Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01000 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1000
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING AP PLE ASSESSMENTS.
21	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	21		Assembly convened:
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24	23		Section 1. Section 22-54r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
26	25		(a) There shall be paid by each apple producer to the Commissioner 3
27	26		of Agriculture an assessment sufficient to cover the costs in the budget 4
28	27		for implementation of the apple market order. The amount of the 5
29	28		assessment shall be determined by the commissioner except that: (1) 6
30	29		Such assessment shall not be less than one hundred dollars for any 7
31	30		apple producer, and (2) any assessment in excess of six cents per first 8
32	31		sale unit shall be approved by a referendum conducted in accordance 9
33	32		with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 22-54q. The initial one 10
34	33		thousand first sale units of any apple producer in each market season 11
35	34		shall be exempt from the assessment. 12
36	35		(b) Each apple producer subject to the assessment shall submit a 13
37	36		return to the commissioner either annually on the fifteenth day of each 14
38		-	November or quarterly on the fifteenth day of each November, 15
39		-	February, May and August. The amount due shall be: (1) One hundred 16 Raised Bill No. 1000
	37	+	November or quarterly on the fifteenth day of each November, 15 Raised Bill No. 1000
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	43	+	February, May and August. The amount due shall be: (1) One hundred 16
46	44		dollars, or (2) based on the number of apples sold or removed from 17
47	45		storage on or before the last day of the month preceding the month the 18
48	46		assessment is due, whichever is greater. If the apple producer elects to 19
49	47		submit a return annually he or she shall calculate the amount due by 20
50	48		considering seventy-five per cent of his or her total harvest to be first 21
51	49		sale units. The commissioner may require a producer to submit 22
52	50		additional documentation regarding the number of first sale units in 23
53	51		order to ensure that the assessment is proper. Any apple producer who 24
54	52		fails to pay the assessment required under this section may be assessed 25
55	53		a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day 26
56	54		during which such nonpayment continues after re ceipt of an 27
57	55		assessment under this subsection. 28
58	56		(c) Any revenues received during any marketing season and not 29
59	57		expended may be paid by the commissioner at the end of the 30
60	58		marketing season on a pro-rata basis to those apple producers who 31
61	59		paid the assessment or may be carried over to the next marketing 32
62	60		season as the commissioner deems necessary. 33
63	61		(d) Any broker, distributor or handler who, at the request of the 34
64	62		producer, deducts the amount of the assessment due on the first sale 35
65	63		units sold or transferred from storage, shall be liable for accounting 36
66	64		and payment of such assessment. 37
67	65		(e) Any money collected by the commissioner pursuant to the 38
68	66		provisions of this section shall not be deemed state funds and shall be 39
69	67		deposited pursuant to section 4-33, in a qualified public depository in 40
70	68		Connecticut. Such funds shall be expended by the commissioner for 41
71	69		expenses incurred in administering the budget recommended by the 42
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73	71		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
74	72		sections:
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76	74		Section 1 July 1, 2019 22-54r
77	75		Raised Bill No. 1000
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	81	+	Statement of Purpose:
	82	+	To require a minimum contribution by apple producers toward the
	83	+	apple market order.
	84	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	85	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	86	+	not underlined.]
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