2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees
Chapter 447 - State Parks and Forests
Section 23-26b - Certificate to operate all-terrain vehicles on state land.
(a) No person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle on state land without first obtaining a certificate from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and unless such vehicle is registered pursuant to section 14-380. No certificate to operate an all-terrain vehicle on state land shall be issued to any person under eighteen years of age unless such person has completed a safety education course for all-terrain vehicles given pursuant to section 23-26d.
(b) The commissioner may require that any person operating an all-terrain vehicle on state land (1) furnish proof of liability and property damage insurance on the vehicle, and (2) agree to indemnify and hold harmless the state of Connecticut against any and all suits, claims, demands or judgments, including claims presented under the provisions of chapter 53, that may be allowed against the state for injury to any person as a result of the operation of an all-terrain vehicle on state land.
(P.A. 86-249, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
