Title 22, Title 22: Agriculture. Domestic Animals

Sec. 22-316. Disposal of diseased livestock. All carcasses of diseased livestock condemned pursuant to this chapter shall be disposed of in a manner acceptable to the commissioner. The premises shall be disinfected in a manner acceptable to the commissioner before livestock are r…

Sec. 22-317. Cattle in transit. The provisions of sections 22-308 to 22-316, inclusive, shall not apply to working oxen that enter the state in their daily work, or to such animals as are being transported through the state by common carriers aboard cars from any area classified …

Sec. 22-318. Importation of feeder cattle. Section 22-318 is repealed, effective June 28, 2023. (1951, S. 1810d; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 95-14, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 23-187, S. 29.)

Sec. 22-318a. Dispersal sale of herd. Any herd owner, auctioneer, livestock dealer or sales manager, who contemplates a complete dispersal sale of a herd or a sale in which more than ten head is to be sold in a group shall furnish a list of animals to be sold to the commissioner …

Sec. 22-318b. Issuance of interstate health charts for cattle at time of sale. Section 22-318b is repealed, effective June 28, 2023. (1967, P.A. 583, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 99; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 23-187, S. 29.)

Sec. 22-319. Registration of growers of swine. Control of disease. Section 22-319 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1953, 1955, S. 1781d; 1957, P.A. 556; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1963, P.A. 58; 1969, P.A. 51, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-400; P.A.…

Sec. 22-319a. Hog cholera serum or vaccine prohibited. Penalty. No person shall use, sell, possess or give away hog cholera serum or vaccine in this state, and no hogs shall be imported into this state if hog cholera serum or vaccine has been administered to them. Any person who …

Sec. 22-319b. Growers of swine. Registration. Control of disease. Breeders of swine. Brucellosis and pseudorabies testing. Requirement. Liability. Procedures for testing. Importation of swine. Import permit. Requirements. Certificate of veterinary inspection. Barrows exempt from …

Sec. 22-320. Control of vesicular exanthema in swine. Section 22-320 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3323; 1953, S. 1807d; 1959, P.A. 638, S. 9.)

Sec. 22-320a. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 22-320b to 22-320h, inclusive: (1) “Garbage” means any material containing meat resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods including animal carcasses or parts thereof. “Garbage” does n…

Sec. 22-320b. Garbage to be heated to boiling point. All garbage regardless of previous processing shall, before being fed to swine, be heated throughout, either on the premises of the garbage-feeding swine farm where such garbage is to be fed or at a location approved by the dep…

Sec. 22-320c. Registration. No person shall feed garbage to swine on any premises unless such premises have been registered with the department. Upon receipt of an application for registration on a form provided by the department, which application shall be accompanied by a regis…

Sec. 22-320d. Suspension, revocation or withholding of registration. For failure or refusal to operate under the provisions of sections 22-320a to 22-320h, inclusive, or any regulations of the department, the department may suspend, revoke or withhold registration. Whenever the c…

Sec. 22-320e. Inspections concerning cooking of garbage. The department shall periodically send an authorized representative to inspect the cooking of garbage that is fed to swine. Such inspections shall cover conditions relating to the cooking of garbage. No authorized represent…

Sec. 22-320f. Regulations. The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 22-320a to 22-320h, inclusive, and prevent the spread of disease among swine. (1959, P.A. 638, S. 6.)

Sec. 22-320g. Feeding of household garbage to swine excepted. Sections 22-320a to 22-320h, inclusive, shall not apply to a person who feeds exclusively his own household garbage to swine which are raised for his own use. (1959, P.A. 638, S. 7.)

Sec. 22-320h. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 22-320a to 22-320f, inclusive, or any regulation established thereunder shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense and, for a second or subsequent offense, shall be fined not more t…

Sec. 22-321. Penalty. (a) Any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided, who obstructs or attempts to obstruct the commissioner, an authorized agent of the commissioner or an employee of t…

Sec. 22-322. Registration. National Poultry Improvement Plan program. Fee. Waiver. Laboratory fees. Exemption. Prohibition on sale of noncompliant poultry. Regulations. The owner of any flock of poultry may register such flock with the Commissioner of Agriculture for the purpose …

Sec. 22-323. Sale of avian disease free or National Poultry Improvement Plan program poultry. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any live poultry or hatching eggs as being free of any particular avian disease or as participating in the National Poultry Im…

Sec. 22-323a. Intensive poultry farming. Regulations. Inspection for noncompliance. (a) As used in this section and section 22-326f, intensive poultry farming means the raising or maintaining of more than twenty thousand fowl, fed primarily by methods other than grazing, and conf…

Sec. 22-323b. Access to pens or buildings. Regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have access at all reasonable times to any pen or building used in an intensive poultry operation. The commissioner shall comply with recommended state and federal procedures for hygiene…

Sec. 22-323c. Penalty. Any person who refuses, hinders or otherwise interferes with access by the commissioner or his agent to any pen or building used in an intensive poultry operation shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or i…

