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CT Gen Stat § 22-256 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 431 - Milk Industry|Section 22-256 - Penalties and remedies to be concurrent.

 The penalties and remedies prescribed in this part shall be deemed concurrent or independent, and the exercise or existence of any one remedy herein shall not preclude the Commissioner of Agriculture from exercising any other remedy hereunder.(1949 Rev., S. 3166; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 22-257 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 431 - Milk Industry|Section 22-257 - Bond for prosecution not required of commissioner.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture shall not be required to give or post a bond in any action to which he is a party, whether upon appeal or otherwise.(1949 Rev., S. 3167; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 22-258 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 431 - Milk Industry|Section 22-258 - Severability.

 If any provision, clause or phrase of this part or of any order, ruling, regulation or direction or any action of the Commissioner of Agriculture hereunder is adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or if the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such judgment shall not invalidate the remainder, and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.(1949 Rev., S. 3168; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 22-259 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 431 - Milk Industry|Section 22-259 - Interstate commerce.

 No provision of this part or of any order, ruling or regulation thereunder shall apply or be construed to apply to interstate or foreign commerce, except so far as such provision may be effective pursuant to the Constitution of the United States and to the laws of the United States enacted thereunder.(1949 Rev., S. 3169.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-259a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 431 - Milk Industry|Section 22-259a - Assessment of producers for administration of act.

 Section 22-259a is repealed.(1961, P.A. 459; February, 1965, P.A. 283.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-265 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 431 - Milk Industry|Section 22-265 - Establishment of fund.

 Section 22-265 is repealed.(1957, P.A. 616; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-613, S. 101, 154; P.A. 91-312, S. 47.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-265a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 431 - Milk Industry|Section 22-265a - Payments to dairy farmers to offset low milk prices.

 The Department of Agriculture shall, within available appropriations, make payments, in such manner as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture, to dairy farmers operating in this state to offset the low milk prices paid to such farmers during the period from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006, inclusive. The commissioner shall calculate any payment made to a dairy farmer under this section on the basis of the amount of milk produced by such farmer during said period.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 29.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 effective October 6, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 22-272b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 432 - Slaughtering of Animals. Commission Sales Stables|Section 22-272b - Custom slaughter facilities. Regulations. Exceptions.

 (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, regarding custom slaughter facilities in which livestock intended for food are slaughtered for, and returned to, the owner of such animal for personal consumption. Such regulations shall include (1) sanitation standards for custom slaughter facilities and other appurtenances used in the slaughter of animals, dressing and cleaning of carcasses, holding and handling of carcasses and holding of animals for custom slaughter, and (2) health requirements for animals for slaughter.(b) The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to slaughter facilities licensed and inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture, pursuant to the federal Meat Inspection Act or the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act.(P.A. 05-164, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-277a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 432 - Slaughtering of Animals. Commission Sales Stables|Section 22-277a - Prompt payment for livestock required.

 (a) Any dealer or broker licensed pursuant to chapter 437 and any person, firm or corporation licensed pursuant to section 22-277 shall deliver to the seller or his duly authorized representative before the close of the next business day following the purchase of livestock and transfer of possession thereof, the full amount of the purchase price. Each such dealer, broker, person, firm or corporation purchasing livestock for slaughter shall deliver a check to the seller or his duly authorized representative before the close of the next business day following the purchase of livestock and transfer of possession thereof, at the point of transfer of possession or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price; or, in the case of a purchase on a carcass or “grade and yield” basis, the purchaser shall make payment by check at the point of transfer of possession or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price not later than the close of the first business day following determination of the purchase price. If the seller or his duly authorized representative is not present to receive payment at the point of transfer of possession, as herein provided, such dealer, broker, person, firm or corporation shall wire transfer funds or place a check in the United States mail for the full amount of the purchase price, properly addressed to the seller, within the time limits specified in this subsection, such action being deemed compliance with the requirement for prompt payment.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, the parties to the purchase and sale of livestock may expressly agree in writing, before such purchase or sale, to effect payment in a manner other than that required in subsection (a) of this section. Any such agreement shall be disclosed in the records of any such dealer, broker, person, firm or corporation selling the livestock, and in the purchaser's records and on the accounts or other documents issued by the purchaser relating to the transaction.(c) Each license issued to a dealer or broker pursuant to chapter 437 or to a person, firm or corporation pursuant to section 22-277, shall be shown, upon request, to any person with whom the licensee transacts or proposes to transact business. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, any provision of this section or any regulation adopted thereunder has been violated, the commissioner shall send a notice by registered or certified mail to the licensee, who shall be given a hearing, and, if a violation is proven, his license shall be revoked or suspended.(P.A. 80-84; P.A. 10-32, S. 81.)History: P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 10, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 22-279 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-279 - Quarantine of animals. Penalties.

