Sec. 22-84. Plant pests. 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. He shall receive no additional compensation for such
work, and may designate members of the station staff to carry out certain lines thereof
and may employ such other assistance as may be required. Said director may cooperate
with the agents of the United States Department of Agriculture in the control of plant
pests; may make regulations and orders regarding the destruction or treatment of infested
plants; may seize, treat, disinfect or destroy any plants or plant material moved in violation of any quarantine or regulation established under the provisions of this section or
suspected of being infested by any dangerous insect pest or plant disease; may prohibit
or regulate the transportation of plants and plant materials, brick, stone and quarry products or any other objects or materials liable to carry dangerous pests and may designate
certain areas or districts wherein all such plants may be destroyed. Said director is
authorized to promulgate, and to enforce by appropriate regulations, a quarantine prohibiting or restricting the transportation of any class of nursery stock, plant, fruit, seed or
other article capable of carrying any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, with
reference to which the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States has not determined
that a quarantine is necessary and established such quarantine, into or through this state
or any portion thereof from any other state, the District of Columbia or any part of such
state or said district in which said director finds such plant disease or insect infestation
to exist. Said director is authorized to make regulations for the seizure, inspection, disinfection, destruction or other disposition of any nursery stock, plant, fruit, seed or other
article capable of carrying any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, a quarantine
with respect to which has been established by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United
States, and which have been transported to, into or through this state in violation of such
quarantine. Said director may establish and maintain a quarantine against any premises,
district, town or group of towns in this state, provided, before any quarantine is established within the state, a public hearing shall be held, of which five days' notice shall
be given to the parties affected, either by mail or by publishing such notice in two
newspapers having a circulation in the part of the state affected by such quarantine. Said
director or any person authorized by him to enforce the provisions of this section may,
at any reasonable time, enter any public or private premises in the performance of his
duty. Any person aggrieved by any order of quarantine issued under the provisions of
this section may appeal to the Superior Court, or to any judge thereof if said court is
not in session, and said court or such judge may grant such relief or issue such order or
judgment in the premises as to equity may appertain. Any person interfering with any
person in the performance of his duty under the provisions of this section or violating
any quarantine or any regulation established under said provisions shall be fined not
less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3251.)
Sec. 22-84a. Research consistent with goals of integrated pest management.
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 The University of Connecticut
Cooperative Extension Service.
(P.A. 88-247, S. 10, 12.)
See Sec. 22-11a for definition of "integrated pest management".
Secs. 22-85 to 22-87. European corn borer. White pine blister rust. European
black currant plants. Sections 22-85 to 22-87, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3252-3254; 1961, P.A. 5; P.A. 83-487, S. 32, 33.)
Sec. 22-88. State Entomologist; appointment; duties. 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 to assist him in carrying out the provisions of sections 22-90, 22-96, 22-98, 22-99 and 22-100. He or any of his assistants or agents may, at any
reasonable time, enter any public or private grounds in the performance of their duties.
The State Entomologist may issue such bulletins of said experiment station as in his
judgment are needed to convey information about pests; may conduct experiments and
investigations regarding injurious insects and the remedies for their attacks and may
diffuse such information by means of correspondence, lectures and published matter.
(1949 Rev., S. 3255; 1961, P.A. 6.)
History: 1961 act allowed entomologist to designate staff members to assist in carrying out provisions of specified
sections, authorized entomologist or agents to enter public or private grounds in performance of duties, deleted detailed
provisions re entomologist's inspection of orchards, fields etc. and subsequent orders which he may make concerning
treatments etc., deleted provision imposing fine for noncompliance with orders and deleted provisions re records and
reports of expenses.
Sec. 22-89. Registration of honey bees. Each person owning one or more hives
of bees shall, annually, 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 State Entomologist shall (1)
keep accessible to the public a record of the registration, the name and place of residence
of the registrant and the definite location in the municipality where the bees are kept
and (2) transmit a copy of such information to the town clerk of the municipality in
which the registrant resides. Any owner of bees who fails to register as required by the
provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3256; P.A. 89-176, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 89-176 replaced provisions re procedure for registering bees with town clerk with provisions re registration
with state entomologist.
