Bill Text: CT HB06340 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6340 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Abolishing The Snapping Turtle Trade.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [HB06340 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06340-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6340*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2211
		02211
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. LESSER, 100th Dist.

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE SNAPPING TURTLE TRADE.

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

That section 26-78 of the general statutes be amended to repeal the exclusion of snapping turtles from regulations that limit or prohibit the taking of certain wild animals.

Statement of Purpose:

To put an end to the snapping turtle trade.