Title 15, Title 15: Navigation and Aeronautics

Sec. 15-120kk. Annual reports. Audits. On or before December fifteenth each year, the authority shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to tra…

Sec. 15-120l. Bonds of the authority. Trust agreements. Liability and indemnification of directors. (a) The board of directors of the authority is authorized from time to time to issue its bonds, notes and other obligations in such principal amounts as in the opinion of the board…

Sec. 15-120ll. Authority as successor agency. Memoranda of understanding. (a) To the extent that the authority is authorized by sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo, inclusive, to exercise powers or duties with respect to Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports, wh…

Sec. 15-120m. Exemption from state and local taxes. The exercise of the powers granted by sections 15-120g to 15-120o, inclusive, constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in re…

Sec. 15-120mm. Employees. (a) The authority shall be a successor employer to the state and shall recognize existing bargaining units and collective bargaining agreements existing at the time of transfer of Bradley and the general aviation airports to the authority. The employees …

Sec. 15-120n. State pledge re bonds or notes. The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued under sections 15-120g to 15-120o, inclusive, or with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority, pursuant to sa…

Sec. 15-120nn. Operation and management of airports. (a) The authority shall have entire charge, control, operation and management of any airport or restricted landing area which it owns, leases, controls, operates or manages. (b) The authority may sell, lease or grant any intere…

Sec. 15-120o. Annual reports. Audits. (a) Within the first ninety days of each fiscal year of the authority, the board of directors of the authority shall submit a report to the Governor, the Auditors of Public Accounts and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly hav…

Sec. 15-120oo. Bureau of Aviation. The commissioner shall establish a Bureau of Aviation to which all existing fiscal and administrative, management, operational, maintenance and aircraft rescue and fire fighting personnel of the Department of Transportation, in collective bargai…

Sec. 15-120pp. Airport development zone report. Section 15-120pp is repealed, effective July 2, 2015. (Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 39; P.A. 15-192, S. 59.)

Sec. 15-120qq. Indemnification for title defects or environmental issues re airport properties. (a) The state shall hold harmless and indemnify the Connecticut Airport Authority and any employee and any director of the authority from any liability, financial loss and expense, inc…

Sec. 15-120rr. Exemption from taxes. The exercise of the powers granted by sections 15-120aa to 15-120qq, inclusive, shall constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and the Connecticut Airport Authority shall not be required to pay any amount representing t…

Sec. 15-120ss. Payments representing property tax for property at Bradley International Airport. (a) For assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2012, the Connecticut Airport Authority shall pay amounts representing property tax on the authority's property in accordan…

Sec. 15-120tt. Procedures re operation of unmanned aircraft. The Connecticut Airport Authority, in consultation with the Department of Transportation and representatives from the unmanned aircraft industry, organizations representing municipalities and organizations representing …

Sec. 15-121. Administrative procedure. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall administer the provisions of this chapter and for such purpose shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all waters of the state, subject…

Secs. 15-122 and 15-123. Appointment and organization of commission. Director; employees. Sections 15-122 and 15-123 are repealed. (1961, P.A. 506, S. 3, 4; 520, S. 3. 4; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 152.)

Sec. 15-124. Investigations. Hearings. The commissioner may conduct investigations and hold hearings on any matter arising under the provisions of this chapter and for such purpose may, upon request, use any courtroom or town hall. The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer…

Sec. 15-125. Appeal from action of Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under this chapt…

Sec. 15-126. Determination of validity of regulations. The validity of any regulation adopted by the commissioner may be determined by the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. No action shall be brought until the complaining party has requested the commissioner t…

Sec. 15-127. Definitions. As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires: “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection; “federal waters” means the navigable waters of the United States within the territorial limits of the state; “state …

Sec. 15-128. Lights. Section 15-128 is repealed. (1961, P.A. 520, S. 8; P.A. 76-381, S. 20; P.A. 77-327, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-505, S. 8, 9.)

