Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-99g-3. Allowable levels of luminous reflectance(a) Front side windows and front side wing vents of every vehicle shall have a luminous reflectance of not more than thirty percent (30%) when sunscreening material has been applied to…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-99g-4. Requirements for approval of sunscreening material(a) Each manufacturer shall make application to the commissioner in writing for approval and registration of each type of sunscreening material made by the manufacturer, and …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-99g-5. Compliance sticker requirements. Instructions(a) The manufacturer shall submit to the commissioner, for approval, a sample of a compliance sticker used in the identification and certification of compliance of each type of su…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-99g-6. Inspection of vehicles with aftermarket sunscreening material(a) Each vehicle manufactured and sold on and after January 1, 1994, as established by the vehicle manufacturer's safety certification label, that has aftermarket …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-99g-7. Medical exemptions(a) Any person required for medical reasons to be shielded from direct rays of the sun, or any person operating a motor vehicle owned or leased by such person, or in which such person is a usual passenger, …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-99g-8. ExemptionsThe provisions of Sections 14-99g-1 to 14-99g-7, inclusive, shall not be applicable to motor vehicles in livery service, as defined in section 13b-101 of the general statutes. (Effective April 30, 1997)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A1. DefinitionsAs used in sections 15-121-A2 to 15-140j-3, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies unless the context otherwise requires: (a) \"Marker\" means either a floating or a fixed object to be used t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A10. Self-propelled water-skis or surf boards prohibited. Operation of wing-in-ground effect vessels restricted(a) No person shall operate a self-propelled water-ski or surf board on the waters of the state. For the purpose of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A13. Personal flotation devices for manually propelled racing vessels(a) Racing shell, Rowing scull, racing canoe, or racing kayak as used in this section means a manually-propelled vessel that is recognized by national and int…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A14. Rules for safe operation(a) No operator of a vessel under power shall allow any person to be on a decked-over bow of such vessel while underway unless the bow of the vessel is equipped with a handrail that encompasses the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A15. Personal watercraft safety restrictions(a) The use of personal watercraft, as defined in section 15-140j of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall be subject to the following operation restrictions: (1) All persons aboard…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A16. Posting methods for regulations and local ordinancesIn the case of any regulation or municipal ordinance respecting the operation of vessels adopted pursuant to Section 15-136 of the General Statutes, which regulation or o…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A17. Personal flotation devices for manually propelled vesselsDuring the period from October first through May thirty-first all persons aboard a manually propelled vessel shall wear a United States Coast Guard approved PFD of a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A18. Public safety lightVessels engaged in government sanctioned public safety activities, and commercial vessels performing similar functions, may display an alternately flashing red and yellow light signal. This identificatio…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A19. Marine safety and security zones(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Safety zone\" means a water area, shore area, or water and shore area to which, for safety or environmental purposes, access is limited to authorized perso…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A2. Regulatory markers(a) There shall be two types of regulatory markers, three dimensional markers and two dimensional markers. For the purpose of sections 15-121-A3 to 15-121-A5, inclusive, a three dimensional marker shall be…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A3. Special purpose markers(a) Anchorage or mooring area buoy. An anchorage or mooring area buoy shall designate areas where boats may be anchored or moored. An anchorage or mooring area buoy shall be white, except that yellow …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A4. Navigational markers(a) Construction. Navigational markers shall be buoys or beacons lighted or unlighted and whose size, shape, color and material are as designated in this section and approved by the Commissioner upon app…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A5. Permission required to place markers(a) No person or town, shall place any regulatory or navigational marker except as authorized in this section. (b) Any town desiring to place any regulatory or navigational marker in wate…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A6. Marine parades, regattas, races, tournaments and exhibitions(a) No marine parade, regatta, race, tournament, exhibition or other activity requiring exclusive use of a specified portion of a water body, use of a state boatin…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A7. Reportable boating accidentsA boating accident occurs when a vessel or its equipment is damaged or involved in the injury, death, or unexplained disappearance of any person on board. A boating accident includes, but is not …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A8. Reporting of boating accidents(a) A written report on forms provided by the department is required to be submitted to the department as prescribed by Section 15-149a of the General Statutes, whenever any one or more of the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-A9. Requirements when water skiing(a) Any person required to obtain a safe water skiing endorsement by section 15-140e of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be required to carry on board the vessel engaged in water skiing a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B1. Requirements of an application for a