Connecticut § 26-7 - Volunteer assistants.
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§ 26-7. Volunteer assistants.
Sec. 26-7. Volunteer assistants. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may appoint suitable citizens in each community to assist as volunteers, without compensation, in any fish and game program of the department with the same authority as regular members of the department, except the power of enforcement or arrest.
(1953, S. 2456d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 213; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board and department of fish and game with references to commissioner and department of environmental protection; 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.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 26-7 ("Volunteer assistants.") is part of the Connecticut General Statutes, the codified statutory law of Connecticut. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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