Sec. 22-324. Prevention of avian disease. Orders. Regulations re avian disease and sanitary handling of eggs. (a) As used in sections 22-324, 22-324a and 22-325, “poultry” means all domesticated fowl, including chickens, turkeys, water fowl and pet, zoological or psittacine birds…

Sec. 22-324a. Sanitary disposal facilities for dead poultry. As used in this section, “poultry” means chickens, turkeys, ducks, game birds and other domestic fowls. Any person engaged in raising one thousand or more poultry for the sale of poultry and poultry products shall regis…

Sec. 22-325. Importation regulated. Each person, firm or corporation transporting into this state any live poultry shall cause the same to be accompanied by an official health certificate from the state of exportation and a permit issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture in such…

Sec. 22-326. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of section 22-323 or 22-325, any regulation promulgated under section 22-323a or 22-324, or any order issued pursuant to section 22-324, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each d…

Sec. 22-326a. Civil action by Attorney General. The commissioner may request the Attorney General to institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford for injunctive relief to obtain compliance with sections 22-324 and 22-325. (P.A. 84-2, S. 4, …

Sec. 22-326b. Cooperation with United States government. Section 22-326b is repealed, effective July 1, 2002. (P.A. 84-2, S. 3, 6; P.A. 00-99, S. 62, 154; P.A. 02-35, S. 2.)

Sec. 22-326c. Compensation for destroyed property. (a) The owner of any property destroyed pursuant to section 22-324 may submit a claim to the Commissioner of Agriculture for compensation for such property. The commissioner may approve payment of the claim after the value of the…

Sec. 22-326d. Orders re environmental or health hazards at intensive poultry operations. Subsequent hearing. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture, whenever he finds after investigation, that any person who operated or is operating an intensive poultry operation regulated under the…

Sec. 22-326e. State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up intensive poultry operations. (a) Any amount paid by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-326d shall be a lien against the real estate of the person causing the condition or ac…

Sec. 22-326f. Permit for intensive poultry farming operation. Surety bond. Suspension or revocation. (a) On and after July 1, 1989, no person shall commence an intensive poultry farming operation without a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Any person seeking such a per…

Sec. 22-326g. Regulations. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (P.A. 91-62, S. 4.)

Sec. 22-326s. Licensing of poultry dealers. Regulations. License revocation and suspension. Civil penalty. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture. (2) “Dealer” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of (A) buyi…

Sec. 22-326t. Inspection of poultry producers and poultry processing facilities. Standard. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Poultry” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-326s; and (2) “Producer” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the breeding, raisin…

Sec. 22-327. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Animal” means any brute creature, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, birds and reptiles; (2) “Chief Animal Control Officer”, “Assistant Chief Animal Control Officer” and “anim…

Sec. 22-328. Enforcement. Animal control officers. Expenses. Training of animal control officers. Reimbursement. Training program curriculum. Issuance of certificate. Continuing education requirement. (a) The commissioner is authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter an…

Sec. 22-329. Prevention of cruelty to dogs and other animals. Any animal control officer or regional animal control officer appointed pursuant to section 22-328, 22-331 or 22-331a, as applicable, or any law enforcement officer may interfere to prevent any act of cruelty upon any …

Sec. 22-329a. Seizure and custody of neglected or cruelly treated animals. Vesting of ownership of animal. Animal abuse cost recovery account. (a) Any animal control officer or regional animal control officer appointed pursuant to section 22-328, 22-331 or 22-331a, as applicable,…

Sec. 22-329b. Reporting of neglected or cruelly treated animals. (a) Any animal control officer appointed pursuant to section 22-328, 22-331 or 22-331a who (1) has reasonable cause to suspect that an animal observed in the course of the officer's employment is being or has been h…

Sec. 22-329c. Law enforcement officer's or animal control officer's authority to take possession of sexually assaulted animal. A law enforcement officer or animal control officer authorized under section 22-329a, investigating an alleged violation of section 53a-73b may lawfully …

Sec. 22-330. Authority of officers issuing summons. The commissioner, the Chief Animal Control Officer and any animal control officer in any part of the state, any regional animal control officer in the territory to which he is assigned and any municipal animal control officer in…

Sec. 22-331. Municipal animal control officers. Assistants. (a) In each municipality of the state having a population of more than twenty-five thousand which has adopted the provisions of chapter 113, or otherwise provided for a merit system for its employees, the chief of police…

Sec. 22-331a. Regional animal control officers. Pounds. Any two or more towns each of which has a population of less than fifty thousand, and which have or will provide a dog pound facility within their region, by action of their board of selectmen, town council or other governin…

Sec. 22-332. Impoundment and disposition of roaming, injured or mistreated animals. Authority to spay or neuter unclaimed dog. Liability for provision of veterinary care to injured, sick or diseased impounded animal. (a) Any animal control officer or regional animal control offic…