The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide for the Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and the Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp to be reproduced and marketed in the form of prints and other related artwork. Funds generated from such marketing and the sale of such stamps pursuant to section 26-27b shall be deposited in a separate account maintained by the Treasurer and known as the migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account. Within said account, there shall be a subaccount for the voluntary migratory bird and resident game bird conservation donation collected pursuant to section 26-27b. The migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account shall be a separate, nonlapsing account of the General Fund. All funds credited to the migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account and subaccount shall only be used for: (1) The development, management, preservation, conservation, acquisition, purchase and maintenance of migratory and resident game birds, migratory and resident game bird habitat and wetlands and purchase or acquisition of recreational rights or interests relating to migratory and resident game birds; and (2) the design, production, promotion and procurement and sale of the prints and related artwork.

(P.A. 91-308, S. 3; P.A. 92-133, S. 2, 9; P.A. 94-130, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 441; P.A. 10-3, S. 69; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 16-27, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 92-133 granted broader authority to the commissioner for the reproduction and marketing of the Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and required funds generated from the sale and marketing of the stamps be deposited into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund; P.A. 94-130 changed name of fund from “Migratory Bird Conservation Fund” to “migratory bird conservation account” and made said account an account of the Conservation Fund and eliminated the requirement that investment earnings be credited to the assets of said fund; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted provisions re funds to be deposited into migratory bird conservation account and re use of same; P.A. 10-3 added requirement that funds generated from marketing and sale of stamps be deposited into migratory bird conservation account, added provision re subaccount within said account for voluntary migratory bird conservation donation and added provision re permissible uses for funds in account and subaccount, effective April 14, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-27 added reference to Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp, replaced “migratory bird conservation account” with “migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account”, deleted reference to waterfowl habitat and added references to migratory and resident game birds and migratory and resident game bird habitat, effective July 1, 2016.