CT SB01146

Updates conservation officer certification requirements to require Police Officer Standards and Training Council certification instead of state police training school completion, effective from passage

Modifies commercial fishing license transfer rules to allow temporary license reissuance for incapacitated license holders or those unable to fish due to immediate family medical care needs, with landings counting toward future transfer requirements

Increases maximum vessel length allowance for transferred commercial fishing licenses from ten percent to twenty percent greater than the largest vessel used by the transferring license holder during the qualifying period

Expands public notice requirements for environmental permit applications and fisheries regulations to include posting on the eRegulations System and municipal websites, with at least fourteen days advance notice for coastal regulations and ten to thirty days for other hearings

Clarifies open space and watershed land acquisition grant funding eligibility and match requirements, including provisions for conservation easements from federal or private programs and authorization for one hundred percent state funding under specified conditions