2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics
Chapter 268 - Boating

PART I
ADMINISTRATION

• Section 15-121 - Administrative procedure.
• Section 15-122 and 15-123 - Appointment and organization of commission. Director; employees.
• Section 15-124 - Investigations. Hearings.
• Section 15-125 - Appeal from action of Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
• Section 15-126 - Determination of validity of regulations.

PART II
SAFETY REGULATION

• Section 15-127 - Definitions.
• Section 15-128 - Lights.
• Section 15-129 - Safety and equipment requirements for vessels. Regulation of motorboat noise.
• Section 15-129a - Required and authorized lights.
• Section 15-130 - Modification or suspension of requirements.
• Section 15-130a - Powers of officers re vessel in unsafe condition.
• Section 15-131 - Rules for preventing collisions.
• Section 15-132 - Procedure in case of collision or accident.
• Section 15-132a - Manslaughter in the second degree with a vessel.
• Section 15-133 - Rules for safe operation. Operation of vessel while under the influence of liquor or drugs. Penalties. Records of conviction.
• Section 15-133a - Safety controls on the Housatonic River.
• Section 15-133b - Boating safety certificate for certain minors. Owners prohibited from permitting operation without certificate, when.
• Section 15-133c - When boating safety certificate required upon violation of safety rules.
• Section 15-134 - Water skiing. Jumps and courses for skiers and vessels.
• Section 15-135 - Position of scuba divers to be marked. Safe operating distance for vessels.
• Section 15-136 - Ordinances and regulations.
• Section 15-136a - Compliance with certain engine size requirements.
• Section 15-137 - Enforcement.
• Section 15-138 - Publication of laws, regulations and ordinances.
• Section 15-139 - Penalties.
• Section 15-140 - Special acts and ordinances superseded.
• Section 15-140a - Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as attorney for service of process on nonresident.
• Section 15-140b - Marine parades, regattas, races, tournaments or exhibitions. Warning devices. Penalty.
• Section 15-140c - Abandonment of vessel. Parties with standing. Abandoned vessel procedures. Online process. Hazardous waste designation. Violation; fine; exception.
• Section 15-140d - Obstruction to navigation or public use of waters prohibited. Remedies.
• Section 15-140e - Safe boating certificate.
• Section 15-140f - Courses in safe boating operation. Regulations. Reciprocity.
• Section 15-140g - Safe boating certificate to be carried on board vessel. Penalty.
• Section 15-140h - Operation of vessel by person less than twelve years of age.
• Section 15-140i - Suspension of certificate of boating operation. Regulations.
• Section 15-140j - Certificate of personal watercraft operation. Operation of personal watercraft with passengers. Regulations.
• Section 15-140k - Reckless operation of a vessel in the first degree.
• Section 15-140l - Reckless operation of a vessel in the first degree while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
• Section 15-140m - Reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree.
• Section 15-140n - Reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
• Section 15-140o - Seizure of vessel.
• Section 15-140p - Fines deposited in Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.
• Section 15-140q - Consent for chemical analysis. Suspension of safe boating certificate. Procedures. Hearing on suspension. Penalties for conviction. Elevated blood alcohol content defined. Regulations.
• Section 15-140r - Evidence of alcohol or drugs in blood or urine.
• Section 15-140s - Seizure and admissibility of chemical analysis of blood or urine sample of injured operator.
• Section 15-140t - Immunity of person taking sample.
• Section 15-140u - Blood sample of body of deceased person.
• Section 15-140v - Reinstatement of safe boating certificate, right to operate vessel or certificate of personal watercraft operation. Regulations.

PART III*
NUMBERING AND REGISTRATION OF VESSELS

• Section 15-141 - Definitions.
• Section 15-142 - Vessel numbering requirements. Certain vessels required to display registration decals.
• Section 15-143 - Exceptions to numbering and registration requirements.
• Section 15-144 - Vessel registration number or registration decal. Schedule of fees payable to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Regulations. Penalty.
• Section 15-144a - Provision of information re registrants to tax assessors.
• Section 15-145 - Marine dealer’s, marine engine manufacturer’s and marine surveyor’s registration numbers. Regulations. Fees. Availability and renewal of certificates. Use of vessels. Restrictions.
• Section 15-145a - Marine dealer’s registration numbers for boat trailers.
• Section 15-145b - Operation of a vessel registered with a marine dealer registration number by holder of passenger-for-hire license and charter boat registration.
• Section 15-146 - Notice of change of address.
• Section 15-147 - Termination of certificate of number upon transfer, destruction or abandonment of vessel.
• Section 15-148 - Duplicate certificate.
• Section 15-149 - Accident reports.
• Section 15-149a - Reporting of accidents. Responsibilities of towboat operators.
• Section 15-149b - Reporting of accidents involving death, injury or disappearance. Report of interviews.
• Section 15-150 - Rental of vessels. Boat livery requirements.
• Section 15-150a - Any facility mooring or storing vessels required to maintain record of vessels not registered in Connecticut.
• Section 15-151 - Records of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Remission and report of fees.
• Section 15-152 - False statement, penalty.
• Section 15-153 - Alteration or defacing of certificate of number or registration or alteration, removal or obliteration of number displayed on vessel.
• Section 15-154 - Enforcement. Refusal to stop vessel or take vessel to designated area. Rules for avoiding interference with operation of law enforcement vessel or fire rescue vessel. Penalties.
• Section 15-154a - Town marine officers and auxiliaries.
• Section 15-154b - Violation on waters between towns.
• Section 15-154c - Attachment of property of town marine officer prohibited.
• Section 15-155 - Distribution of revenue received in fees for numbering and registration of vessels. Boating account.
• Section 15-155a and 15-155b - Annual report of receipts from vessel registration fees and payments therefrom. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration.
• Section 15-155c - Registration fees collected in 1982 exceeding amounts distributed to Boating Fund and towns to be allowed as credits against fees payable in 1983.
• Section 15-155d and 15-155e - Annual report re boating account. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration.
• Section 15-156 - Penalties. Operation of vessel while safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation refused, suspended or revoked. Jurisdiction. Return of certificate to commissioner.
• Section 15-157 - Special acts and ordinances superseded.
• Section 15-158 to 15-169 - Reserved for future use.

PART IV
DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE FROM VESSELS

• Section 15-170 - Discharge of sewage from vessels: Definitions.
• Section 15-171 - Discharge within no discharge zone prohibited.
• Section 15-172 - Provision of pump-out facilities.
• Section 15-173 - Docking facility in violation of requirement or order deemed public nuisance. Civil and criminal penalties for violations.
• Section 15-174 - Regulations.
• Section 15-175 - Penalty for misuse of or failure to equip vessel with marine sanitation device.
• Section 15-176 - Reasonable time for compliance with requirement or order.
• Section 15-177 to 15-179 - Reserved for future use.

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Section 15-180 - Transporting vessel or trailer without inspecting for and properly removing and disposing of vegetation and aquatic invasive species. Penalty.
• Section 15-181 to 15-200 - Reserved for future use.