Bill Text: CT HB05263 | 2012 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Penalty For Poaching.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [HB05263 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05263-Chaptered.html
Substitute House Bill No. 5263
AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR POACHING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 53a-109 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the third degree when, knowing that such person is not licensed or privileged to do so: (1) Such person enters or remains in premises which are posted in a manner prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders or are fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders, or which belong to the state and are appurtenant to any state institution; or (2) such person enters or remains in any premises for the purpose of hunting, trapping or fishing; or (3) such person enters or remains on public land which is posted in a manner prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders or is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders.
(b) Criminal trespass in the third degree is a class C misdemeanor, except that any person found guilty under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.