Sec. 26-60. Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational purposes. Fee.
Sec. 26-60. Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational
purposes. Fee. The commissioner may grant to any properly accredited person not less
than eighteen years of age, upon written application, a permit to collect fish, crustaceans
and wildlife and their nests and eggs, for scientific and educational purposes only, and
not for sale or exchange or shipment from or removal from the state without the consent
of the commissioner. The commissioner may determine the number and species of such
fish, crustaceans and wildlife and their nests and eggs which may be taken and the area
and method of collection of such fish, crustaceans and wildlife under any permit in any
year. The permit shall be issued for a term established by the commissioner in accordance
with federal regulations and shall not be transferable. The commissioner shall charge
an annual fee of twenty dollars for such permit. Each person receiving a permit under
the provisions of this section shall report to the commissioner on blanks furnished by
the commissioner, at or before the expiration of such permit, the detailed results of the
collections made thereunder. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter or of
the permit held by him shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 26-64, and,
upon conviction of such violation, the permit so held by him shall become void.
(1949 Rev., S. 4920; 1957, P.A. 279; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 256; P.A. 73-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-422, S. 1; P.A. 83-191, S. 4,
9; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 8, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 97.)
History: 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to board of fisheries
and game; P.A. 73-30 specified that collection of wildlife and nests and eggs allowed for educational purposes; P.A. 76-422 substituted "permit" for "certificate", allowed collection of crustaceans and provided that all permits expire on December thirty-first of the year of issuance rather than one year from date of issuance; P.A. 83-191 extended permit requirements
to the collection of fish and authorized the commissioner to determine the duration of the permit and the method of
collection; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended section to require a fee of $10 for a permit; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1
increased permit fee to $20, effective January 1, 2003.