Sec. 26-257. Local shellfish grounds under state control.
Sec. 26-257. Local shellfish grounds under state control. When shellfish
grounds or franchises located within the limits of the towns of West Haven, New Haven,
Milford and Westport, and northerly of the state jurisdiction line, have been surveyed,
and a map of the same made and accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture according
to law, said commissioner shall have and exercise all the powers and duties with reference to the grounds designated thereby which he has with reference to the grounds south
of the state jurisdiction line; and any copies of such books, records and maps which
were used in connection with such survey shall be kept on file in the office of the
commissioner; provided the selectmen of the town of Westport shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over, and power to designate, shellfish grounds in the waters, in said town,
of all creeks and estuaries tributary to Compo Mill Pond in said town, and the selectmen
of the town of Milford shall have exclusive jurisdiction over, and power to designate
or lease, shellfish grounds in the waters, in said town, of the Indian River, Gulf Pond
and that portion of the Milford Harbor located northerly of the breakwater. The map of
such grounds in the town of Milford shall be published with the annual report of the
Commissioner of Agriculture. Taxes and rentals on grounds in the towns of West Haven
and Westport and in the city of New Haven and on franchises in the town of Milford
designated on such maps shall be paid to the treasurer of the town or city.
(1949 Rev., S. 5070; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 364; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 34; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189,
S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commission and commissioners with references to environmental
protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection 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Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.
Cited. 231 C. 418.