Bill Text: CT SB00336 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Negligent Hunting And Trespassing For Purposes Of Hunting, Trapping Or Fishing.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-10 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary [SB00336 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00336-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2012 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING NEGLIGENT HUNTING AND TRESPASSING FOR PURPOSES OF HUNTING, TRAPPING OR FISHING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 53a-217e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(d) (1) A person is guilty of negligent hunting in the third degree when such person, while hunting, (A) discharges a firearm at a time of day when hunting is not permitted, (B) discharges a firearm from a vehicle, (C) hunts while the person's license to hunt is suspended, (D) hunts out of season or on a Sunday, or (E) discharges a firearm so as to cause the projectile to strike or enter into any building occupied by people or domestic animals or used for storage of flammable or combustible materials.
(2) Negligent hunting in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor and any person found guilty under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be fined [not less than two hundred] one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Section 53a-109 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):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 one thousand dollars.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2012 |
53a-217e(d) |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2012 |
53a-109 |
PS |
Joint Favorable Subst. |