{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-308","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-308","heading":"Treatment of species not listed as endangered or threatened as endangered or threatened species.","body":"(a) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to treat a species not listed as endangered or threatened pursuant to section 26-306 as an endangered or threatened species if he finds that: (1) Such species so closely resembles a species listed as endangered or threatened that enforcement personnel would have substantial difficulty in attempting to differentiate between it and the listed species; (2) the effect of such substantial difficulty is an additional threat to the endangered or threatened species; and (3) treatment of the unlisted species as an endangered or threatened species would substantially facilitate enforcement and further the policy state in section 26-303.\n(b) The regulations may include a provision to allow a person to conduct an activity which affects a species that resembles an endangered or threatened species if the person can demonstrate to the commissioner that the activity does not affect the endangered or threatened species.","path":["TITLE 26. FISHERIES AND GAME","CHAPTER 495. ENDANGERED SPECIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_495.htm#sec_26-308","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:08Z","sha256":"6a08dd62da9072e655e43dc36738100aeefbfd8b502c2675f1b8185de048ff6b","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-307","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}