 (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture or his deputy or authorized agents may quarantine all animals that they have reasonable grounds to believe (1) are infected with a communicable disease, (2) do not meet import, export or disease testing requirements of the department or (3) are kept under unsanitary conditions which, in the opinion of the commissioner or his deputy or authorized agents, endanger the public health or the health of such animals. The quarantine may (A) prohibit or regulate the sale of such quarantined animals and all the products of such quarantined animals, and (B) require that such animals and the products of such animals be confined in a place designated by the commissioner or his deputy or authorized agents, for such time as the commissioner judges necessary.(b) Any person who violates any provision of any quarantine imposed under this section shall be fined five hundred dollars for each day during which such violation continues, up to a maximum fine of twenty-five thousand dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 3320; P.A. 81-231, S. 1, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 81-231 expanded the commissioner's quarantine powers to include animals that do not meet disease testing requirements and animals kept under unsanitary conditions and added Subsec. (b) establishing a penalty for violations; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.Quarantine of farm held no legal justification for failure to carry out contract to supply milk. 92 C. 394.
CT Gen Stat § 22-279a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-279a - Quarantine of animals being tested for disease or biological or chemical residue.

 Any livestock animal or poultry being tested for any disease in accordance with the Uniform Methods and Rules of the United States Department of Agriculture or for any biological or chemical residue shall be quarantined on the premises where the test is made until the test results are available and the test chart is signed by a veterinarian or an employee of the Department of Agriculture administering the test, provided the commissioner may release such livestock animal or poultry from quarantine at any time. Any blood, tissue or milk sample taken from any livestock animal or poultry pursuant to this section shall be submitted for analysis to a laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The laboratory shall report the results of the test to the commissioner who shall notify the person administering the test of such results.(P.A. 84-6, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-234, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 97-234 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 22-394; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 22-280 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-280 - Control of communicable diseases. Fees.

 All veterinary work concerning the control of communicable diseases in, and the examination of, domestic animals, except poultry, which is carried out under state or federal supervision in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes, shall be performed by an approved veterinarian who has been accredited by the Animal Health Division of the United States Department of Agriculture and licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state and who is included on a list approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Agriculture, whom the owner of such animals may designate. If such owner fails to express a preference or the work is not done within sixty days, such veterinary work may be performed by a veterinarian designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be a licensed accredited veterinarian, a veterinarian employed by the Department of Agriculture or a veterinarian employed by the United States Department of Agriculture. The commissioner shall, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establish fees for the performance of such veterinary work. Nothing in this section shall be construed as interfering with the supervision and control of such work by the commissioner or with the performance, supervision or control of such work by the Animal Health Division of the United States Department of Agriculture, or with research work conducted by any state or federal agency.(1949 Rev., S. 3321; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1969, P.A. 68; 1971, P.A. 24; 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 79-199, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1969 act substituted “animal health division of the United States department of agriculture” for “United States bureau of animal industry” and required that veterinarians performing work under provisions of section be licensed to practice in state and be on commissioner's approved list and required commissioner to select veterinarian if work not done within 60 days; 1971 acts required veterinarian selected by commissioner to be licensed or employed by department or employed by United States Department of Agriculture and replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner and department of agriculture; P.A. 79-199 gave commissioner power to establish fees for work performed by regulation; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 22-280a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-280a - Transporting and possession of vaccines and serums for dogs and cats.

