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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-91f. - Epidemic conditions.

If the State Entomologist finds that the existence of the gypsy moth has reached epidemic proportions in any area of the state, he shall so instruct the affected municipalities which shall jointly undertake such spraying as the State Entomologist deems necessary, one-half of the cost of which shall be borne by the state on application of such municipalities to the State Board of Pesticide Control not later than June fifteenth of the succeeding year and one-half of the balance of such cost may be assessed against landowners as provided in section 22-91d.
(1967, P.A. 446, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-92 to 22-95. - Emergency gypsy moth control. Agent for suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths, etc.

Sections 22-92 to 22-95, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3259–3261; 1955, S. 1776d; 1961, P.A. 3; 1963, P.A. 527, S. 12; 612, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-96. - Certificate of inspection of imported nursery stock.

All nursery stock shipped into this state shall bear on each package a certificate that the contents of such package have been inspected by a state or government officer and that such contents appear free from all dangerous insects and diseases. If nursery stock has been brought into the state without such a certificate, the express, freight or other transportation company or person shall, before delivering the shipment to the consignee, notify the State Entomologist of the facts, giving the name and address of the consignee, the origin of shipment and approximate number of cars, boxes or packages and the probable date of delivery to the consignee. The State Entomologist may cause the inspection and, if infested, the treatment of the stock. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3262; 1961, P.A. 4; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 99.)
History: 1961 act deleted provisions which forbade unpacking woody field-grown stock from foreign countries without inspector being present unless permission to do so has been granted and which authorized state entomologist to order treatment of infested stock; 1971 act deleted provision which exempted bales, boxes, etc. imported to state from provisions of Sec. 53-117 if labeled as to origin and accompanied by certificate.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-97. - Nursery and nursery stock defined.

For the purposes of sections 22-98, 22-99 and 22-100, any place at which hardy trees, shrubs and vines are propagated or grown out of doors for commercial purposes shall be considered a nursery, and such stock shall be regarded as nursery stock. Hardy herbaceous perennial plants, including strawberry plants, may be subject to the same provisions regarding inspection and pest control if, in the opinion of the State Entomologist, it is desirable to control the movement of such plants. Florists' ordinary plants, unless woody and field-grown, shall not be included.
(1949 Rev., S. 3266.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-98. - Nursery stock; powers of State Entomologist.

The State Entomologist or his assistants shall, upon application, inspect at least once each year all nurseries at which woody field-grown hardy trees and plants are grown for sale or shipment; may inspect any nursery stock when dug, before shipment or at destination; may inspect nurseries at any time for the purpose of controlling plant pests or to ascertain whether such pests exist in nurseries; may prescribe forms for registration, certificates and permits and may make regulations regarding time and methods of inspection; may destroy or treat or order the destruction or treatment of, and prohibit the movement of, plants infested with dangerous pests; may cooperate with agents of the United States Department of Agriculture in the inspection of nurseries and control of plant pests; may, at reasonable times, enter any public or private grounds in performance of his duties under the provisions of this section and sections 22-99 and 22-100. If orders are issued for the destruction or treatment of infested plants, the owner, manager or agent of the nursery shall, within a reasonable time from the date of such order, destroy such plants as are ordered destroyed and make such treatment within the time specified in the order or be subject to the penalty provided in section 22-101.
(1949 Rev., S. 3263.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-99. - Nurserymen and dealers to register.

All nurserymen shall register with the State Entomologist each year, on or before July first, and make application for inspection, and furnish such data on such blanks as the State Entomologist prescribes and furnishes. All firms, stores and individuals who sell but do not grow nursery stock shall be classed as dealers and shall, each year, on or before March first, register with the State Entomologist, giving the chief sources of their nursery stock and such data as he requires, on such forms as he prescribes and furnishes, and the State Entomologist may issue a permit allowing such dealer to sell such nursery stock. The State Entomologist may make such regulations as he deems necessary to govern the shipment of nursery stock into the state by any nursery, person, firm or corporation outside the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 3264; 1955, S. 1775d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-100. - Nursery certificate. Uninspected stock.

