Any person who wilfully injures any oyster enclosure legally designated, marked out and enclosed or removes any buoys or stakes used to mark out any oyster ground, or who takes any shells from such enclosure, shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 5057; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 25; P.A. 78-334, S. 10; P.A. 07-217, S. 126; P.A. 12-80, S. 153.)
History: 1961 act deleted provision which allowed prosecutions for first or second offenses to be heard and determined by a trial justice; P.A. 78-334 changed maximum fine for first offense from $7 to $50, changed fines for second conviction from minimum of $7 to $50 and from maximum of $20 to $100 and increased fine for subsequent convictions from $50 to $150 and specified six-month prison term as a maximum sentence; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days for first conviction, a fine of not less than $50 or more than $100 and imprisonment for not less than 30 days or more than 90 days for second conviction and a fine of $150 and imprisonment for not more than 6 months for subsequent conviction with Subdiv. (1) re penalty of a fine of not more than $250 for first offense and Subdiv. (2) re penalty of a class C misdemeanor for subsequent offense.
History of law. 79 C. 701.