Sec. 26-202. Leasing beacon ground.
Sec. 26-202. Leasing beacon ground. The Commissioner of Agriculture may hire
and take upon leases not exceeding a term of ten years, in the name and behalf of the state,
any such plot or plots of ground within the state as he deems necessary for constructing,
erecting, setting, maintaining and protecting signals, beacons, boundstones, posts or
buoys to be used in designating, locating, surveying or mapping any shellfish grounds
within state jurisdiction.
(1949 Rev., S. 5060; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 340; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 10; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189,
S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to commissioner of environmental
protection; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective
July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments
of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.