The State Entomologist shall issue to regular nurseries certificates, valid until the first day of August following the date of issue and covering the stock inspected and such other stock as has been received under valid certificates of inspection, and may issue temporary permits covering certain portions thereof, and permits to dealers. All such certificates and permits may be revoked for cause. Nursery stock which has not been inspected or stock from a nursery not holding a valid certificate of inspection shall not be sold or transported, and transportation companies shall refuse to accept any shipment not bearing such certificate or some form of permit issued by the State Entomologist, and all nurserymen shall furnish a certificate, and all dealers a permit, to accompany each package of stock sold or transported, but no provision of section 22-98 or 22-99 or this section shall prevent or render liable any person or firm transporting stock from one field or property to another field or property belonging to or operated by such person or firm when such stock is not to be immediately sold or offered for sale and when such transportation does not violate any established federal or state embargo or quarantine regulations.
(1949 Rev., S. 3265.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-101. - Penalty. Appeal.

Any person who interferes with the State Entomologist or his assistant in the performance of his duties under the provisions of sections 22-98, 22-99 and 22-100, or any person, firm or corporation which violates any of the provisions thereof, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. Any person aggrieved by any order issued under the provisions of said sections may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(1949 Rev., S. 3267; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 70; P.A. 76-436, S. 448, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 90, 125.)
History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous appeal provision with statement that appeals shall be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-102. - Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station.

The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station shall remain as established, and the management and control thereof shall be vested in the trustees of The University of Connecticut. Said experiment station shall make an annual report to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60.
(1949 Rev., S. 3268; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13.)
See Sec. 22-81 re duties of board of control for Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-103. - Acceptance of certain federal acts.

The state of Connecticut accepts the provisions of the Act of Congress known as the Bankhead-Jones Act, entitled, “An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges”, approved June 29, 1935; and the provisions of an amendment of the Bankhead-Jones Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (the Flannagan-Hope Act, Public Law 733, 79th Congress) approved August 14, 1946, entitled, “An Act to provide for further research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to improve and facilitate the marketing and distribution of agricultural products”.
(1949 Rev., S. 3269.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations › Section 22-104. - Use of federal funds by experiment stations.

(a) Except in the cases provided for in subsection (b) of this section, any new funds that may come to this state under the provisions of said acts of Congress shall be divided between the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, The University of Connecticut, in such proportion as is agreed upon by the governing boards of the two institutions.
(b) (1) Expenditure of funds under the Bankhead-Jones Act, Title II, Section 21 and Section 22, shall be under the control of The University of Connecticut.
(2) Any funds under “Amendment of the Bankhead-Jones Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946”, Title I, Section 10, and Title II, Section 204, shall not be included.
(1949 Rev., S. 3270; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 74, 130.)
History: May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical change for statutory consistency, effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427 - Fertilizers (Repealed) › Section 22-105 to 22-111. - Fertilizers.

Sections 22-105 to 22-111, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6733–6739; 1949, S. 2873d, 2875d; 1959, P.A. 138, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 18.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111a. - Short title: Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008.

This chapter shall be known as the “Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008”.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 1; P.A. 09-229, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 09-229 added “of 2008” to chapter title, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111c. - Registration of brands and grades. Fee. Regulations.

(a) Each brand and grade of fertilizer shall be registered in the name of the person whose name appears on the label for such fertilizer before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the commissioner on a form furnished by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of seventy-five dollars. On and after January 1, 2010, said fee shall be established by the commissioner by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of section 22-111j. The application shall include the following information: (1) The net weight; (2) the brand and grade; (3) the guaranteed analysis; and (4) the name and address of the registrant. Upon approval of the application by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. All registrations shall expire on June thirtieth of each year.
(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any fertilizer which is already registered under this chapter by another person, provided the label for such exempted fertilizer does not differ in any material respect to such previously registered fertilizer.
(c) A distributor shall not be required to register fertilizer formulated according to specifications which are furnished by a consumer prior to mixing; but shall be required to label such fertilizer as provided in subsection (c) of section 22-111d.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 3; P.A. 73-278, S. 2, 21; P.A. 82-91, S. 9, 38; 82-472, S. 173, 183; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 45, 117; P.A. 09-229, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 82-91 deleted fee of $10 per major or minor element guaranteed for each brand and grade listed on the application and provided that fee is established by commissioner by regulations; P.A. 82-472 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (a) to establish various fees for fertilizer and to provide that the commissioner shall adopt regulations to establish the fees for the period commencing January 1, 1993; P.A. 09-229 deleted “commercial” re fertilizer throughout, amended Subsec. (a) to require registration in name of person whose name appears on fertilizer label, increase application fee from $15 to $75, delete provision re maximum registration cost and delete former Subdiv. (5) re sources, amended Subsec. (b) to exempt distributor fertilizer registration provided label for exempted fertilizer does not differ in material respect to previously registered fertilizer, and made conforming and technical changes, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111d. - Labeling.

