General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 344
February Session, 2018 *_____SB00344APP___041818____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 344
February Session, 2018
*_____SB00344APP___041818____*
AN ACT CONCERNING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE DEVICES REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall enter a memorandum of understanding with aquaculture licensees for the utilization of electronic surveillance devices by the Department of Agriculture to monitor the locations of such licensees. Such memorandum of understanding shall: (1) Prescribe the conditions and requirements of utilizing such surveillance devices, (2) provide that such monitoring is for the purpose of assuring the safety of the products of such licensees, (3) require any costs associated with such devices, including, but not limited to, any service for the use of such devices, shall be paid by the Department of Agriculture, and (4) prohibit the disclosure of any data received or collected by the department as a result of utilizing such devices. Such memorandum of understanding shall be effective until the effective date of the regulations described in section 2 of this act. Any costs of the Department of Agriculture associated with the provisions of this section shall be paid from the Shellfish Management account in the Department of Agriculture and the Cross Sound Cable Project account in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than July 1, 2020, the Department of Agriculture shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to establish criteria for the enforcement of any requirement that any aquaculture licensee utilize an electronic surveillance device. Such regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, the establishment of any applicable fees and mandatory fines for violating any provisions of such regulations and protocols for the storage and safeguarding of any data collected by the department as a result of requiring the use of such electronic surveillance devices.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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