2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446i - Water Resources. Invasive Plants
Section 22a-376 - Injunctions. Forfeiture. Penalties.
(a) If any person or municipality violates any provision of sections 22a-365 to 22a-378, inclusive, or regulations issued in accordance with the provisions of said sections and chapter 54, the commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enjoin such person or municipality from continuing such violation. All actions brought by the Attorney General pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191.
(b) Any person who or municipality which violates any provision of sections 22a-365 to 22a-378, inclusive or regulations issued in accordance with the provisions of said sections and chapter 54, shall forfeit to the state a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. The Attorney General, upon request of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action to recover such forfeiture.
(c) Any person who or municipality which knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained under sections 22a-365 to 22a-378, inclusive, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring or method required to be maintained under said sections shall be subject to the provisions of sections 53a-155, 53a-156 and 53a-157b and in addition, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars.
(P.A. 82-402, S. 12, 16; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 13-144, S. 4; 13-258, S. 92.)
History: P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 13-144 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to Secs. 53a-155 to 53a-157 with reference to Secs. 53a-155, 53a-156 and 53a-157b; P.A. 13-258 made identical changes as P.A. 13-144.
Cited. 28 CA 674; 41 CA 120.