(a) Any fertilizer distributed in this state in containers shall have placed on or affixed to the container a label setting forth in clearly legible and conspicuous form the following information: (1) Net weight, (2) brand and grade, provided the grade shall not be required when no primary nutrients are claimed, (3) guaranteed analysis, (4) the name and address of the registrant, and (5) directions for use for fertilizer distributed to the end user.
(b) If the fertilizer is distributed in bulk shipments, a written or printed statement of the information required by subsection (a) of this section shall accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.
(c) A fertilizer formulated according to specifications which are furnished by or for a consumer prior to mixing shall be labeled to show the net weight, guaranteed analysis and the name and address of the applicable distributor or registrant.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 4; P.A. 09-229, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 09-229 deleted “commercial” re fertilizer and made conforming and technical changes throughout and added Subdivs. (1) to (5) re label information requirements in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111g. - Misbranded fertilizers.

No person shall distribute misbranded fertilizer. A fertilizer shall be misbranded if: (1) The labeling for such fertilizer is false or misleading, (2) the fertilizer is distributed under the name of another fertilizer product, (3) the fertilizer is not labeled pursuant to section 22-111d and in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-111j, or (4) such fertilizer is represented as a fertilizer or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or fertilizer, unless such plant nutrient or fertilizer conforms to the definition of identity, if any, prescribed by regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-111j.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 95, S. 3; P.A. 09-229, S. 11.)
History: 1969 act made minor change in wording; P.A. 09-229 replaced existing provisions with new language re prohibition on distribution of misbranded fertilizer, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111h. - Written reports by distributors and sellers. Confidentiality of report information.

(a) Any person who distributes or sells fertilizer to a nonregistrant shall furnish the commissioner with a written report detailing: (1) The county of the consignee of such fertilizer, (2) the amount, in tons or fractions thereof, of each grade of such fertilizer, and (3) the form in which such fertilizer was distributed, including, but not limited to, bags, bulk or liquid. Such written report shall be submitted to the commissioner not later than the thirtieth day of July for distributions or sales made by such person during the preceding twelve months.
(b) Except for law enforcement purposes or as otherwise required by law, the commissioner shall not disclose to a third party any individual identifying information concerning a person who has submitted a report pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 95, S. 4; P.A. 73-278, S. 5, 21; P.A. 09-229, S. 12.)
History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (a) to reflect change from semiannual statements to annual statements; P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Agricultural Experiment Station with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 09-229 replaced former provisions with new Subsecs. (a) and (b) re report to commissioner and confidentiality or report information, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111i. - Publication of information by director.

The director shall publish at least annually and in such forms as he or she may deem proper: (1) Information concerning the distribution of fertilizers and (2) results of analyses based on official samples of fertilizers distributed within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed under sections 22-111c and 22-111d.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 9; P.A. 09-229, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 09-229 deleted “commercial” re fertilizer and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111j. - Regulations.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations regarding fertilizer, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as the commissioner finds necessary to carry into effect the full intent and meaning of this chapter.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 10; P.A. 73-278, S. 6, 21; P.A. 09-229, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Agricultural Experiment Station, with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 09-229 replaced former provision re regulations relating to distribution of commercial fertilizers with provision requiring commissioner to adopt regulations re fertilizer, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111k. - Penalty for short weight.

Section 22-111k is repealed, effective July 1, 2009.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 11; P.A. 73-278, S. 7, 21; P.A. 09-229, S. 33.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111l. - Revocation, refusal or suspension of registration.

The commissioner may revoke, refuse or suspend the registration of any brand of fertilizer or refuse to register any brand of fertilizer as herein provided, upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or applicant for registration has violated any provision of this chapter or has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasion or attempted evasion of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations adopted thereunder; provided no registration shall be revoked, refused or suspended until the registrant has been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 12; P.A. 73-278, S. 8, 21; P.A. 09-229, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Agricultural Experiment Station with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 09-229 substituted “revoke, refuse or suspend” for “cancel”, deleted “commercial” re fertilizer, added provision re violation of chapter, added “or the commissioner's designee” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111m. - Stop sale, use or removal orders.

