Sec.23-26-1. Fees at recreational boating facilities

(a) A four dollar daily fee for a resident and an eight dollar daily fee for a nonresident vehicle or combination of a tow vehicle and trailer may be collected for parking or other vehicle use of the facility on Saturdays and Sundays from the first day of April to the last day of October, inclusive, and on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day at the following boat launch facilities:

(1) Bantam Lake, Morris;

(2) Barn Island, Stonington;

(3) Bayberry Lane, Groton;

(4) Beach Pond, Voluntown;

(5) Branford River, Branford;

(6) Connecticut River (I-95), Old Saybrook

(7) Coventry Lake, Coventry:

(8) Highland Lake, Winchester;

(9) Great Island, Old Lyme;

(10) Connecticut River (Haddam Meadows), Haddam;

(11) Housatonic River, Milford;

(12) Candlewood Lake (Lattins Cove), Danbury;

(13) Lake Lillinonah, Bridgewater;

(14) Lake Lillinonah, Newtown;

(15) Lake Zoar, Southbury;

(16) Niantic River, Waterford;

(17) Rainbow Reservoir, Windsor;

(18) Connecticut River (Salmon River), East Haddam;

(19) Saugatuck River, Westport;

(20) Thames River, New London.

(b) For purposes of subsection 23-26-1(a) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day shall be as defined in Section 1-4 of the General Statutes; (2) "resident vehicle" is any motor vehicle bearing Connecticut number plates; (3) "non-resident vehicle" is any motor vehicle bearing number plates issued by another state or country. Any vehicle driven by a person who is an active, full-time member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103 of the general statutes, may park for the same fee as a resident vehicle, provided that to be eligible for such fee, such person shall carry and upon request of the person collecting the fee, allow inspection of credentials demonstrating that such person is an active, full-time member of the armed forces.

(c) A per vessel fee not to exceed five dollars may be collected during any date(s) or times period(s) determined by the Commissioner for each pumpout or deposition of sewage from such vessel's marine portable toilet, marine sanitation device holding tank or holding tanks at the marine sewage disposal facility on the Connecticut River in Old Lyme.

(Effective May 19, 1994; Transferred and AmendedSeptember 8, 1998; Transferred and AmendedMarch 9, 2004)