(a) No person sixteen years of age or older may hunt migratory birds or take migratory birds in the state without first procuring a Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and having such stamp in his or her possession and no person may hunt a resident bird or take a resident game bird without first procuring a Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp. Each such stamp shall not be transferable and shall be issued annually.

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall provide for the design, production and procurement of the mandatory Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and the mandatory Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp and shall, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, provide for the issuance of each stamp. Stamps shall be sold at a price determined by the commissioner, provided the price of a mandatory Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp shall not exceed seventeen dollars and the price of a mandatory Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp shall not exceed twenty-eight dollars. The commissioner shall establish an additional voluntary migratory bird and resident game bird conservation donation of not less than two dollars that shall be deposited in the migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account established under section 26-27c. Any agent issuing such stamps may retain a fee established by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 26-3c for each stamp sold and shall remit the balance to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(P.A. 91-308, S. 2; P.A. 92-133, S. 1, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 440; P.A. 10-3, S. 34; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 16-27, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 92-133 amended Subsec. (a) to change the date on which a Connecticut Migratory Bird Stamp would be required for certain hunting activities from July 1, 1992, to July 1, 1993, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete a requirement that funds received under this section be deposited into the general fund and credited to the conservation fund established under Sec. 22a-27h; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b) to increase price of mandatory stamp from $10 to $15; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating requirement that signature be written in ink across face of stamp and eliminating July 1 as beginning date for issuance of stamps and amended Subsec. (b) by reducing fee for stamp from $15 to $13, adding authority for commissioner to establish additional voluntary migratory bird conservation donation of not less than $2 and making conforming changes, effective April 14, 2010 (Revisor's note: In codifying P.A. 10-3, S. 34, a reference to “section 72 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to “section 71 of this act” and therefore cited as “section 26-3c” in Subsec. (b)); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-27 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to waterfowl, add references to migratory birds, resident birds and resident game birds and add provision re Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp, amended Subsec. (b) to increase price of Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp from $13 to $17 and add provision re Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp and $28 fee for same, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2016.