Any person who violates any provision of this part for which no other penalty is provided shall be fined eighty-seven dollars, except that any person who takes, attempts to take or assists in taking any fish or bait species in violation of subsection (a) of section 26-27, such fine shall be suspended and the case dismissed for any first time violator who provides proof of purchase of the requisite license subsequent to the violation but prior to the imposition of such fine.
(1949 Rev., S. 4884; 1957, P.A. 444; P.A. 95-119, S. 5; P.A. 10-3, S. 72; P.A. 11-74, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 95-119 deleted a provision re making false statements, deleted a provision re imprisonment and set the fine at $77; P.A. 10-3 increased fine from $77 to $87, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 11-74 added exception to fine for first time violators who take, attempt to take or assist in taking any fish or bait species in violation of Sec. 26-27(a) and who provide proof of purchase of the requisite license subsequent to the violation but prior to imposition of the fine.
Cited. 6 CS 252.