(a) No person shall transport a vessel, as defined in section 15-127, or any trailer used to transport such vessel, in the state without first inspecting such vessel for the presence of vegetation and aquatic invasive species, as determined by the commissioner, and properly removing and disposing of any such vegetation and aquatic invasive species that are visible and identifiable without optical magnification from such vessel or trailer.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each such violation.
(P.A. 03-136, S. 6; P.A. 12-167, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 03-136 effective June 26, 2003; P.A. 12-167 amended Subsec. (a) to add requirements that inspection include aquatic invasive species, as determined by the commissioner, and that such aquatic invasive species that are visible and identifiable without optical magnification be disposed of from such vessel or trailer, effective July 1, 2012.
See Sec. 15-140e re courses in safe boating operation to include instruction in the proper inspection of vessels and trailers for vegetation, and the proper disposal of such vegetation.