Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-77 (2026)

Operating under or carrying passengers under influence of liquor or drugs. Penalty

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(a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any aircraft or unmanned aircraft on the ground or in the air while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any drug.

(b) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any aircraft on the ground or in the air carrying passengers who are under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any drug.

(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor and, for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(1949 Rev., S. 4822; P.A. 12-80, S. 144; P.A. 24-40, S. 38.)

History: P.A. 12-80 inserted Subsec. designators (a), (b) and (c) and amended Subsec. (c) to rephrase provisions, change penalty for first offense from a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both to a class C misdemeanor and change penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 1 year or both to a class A misdemeanor; P.A. 24-40 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to unmanned aircraft.

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Secs. 15-78 and 15-79. Receipts from convictions; deposit in General Fund. Municipal and state airports; establishment; state plan of development. Sections 15-78 and 15-79 are repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 4823, 4824; 1955, S. 2412d; 1959, P.A. 290; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 132; 1963, P.A. 252, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 694, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 263.)

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1989–1989 · leading case: Delta Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant, Cross v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Cross-Appellee, 861 F.2d 665 (11th Cir. 1989).

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Delta Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant, Cross v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Cross-Appellee, 861 F.2d 665 (11th Cir. 1989). “5 Connecticut — Conn.Gen.Stat. § 15-77 Florida — Fla.Stat.”

Connecticut Air Serv., Inc. v. Danbury Aviation Comm'n, 561 A.2d 120 (Conn. 1989). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 15-77 provides in part: “No person shall operate or attempt to operate any aircraft on the ground or in the air while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any drug.”

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