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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1497
January Session, 2025
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2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. Any emergency or temporary appointments made 11
pursuant to this subsection shall be utilized within existing resources 12
and be consistent with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 5-235. 13
Sec. 2. Section 22-111c of the general statutes is repealed and the 14
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 15
(a) Each brand and grade of fertilizer shall be registered in the name 16
of the person whose name appears on the label for such fertilizer before 17 Substitute Bill No. 1497
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being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be 18
submitted to the commissioner on a form furnished by the 19
commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of seventy-five dollars. 20
[On and after January 1, 2010, said] Said fee shall be established by the 21
commissioner by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions 22
of section 22-111j, provided such fee does not exceed seventy-five 23
dollars. The application shall include the following information: (1) The 24
net weight; (2) the brand and grade; (3) the guaranteed analysis; and (4) 25
the name and address of the registrant. Upon approval of the 26
application by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be 27
furnished to the applicant. All registrations shall expire on June thirtieth 28
of each year. 29
(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any fertilizer which 30
is already registered under this chapter by another person, provided the 31
label for such exempted fertilizer does not differ in any material respect 32
to such previously registered fertilizer. 33
(c) A distributor shall not be required to register fertilizer formulated 34
according to specifications which are furnished by a consumer prior to 35
mixing; but shall be required to label such fertilizer as provided in 36
subsection (c) of section 22-111d. 37
Sec. 3. Section 22-111bb of the general statutes is repealed and the 38
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 39
(a) No person may distribute a soil amendment unless it has been 40
registered with the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of 41
this section. An application for registration shall be submitted annually 42
to the commissioner on the form furnished or approved by the 43
commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee established by the 44
Commissioner of Agriculture that shall not exceed seventy-five dollars. 45
Upon approval of the application by the commissioner, a copy of the 46
registration shall be furnished to the applicant. Such registration shall 47
expire on September thirtieth of the following year. Each distributor 48
shall submit to the commissioner a copy of labels and any advertising 49 Substitute Bill No. 1497
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literature for each soil amendment with the registration application. 50
(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of soil 51
amendment that is already registered under this section by another 52
person, providing the label does not differ in any respect. 53
(c) Before registering any soil amendment, the commissioner may 54
require evidence to substantiate the claims made for the soil amendment 55
and proof of the value and usefulness of the soil amendment. 56
Sec. 4. Subsection (b) of section 22-341 of the general statutes is 57
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 58
passage): 59
(b) The town clerk of each town shall order a sufficient number of 60
such tags or plates from the commissioner, who shall furnish the same 61
at [a cost of five cents each] the cost incurred to procure and distribute 62
such tags or plates, which cost shall be paid by the town on the approval 63
of the town clerk. [Any balance of the moneys received by the 64
commissioner after deducting the cost of the tags, the expenses 65
incidental to their distribution to the town clerks and the expenses 66
incidental to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, shall be 67
accounted for by the commissioner to the Comptroller.] The design and 68
the shape of such tags or plates shall be changed each year, and such 69
tags or plates for each year shall be of uniform design and material 70
throughout the state. Any dog found roaming at large upon any public 71
highway or common or upon the premises of any person other than its 72
owner, without a tag as provided in this section, shall be presumed to 73
be an unlicensed dog. 74
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)
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ENV Joint Favorable Subst.