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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-6m. - Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Responsibilities of vendors.

(a) A certified vendor may accept vouchers only for a transaction that takes place at a certified farmers' market and only in exchange for Connecticut-grown fresh produce and may accept vouchers as payment for Connecticut-grown fresh produce only if presented on or before the usage expiration date printed on the face of the voucher.
(b) A certified vendor shall (1) prominently display a certified vendor identification sign as outlined in the certified vendor handbook, (2) provide Connecticut-grown fresh produce to participants upon receipt of a valid and properly completed voucher, which is signed by the WIC client, (3) handle transactions with WIC participants in the same manner as transactions with all other customers, (4) not collect state or local taxes on purchases involving vouchers, (5) charge participants a price for Connecticut-grown fresh produce that is equal to or less than the current price charged to nonparticipant customers, (6) not levy a surcharge based on the use of vouchers by participants, (7) return no cash or issue credit in any form to participants during sales transactions that involve vouchers only and in the event of a single transaction in which a participant presents a combination of cash and vouchers for the purchase of Connecticut-grown fresh produce, cash or credit up to the value of the cash portion of the payment shall be given to the participant, (8) participate in training as the department deems necessary to carry out the intent of CFM/WIC, (9) cooperate with the department in the evaluation of each season by completely and accurately responding to a survey, with resubmission to the department in a specified and timely manner, (10) immediately inform the department in the event of loss, destruction, or theft of either the certified vendor endorsement stamp or certified vendor identification sign so that a replacement may be issued, and (11) comply with all procedures and rules as herein outlined and as delineated in the department-vendor agreement, the certified vendor handbook and official written notices of clarification issued by the department to the vendor.
(P.A. 94-187, S. 7, 12.)
History: P.A. 94-187 effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-6o. - Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Citation of noncompliance of vendor.

A written notice of noncompliance or suspension from the department shall be pending for seventy-two hours of receipt by the certified vendor. The certified vendor shall be granted the pending period for presenting sufficient evidence to the department to substantiate a reversal. Remedies undertaken in response to receipt of written notice of a pending citation of noncompliance or suspension shall not constitute evidence in defense of such citation. Failure to present any evidence to the department within the specified pending period shall constitute acceptance of the citation of noncompliance or suspension by the certified vendor. Submission of insufficient evidence by the certified vendor for determination of reversal on the pending citation by the department shall result in an official citation of noncompliance or suspension upon completion of the pending period.
(P.A. 94-187, S. 9, 12.)
History: P.A. 94-187 effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-6p. - Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Assurances. Vouchers.

(a) Assurances, on forms provided by the department, must be submitted no later than the first day of March in order for the farmers' market to receive consideration of authorization for the upcoming season.
(b) All applications shall be submitted no later than one month preceding the last date in which vouchers may be used by participants at authorized farmers' markets.
(c) Vouchers shall be valid from the time of issue through the season ending date as designated by the department. Such date shall be clearly printed on the voucher face. Voucher usage shall be null and void after expiration date.
(d) All vouchers accepted by a certified vendor shall be deposited on or before thirty days following the date of expiration for voucher usage by participants. Such date shall be clearly printed on the front of vouchers. Any claim to voucher payment beyond the voucher reimbursement expiration date is not valid and shall be denied.
(e) Deadlines for submission of records, reports, survey instruments and undistributed vouchers by local agencies shall be established by the department and specified in the agreement entered into with the local agency.
(f) The department shall develop and submit a completed operations report in January in a manner prescribed by USDA-FNS which summarizes the CFM/WIC operations for the previous year.
(P.A. 94-187, S. 10, 12.)
History: P.A. 94-187 effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-6q. - Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program.

