{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-44a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-44a","heading":"Surcharge on fine for criminal trespass or criminal mischief on public land.","body":"Whenever any person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 53a-107, subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 53a-108, subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-109, subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 53a-115, subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-116, subdivision (3) or (4) of subsection (a) of section 53a-117 or subdivision (3) or (4) of subsection (a) of section 53a-117a, the court, in addition to imposing any fine authorized by section 53a-41 or 53a-42 for such violation, shall impose a surcharge in an amount equal to fifty per cent of such fine. Any such surcharge collected shall be payable to the municipality in which the arrest was made unless the arresting law enforcement authority was a conservation officer, special conservation officer or patrolman appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection under authority of section 26-5, in which case such surcharge shall be payable to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART II*. SENTENCES AND SENTENCING PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-44a","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"8857617ab15eb29e2711f05624e647c9e24add9f9c2d9fde36dbeae6f67f6885","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-44","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}