Sec. 15-129. Safety and equipment requirements for vessels. Regulation of motorboat noise. (a) Vessels operated on state and federal waters shall comply with the federal and state safety and equipment requirements contained in this chapter. The federal requirements cited in this …

Sec. 15-129a. Required and authorized lights. (a) Every vessel using state or federal waters shall comply with the following federal requirements, which are incorporated herein by reference, regarding the use of navigation lights: 33 USC 2020 to 2021, inclusive, as amended from t…

Sec. 15-130. Modification or suspension of requirements. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may modify or suspend any requirement of sections 15-129 and 15-129a in respect to any class of vessels or vessels using any water or class of waters upon finding that…

Sec. 15-130a. Powers of officers re vessel in unsafe condition. If any officer empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter observes a vessel being used without sufficient lifesaving or fire-fighting devices or in an overloaded or otherwise unsafe condition as defined in t…

Sec. 15-131. Rules for preventing collisions. The rules prescribed by this section for preventing collisions shall govern the operation of all vessels on state and federal waters. In construing the provisions of this section, risk of collision shall be deemed to exist when the co…

Sec. 15-132. Procedure in case of collision or accident. When two or more vessels are involved in a collision, accident or other casualty, the operator of each, so far as he can do so without danger to his vessel or to its crew or passengers, shall render to the other vessel, its…

Sec. 15-132a. Manslaughter in the second degree with a vessel. (a) A person is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree with a vessel when, while operating a vessel upon the waters of this state under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, or both, such person cause…

Sec. 15-133. Rules for safe operation. Operation of vessel while under the influence of liquor or drugs. Penalties. Records of conviction. (a) The rules prescribed by this section shall apply on all state and federal waters. (b) No person shall use a vessel in a manner that unrea…

Sec. 15-133a. Safety controls on the Housatonic River. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall prescribe, install and maintain suitable safety controls and warning devices on the approaches to the dams on the Housatonic River for the safety of boats utilizin…

Sec. 15-133b. Boating safety certificate for certain minors. Owners prohibited from permitting operation without certificate, when. Section 15-133b is repealed. (1969, P.A. 487, S. 1-4; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 378; P.A. 82-223, S. 26; 82-421, S. 3, 4; P.A. 83-577, S. 31; P.A. 89-388, …

Sec. 15-133c. When boating safety certificate required upon violation of safety rules. (a) On or before January 1, 1991, any person convicted of more than one violation of section 15-133 or 15-134 within any two-year period may not operate a motorboat powered by a motor in excess…

Sec. 15-134. Water skiing. Jumps and courses for skiers and vessels. (a) In addition to the requirements of section 15-140e concerning water skiing, no person shall: (1) Operate a motorboat towing a water skier unless there is present in such motorboat, in addition to the operato…

Sec. 15-135. Position of scuba divers to be marked. Safe operating distance for vessels. (a) No person shall engage in underwater swimming or diving using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus or other artificial breathing device in any state or federal water without ma…

Sec. 15-136. Ordinances and regulations. (a) Any town, by ordinance, may make local regulations respecting the operation of vessels on any body of water within its territorial limits. Upon adoption, each such ordinance shall be submitted to the commissioner and, if not disapprove…

Sec. 15-136a. Compliance with certain engine size requirements. In complying with the requirements of any statute, regulation or ordinance restricting the horsepower or size of the engine on any vessel while being operated on an inland body of water, a person may (1) in the case …

Sec. 15-137. Enforcement. Section 15-137 is repealed. (1961, P.A. 520, S. 17; 1963, P.A. 552, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 170, S. 2.)

Sec. 15-138. Publication of laws, regulations and ordinances. On or before the first day of April annually the commissioner shall publish in pamphlet form and distribute all general and special laws and all regulations and ordinances adopted or approved by him pertaining to or af…

Sec. 15-139. Penalties. (a) Any person who violates any provision of section 15-132 or section 15-134 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (b) Any person who violates any other provision of this part for which no penalty is provided shall be fined not more than one h…

Sec. 15-140. Special acts and ordinances superseded. All special acts and municipal ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this part are superseded and shall be of no force or effect. (1961, P.A. 520, S. 20.)

Sec. 15-140a. Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as attorney for service of process on nonresident. Any person not a resident of this state who causes a vessel to be operated upon any waters which are subject to the jurisdiction of this state shall be deemed to h…

Sec. 15-140b. Marine parades, regattas, races, tournaments or exhibitions. Warning devices. Penalty. Written permission shall be obtained from the commissioner at least thirty days in advance for any marine parade, regatta, race, tournament or exhibition to be held on state water…

Sec. 15-140c. Abandonment of vessel. Parties with standing. Abandoned vessel procedures. Online process. Hazardous waste designation. Violation; fine; exception. (a) No person shall abandon any vessel on the waters of this state or upon property other than his own without the con…

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 hindranc…

Sec. 15-140e. Safe boating certificate. Safe water skiing endorsement. (a) No resident of the state, person owning real property in the state or person owning a vessel in the state shall operate on the waters of the state a vessel which is required to be registered or numbered pu…

Sec. 15-140f. Courses in safe boating operation. Safe water skiing instruction. Regulations. Reciprocity. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall formulate courses in safe boating operation. (b) (1) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance…