Sec. 26-230. Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground. - Connecticut Statutes

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      Sec. 26-230. Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground. Any person who applies for and procures any designation of a place for planting oysters, clams or mussels to be made to him, for the purpose of assigning the rights which he may acquire, for profit or speculation, and any person, other than the owner, the lessee, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the authorized committee or the selectmen, who stakes out or encloses any grounds in navigable waters for the purpose of planting or cultivating oysters thereon, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5062; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 361; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 31; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: 1971 act replaced shellfish commissioners with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.

      History of law. 74 C. 377.

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      Sec. 26-230. Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground. Any person who applies for and procures any designation of a place for planting oysters, clams or mussels to be made to him, for the purpose of assigning the rights which he may acquire, for profit or speculation, and any person, other than the owner, the lessee, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the authorized committee or the selectmen, who stakes out or encloses any grounds in navigable waters for the purpose of planting or cultivating oysters thereon, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5062; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 361; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 31; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: 1971 act replaced shellfish commissioners with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.

      History of law. 74 C. 377.

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      Sec. 26-230. Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground. Any person who applies for and procures any designation of a place for planting oysters, clams or mussels to be made to him, for the purpose of assigning the rights which he may acquire, for profit or speculation, and any person, other than the owner, the lessee, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the authorized committee or the selectmen, who stakes out or encloses any grounds in navigable waters for the purpose of planting or cultivating oysters thereon, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5062; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 361; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 31; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: 1971 act replaced shellfish commissioners with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.

      History of law. 74 C. 377.