Sec. 53-191. Motorboats on Bolton Ponds and Gardner's Lake.
Sec. 53-191. Motorboats on Bolton Ponds and Gardner's Lake. (a) Any person
who operates a boat having a motor or engine of more than six horsepower, in the upper
and lower ponds of the Willimantic reservoir, known also as Bolton Ponds, in the towns
of Bolton, Vernon and Coventry, shall have committed an infraction. The town marine
officers of Bolton, Vernon and Coventry may enforce the provisions of this section.
(b) Any person who between sunset and eight o'clock in the morning operates a
boat in excess of six miles per hour on Gardner's Lake in the towns of Salem, Montville
and Bozrah shall have committed an infraction. The town marine officers of Salem,
Montville and Bozrah may enforce the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 8515; 1949, S.A. 295; 1961, P.A. 557; P.A. 86-89, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1961 act added words "between sunset and sunrise" to subsection (b); P.A. 86-89 replaced provisions imposing
fifty-dollar fine for violation with provisions making violations an infraction, specified that town marine officers of towns
bordering lakes have enforcement powers and amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit the operation of a motorboat in excess of
six miles per hour between sunset and eight o'clock in the morning, where before the operation of a boat with an engine
greater than seven horsepower between sunset and sunrise was prohibited.