Connecticut Administrative Code

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-B17. (Repealed) Repealed November 5, 1991.

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…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B3. Numbering pattern to be used(a) The identification numbers awarded under the Connecticut system shall consist of three parts. The first part shall consist of the letters \"CT\" indicating this state. The second part shall c…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B4. Display of number and validation decalThe owner or operator of any vessel shall display the vessel registration number and registration decals issued pursuant to Section 15-144 of the General Statutes as follows: (a) The ve…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B5. Criteria for the issuance of marine dealer registration numbers(a) The Commissioner may issue a marine dealer registration number to a marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer or marine surveyor who satisfies the following…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B5a. Marine dealer registration numbers: application and display(a) The description of the vessel shall be omitted from a marine dealer identification number application and from the certificate of number since the numbers and …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B6. Numbering of livery boats(a) The description of the motor and type of fuel will be omitted from the application and certificate of number of a livery boat in any case where the boat is speeds in excess of eight miles per ho…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-B7—15-121-B11. (Repealed) Repealed May 31, 1974.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-C1. Transportation of hazardous substances in Connecticut waters(a) No vessel, regardless of tonnage size, or manner of propulsion, and whether self-propelled or not, transporting oil or other hazardous substance in bulk shall …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-D1a—15-121-D1c. Transferred Transferred to Sec 15-140f, September 8, 1998

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-D1d. (Repealed) Repealed March 9, 2004. See § 15-140f-4.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-D1e. (Repealed) Repealed March 9, 2004.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-D1f. (Repealed) Repealed March 9, 2004. See § 15-140e-4.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-D2a. (Repealed) Repealed March 9, 2004. See § 15-140j-2.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-121-D2b—15-121-D2c. Transferred Transferred to Sec 15-140j, September 8, 1998

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-133b-1. (Repealed) Repealed April 23, 1993.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-133c-1. (Repealed) Repealed November 5, 1991.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-14-1. (Repealed) Repealed February 26, 1981.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-14-1a. Rates of PilotagePilotage rates for Connecticut harbors and the Thames River and waters of Long Island Sound shall be as follows: (a) Connecticut Harbors and Thames RiverMinimum charges (each way)Effective upon passageEffect…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-14-1b. Docking and Undocking FeesAll vessels shall pay a docking/undocking fee of one dollar and twelve cents ($1.12) per pilotage unit with a minimum fee of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) to be paid by any vessel un…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-14-1c. Additional FeesThe following additional pilotage fees shall be imposed as appropriate:(a) A fee of one hundred and seventy dollars ($170.00) for each hour of pilotage in excess of eight (8) hours. (b) A fee of one hundred an…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-14-2. Formula for computing pilotage units\"Pilotage Units\" as used in this Rule shall be determined by multiplying the overall length of the vessel by the extreme breadth by the depth to the uppermost continuous deck and dividing…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-14-3. DefinitionsAs used in sections 15-14-1a to 15-14-4, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies: (1) “Overall Length” is the distance between the forward and after extremities of the vessel. (2) “Extreme Bread…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-14-4. Accounting(a) On the first of January, April, July and October of each year and no later than the fifteenth of each of these months every pilot shall render to the Commissioner of Transportation an accurate account of all ves…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140e-1—15-140e-3. Reserved

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140e-4. Exemption for operators of rental vesselsAny operator of a vessel rented for a period of fourteen days or less from a person or organization engaged in the business of commercial rental of vessels, who claims exemption from…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140f-1. Safe boating certificate course content. Safe water skiing endorsement course content(a) Any person required by subsections (a) or (b) of section 15-140e of the Connecticut General Statutes to successfully complete a course…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140f-2. Proctored examinations for safe boating certificates(a) Any person taking an approved course in safe boating operation as the prerequisite for issuance of a safe boating certificate shall also be required to pass a proctore…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140f-3. Issuance of safe boating certificates(a) Any person required by subsection (a) of Section 15-140e of the Connecticut General Statutes to obtain a safe boating certificate shall apply to the Commissioner for such certificate…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140f-4. Fees for safe boating certificate courses and examinations and for issuing safe boating certificates, temporary safe boating certificates and duplicate certificates(a) There shall be no fee for an approved course in safe bo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140f-5. Reciprocal agreements with other states(a) Any person who possesses a safe boating or a personal watercraft operation certificate issued by a state having an agreement of reciprocity with the Commissioner may present eviden…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 15-140j-1. Issuance of certificates of personal watercraft operation(a) A certificate of personal watercraft operation required by subsection (b) of Section 15-140j of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be a safe boating certifica…