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CT Gen Stat § 22-26b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26b - Agreement with landowner enrolled in federal Dairy Termination Program.

 Section 22-26b is repealed, effective October 1, 1997.(P.A. 86-356, S. 1, 3; P.A. 97-234, S. 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-26c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26c - Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council.

 (a) There shall be a Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council which shall be within the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes only. Said council shall consist of thirteen members as follows: The Commissioners of Agriculture and Economic and Community Development, the dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of The University of Connecticut and the directors of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, or their respective designees; and eight members engaged in the wine production industry in this state, appointed as follows: Two members appointed by the Governor, and one member each appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate.(b) The term of one of the initial appointments from the wine production industry shall expire on the last day of July, 1988, the terms of two shall expire on the last day of July, 1989, and the terms of two shall expire on the last day of July, 1990. On or before the first day of July, 1987, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall appoint members to succeed the members whose term expires. Said members shall serve a term of four years. The commissioner shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term vacated.(c) Members of the council shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. No member shall serve for more than four consecutive terms. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum.(d) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be the chairman of the council.(e) The council may receive funds from any source and expend such funds as may be necessary to carry out its duties. The council may seek funding and provide financial support to organizations for activities concerned with wine production and related products.(P.A. 87-549, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-364, S. 87, 123; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 09-42, S. 1.)History: P.A. 88-364 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change; 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; P.A. 09-42 changed number of members from 10 to 13 and amended appointment process in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2009.See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26d - Purposes.

 The purposes of the council are to promote state wines and related products by (1) engaging in activities to maintain current markets and create new and foreign markets; (2) advising groups on farm wine development, including, but not limited to, the Department of Agriculture, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of The University of Connecticut, The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service, the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; (3) educating and informing the public, governmental agencies and the farm wine industry on the use and value of state wine and related products and (4) recommending research projects on wine, wine grape culture and utilization of wine and related products and disseminating the results of such research to the academic community, wine industry and the public.(P.A. 87-549, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-364, S. 88, 123; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 88-364 made a technical change; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with 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 § 22-26f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26f - State Veterinarian.

 (a) There shall be a State Veterinarian who shall be an employee of the Department of Agriculture and shall serve as the chief livestock health official for the state.(b) The State Veterinarian shall possess and retain during employment a license to practice veterinary medicine in this state. The State Veterinarian shall possess and retain federal accreditation in this state through the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and shall have not less than three years experience in large animal practice.(c) The State Veterinarian shall (1) act as the official state epidemiologist for animal and poultry diseases, (2) coordinate state and federal governmental agencies and livestock and poultry producers to control diseases, and (3) administer and guide the development and management of disease control and eradication programs performed by the department. The State Veterinarian shall act as liaison with other units in the department, other state agencies and other officials regarding policies concerning disease control and cruelty to animals and shall supervise the quarantine and disposal of animals and poultry condemned because of disease.(d) The State Veterinarian may issue orders to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among animals and poultry and may protect the public from such diseases as may be transmissible to human beings, either directly or through the products of such animals.(e) The State Veterinarian shall annually issue a list of reportable animal and avian diseases and reportable laboratory findings and amend such list as the State Veterinarian deems necessary. The State Veterinarian shall distribute such list as well as any necessary forms and instructions for use in the reporting of such diseases to each veterinarian licensed in this state and to each diagnostic laboratory that conducts tests on animals or birds in this state.(P.A. 93-205; P.A. 01-12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 08-13, S. 2.)History: P.A. 01-12 made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (b) and (c) and added Subsec. (e) re annual list of reportable animal and avian diseases; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with 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; P.A. 08-13 amended Subsec. (b) to change State Veterinarian large animal practice experience requirement from 7 to 3 years, effective April 29, 2008.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26h - Agricultural technology development. Advisory board. Responsibilities of commissioner.

 Section 22-26h is repealed, effective June 8, 2004.(P.A. 94-133, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-110, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; 04-223, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-26i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26i - Maintenance, repair and improvement account.

