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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1497
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING PROGRAMMING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 22-26f of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(a) There shall be a State Veterinarian who shall be an employee of 4
the Department of Agriculture and shall serve as the state animal health 5
official for the state. The Commissioner of Agriculture may designate 6
one or more veterinarians to exercise all or part of the authority, powers 7
and duties of the State Veterinarian. [in the absence of the State 8
Veterinarian.] Any veterinarian designated by the commissioner 9
pursuant to this subsection shall meet the requirements of subsection (b) 10
of this section. 11
Sec. 2. Section 22-111c of the general statutes is repealed and the 12
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 13
(a) Each brand and grade of fertilizer shall be registered in the name 14
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of the person whose name appears on the label for such fertilizer before 15
being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be 16
submitted to the commissioner on a form furnished by the 17
commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of seventy-five dollars. 18
[On and after January 1, 2010, said] Said fee shall be established by the 19
commissioner by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions 20
of section 22-111j, provided such fee does not exceed seventy-five 21
dollars. The application shall include the following information: (1) The 22
net weight; (2) the brand and grade; (3) the guaranteed analysis; and (4) 23
the name and address of the registrant. Upon approval of the 24
application by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be 25
furnished to the applicant. All registrations shall expire on June thirtieth 26
of each year. 27
(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any fertilizer which 28
is already registered under this chapter by another person, provided the 29
label for such exempted fertilizer does not differ in any material respect 30
to such previously registered fertilizer. 31
(c) A distributor shall not be required to register fertilizer formulated 32
according to specifications which are furnished by a consumer prior to 33
mixing; but shall be required to label such fertilizer as provided in 34
subsection (c) of section 22-111d. 35
Sec. 3. Section 22-111bb of the general statutes is repealed and the 36
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 37
(a) No person may distribute a soil amendment unless it has been 38
registered with the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of 39
this section. An application for registration shall be submitted annually 40
to the commissioner on the form furnished or approved by the 41
commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee established by the 42
Commissioner of Agriculture that shall not exceed seventy-five dollars. 43
Upon approval of the application by the commissioner, a copy of the 44
registration shall be furnished to the applicant. Such registration shall 45
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expire on September thirtieth of the following year. Each distributor 46
shall submit to the commissioner a copy of labels and any advertising 47
literature for each soil amendment with the registration application. 48
(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of soil 49
amendment that is already registered under this section by another 50
person, providing the label does not differ in any respect. 51
(c) Before registering any soil amendment, the commissioner may 52
require evidence to substantiate the claims made for the soil amendment 53
and proof of the value and usefulness of the soil amendment. 54
Sec. 4. Subsection (b) of section 22-341 of the general statutes is 55
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 56
passage): 57
(b) The town clerk of each town shall order a sufficient number of 58
such tags or plates from the commissioner, who shall furnish the same 59
at [a cost of five cents each] the cost incurred to procure and distribute 60
such tags or plates, which cost shall be paid by the town on the approval 61
of the town clerk. [Any balance of the moneys received by the 62
commissioner after deducting the cost of the tags, the expenses 63
incidental to their distribution to the town clerks and the expenses 64
incidental to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, shall be 65
accounted for by the commissioner to the Comptroller.] The design and 66
the shape of such tags or plates shall be changed each year, and such 67
tags or plates for each year shall be of uniform design and material 68
throughout the state. Any dog found roaming at large upon any public 69
highway or common or upon the premises of any person other than its 70
owner, without a tag as provided in this section, shall be presumed to 71
be an unlicensed dog. 72
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The annual harvest season for 73
the purpose of vehicles transporting agricultural products shall be year-74
round. 75
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 22-26f(a)
Sec. 2 from passage 22-111c
Sec. 3 from passage 22-111bb
Sec. 4 from passage 22-341(b)
Sec. 5 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To streamline certain services at the Department of Agriculture while
increasing access to such services.
[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.]