(a) There is established the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program which shall be provided for from funds available to the commissioner and from other sources as such funds may become available. The program shall supply Connecticut-grown fresh produce to senior participants through the distribution of vouchers that are redeemable only at designated Connecticut farmers' markets. For purposes of this section, a “senior participant” is defined as a person who is sixty years of age or older and is currently residing in elderly housing, or is a participant of a registered congregate meal site, or has been identified by a municipal elderly agent as being at nutritional risk. The program is designed to provide both a supplemental source of fresh produce for the dietary needs of seniors who are judged to be at nutritional risk and to stimulate an increased demand for Connecticut-grown produce at Connecticut farmers' markets. For purposes of this section, “fresh produce” means fruits and vegetables that have not been processed in any manner and chicken eggs.
(b) The program shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture who shall maintain all conditions for its operations.
(P.A. 94-187, S. 11, 12; P.A. 98-12, S. 1, 22; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-155, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 94-187 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 98-12 deleted former Subsec. (c) re adoption of regulations, effective July 1, 1998; 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; P.A. 21-155 amended Subsec. (a) to define “fresh produce”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-6t. - Voucher value.

On and after July 1, 2021, any voucher issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-6p or 22-6q shall have a value of not less than twenty dollars.
(P.A. 21-155, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 21-155 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-7q. - Filing of bond in administrative appeal.

In any appeal from a final decision made by the Commissioner of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of this title the court shall require the filing of a surety bond or other security with the court prior to granting a stay of such decision. In setting the amount of any such bond or other security, the court shall consider the cost of compliance with such decision and the potential harm to the public from the actions of the aggrieved party pending the final disposition of the appeal.
(P.A. 95-141, S. 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 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 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-8. - Duties of commissioner re avian ecology.

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall investigate the distribution and food habits of the birds of the state; shall determine, so far as possible, the relation of birds to outbreaks of insects and animals; shall experiment with a view to discovering the best methods of protecting fruits and crops from birds and shall serve the people of the state in matters relating to the economic status of birds and to legislation concerning them.
(1949 Rev., S. 3060; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-614, S. 314, 610; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner and department of agriculture with commissioner and department of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner and department of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner and department of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner and department of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner and department agriculture; P.A. 77-614 abolished division of ornithology, transferred its duties and those of its director to agriculture commissioner, deleted provisions rendered obsolete by the transfer re reports to commissioner, etc. and deleted powers to issue reports and bulletins and to appoint special observers to study birds' distribution and habits, effective January 1, 1979; 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.
See Sec. 10a-111 re appointment of State Ornithologist.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-9. - Supervision of institutional farms.

The commissioner shall exercise such authority and control over the policies and operations, including financial operations, of the various state-owned institutional farms, except those of The University of Connecticut and the state agricultural experiment stations, as he deems necessary in the interest of efficient and economical operation of the same and in the best interests of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 3055.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-10. - Reports of moneys expended.

Any person who receives money from the state for the purpose of promoting the increase of agricultural products or of domestic animals and products thereof shall, on or before the fifteenth day of November of each year in which such money was received, file with the Comptroller a statement of the manner in which such moneys were expended and the result of such expenditure, including, if in competitions, the number of competitors, the lines in which the competitions were made, the amount of soil cultivated and the returns therefrom, with such other details as may be required by the Comptroller. Any person receiving money from any town for any of the purposes specified in this section shall make a similar return to the treasurer of the town from which such money was received and shall file a copy of each such return with the Comptroller. The provisions of this section concerning returns shall apply to all sums expended for extension work of The University of Connecticut for the purposes herein specified.
(1949 Rev., S. 3057; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 20.)
History: 1961 act deleted references to counties.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11a. - “Integrated pest management” defined.

As used in sections 22-11b and 22-84a, “integrated pest management” means a comprehensive strategy of pest control whose major objective is to maintain high crop quality with a minimum use of pesticides and includes, but is not limited to, the following methods: Pest trapping, crop scouting, pest-resistant crop varieties, increased use of biological control, cultural controls, and judicious use of certain pesticides.
(P.A. 88-247, S. 6, 12; P.A. 97-242, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-242 deleted references to Secs. 22a-54(c) and 22a-66
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which made definition applicable to pesticide regulation laws.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11b. - Duties of The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service re integrated pest management.

