General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5310
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2520
*02520HB05310ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5310
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2520
*02520HB05310ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 22-81 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) [The] Within the ability of budgeted resources, the board shall cause the station to (1) make scientific inquiries and perform experiments including, but not limited to, inquiries and experiments regarding plants, insects and the pests of plants, soil and water, which inquiries and experiments shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the effects of any climate change which may result from increased levels of carbon dioxide or other "greenhouse" gases in the atmosphere and what effects such change may have on agriculture in this state; (2) make scientific inquiries for the General Assembly and conduct such analyses as required by any state agency including, but not limited to, the Departments of Administrative Services, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Energy and Environmental Protection; and (3) distribute reports of any analyses, investigations or experiments by correspondence, lectures or published matter. The board may cause the station to charge a fee for any testing services which it may provide to the public. The station shall not conduct any testing of ticks for Lyme disease except at the request of a state or municipal health official or for scientific research purposes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 22-81(c)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
22-81(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To recognize that the scope of work that can be accomplished by the Agricultural Experiment Station may need to be scaled down due to the availability of budgeted appropriations for the agency.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.
H.B. 5310