HB 5461

General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 5461
  February Session, 2026  LCO No. 1947
 Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
 Introduced by:
   (TRA)
 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE
 CONNECTICUT PORT AUTHORITY TO ELIMINATE THE FEES
 ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARINE PILOT LICENSE.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 15-13 of the general
2     statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
3     (Effective October 1, 2026):
4(c) Each pilot shall, upon the granting of a license, [pay a fee of thirty
5    dollars to said authority and shall] give a bond of one thousand dollars
6    to the Treasurer and the Treasurer's successors in office, with surety, to
7    the acceptance of the authority, conditioned for the faithful performance
8    of [his or her] such pilot's duties as a pilot, upon which bond suit may
9    be brought in the name of said Treasurer for the benefit of any person
10    who may suffer loss or damage, by reason of the ignorance, neglect or
11    misconduct of such pilot in the discharge of such pilot's duties. [The
12    authority shall increase such fee by fifty per cent July 1, 1985, by an
13    additional fifty per cent effective July 1, 1989, by an additional twenty-
14    five per cent effective July 1, 1991, and by an additional twenty-five per
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15 cent effective July 1, 1993.]
16    (d) Each license shall expire on the last day of December following its
17 issuance and may be renewed upon application, [and payment of the
18 fee required by subsection (c) of this section,] renewal of the bond
19 required under subsection (c) of this section and proof of current federal
20 licensure as required in subsection (a) of this section.
21    Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 13b-59 of the general statutes is
22 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
23 1, 2026):
24    (d) "License, permit and fee revenues" means (1) all fees and other
25 charges required by, or levied pursuant to sections 12-487, 13b-80 and
26 13b-97, subsection (b) of section 14-12, sections 14-16a, 14-21c, 14-44h
27 and 14-44i, subsection (v) of section 14-49, subsections (b) and (f) of
28 section 14-50, subdivisions (7) to (9), inclusive, of subsection (a) of
29 section 14-50a, sections 14-52, 14-58, 14-67l and 14-69, subsection (e) of
30 section 14-73, sections 14-96q and 14-103a, subsection (a) of section 14-
31 164a, subsection (a) of section 14-192, subsection (d) of section 14-270,
32 sections 14-319 and 14-320 and sections 13b-410a to 13b-410c, inclusive;
33 (2) all aeronautics, waterways, and other fees and charges required by,
34 or levied pursuant to sections 13a-80 and 13a-80a [,] and subsection (b)
35 of section 13b-42; [and subsections (c) and (d) of section 15-13;] and (3)
36 all motor vehicle related fines, penalties or other charges, as defined in
37 subsection (g) of this section;
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1      October 1, 2026  15-13(c) and (d)
  Sec. 2  October 1, 2026  13b-59(d)
 TRA  Joint Favorable
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