Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a lobster trap allocation buy-back program to permanently retire lobster traps from the lobster fishery. The program shall provide for payment of fifteen dollars for each allocated lobster trap permanently retired from the lobster fishery.(P.A. 06-187, S. 48; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006; 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.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 26-157h
Connecticut Title 26 — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_490.htm#sec_26-157h· Version 2026