Connecticut § 26-204 - Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void.
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§ 26-204. Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void.
Sec. 26-204. Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void. Except as provided in section 26-194, said Commissioner of Agriculture shall in no case grant to any person a right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with any established right of fishing and, if any such grant is made, the same shall be void.
(1949 Rev., S. 5041; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 342; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act deleted provision which had prohibited granting franchise in natural oyster or clam bed except as provided in Sec. 26-194 and replaced remaining reference to shellfish commissioners with reference to commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
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