The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of fertilizer to hold such fertilizer at a designated place when the commissioner finds such fertilizer is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-111j until the provisions of public act 09-229* or any such regulation have been complied with and such fertilizer is released in writing by the commissioner or such violation has been otherwise legally disposed. The commissioner shall release the fertilizer so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-111j have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid. The owner or custodian of any lot of fertilizer, who has been issued a stop sale, use or removal order pursuant to this section, shall be given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 13; P.A. 73-278, S. 9, 21; P.A. 09-229, S. 18.)
*Note: Public act 09-229 is entitled “An Act Concerning Milk Producers, Milk and Milk Products, Agricultural Not-For-Profit Organizations and the Modernization of Connecticut Fertilizer Law”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2009” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Agricultural Experiment Station, with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 09-229 deleted “commercial” re fertilizer, added provisions re regulation adopted pursuant to Sec. 22-111j and added provision re opportunity for hearing, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111n. - Seizure of noncomplying fertilizers.

Any fertilizer not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j shall be subject to seizure by the commissioner. If, after seizure, the commissioner finds such fertilizer to be in violation of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j and orders the condemnation of such fertilizer, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the fertilizer and the laws of the state; provided in no instance shall the disposition of such fertilizer be ordered by the commissioner without first giving the claimant an opportunity for a hearing by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee for release of such fertilizer or for permission to process or relabel such fertilizer to bring it into compliance with this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 14; P.A. 73-278, S. 10, 21; P.A. 09-229, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Agricultural Experiment Station, with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 09-229 deleted “commercial” re fertilizer, added provisions re regulation adopted pursuant to Sec. 22-111j, deleted provisions re court procedure for seizure and provided for opportunity for hearing by commissioner or commissioner's designee, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111o. - Procedure re violations. Notice and hearing. Fine. Injunctions.

(a) If it appears from the examination of any fertilizer that any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j has been violated, the commissioner shall cause notice of the violation to be given to the registrant, distributor or possessor from whom the sample was taken. Any person so notified shall be given opportunity to be heard by the commissioner. If it appears after such hearing, either in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j has been violated, such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation.
(b) The commissioner may apply for and any court of competent jurisdiction may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Such injunction shall be issued without bond.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 15; P.A. 73-278, S. 11, 21; P.A. 09-229, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Agricultural Experiment Station, with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 09-229 deleted “commercial” re fertilizer, made technical changes, added provisions re regulation adopted pursuant to Sec. 22-111j, deleted provision allowing commissioner to certify facts to prosecuting officer and added $500 fine in Subsec. (a), deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (d), redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (b) and made a conforming change therein, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111p. - Sales and exchanges between importers, manufacturers or manipulators.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of fertilizers between importers, manufacturers or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale or to prevent the free and unrestricted shipments of fertilizer to manufacturers or manipulators who have registered their brands as required by the provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 16; P.A. 09-229, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 09-229 deleted “commercial” re fertilizer and added provision re regulation adopted pursuant to Sec. 22-111j, effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111q. - Appeals.

Any person aggrieved by any action of the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(February, 1965, P.A. 198, S. 17; P.A. 73-278, S. 12, 21; P.A. 76-436, S. 449, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 91, 125.)
History: P.A. 73-278 replaced “director”, i.e. director of Agricultural Experiment Station, with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous provision for appeal to superior court with statement that appeals shall be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111r. - Administration and enforcement.

Except as otherwise specified in sections 22-111a to 22-111j, inclusive, and 22-111l to 22-111x, inclusive, the provisions of said sections shall be administered and enforced by the Commissioner of Agriculture or by such commissioner's duly authorized agent.
(P.A. 09-229, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111s. - Special acts and municipal ordinances or regulations superceded.

All special acts and municipal ordinances or regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of public act 09-229* are superseded and shall be of no force or effect. No political subdivision of the state shall enact or attempt to enforce any ordinance or regulation respecting the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use or application of a fertilizer, as defined in section 22-111b.
(P.A. 09-229, S. 3.)
*Note: Public act 09-229 is entitled “An Act Concerning Milk Producers, Milk and Milk Products, Agricultural Not-For-Profit Organizations and the Modernization of Connecticut Fertilizer Law”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2009” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111u. - Commissioner to determine and publish values.

