Connecticut 2020 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00095 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 95
6	6	February Session, 2020
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10	10	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING CO NNECTICUT'S SHELLFISH RESTORATION
20	20	PROGRAM AND THE CONNECTICUT SEAFOOD ADVISORY
21	21	COUNCIL.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Section 26-237a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	26	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2020): 2
27	27	There is established within the Department of Agriculture a program 3
28	28	to purchase and acquire shell or other cultch material for deposit on 4
29	29	state shellfish beds. The program shall also include the purchase of 5
30	30	management supplies, materials and spawn oyster stock. Pursuant to 6
31	31	such program, the Commissioner of Agriculture may contract for the 7
32	32	use of a shell recovery vessel to collect and deposit shell on shellfish 8
33	33	beds. Additionally, under such program, the department may receive 9
34	34	and deposit on shellfish beds cultch from oyster shell recycling 10
35	35	programs administered or authorized by the department. 11
36	36	Sec. 2. Section 26-237b of the general statutes is repealed and the 12
37	37	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2020): 13 Raised Bill No. 95
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43	43	(a) There is established and created a fund to be known as the 14
44	44	"Shellfish Fund". The proceeds of any bonds authorized for the purpose 15
45	45	of section 26-237a, as amended by this act, and any private, state or 16
46	46	federal grants or direct funding received or awarded for the purposes of 17
47	47	section 26-237a, as amended by this act, shall be deposited in the fund. 18
48	48	Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be 19
49	49	carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding. 20
50	50	(b) The fund shall be used by the Commissioner of Agriculture for 21
51	51	the program established under section 26-237a, as amended by this act, 22
52	52	including, but not limited to, the support of an oyster shell recycling 23
53	53	program administered by the Department of Agriculture in partnership 24
54	54	with any other person. 25
55	55	Sec. 3. Section 22-455 of the general statutes is repealed and the 26
56	56	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2020): 27
57	57	There is established a Connecticut Seafood [Advisory] Development 28
58	58	Council to assist in the promotion of Connecticut seafood products and 29
59	59	examine market opportunities. The development council shall be within 30
60	60	the Department of Agriculture. The [advisory] development council 31
61	61	shall consist of [one freshwater fish producer appointed by the 32
62	62	Governor, two finfish, shellfish or lobster harvesters or representatives 33
63	63	of harvester organizations appointed one each by the speaker and 34
64	64	majority leader of the House of Representatives, two finfish, shellfish or 35
65	65	lobster processors or representatives of processor organizations 36
66	66	appointed one each by the minority leaders of the Senate and House of 37
67	67	Representatives, one retailer serving restaurants or representing a 38
68	68	restaurant organization appointed by the president pro tempore of the 39
69	69	Senate, one member at-large appointed by the majority leader of the 40
70	70	Senate, and four nonvoting members one of whom shall represent the 41
71	71	Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, one the 42
72	72	Department of Economic and Community Development and one the 43
73	73	Department of Agriculture and one the Sea Grant Program at The 44
74	74	University of Connecticut. The advisory council shall be within the 45
75	75	Department of Agriculture] the following thirteen members: (1) The 46 Raised Bill No. 95
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81	81	Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee; (2) the 47
82	82	Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or the 48
83	83	commissioner's designee; (3) the Commissioner of Energy and 49
84	84	Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee; (4) the 50
85	85	director of the Sea Grant Program at The University of Connecticut, or 51
86	86	the director's designee; (5) one freshwater finfish producer appointed by 52
87	87	the Governor; (6) one aquaculture finfish producer appointed by the 53
88	88	speaker of the House of Representatives; (7) one commercial marine 54
89	89	finfish harvester appointed by the majority leader of the House of 55
90	90	Representatives; (8) one commercial lobster harvester appointed by the 56
91	91	minority leader of the House of Representatives; (9) one shellfish 57
92	92	wholesale dealer appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture; (10) 58
93	93	one representative of the Connecticut Restaurant Association; (11) one 59
94	94	small-scale aquaculture producer appointed by the president pro 60
95	95	tempore of the Senate; (12) one seaweed aquaculture producer 61
96	96	appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; and (13) one shellfish 62
97	97	harvester appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. The 63
98	98	Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee, shall 64
99	99	serve as the chairperson of the development council. 65
100	100	(b) The development council may receive state, federal and municipal 66
101	101	funds and funds from any nonprofit or nongovernmental organization. 67
102	102	Such funds may be expended as necessary to perform the development 68
103	103	council's duties pursuant to this section. The development council may 69
104	104	seek funding for and provide financial support to organizations for 70
105	105	activities directly related to seafood production and any related 71
106	106	products. 72
107	107	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
108	108	sections:
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110	110	Section 1 October 1, 2020 26-237a
111	111	Sec. 2 October 1, 2020 26-237b
112	112	Sec. 3 October 1, 2020 22-455
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119	119	Statement of Purpose:
120	120	To enhance the state's shellfish restoration program through certain
121	121	contracting authority and to reconstitute the Connecticut Seafood
122	122	Council.
123	123	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
124	124	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
125	125	underlined.]
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