 (a) There is established a separate, nonlapsing account, within the General Fund, known as the maintenance, repair and improvement account. All moneys collected from any rent paid by any person occupying or otherwise using any property owned by the Department of Agriculture, including houses or other buildings, shall be deposited into the account unless the Commissioner of Agriculture enters into a written agreement, signs an instrument or issues a license which specifically states otherwise. Said account may also receive moneys from private or public sources, including the federal government or a municipal government.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any moneys received by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the maintenance, repair and improvement account. The account shall be available to the Commissioner of Agriculture for maintaining, making improvements to, erecting structures on or repairing any property owned by the department, including houses and other buildings. Nothing in this section shall prevent the commissioner from obtaining or using funds from sources other than the account for maintaining, making improvements to, erecting structures on or repairing any property owned by the department, including houses and other buildings.(c) The commissioner shall annually report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations concerning the activities and status of the maintenance, repair and improvement account.(P.A. 01-126, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 01-126 effective July 1, 2001; 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 § 22-26j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26j - Farm viability matching grant program. Eligibility. Purposes.

 The Department of Agriculture shall establish and administer a farm viability matching grant program to any agricultural not-for-profit organization, municipality, group of municipalities, regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or group of municipalities that have established a regional interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, to further agricultural viability. Such grants may be used for the following purposes: (1) Local capital projects that foster agricultural viability, including, but not limited to, processing facilities and farmers' markets; (2) the development and implementation of agriculturally friendly land use regulations and local farmland protection strategies that sustain and promote local agriculture; (3) the development of new marketing programs and venues through or in which a majority of products sold are grown in the state; and (4) the development and implementation of programs and services that promote farm and farmland access and transfer of such farms.(P.A. 05-228, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 113; P.A. 08-13, S. 3; P.A. 09-229, S. 32; P.A. 13-247, S. 294; P.A. 16-107, S. 1.)History: P.A. 05-228 effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 changed effective date of P.A. 05-228 to October 1, 2005, effective June 30, 2005; P.A. 08-13 added “farm viability matching grant” and deleted “of matching grants” re program and added eligible entities, effective April 29, 2008; P.A. 09-229 added “agricultural not-for-profit organization” to list of eligible entities and added Subdiv. (3) re development of new marketing programs and venues, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 16-107 added Subdiv. (4) re use of grants to develop and implement programs and services that promote farm and farmland access and transfer of farms, effective June 2, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture|Section 22-26k - Farm transition grant program. Matching grants.

 (a) There is established a farm transition grant program which shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture. Matching grants shall be made to farmers and agricultural cooperatives for diversification of existing farm operations, transitioning to value added agricultural production and sales, and developing farmers' markets and other venues in which a majority of products sold are grown in the state.(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the administration of the program established by this section. Such regulations shall require the development of business plans by applicants as part of the application process.(P.A. 05-228, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 113; P.A. 08-13, S. 4; P.A. 09-229, S. 31.)History: P.A. 05-288 effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 changed effective date of P.A. 05-228 to October 1, 2005, effective June 30, 2005; P.A. 08-13 added “grant” re program in Subsec. (a), effective April 29, 2008; P.A. 09-229 deleted “agricultural not-for-profit organizations” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26aa (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26aa - State program for the preservation of agricultural land.

 The General Assembly finds that the growing population and expanding economy of the state have had a profound impact on the ability of public and private sectors of the state to maintain and preserve agricultural land for farming and food production purposes; that unless there is a sound, state-wide program for its preservation, remaining agricultural land will be lost to succeeding generations and that the conservation of certain arable agricultural land and adjacent pastures, woods, natural drainage areas and open space areas is vital for the well-being of the people of Connecticut.(P.A. 78-232, S. 1, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-26dd (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26dd - Maps of land use in state. To include soil types, crops and use classification.

