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Administrative procedure.

Sections
15-122 and 15-123

Appointment and organization of commission. Director; employees.

Investigations. Hearings.

Appeal from action of Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

Determination of validity of regulations.

Definitions.

Lights.

Safety and equipment requirements for vessels. Regulation of motorboat noise.

Section
15-129a

Required and authorized lights.

Modification or suspension of requirements.

Section
15-130a

Powers of officers re vessel in unsafe condition.

Rules for preventing collisions.

Procedure in case of collision or accident.

Section
15-132a

Manslaughter in the second degree with a vessel.

Rules for safe operation. Operation of vessel while under the influence of liquor or drugs. Penalties. Records of conviction.

Section
15-133a

Safety controls on the Housatonic River.

Section
15-133b

Boating safety certificate for certain minors. Owners prohibited from permitting operation without certificate, when.

Section
15-133c

When boating safety certificate required upon violation of safety rules.

Water skiing. Jumps and courses for skiers and vessels.

Position of scuba divers to be marked. Safe operating distance for vessels.

Ordinances and regulations.

Section
15-136a

Compliance with certain engine size requirements.

Enforcement.

Publication of laws, regulations and ordinances.

Penalties.

Special acts and ordinances superseded.

Section
15-140a

Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as attorney for service of process on nonresident.

Section
15-140b

Marine parades, regattas, races, tournaments or exhibitions. Warning devices. Penalty.

Section
15-140c

Abandonment of vessel. Parties with standing. Abandoned vessel procedures. Online process. Hazardous waste designation. Violation; fine; exception.

Section
15-140d

Obstruction to navigation or public use of waters prohibited. Remedies.

Section
15-140e

Safe boating certificate. Safe water skiing endorsement.

Section
15-140f

Courses in safe boating operation. Safe water skiing instruction. Regulations. Reciprocity.

Section
15-140g

Safe boating certificate to be carried on board vessel. Penalty.

Section
15-140h

Operation of vessel by person less than twelve years of age. Operation of vessel engaged in water skiing by person less than sixteen years of age.

Section
15-140i

Suspension of certificate of boating operation. Regulations.

Section
15-140j

Certificate of personal watercraft operation. Operation of personal watercraft with passengers. Operation of jetted articulated vessels. Regulations.

Section
15-140k

Reckless operation of a vessel in the first degree.

Section
15-140l

Reckless operation of a vessel in the first degree while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Section
15-140m

Reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree.

Section
15-140n

Reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Section
15-140o

Seizure of vessel.

Section
15-140p

Fines deposited in Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.

Section
15-140q

Consent for chemical analysis. Suspension of safe boating certificate. Procedures. Hearing on suspension. Penalties for conviction. Elevated blood alcohol content defined. Regulations.

Section
15-140r

Evidence of alcohol or drugs in blood or urine.

Section
15-140s

Seizure and admissibility of chemical analysis of blood or urine sample of injured operator.

Section
15-140t

Immunity of person taking sample.

Section
15-140u

Blood sample of body of deceased person.

Section
15-140v

Reinstatement of safe boating certificate, right to operate vessel or certificate of personal watercraft operation. Regulations.

Definitions.

Vessel numbering requirements. Certain vessels required to display registration decals.

Exceptions to numbering and registration requirements.

Vessel registration number or registration decal. Schedule of fees payable to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Regulations. Penalty.

Section
15-144a

Provision of information re registrants to tax assessors.

Marine dealer's, marine engine manufacturer's and marine surveyor's registration numbers. Regulations. Fees. Availability and renewal of certificates. Use of vessels. Restrictions.

Section
15-145a

Marine dealer's registration numbers for boat trailers.

Section
15-145b

Operation of a vessel registered with a marine dealer registration number by holder of passenger-for-hire license and party or charter fishing vessel registration.

Notice of change of address.

Termination of certificate of number upon transfer, destruction or abandonment of vessel.

Duplicate certificate.

Accident reports.

Section
15-149a

Reporting of accidents. Responsibilities of towboat operators.

Section
15-149b

Reporting of accidents involving death, injury or disappearance. Report of interviews.

Rental of vessels. Boat livery requirements.

Section
15-150a

Any facility mooring or storing vessels required to maintain record of vessels not registered in Connecticut.

Records of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Remission and report of fees.

False statement, penalty.

Alteration or defacing of certificate of number or registration or alteration, removal or obliteration of number displayed on vessel.

Enforcement. Refusal to stop vessel or take vessel to designated area. Rules for avoiding interference with operation of law enforcement vessel or fire rescue vessel. Penalties.

Section
15-154a

Town marine officers and auxiliaries.

Section
15-154b

Violation on waters between towns.

Section
15-154c

Attachment of property of town marine officer prohibited.

Distribution of revenue received in fees for numbering and registration of vessels. Boating account.

Sections
15-155a and 15-155b

Annual report of receipts from vessel registration fees and payments therefrom. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration.

Section
15-155c

Registration fees collected in 1982 exceeding amounts distributed to Boating Fund and towns to be allowed as credits against fees payable in 1983.

Sections
15-155d and 15-155e

Annual report re boating account. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration.

Penalties. Operation of vessel while safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation refused, suspended or revoked. Jurisdiction. Return of certificate to commissioner.

Special acts and ordinances superseded.

Sections
15-158 to 15-169

Reserved for future use.

Discharge of sewage from vessels: Definitions.

Discharge within no discharge zone prohibited.

Provision of pump-out facilities.

Docking facility in violation of requirement or order deemed public nuisance. Civil and criminal penalties for violations.

Regulations.

Penalty for misuse of or failure to equip vessel with marine sanitation device.

Reasonable time for compliance with requirement or order.

Sections
15-177 to 15-179

Reserved for future use.

Transporting vessel or trailer without inspecting for and properly removing and disposing of vegetation and aquatic invasive species. Penalty.

Sections
15-181 to 15-200

Reserved for future use.