Connecticut § 15-140d - Obstruction to navigation or public use of waters prohibited. Remedies.
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§ 15-140d. Obstruction to navigation or public use of waters prohibited. Remedies.
Sec. 15-140d. Obstruction to navigation or public use of waters prohibited. Remedies. No person shall place or cause to be placed any marker, raft, dockslip, ski jump or similar structure upon the state's waters so as to create an obstruction or menace to navigation or a hindrance to the public use of such waters. If the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that any such structure constitutes a hazard in tidal waters, the commissioner may order the owner to dismantle or remove the structure or to take other measures to eliminate the danger. If the commissioner determines that any such structure constitutes such a hazard in the state's waters other than tidal waters, the commissioner may order the owner to dismantle or remove the structure or to take other measures to eliminate the danger.
(P.A. 73-257, S. 23, 27; P.A. 74-338, S. 27, 94; P.A. 75-455, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 74-338 replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 75-455 made fifteen-day deadline applicable to filing rather than to mailing of forms; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “Commissioner of Transportation” with “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2016.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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