Title 22, Agriculture. Domestic Animals

Sec. 22-26qq. Conservation or preservation restrictions on department lands. The Commissioner of Agriculture may place conservation or preservation restrictions, as defined in section 47-42a, on any lands owned by the department. (P.A. 14-169, S. 3.) History: P.A. 14-169 effectiv…

Sec. 22-3. Duties of commissioner. Preservation of Connecticut agricultural lands. Definitions. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall evaluate all information and statistics collected by the department with regard to agriculture for the purpose of recommending methods to be p…

Sec. 22-4. Appointment of commissioner. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8. Said commissioner shall receive an annual salary to be determined as provided by section 4-40 and shall devote his full …

Sec. 22-4a. Delegation of commissioner's authority. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may designate as his agent any state or regional agency or municipality or employee thereof and delegate to such agent the authority to inspect in connection with the enforcement of the provis…

Sec. 22-4b. Designation of agents by commissioner. Designation of hearing officers by commissioner. The Commissioner of Agriculture may designate as an agent of the commissioner: (1) Any deputy commissioner or any employee of the department to exercise all or part of the authorit…

Sec. 22-4c. Powers of commissioner. Recording and transcription of hearings. Payment of related costs or expenses. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may: (1) Adopt, amend or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, such standards, criteria and regulations, and s…

Sec. 22-4d. Cease and desist orders. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture, whenever he finds after investigation that (1) any person is causing, engaging in or maintaining, or is about to cause, engage in or maintain, any condition or activity which, in his judgment, will result i…

Sec. 22-5. Deputy commissioner. Section 22-5 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3053; 1953, June, 1955, S. 1695d; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

Sec. 22-6. Powers and duties of commissioner. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be the administrative head of the Department of Agriculture. The commissioner shall encourage and promote the development of agriculture within the state and collect and publish information and st…

Sec. 22-6a. Receipt of federal funds and gifts by commissioner. The Commissioner of Agriculture may, subject to any limitations otherwise imposed by law, receive and accept on behalf of the Department of Agriculture or any component agency thereof any funds which may be offered o…

Sec. 22-6b. Refunds of sums paid Department of Agriculture. The Comptroller, upon application of the Commissioner of Agriculture, may draw his order upon the Treasurer in favor of any person equitably entitled to the refund of any money paid to any component agency of the Departm…

Sec. 22-6c. Reimbursement or payments in advance of comprehensive farm nutrient management plan, farmland restoration and climate resiliency plan or farm resources management plan. (a)(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture may pay, not more than fifty per cent of the cost, in advanc…

Sec. 22-6d. Definitions. As used in section 22-6e: “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; “department” means the Department of Agriculture; “garden” means a piece of land appropriate for the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables; “sponsor” means any …

Sec. 22-6e. Use of vacant public land for gardening, agricultural purposes or agricultural restoration purposes. (a) The commissioner may develop a program to encourage the use of vacant public land owned by the state for gardening, agricultural purposes or agricultural restorati…

Sec. 22-6f. Participation in farmers' market coupon programs. Regulations. (a) The Commissioners of Agriculture and Public Health are authorized to take advantage of the farmers' market program under the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, as amend…

Sec. 22-6g. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Definitions. For the purposes of sections 22-6g to 22-6p, inclusive: (1) “Application” means a request made by an individual to the department for vendor certification in CFM/WIC on a form provided by th…

Sec. 22-6h. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Purposes. Administration. (a) There is established the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program which shall be jointly funded by the state of Connecticut and the Food and…

Sec. 22-6i. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Eligibility requirements. (a) The Department of Public Health WIC client screening processes and records shall provide the basis for identifying participants eligible for receipt of vouchers. (b) Local W…

Sec. 22-6j. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Responsibilities of participants. Participants shall be responsible for: (1) Qualifying under WIC program guidelines and attending a designated distribution clinic during the relevant distribution cycles…

Sec. 22-6k. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Records. Authorization of markets. (a) Each authorized farmers' market shall maintain records of operation which shall be provided to the department and which shall include posted hours and days and shal…

Sec. 22-6l. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Vendor certification. (a) Vendor certification shall not be in effect and vouchers shall not be accepted until receipt by the applicant of a certified vendor identification stamp, a certified vendor iden…

Sec. 22-6m. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Responsibilities of vendors. (a) A certified vendor may accept vouchers only for a transaction that takes place at a certified farmers' market and only in exchange for Connecticut-grown fresh produce and…

