2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 26-28. Hunting, trapping and sport fishing license fees.

      Sec. 26-28. Hunting, trapping and sport fishing license fees. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the fees for firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping and sport fishing licenses or for the combination thereof shall be as follows: (1) Resident firearms hunting license, fourteen dollars; (2) resident fishing license, twenty dollars; (3) resident combination license to firearms hunt and fish, twenty-eight dollars; (4) resident trapping license, twenty-five dollars; (5) resident junior trapping license for persons under sixteen years of age, three dollars; (6) junior firearms hunting license, three dollars; (7) nonresident firearms hunting license, sixty-seven dollars; (8) nonresident fishing license, forty dollars; (9) nonresident fishing license for a period of three consecutive days, sixteen dollars; (10) nonresident combination license to firearms hunt and fish, eighty-eight dollars; and (11) nonresident trapping license, two hundred dollars. Persons sixty-five years of age and over who have been residents of this state for not less than one year and who meet the requirements of subsection (b) of section 26-31 may be issued a lifetime license to firearms hunt or to fish or combination license to fish and firearms hunt or a license to trap without fee. The issuing agency shall indicate on a combination license the specific purpose for which such license is issued. The town clerk shall retain a recording fee of one dollar for each license issued by him.

      (b) Any nonresident residing in one of the New England states or the state of New York may procure a license to hunt or to fish or to hunt and fish for the same fee or fees as a resident of this state if he is a resident of a state the laws of which allow the same privilege to residents of this state.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4869; 1949, 1955, S. 2462d; 1957, P.A. 90; 458, S. 1, 2; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 244, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 330, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 9, S. 1; P.A. 77-171, S. 1; P.A. 78-46; 78-270, S. 1; P.A. 79-81, S. 1, 3; P.A. 80-375, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-298, S. 2, 9; P.A. 82-91, S. 18, 38; 82-472, S. 101, 183; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 1, 21; P.A. 93-256, S. 5, 6; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 84; P.A. 03-123, S. 8.)

      History: 1963 act (1) combined hunting and trapping licenses, deleting separate trapping licenses for those over sixteen and for those under sixteen and separate nonresident hunting licenses, (2) imposed single fishing license, deleting special case licenses for those over sixty-five, for nonresidents and for three-day period, (3) reduced fee for combination license to hunt, trap and fish from eight to six dollars, (4) deleted nonresident combination license to hunt and fish, (5) clarified combination license for those over sixty-five as one to fish, trap and hunt and deleted Subsec. (b) which had allowed nonresidents, their spouses and lineal descendants of residents who own property in the state which is assessed at $1,000 or more to obtain licenses for fees charged to residents; 1967 act restored distinction between license fees for nonresidents and residents, restored Subsec. (b) allowing nonresidents to obtain licenses at rates charged to residents and added Subsec. (c) re fees charged to residents of New York or other New England states; 1969 act increased fees for nonresident licenses under Subsec. (a) by two dollars for each category; 1971 act clarified residency requirement for those sixty-five and over and specified that such persons may receive any license without fee where previously mention was made only of combination license to fish, trap and hunt and nominal one dollar and thirty-five cent fee was charged; P.A. 77-171 specified that license issued to those sixty-five and over is "lifetime" license; P.A. 78-46 required in Subsec. (b) that person must own property assessed at ten thousand rather than one thousand dollars for provisions to apply; P.A. 78-270 increased nonresident license fees for: hunting, from thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents to twenty-six dollars and thirty-five cents; fishing, from eight dollars and thirty-five cents to sixteen dollars and thirty-five cents; three-day fishing, from three dollars and eighty-five cents to seven dollars and thirty-five cents; combination hunting and fishing, from seventeen dollars and thirty-five cents to thirty-four dollars and thirty-five cents; P.A. 79-81 increased license fees for residents and nonresidents by sixty-five cents in each category and increased clerk's recording fee by the same amount; P.A. 80-375 deleted Subsec. (b) which had allowed nonresidents, their spouses and lineal descendants of residents to purchase licenses at rates charged to residents if property in state owned by them is assessed at $10,000 or more; P.A. 81-298 amended Subsec. (a) to establish a fee for trapping licenses for persons under sixteen years of age; P.A. 82-91 increased fees for firearms hunting, archery and trapping licenses and combination licenses, established fees for junior licenses and limited combination licenses to firearms hunting and fishing where before trapping could also be combined; P.A. 82-472 made technical changes in the section; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fee for a resident firearms hunting license from nine to ten dollars, for a resident fishing license from nine to fifteen dollars, for a resident combination license from twelve to twenty-one dollars, for a resident trapping license from sixteen to twenty dollars, for a nonresident firearms hunting license from seventeen to twenty-five dollars, and for a nonresident combination license from twenty-five to fifty-five dollars, to delete authorization for issuance of general archery hunting licenses, to require those sixty-five and older to comply with Sec. 26-31 in order to obtain a free license under this section, to authorize the issuance of free annual licenses to those sixty-five and older and to delete authorization for free lifetime licenses and to include trapping in such free annual licensure; P.A. 93-256 authorized free lifetime licenses for persons aged sixty-five years or older, effective July 1, 1993; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee for resident firearms hunting license from ten to fourteen dollars in Subdiv. (1), to increase fee for resident fishing license from fifteen to twenty dollars in Subdiv. (2), to increase fee for resident combination license from twenty-one to twenty-eight dollars in Subdiv. (3), to increase fee for resident trapping license from twenty to twenty-five dollars in Subdiv. (4), to increase fee for nonresident firearms hunting license from forty-two to sixty-seven dollars in Subdiv. (8), to increase fee for nonresident fishing license from twenty-five to forty dollars in Subdiv. (9), to increase fee for nonresident three-day fishing license from eight to sixteen dollars in Subdiv. (10) and to increase fee for nonresident combination license from fifty-five to eighty-eight dollars in Subdiv. (11), effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 03-123 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 26, 2003.