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection
commissioner; P.A. 82-91 increased license fee from $5 to $10; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 increased the fee for a bait dealer's
license to $20; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased license fee to $50, effective January 1, 2003.