Sec. 22-90. Inspection of bees for contagious diseases. The State Entomologist
shall, to such extent as he deems necessary or expedient, examine apiaries and quarantine
such as are diseased and treat or destroy cases of the disease known as foul brood. The
State Entomologist may appoint such inspectors as he deems necessary or expedient,
and he or any person whom he appoints for that purpose shall have access at reasonable
times to any apiary or place where bees are kept or where honeycomb and appliances
are stored. He is authorized to make suitable regulations regarding inspections and quarantine and to prescribe suitable forms for permanent records which shall be on file and
open to public inspection, and to make reasonable rules for the services of such inspectors, and may pay a reasonable sum for such services. No person or corporation shall
remove bees under quarantine to another locality without obtaining the written permission of an authorized inspector. No person or transportation company shall receive for
transportation any colony or package of bees, unless such colony or package is accompanied by a certificate of good health, furnished by an authorized inspector. No person or
transportation company shall deliver any colony or package of bees brought from any
other country, province, state or territory unless accompanied by a certificate of health
furnished by an authorized inspector of such country, province, state or territory. Any
person or transportation company receiving a shipment of bees from without the state,
unaccompanied by such certificate, shall, before delivering such shipment to its consignee, notify the State Entomologist and hold such shipment until inspected by an
authorized inspector. If contagious diseases are found therein, such shipment shall be
returned to the consignor or delivered to an authorized inspector of this state for treatment
or destruction, provided the requirements of this section shall not apply to shipments
of brood comb, with or without bees, suspected of being diseased and consigned to
the State Entomologist, the agricultural experiment station or any authorized apiary
inspector of the state or to the Bureau of Entomology of the United States or the United
States Department of Agriculture, and provided there shall be no destruction of any
shipment of bees as herein provided in the absence of reasonable notice to the consignee
thereof. No person shall resist or hinder the State Entomologist, or any inspector whom
he appoints, in the performance of the duties imposed by this section. No person or
corporation shall sell, to be removed to another location, bees, brood comb, frames or
hives that have been in use, with or without combs, until they have been inspected by
an authorized inspector, who shall issue a certificate of health if they are found free of
contagious disease. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined
not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3257; 1949, S. 1774d.)
Sec. 22-91. Gypsy and brown-tail moths. Section 22-91 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3258; 1961, P.A. 3.)
Sec. 22-91a. Gypsy moth as public nuisance. The insect commonly known as
the gypsy moth is, in all stages of its development, declared to be a public nuisance.
(1967, P.A. 446, S. 1.)
Sec. 22-91b. Survey of infestation by State Entomologist. 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 in writing that the State Entomologist survey
such town, city or borough for the magnitude and location of the infestation and report
his findings to such chief executive officer.
(1967, P.A. 446, S. 2.)
Sec. 22-91c. Roadside spraying. State aid. 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 Environmental Protection. Any such city or borough may apply to said commissioner not later
than June fifteenth of each succeeding year for reimbursement of one-half of the cost
of any roadside spraying as herein above authorized, or a prorated amount from sums
available therefor under the provisions of section 22-91e.
(1967, P.A. 446, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 431.)
History: 1971 act replaced state board of pesticide control with commissioner of environmental protection.
Sec. 22-91d. Assessment of landowners. 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 thereof to the municipality. The tax collectors of such municipalities
shall notify such landowners of the amount of their assessments, and shall have the same
powers in the collection of the same as they have in the collection of property taxes.
(1967, P.A. 446, S. 4.)
Sec. 22-91e. Emergency. Appropriations. 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 Environmental Protection sufficient funds, not to exceed thirty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars for the fiscal year to carry out the provisions of sections 22-91a to 22-91f, inclusive, and to said department a sum, not to exceed four thousand dollars for the fiscal
year to spray such state-owned roadside land as is certified to be infested.
(1967, P.A. 446, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 204.)
History: 1971 act replaced appropriations to state board of pesticide control and state park and forest commission with
appropriations to department of environmental protection, substituted "fiscal year" for "biennium" and halved appropriation
amounts accordingly.
Sec. 22-91f. Epidemic conditions. 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 state on application of such municipalities to the State Board of Pesticide Control
not later than June fifteenth of the succeeding year and one-half of the balance of such
cost may be assessed against landowners as provided in section 22-91d.
(1967, P.A. 446, S. 6.)
Secs. 22-92 to 22-95. Emergency gypsy moth control. Agent for suppression
of gypsy and brown-tail moths, etc. Sections 22-92 to 22-95, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3259-3261; 1955, S. 1776d; 1961, P.A. 3; 1963, P.A. 527, S. 12; 612, S. 12.)
Sec. 22-96. Certificate of inspection of imported nursery stock. 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 certificate, the express, freight or other transportation company or person shall, before delivering the shipment to the consignee, notify the State
Entomologist of the facts, giving the name and address of the consignee, the origin of
shipment and approximate number of cars, boxes or packages and the probable date of
delivery to the consignee. The State Entomologist may cause the inspection and, if
infested, the treatment of the stock. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3262; 1961, P.A. 4; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 99.)
History: 1961 act deleted provisions which forbade unpacking woody field-grown stock from foreign countries without
inspector being present unless permission to do so has been granted and which authorized state entomologist to order
treatment of infested stock; 1971 act deleted provision which exempted bales, boxes, etc. imported to state from provisions
of Sec. 53-117 if labeled as to origin and accompanied by certificate.
Sec. 22-97. Nursery and nursery stock defined. For the purposes of sections 22-98, 22-99 and 22-100, any place at which hardy trees, shrubs and vines are propagated
or grown out of doors for commercial purposes shall be considered a nursery, and such
stock shall be regarded as nursery stock. Hardy herbaceous perennial plants, including
strawberry plants, may be subject to the same provisions regarding inspection and pest
control if, in the opinion of the State Entomologist, it is desirable to control the movement
of such plants. Florists' ordinary plants, unless woody and field-grown, shall not be
included.
