Bill Text: CT HB05261 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Hunting Of Deer With A Handgun.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-05 - File Number 289 [HB05261 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05261-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2012 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE HUNTING OF DEER WITH A HANDGUN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 26-82a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
The commissioner shall issue, upon payment of a five-dollar fee, to the owner of ten or more acres of private land or a resident of this state, who has the consent of the owner of ten or more acres of private land, a [private land revolver] permit that allows the use of a [revolver, as defined in section 29-27,] handgun to hunt deer from November first to December thirty-first, inclusive, pursuant to the bag limit established for a private land deer permit under subsection (a) of section 26-86a. For the purposes of this section, "handgun" means a firearm with a rifled bore, which is designed to be fired from a handheld position and to hold individual cartridges in individual chambers, whether multiple chambers arrayed in a cylinder or a single chamber. Any person authorized to hunt deer [by revolver] pursuant to this section shall use a [cartridge of .357 caliber or larger for such purpose] straight-walled cartridge of .357 caliber or larger or a shouldered cartridge of 6 millimeters or larger.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2012 |
26-82a |
ENV |
Joint Favorable Subst. |