Sec. 22-6n. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Penalties for violations. (a) The commissioner shall return a voucher to a certified vendor unpaid if the certified vendor identification number is not properly affixed to the back of the voucher, the ce…

Sec. 22-6o. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Citation of noncompliance of vendor. A written notice of noncompliance or suspension from the department shall be pending for seventy-two hours of receipt by the certified vendor. The certified vendor sh…

Sec. 22-6p. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Assurances. Vouchers. (a) Assurances, on forms provided by the department, must be submitted no later than the first day of March in order for the farmers' market to receive consideration of authorizatio…

Sec. 22-6q. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program. (a) There is established the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program which shall be provided for from funds available to the commissioner and from other sources as such funds may become available. The …

Sec. 22-6r. Certified farmers' markets. Definitions. Sale of farm products at farmers' kiosks and food establishments. Listing of farmers' market on web site and in promotional materials. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Farmers' market” means a cooperative or nonprofit ent…

Sec. 22-6s. Operation of food establishment by a farmer at a certified farmers' market. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Certified farmers' market” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-6r, and (2) “food establishment” has the same meaning as provided in section 19…

Sec. 22-6t. Voucher value. On and after July 1, 2021, any voucher issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-6p or 22-6q shall have a value of not less than twenty dollars. (P.A. 21-155, S. 6.) History: P.A. 21-155 effective July 1, 2021.

Sec. 22-6u. Educational materials re benefits to farmers' markets in accepting payment through federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children and supplemental nutrition assistance program and participating in Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants a…

Sec. 22-7. Administrative civil penalties. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may impose civil penalties for any violation of the provisions of this title. Civil penalties established for each violation shall be of such amount as to insure immediate and continued compliance with…

Secs. 22-7a to 22-7o. Transferred to Chapter 439, Secs. 22a-21 to 22a-35, inclusive.

Sec. 22-7p. Bonds. (a) Any person, firm or corporation violating a permit or order issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to any provision of chapter 432 to 434, inclusive, 436, 437 or 438a shall post a bond or other security, satisfactory to the commissioner, payable…

Sec. 22-7q. Filing of bond in administrative appeal. In any appeal from a final decision made by the Commissioner of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of this title the court shall require the filing of a surety bond or other security with the court prior to granting …

Sec. 22-8. Duties of commissioner re avian ecology. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall investigate the distribution and food habits of the birds of the state; shall determine, so far as possible, the relation of birds to outbreaks of insects and animals; shall experiment with …

Sec. 22-9. Supervision of institutional farms. The commissioner shall exercise such authority and control over the policies and operations, including financial operations, of the various state-owned institutional farms, except those of The University of Connecticut and the state …

Sec. 22-27. Establishment of standards. Market information. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to investigate marketing conditions and to establish and maintain state brands for farm and horticultural crops, including poultry and poultry products. He may obtain, pr…

Sec. 22-28. Labels for standard grades. The Commissioner of Agriculture may determine or design brands to be used on labels for identifying farm products packed in accordance with the official grades and standards established under the provisions of section 22-27, and shall cause…

Sec. 22-29. Notice of establishment to be published. Upon the establishment of such grades or standards and upon the determination of such brands, notice thereof shall be published for three successive weeks in three newspapers, stating the grade or grades so established and the …

Sec. 22-30. Penalty for improper use of brand name. Any person who uses a brand promulgated under the provisions of section 22-29 without having written permission as provided in section 22-28 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two …

Sec. 22-31. Inspection. Certification. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture or any person authorized by him shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any building or other place wherein it is reasonably believed that farm products labeled in accordance with official grades…

Sec. 22-32. Reports by persons engaged in wholesale marketing. Penalty. Section 22-32 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3071; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 9; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 85-204, S. 13, 14.)

Sec. 22-33. Regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture may prescribe regulations for carrying out the provisions of sections 22-27, 22-28 and subsection (b) of section 22-31, including the fixing of fees for inspections under the provisions of section 22-31. (1949 Rev., S. 3070…

Sec. 22-34. Products sold under names designated by commissioner. No person shall use any words, titles or names designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture, under the provisions of sections 22-27, 22-28 and 22-29, subsection (b) of section 22-31 and section 22-33, for use in g…

Sec. 22-35. Potatoes. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale, at retail, potatoes in any package or container which is not plainly marked or labeled with the name of the official Connecticut or United States grade which represents a standard no higher than th…

Sec. 22-36. Culls. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may, after investigation and public hearing, establish and promulgate definitions of “culls” as applied to farm products, or any of them; and may alter such definitions from time to time. (b) No person shall sell, expose for …