(1949 Rev., S. 3266.)
Sec. 22-98. Nursery stock; powers of State Entomologist. The State Entomologist or his assistants shall, upon application, inspect at least once each year all nurseries
at which woody field-grown hardy trees and plants are grown for sale or shipment; may
inspect any nursery stock when dug, before shipment or at destination; may inspect
nurseries at any time for the purpose of controlling plant pests or to ascertain whether
such pests exist in nurseries; may prescribe forms for registration, certificates and permits and may make regulations regarding time and methods of inspection; may destroy
or treat or order the destruction or treatment of, and prohibit the movement of, plants
infested with dangerous pests; may cooperate with agents of the United States Department of Agriculture in the inspection of nurseries and control of plant pests; may, at
reasonable times, enter any public or private grounds in performance of his duties under
the provisions of this section and sections 22-99 and 22-100. If orders are issued for the
destruction or treatment of infested plants, the owner, manager or agent of the nursery
shall, within a reasonable time from the date of such order, destroy such plants as are
ordered destroyed and make such treatment within the time specified in the order or be
subject to the penalty provided in section 22-101.
(1949 Rev., S. 3263.)
Sec. 22-99. Nurserymen and dealers to register. All nurserymen shall register
with the State Entomologist each year, on or before July first, and make application for
inspection, and furnish such data on such blanks as the State Entomologist prescribes
and furnishes. All firms, stores and individuals who sell but do not grow nursery stock
shall be classed as dealers and shall, each year, on or before March first, register with
the State Entomologist, giving the chief sources of their nursery stock and such data as
he requires, on such forms as he prescribes and furnishes, and the State Entomologist
may issue a permit allowing such dealer to sell such nursery stock. The State Entomologist may make such regulations as he deems necessary to govern the shipment of nursery
stock into the state by any nursery, person, firm or corporation outside the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 3264; 1955, S. 1775d.)
Sec. 22-100. Nursery certificate. Uninspected stock. The State Entomologist
shall issue to regular nurseries certificates, valid until the first day of August following
the date of issue and covering the stock inspected and such other stock as has been
received under valid certificates of inspection, and may issue temporary permits covering certain portions thereof, and permits to dealers. All such certificates and permits
may be revoked for cause. Nursery stock which has not been inspected or stock from a
nursery not holding a valid certificate of inspection shall not be sold or transported, and
transportation companies shall refuse to accept any shipment not bearing such certificate
or some form of permit issued by the State Entomologist, and all nurserymen shall
furnish a certificate, and all dealers a permit, to accompany each package of stock sold
or transported, but no provision of section 22-98 or 22-99 or this section shall prevent
or render liable any person or firm transporting stock from one field or property to
another field or property belonging to or operated by such person or firm when such
stock is not to be immediately sold or offered for sale and when such transportation
does not violate any established federal or state embargo or quarantine regulations.
(1949 Rev., S. 3265.)
Sec. 22-101. Penalty. Appeal. Any person who interferes with the State Entomologist or his assistant in the performance of his duties under the provisions of sections
22-98, 22-99 and 22-100, or any person, firm or corporation which violates any of the
provisions thereof, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. Any person aggrieved by
any order issued under the provisions of said sections may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(1949 Rev., S. 3267; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 70; P.A. 76-436, S. 448, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 90, 125.)
History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts
with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common
pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous appeal provision with statement that appeals
shall be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183.
Sec. 22-102. Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station. The Storrs Agricultural
Experiment Station shall remain as established, and the management and control thereof
shall be vested in the trustees of The University of Connecticut. Said experiment station
shall make an annual report to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60.
(1949 Rev., S. 3268; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13.)
See Sec. 22-81 re duties of board of control for Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
Sec. 22-103. Acceptance of certain federal acts. The state of Connecticut accepts
the provisions of the Act of Congress known as the Bankhead-Jones Act, entitled, "An
Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to
provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the
more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935;
and the provisions of an amendment of the Bankhead-Jones Act and the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (the Flannagan-Hope Act, Public Law 733, 79th Congress) approved August 14, 1946, entitled, "An Act to provide for further research into basic
laws and principles relating to agriculture and to improve and facilitate the marketing
and distribution of agricultural products".
(1949 Rev., S. 3269.)
Sec. 22-104. Use of federal funds by experiment stations. (a) Except in the cases
provided for in subsection (b) of this section, any new funds that may come to this state
under the provisions of said acts of Congress shall be divided between the Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station and the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, The
University of Connecticut, in such proportion as is agreed upon by the governing boards
of the two institutions.
(b) (1) Expenditure of funds under the Bankhead-Jones Act, Title II, Section 21
and Section 22, shall be under the control of The University of Connecticut.
(2) Any funds under "Amendment of the Bankhead-Jones Act and the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946", Title I, Section 10, and Title II, Section 204, shall not be
included.
(1949 Rev., S. 3270; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 74, 130.)
History: May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical change for statutory consistency, effective July 1, 1994.