Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 426 · 33 active provisions
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall be within the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes only. The management of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall be vested in a board of control, consisting of eight members, one of whom shall be the Commissioner of Agriculture or so…
There is established within the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station the Office of Aquatic Invasive Species. The office shall: (1) Coordinate research efforts throughout the state to reduce duplication of effort and costs associated with the control and eradication of aquatic invasive species, (2) serve as a rep…
Said board shall meet not less than quarterly during any calendar year upon the call of the president at such times and places as he deems necessary, except that the board shall meet in January at such place as may be designated by its president. Five members of said board shall constitute a quorum. Said board shall an…
(a) Said board shall have the general management of the institution and shall appoint a director, who shall have the general management and oversight of experiments and investigations. It may own such real and personal estate as may be necessary for carrying on its work and may receive title to the same by deed, devise…
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall, within available appropriations and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, conduct surveillance and testing for the existence of mosquitoes carrying the eastern equine encephalitis virus in accordance with a plan developed and agreed upon by the Commiss…
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall, within available appropriations, develop and publish best practices and guidelines that identify the most effective and least burdensome methods of inve…
The expenditure of such funds as may come to this state under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved February 24, 1925, entitled “An Act for the more complete endowment of Agricultural Experiment Stations, and for other purposes”, which provisions were accepted by this state by an act approved June 18, 1925, sh…
(a) As used in subsections (b) to (h), inclusive, of this section: (1) “Station” means the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; (2) “director” means the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; and (3) “board” means the board of control of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. (b)…
Notwithstanding any provision of the State Building Code, the agricultural use of structures commonly referred to as “hoop houses” or “high tunnels” shall not be subject to any permitting or construction standards. For purposes of this subsection, “hoop house” or “high tunnel” means a structure that is used in agricult…
The Board of Control of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is authorized to conduct research and experimental work as to causes and prevention of the various diseases and injuries to the Connecticut tobacco crop which occur in the field or in the processes of preparing the crop for market and for the purpo…
(a) The director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall have charge of all matters pertaining to official control, suppression or extermination of insects or diseases which are, or threaten to become, serious pests of plants of economic importance. The director shall receive no additional compensation…
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, continue its research in the reduction of pesticide use, the improvement of crop quality and other projects that are consistent with the goals of integrated pest management and shall make its findings available to…
Said board of control shall appoint a State Entomologist to hold office during the pleasure of the board. He shall have an office at the experiment station, but shall receive no compensation other than his regular salary as a member of the station staff. The State Entomologist may designate members of the station staff…
Each person owning one or more hives of bees shall upon acquisition of such bees and annually thereafter, on or before the first day of October, make application to the State Entomologist for the registration of bees. The State Entomologist shall issue to such applicant a certificate of registration without fee. The St…
The State Entomologist shall, to such extent as he or she deems necessary or expedient, examine apiaries and quarantine such as are diseased, harboring insects, mites or parasitic organisms adversely affecting bees or species or subspecies of bees, which have been determined by the State Entomologist to cause harm, dir…
The director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall establish a Pollinator Advisory Committee from the staff of such agency. Such committee shall consist of not fewer than three persons who have expertise in matters relating to the health and viability of pollinator populations in the state and who ar…
Not later than January 1, 2017, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall compile a citizen's guide to model pollinator habitat that shall be made available on the Internet web site of such agency. Such guide shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Clearly stated information and steps to take for the esta…
Section 22-91 is repealed.
The insect commonly known as the gypsy moth is, in all stages of its development, declared to be a public nuisance.
Whenever the existence of the gypsy moth reaches or threatens to reach epidemic proportions in any part of this state, or if such infestation results in a hazardous highway condition because of gypsy moths on the highway causing a slippery condition, the chief executive officer of any town, city or borough may request…
The legislative body of any town, city or borough may contract for the spraying of any roadside area or areas within its jurisdiction, provided such spraying shall be approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Any such city or borough may apply to said commissioner not later than June fifteent…
Any town, city or borough which contracts for spraying of areas within its jurisdiction, other than roadside spraying, under the provisions of sections 22-91a to 22-91f, inclusive, may, by vote of its legislative body, assess the owners of the land so sprayed on an acreage basis, for not more than one-half of the cost…
If the State Entomologist declares that an emergency exists because of the prevalence of gypsy moths, he may so certify to the Finance Advisory Committee. The Finance Advisory Committee may thereupon add from the resources of the General Fund to the appropriation of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection…
If the State Entomologist finds that the existence of the gypsy moth has reached epidemic proportions in any area of the state, he shall so instruct the affected municipalities which shall jointly undertake such spraying as the State Entomologist deems necessary, one-half of the cost of which shall be borne by the stat…
All nursery stock shipped into this state shall bear on each package a certificate that the contents of such package have been inspected by a state or government officer and that such contents appear free from all dangerous insects and diseases. If nursery stock has been brought into the state without such a certificat…