The commissioner shall determine and publish annually the values per unit of nitrogen, available phosphate and soluble potash in fertilizers in this state, for purposes of determining the commercial value to be applied pursuant to sections 22-111a to 22-111j, inclusive, and 22-111l to 22-111x, inclusive. Such determined and published values shall be used by the commissioner in determining and assessing penalty payments pursuant to sections 22-111a to 22-111j, inclusive, and 22-111l to 22-111x, inclusive.
(P.A. 09-229, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111v. - Distribution of adulterated fertilizer prohibited.

No person shall distribute an adulterated fertilizer. A fertilizer shall be considered adulterated if the commissioner determines: (1) Such fertilizer contains any deleterious or harmful substance in sufficient amounts to render it injurious to beneficial plant life, animals, humans, aquatic life, soil or water when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label for such fertilizer, (2) the label for such fertilizer does not contain adequate warning statements or directions for use necessary to protect plant life, animals, humans, aquatic life, soil or water, (3) the composition of such fertilizer falls below or differs from that displayed on the label for such fertilizer, or (4) such fertilizer contains unwanted crop or weed seed.
(P.A. 09-229, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111w. - Storage of bulk fertilizers. Best management practices for fertilizer use and application.

(a) Bulk fertilizers shall be stored in a manner that minimizes the release of such fertilizers and protects the environment.
(b) Fertilizer use and application shall comply with best management practices and with regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-111j.
(P.A. 09-229, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008 › Section 22-111x. - Cooperation and agreements with agencies of state, other states and federal government.

The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreement with governmental agencies of this state, other states and agencies of the federal government in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of sections 22-111a to 22-111j, inclusive, and 22-111l to 22-111x, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 22-111j.
(P.A. 09-229, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111bb. - Registration.

(a) No person may distribute a soil amendment unless it has been registered with the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section. An application for registration shall be submitted annually to the commissioner on the form furnished or approved by the commissioner. Upon approval of the application by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. Such registration shall expire on September thirtieth of the following year. Each distributor shall submit to the commissioner a copy of labels and any advertising literature for each soil amendment with the registration application.
(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of soil amendment that is already registered under this section by another person, providing the label does not differ in any respect.
(c) Before registering any soil amendment, the commissioner may require evidence to substantiate the claims made for the soil amendment and proof of the value and usefulness of the soil amendment.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 2, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111cc. - Labeling.

(a) The following information shall appear on the face or display side of any package or container of soil amendment offered for sale at retail, shall be in a readable and conspicuous printed form and shall be affixed as a label: (1) The net weight of the product; (2) the brand of the product; and (3) a guaranteed analysis of the product including (A) all soil amending ingredients and any other ingredients, (B) the purpose of the product, (C) directions for application, and (D) the name and address of the soil amendment registrant.
(b) In the case of bulk shipments, the information required in subsection (a) of this section may be in handwritten or printed form, shall accompany delivery and shall be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.
(c) No information or statement may appear on any package, label delivery slip or advertising matter that is false or misleading to the purchaser as to the use, value, quality, analysis, type or composition of the soil amendment.
(d) The commissioner may require proof of claims made for any soil amendment. If no claims are made, the commissioner may require proof of usefulness and value of the soil amendment. For evidence of proof the commissioner may rely on experimental data, evaluations or advice supplied from such sources as the director if design of the experiment is related to conditions in this state under which the product is to be used. The commissioner may accept or reject other sources of proof deemed to be reliable as additional evidence in evaluating soil amendments.
(e) No soil amending ingredient may be listed on labels or labeling of soil amendments without the permission of the commissioner. The commissioner may allow a soil amending ingredient to be listed on the label or labeling if satisfactory supportive data is provided to substantiate the value and usefulness of the soil amending ingredients. The commissioner may rely on authoritative sources, including, but not limited to, the director, for assistance in evaluating any such data submitted. When a soil amending ingredient is permitted to be listed, the presence of such ingredient in such amendment shall be detectable by laboratory methods and shall be subject to inspection and analysis. The director may prescribe methods and procedures of inspection and analysis of the soil amending ingredient.
(f) The commissioner may allow labeling to include listing proportions of ingredients in soil amendments by volume rather than by weight.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 3, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111dd. - Misbranding.