 No antiserum, vaccine or other biological product for use in the control, prevention or treatment of canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, rabies or feline distemper shall be shipped or transported into the state without the written permission of the State Veterinarian except to a licensed practicing veterinarian. No person, firm or corporation, nor the agent or employee of any corporation, shall have in his possession or use any vaccine, virus, serum or preparation of a similar nature for canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, rabies or feline distemper without the written permission of the State Veterinarian, unless he is a licensed practicing veterinarian or acquired such preparation on a prescription issued by such a veterinarian for a specific animal. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each offense.(1959, P.A. 286.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-284 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-284 - Anthrax or charbon.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have plenary power to deal with all outbreaks of the contagious disease in domestic animals known as anthrax or charbon, and he may provide for the vaccination or immunization of cattle or horses kept on lands known or suspected to be infected with germs or spores of anthrax, or kept on lands adjacent to such infected lands, and he may provide for the vaccination and immunization of animals which may have been exposed to said disease, at the expense of the state. The commissioner may make and enforce such regulations, orders and quarantines as in his judgment may be necessary for the control of said disease.(1949 Rev., S. 3319; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 22-284a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-284a - Vaccination of equine animals against encephalomyelitis.

 Section 22-284a is repealed.(P.A. 73-312, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-161.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-285 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-285 - Emergency appropriations for suppression of diseases.

 The Governor is authorized, in the case of an emergency arising from the prevalence of any contagious disease among domestic animals, to appropriate such sum or sums as may be necessary to defray the state's share of the expense incurred in cooperating with the federal authorities in the suppression and extirpation of any such disease, which cooperation by said federal authorities is authorized under an Act of Congress approved May 29, 1884.(1949 Rev., S. 3344; 1967, P.A. 262; P.A. 81-56, S. 2.)History: 1967 act authorized emergency appropriations to combat hog cholera; P.A. 81-56 repealed provision limiting compensation for condemned animals to 50% of actual value of animal or contaminated equipment in keeping with amendments in Sec. 22-288 and deleted specific reference to foot and mouth disease and hog cholera.
CT Gen Stat § 22-288a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-288a - Condemnation of herd. Compensation. Appeals.

 If the Commissioner of Agriculture finds the presence of tuberculosis or brucellosis recurring in one herd within any two-year period, or if he finds any herd of cattle substantially infected with tuberculosis or brucellosis, he may order the condemnation of such herd and compensation therefor shall be paid in accordance with section 22-288. Said compensation shall not be paid, nor shall the herd be restocked, until the premises from which such herd was taken have been cleaned and disinfected, and such premises have been inspected and approved by the commissioner or his deputy or any authorized agent of the commissioner. Any person aggrieved by an order of the commissioner to so condemn a herd may, within seven days after such order, appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(February, 1965, P.A. 21, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 78-190, S. 2; P.A. 79-560, S. 11, 39; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-190 deleted proviso requiring separate appraisal of purebred bovines and grade bovines at maximum rate of $390 and $330 for each, respectively; P.A. 79-560 replaced provisions re appeals to state board of agriculture with provision requiring that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.Cited. 190 C. 622.
CT Gen Stat § 22-289 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 22-289 - Manufacture and sale of tuberculin.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture may, in writing, permit any person to make, produce, keep, use or sell tuberculin, and no person without such written permit shall make, produce, keep, use or sell tuberculin. Any person making any sale of tuberculin shall, within twenty-four hours after such sale, report in writing to said commissioner the quantity of tuberculin sold and the name and address of the purchaser.(1949 Rev., S. 3357; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.