Bill Text: CT HB05366 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Authorizing Sunday Bow Hunting Of Deer On Private Property Throughout The State.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-28 - File Number 81 [HB05366 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05366-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5366
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 1214
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
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AN ACT AUTHORIZING SUNDAY BOW HUNTING OF DEER ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 26-73 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

Sunday shall be a closed season except for hunting deer with bow and arrow on private property and for the purpose of trapping under the provisions of this chapter. The possession in the open air on Sunday of any implement for hunting, except for bow and arrow, shall be prima facie evidence of hunting in violation of the provisions of this section. No provision of this section shall be construed so as to affect any provision of section 26-31, 26-48, 26-52 or 27-35. Artificially propagated birds designated by the commissioner may be shot on Sundays on licensed private shooting preserves subject to such regulations of the commissioner as may apply to such private shooting preserves, provided permission so to shoot has been obtained from the town or towns within which such licensed private shooting preserves are located. Any person who hunts deer on Sunday with bow and arrow on private property pursuant to this section shall: (1) [Conduct such hunting only in deer management zones determined by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to be overpopulated and only in accordance with and pursuant to the wildlife management principles and practices established by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, (2) have] Have the written permission of the private property owner where such hunting is conducted, and [(3)] (2) carry such written permission upon his or her person during the hunting. No person shall hunt with bow and arrow on Sunday on private property pursuant to this section within forty yards of a blazed hiking trail.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	26-73

ENV

Joint Favorable