 (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, acting with such assistance as may be required from the Commissioner of Agriculture, the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Agricultural Extension Service of The University of Connecticut and the regional councils of governments in the state, shall have prepared such maps as are necessary to depict land use throughout the state.(b) Such maps shall include, in addition to any other detail deemed appropriate by said secretary, by use of whatever techniques of map construction as may be required, depiction of the following: (1) Soil types, described in accordance with classifications prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture; (2) land classified as farm land, including appropriate designation as to whether the actual use of such land for farming purposes is active or inactive; (3) types of crops in current production on any land classified as farm land; (4) local zoning, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; (5) existing water and sewer lines, and any such lines currently planned in accordance with legislative or administrative action of record in any town; and (6) land classified as forest land and open space.(c) Such maps shall be completed and delivered for use by the Commissioner of Agriculture and any other use as designated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.(P.A. 78-232, S. 4, 11; P.A. 97-234, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 312.)History: P.A. 97-234 amended Subsec. (a) to change reference to the United States Soil Conservation Service to the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service; 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; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “regional planning agencies” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “regional councils of governments” in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26gg (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26gg - Regulations.

 The commissioner shall, in consultation with the Farmland Preservation Advisory Board established under section 22-26ll, adopt, in accordance with chapter 54, such regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 22-26aa to 22-26nn, inclusive. Such regulations shall provide that individual landowners applying for such program shall be eligible to receive not more than twenty thousand dollars per acre for development rights, and the schedule of the state's contribution for joint ownership projects initiated by municipalities shall be increased accordingly.(P.A. 78-232, S. 8, 11; P.A. 79-162; P.A. 08-174, S. 3.)History: P.A. 79-162 made regulation adoption mandatory rather than optional by substituting “shall” for “may”; P.A. 08-174 required that regulations be adopted in consultation with Farmland Preservation Advisory Board, made a technical change and added provision re maximum of $20,000 per acre for development rights with state's contribution schedule increased accordingly.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26ii (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26ii - Inspection of restricted land.

 The commissioner may enter at all reasonable times upon any restricted agricultural land, for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of section 22-26cc.(P.A. 79-208, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 22-26kk (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26kk - List of agricultural land whose development rights have been offered to state.

 (a) On or before April 1, 2001, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall prepare a list of agricultural land whose development rights have been offered to the state under section 22-26gg and for which there is a written agreement for a purchase price. Purchase of development rights pursuant to said section 22-26gg shall be made from agricultural land appearing on the list. The list shall be revised every six months.(b) The list and revisions to such list shall be submitted to the State Bond Commission and considered by the commission in authorizing bonds pursuant to section 22-26hh.(P.A. 00-203, S. 9, 11; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 00-203 effective June 7, 2000, and applicable to all open space land donations made on or after the income year commencing January 1, 1999; 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 § 22-26mm (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26mm - Municipal loan program. Account. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall administer a program providing eligible municipalities with a loan for the purchasing of agricultural lands. Such loan shall be for a period not to exceed five years and shall not be subject to interest. Municipalities shall be eligible for such loan if they provide not less than twenty per cent of the purchase price of such lands and may apply for such loan on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.(b) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal purchasing of agricultural land account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the purposes of providing municipalities with loans for the purchase of agricultural lands in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the criteria for loans granted under this section, and the terms governing such loans.(P.A. 07-131, S. 3.)History: P.A. 07-131 effective July 1, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26pp (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26pp - Savin Farm in the town of Lebanon. Authority re conservation or preservation restriction.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture may place a conservation or a preservation restriction, as defined in section 47-42a, on the property known as the “Savin Farm” and located in the town of Lebanon. Any such conservation or preservation restriction: (1) May provide for the conservation of said farm for agricultural use, (2) may allow for the lease, permit or license by the commissioner of any portion of said farm to one or more persons or entities for the purpose of engaging in agriculture, as defined in section 1-1, and (3) shall allow for the continuance of any activities that historically took place on said farm, in accordance with the draft memorandum of understanding between the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environmental Protection, dated October 23, 1995.(P.A. 14-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 14-80 effective June 3, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 22-26qq (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals|Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands|Section 22-26qq - Conservation or preservation restrictions on department lands.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture may place conservation or preservation restrictions, as defined in section 47-42a, on any lands owned by the department.(P.A. 14-169, S. 3.)History: P.A. 14-169 effective June 11, 2014.