certificate of numberThe application for a certificate of number shall include the following:(1) Name of owner;(2) Address of owner, including zip code; (3) Owner identifier, which shall…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B12. Vessel, vessel speeds and fishing restrictions regarding swim areas and boating access areas(a) No person shall operate or allow the operation of a vessel inside markers demarcating a restricted swim area which has been au…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B13. Restricted areas adjacent to dams on the Housatonic RiverNo person shall operate a vessel within three hundred feet of the upstream side of the Lake Housatonic Dam in Derby, the Stevenson Dam in Oxford, the Shepaug Dam in …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B14. Restricted speed limit(a) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of Slow-No-Wake within one hundred feet of shore, or of a dock, pier, float, or anchored or moored vessel, unless such motorboat is approac…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15. Connecticut River regulation(a) No person shall operate a vessel in other than a careful and prudent manner, having regard to conditions and circumstances such as weather, current, visibility, water depth, width of channel…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15a. Candlewood Lake special regulation(a) On the waters of Candlewood Lake, including Squantz Pond, the following restrictions shall apply: (1) No person shall operate a vessel in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour fro…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15b. Lake Lillinonah special regulationOn the waters of Lake Lillinonah, located in the towns of Bridgewater, Brookfield, New Milford, Newtown, and Southbury, no person shall operate a vessel at a speed in excess of forty-five…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15c. Mount Tom Pond special regulationNo person shall use any internal combustion engine to propel a vessel on Mount Tom Pond located in the towns of Litchfield, Morris and Washington. (Effective November 5, 1991)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15d. Lake Quassapaug special regulationOn the waters of Lake Quassapaug located in the towns of Middlebury and Woodbury the following restrictions shall apply: (a) No person shall operate a vessel at a speed in excess of twent…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15e. Long Pond and Bush Pond special regulationOn the waters of Long Pond and Bush Pond, both located in the towns of Ledyard and North Stonington, the following restrictions shall apply: (a) No motorboat shall be operated on …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15f. Lake Housatonic special regulationOn the waters of Lake Housatonic located in the towns of Seymour, Oxford, Derby and Shelton the following restrictions shall apply: (a) No person shall operate a vessel in excess of 45 mi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15g. Bantam Lake special regulationOn the waters of Bantam Lake located in the towns of Morris and Litchfield the following restrictions shall apply: (a) The launching into the air of objects or persons towed by a motorboat is…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15h. West Hill Pond special regulationOn the waters of West Hill Pond located in the towns of New Hartford and Barkhamsted the following restrictions shall apply: (a) No person shall operate or allow the operation of a motorbo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15i. Farmington River special regulationNo person shall operate or allow the operation of a vessel at a speed in excess of thirty-five miles per hour on that portion of the Farmington River known as Rainbow Reservoir located i…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15j. Crystal Lake regulationOn the waters of Crystal Lake, located in the towns of Ellington and Stafford, the following restrictions shall apply: (a) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of forty-five mile…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15k. Lake Zoar special regulationOn the waters of Lake Zoar located in the towns of Southbury, Newtown, Oxford and Monroe, no person shall operate a vessel in excess of forty-five miles per hour, except that speed limit shall …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15l. Pine Island Bay and Baker Cove regulationOn the waters of Pine Island Bay and Baker Cove, both located in the City of Groton and the Noank section of the Town of Groton bounded on the west by a line extending from the sou…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15m. Housatonic River regulation(a) No person shall operate a vessel in other than a careful and prudent manner, so as not to unreasonably interfere with free and proper use of the navigable waters or endanger life, limb or pr…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15n. Mansfield Hollow Lake (Naubesatuck) special regulationOn Mansfield Hollow Lake (Naubesatuck) motorboats shall not operate at a speed in excess of eight miles per hour and no person shall water-ski or operate a vessel towi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B15o. Mystic River regulationNo person shall operate a vessel in excess of Slow-No-Wake in the Mystic River within the following two areas: (1) Between the entrance to the Mystic Harbor and Red Navigation Marker No. 22, excludi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-b15p. Lake Waramaug special regulationNo person shall operate a motorboat on Lake Waramaug in the towns of Washington, Warren and Kent in excess of slow-no-wake from May 15 through September 15, inclusive, in the cove adjacent …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B16. Vessel restrictions on state-owned lakes and ponds(a) Motorboats shall not be operated at a speed in excess of eight miles per hour and no person shall water-ski or operate a vessel towing a water-skier on the following st…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B18. Modification of regulations during marine events. Exemption for law enforcement and emergency vessels(a) Section 15-121-B12 through Section 15-121-B15, inclusive, Sections 15-121-B15a through 15-121-B15o, inclusive, and Se…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B2. Information on a certificate of numberThe certificate of number shall show the following:(1) Number issued to the vessel;(2) Expiration date of the certificate; (3) State of principal operation; (4) Name of owner; (5) Addre…