Connecticut § 26-24 - Use or disposal of seized articles.

§ 26-24. Use or disposal of seized articles.

Sec. 26-24. Use or disposal of seized articles. Any hunting, fishing or trapping weapon, device, implement or article seized and held as evidence by the commissioner and not claimed by the owner thereof within a period of one year from the date of such seizure may be retained for use by the commissioner or assigned by said commissioner to any other state agency, or may be sold at public auction by the Commissioner of Administrative Services at the request of said commissioner, or may be destroyed at the discretion of said commissioner. The proceeds of any such sale shall be paid to the Treasurer and credited to the General Fund.

(1953, S. 2554d; 1959, P.A. 398, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 227; P.A. 77-614, S. 135, 610.)

History: 1959 act required that proceeds from sale of seized articles be deposited in general fund rather than in fish and game funds; 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 77-614 replaced reference to director of purchases of the department of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services.