(a) Within available appropriations, The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service shall develop and implement (1) nonagricultural integrated pest management programs which shall include, but not be limited to, programs for trees, shrubs, turf and structural applications of integrated pest management techniques and (2) agricultural integrated pest management programs, including, but not limited to, programs for vegetables, fruit, forage crops and nurseries. Such programs may incorporate research developed by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station pursuant to section 22-84a.
(b) Within available appropriations, The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service, upon request of any state department, agency or institution, shall assist such department, agency or institution in determining the feasibility of integrated pest management and may provide technical assistance to such department, agency or institution in implementing integrated pest management.
(c) The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service shall, on or before February first, annually, submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on implementation of integrated pest management programs.
(P.A. 88-247, S. 9, 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11c. - Aquaculture development: Definitions.

(a) As used in sections 22-11d to 22-11f, inclusive, “aquaculture” means the controlled rearing, cultivation and harvest of aquatic plants and animals in land-based and marine-based culture systems, tanks, containers, impoundments, floating or submerged nets, longlines or pens and ponds.
(b) For purposes of this chapter “agriculture”, as defined in subsection (q) of section 1-1, shall include aquaculture.
(P.A. 94-227, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-93, S. 3; P.A. 22-54, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-93 amended Subsec. (a) to add marine-based culture systems and floating or submerged nets or pens to the list of defined aquaculture media; P.A. 22-54 amended Subsec. (a) to include reference to longlines.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11d. - Aquaculture development: Lead agency.

The Department of Agriculture shall be the lead agency for aquaculture development in this state. The department shall: (1) Coordinate the activities of other state agencies with regard to aquaculture; (2) act as a liaison between local and federal officials on matters related to aquaculture; (3) serve as a liaison between government and the aquaculture industry.
(P.A. 94-227, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11e. - Interagency Aquaculture Coordinating Committee.

Section 22-11e is repealed, effective May 23, 2022.
(P.A. 94-227, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 28; P.A. 22-54, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11f. - Licensing of aquaculture operation. Regulations. Control of importation and cultivation of nonnative plants or animals.

The Department of Agriculture, after consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the licensing of aquaculture facilities and operations other than any such facilities or operations of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Such regulations shall establish a program to control the importation, cultivation or raising of aquatic plants or animals which are not native to this state. Such regulations shall ensure that any such importation or cultivation shall not adversely contaminate or impact native aquatic plants or animals or their natural habitats and shall further provide that aquaculture operations shall not adversely contaminate or impact wild stocks of aquatic plants and animals or their natural habitats and shall include measures to identify products of aquaculture operations. Aquatic plants and animals held at inland aquaculture facilities shall be exempt from laws and regulations pertaining to wild stocks, including, but not limited to, chapter 495.
(P.A. 94-227, S. 5; P.A. 97-32, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-32 added provisions re control of importation and cultivation of nonnative plants or animals; 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; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11g. - Releases from aquaculture systems.

No person may release water, plants, animals or other material from any land-based or marine-based aquaculture systems, including, but not limited to, tanks, containers, impoundments or ponds, unless such person first provides notice to the Commissioner of Agriculture, on a form prescribed by said commissioner, regarding the nature of the substances to be released. The commissioner may issue an order to discontinue or abate such release if the commissioner finds that such release poses a significant threat to the aquacultural resources of the state. This section shall not apply to any aquacultural systems operated by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(P.A. 94-227, S. 6; P.A. 99-93, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-93 provided for coverage under this section for marine-based aquaculture systems; 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. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-11k. - Ninety-day aquaculture permit application final determinations.

The Department of Agriculture shall review and make a final determination on each aquaculture permit application not later than ninety days after receipt of such application. Following such ninety-day period, if a final determination on such application is not made by said agency, such application shall be deemed approved.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 562.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-12. - Appropriations for promotion of agricultural interests.

The annual appropriation for the promotion of agricultural interests shall be ten thousand dollars per county. These funds shall be distributed by the Agricultural Extension Service of The University of Connecticut.
(1949 Rev., S. 3059.)
See Sec. 2-33 re specific and recurring appropriations.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-12a. - Use of term “Connecticut State Fair”.