No person may distribute a misbranded soil amendment. A soil amendment shall be deemed to be misbranded if: (1) Its labeling is false or misleading; (2) it is distributed under the name of another soil amendment; (3) it is not labeled as required in section 22-111cc and in accordance with regulations adopted under section 22-111ll; (4) it purports to be, or is represented as, a soil amendment, or is represented as containing a soil amendment that has a definition in regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with section 22-111ll unless it conforms to such definition; or (5) it does not conform to the prescribed soil ingredient form, minimum percentages, labeling or investigational allowances provided for in the regulations adopted by the commissioner under section 22-111ll.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 4, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111ee. - Adulteration.

No person may distribute an adulterated soil amendment. A soil amendment shall be deemed to be adulterated if: (1) It contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant or animal life when applied in accordance with directions for use on its label, or if adequate warning statements and directions for use that may be necessary to protect beneficial plant or animal life are not on the label; (2) its composition differs from that which it is purported to be in its labeling; or (3) it contains unwanted crop or weed seed.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 5, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111ff. - Sampling, inspection and analysis requirements.

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall sample, inspect, make analyses of and test soil amendments distributed within this state at any time and place to such extent as is deemed necessary to determine whether such soil amendments are in compliance with provisions of sections 22-111bb to 22-111ll, inclusive. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may enter upon any public or private premises or carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to (1) soil amendments subject to the provisions of sections 22-111bb to 22-111ll, inclusive, and any regulations adopted under said sections, and (2) any records relating to the distribution of such soil amendments.
(b) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those approved by the director and derived from authoritative sources including, but not limited to, the Association of Official Analytical Chemists International.
(c) The results of official analyses of soil amendments shall be distributed by the director.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 6, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111gg. - Penalties.

Any person who violates section 22-111bb or 22-111cc shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. Any person who violates section 22-111dd or 22-111ee, or an order issued under section 22-111hh, shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not less than one thousand dollars or more than two thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, may institute a civil action to recover such penalty in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. All actions brought by the Attorney General shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191. The Superior Court, in an action brought by the Attorney General at the request of the commissioner, shall have jurisdiction to restrain a continuing violation of said sections and to issue orders directing that the violation be corrected or removed.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 7, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111hh. - Stop-sale orders.

The commissioner may issue and enforce an order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil amendment to stop the sale or use of such soil amendment and to hold such soil amendment at a designated place when the commissioner finds such soil amendment is being offered for sale in violation of any of the provisions of sections 22-111bb to 22-111ll, inclusive. The commissioner may rescind such order in writing when such provisions have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with complying with the order have been paid. The distributor shall be entirely responsible for any costs associated with such order and shall assume all liability for distribution of amendments deemed adulterated.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 8, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111ii. - Interstate agreements.

The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government and private associations in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of sections 22-111bb to 22-111ll, inclusive.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 9, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111jj. - Publication of analyses results.

The director shall publish at least annually a report of the results of the analyses of any soil amendments analyzed under section 22-111ff.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 10, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111kk. - Denial, cancellation and revocation of registration. Right to a hearing on revocation.

The commissioner may refuse registration of any brand of soil amendment if the commissioner finds the brand of soil amendment violates any provision of sections 22-111bb to 22-111ll, inclusive, or regulations adopted under said sections. The commissioner may cancel the registration of any brand of soil amendment upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in complying with said sections or said regulations provided no registration shall be revoked until the registrant has been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the commissioner.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 11, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111ll. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 22-111bb to 22-111kk, inclusive. Such regulations may include provisions regarding sampling, analytical methods, form of soil amendments, minimum percentages, soil amending ingredients, exempted materials, investigational allowances, definitions, records, labels or labeling, liability bonds, misbranding, mislabeling and the distribution of soil amendments. In the interest of uniformity, the commissioner may adopt, in such regulations, unless the commissioner determines that they are not appropriate to conditions that exist in this state, the official definitions of soil amendment ingredients, official regulations and the official soil amendment terms adopted by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials and published in its official publication and may incorporate by reference any other provisions that the association adopts for the regulation of soil amendments.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 12, 25; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material › Section 22-111nn. - Registration.

(a) No person may distribute an agricultural liming material unless it has been registered with the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section. An application for registration shall be submitted annually to the commissioner on the form furnished or approved by the commissioner. Upon approval of the application by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. Such registration shall expire on June thirtieth of the following year. Each distributor shall submit to the commissioner a copy of labels and any advertising literature for each agricultural liming material with the registration application.
(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of agricultural liming material already registered under this section by another person, provided the label does not differ in any respect.
(P.A. 00-96, S. 14, 25.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000.