General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7068
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3933
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7068
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3933
*_____HB07068ENV___030217____*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF NON-PROFIT FARMERS IN THE WIC AND SENIOR FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION VOUCHERS PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 22-6g to 22-6q, inclusive, of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall implement a permanent program to authorize not more than three individual, not-for-profit farmers who engage in the cooperative retail marketing of Connecticut-grown farm products to participate as vendors in both the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program and the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program. The commissioner may prescribe the requirements for participation in such program.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
ENV Joint Favorable
ENV
Joint Favorable