No person, firm, corporation or association, other than an agency or instrumentality of the state, shall use the words “Connecticut State Fair” in relation to any fair, exhibition or entertainment without the written consent of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(1959, P.A. 343, S. 1; 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: Later 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-13. - Employment of minors in agriculture.

No minor under fourteen years of age shall be employed or be permitted to work in agriculture. No minor fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be employed in any agricultural occupation for more than six days a week, or for more than eight hours in any day or forty-eight hours in any week. If transportation is furnished to the farm or other place of employment, for any minor covered in sections 22-13 to 22-17, inclusive, return transportation to his home or pickup point shall be available at the close of each work day. Not less than thirty minutes shall be allowed for the meal period.
(1949 Rev., S. 7374.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-14. - Birth certificate or agricultural work permit required.

No minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work, when school is not in session, in any agricultural occupation unless the employer of such minor has received a birth certificate, an agricultural work permit issued by the Department of Education or other legal proof of age. Each employer shall retain in his possession, and make available to the commissioner or his agent for inspection, each such legal proof of age, until the termination of the employment of the minor therein named. At the termination of employment, the employer shall return to each minor upon request such legal proof of age.
(1949 Rev., S. 7375; P.A. 03-278, S. 80.)
History: P.A. 03-278 made technical changes, effective July 9, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-15. - Administration. Regulations. Inspection.

The Labor Commissioner shall have charge of the administration of sections 22-13 to 22-17, inclusive. The commissioner shall establish regulations and standards for the administration of said sections necessary to the health and welfare of youths employed in agriculture. The commissioner may make such inspections as the commissioner deems necessary or desirable, under said sections, in order to ascertain that the provisions are observed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7376; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-614, S. 477, 610; P.A. 06-196, S. 154.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act dropped “conservation” from commissioner's title; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-614 transferred administration of Secs. 22-13 to 22-17 from agriculture commissioner to labor commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-16. - Employer of more than fifteen affected.

The provisions of sections 22-13 to 22-17, inclusive, shall apply during any calendar week to any employer whose average number of employees during that week is more than fifteen. Said provisions shall not apply to work performed for an employer engaged in agriculture by members of his immediate family.
(1949 Rev., S. 7377.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-17. - Penalty.

Any person, including a parent or guardian, whether acting for himself or as agent for another, who employs or authorizes or permits to be employed any minor in violation of sections 22-13 to 22-16, inclusive, shall be fined, for a first violation, not more than fifty dollars and, for each subsequent violation, not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 7378.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-17a. - Sanitary regulations concerning agricultural workers.

The Labor Commissioner may make regulations and establish standards as to living quarters furnished by a farm operator to agricultural workers and to migratory farm laborers to insure their adequacy as to sanitation and reasonable comfort and convenience. Said commissioner may make such inspections as he deems necessary to insure the observance of such regulations and standards.
(1959, P.A. 628, S. 1; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-614, S. 478, 610.)
History: Later 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act dropped “conservation” from commissioner's title; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-614 transferred regulatory power from commissioner of agriculture to labor commissioner, effective January 1, 1979.
See Sec. 19a-36 re Public Health Code.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture › Section 22-18 to 22-26. - Farmers' loans, generally.

Obsolete.
(September, 1957, P.A. 15, S. 1–9; March, 1958, P.A. 19, S. 1, 2; 1961, P.A. 23.)
2023 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.)
2023 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”.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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; (4) the development and implementation of programs and services that promote farm and farmland access and transfer of such farms; and (5) the development of urban and nontraditional farming practices.
(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; P.A. 21-155, S. 10.)
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; P.A. 21-155 added Subdiv. (5) re development of urban and nontraditional farming practices, effective July 12, 2021.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands › Section 22-26ee and 22-26ff. - Study of state responsibilities and opportunities for preserving and developing Connecticut's dairy industry. Commissioner to report on acquisition of development rights.

Sections 22-26ee and 22-26ff are repealed, effective October 1, 1997.
(P.A. 78-232, S. 5–7, 11; P.A. 89-204, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-234, S. 11.)
2023 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.
2023 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.