Sec. 22-54p. Powers and duties of commissioner. Regulations. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22-54p. Powers and duties of commissioner. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may: (1) Issue and administer an apple market order regulating the marketing of apples and (2) suspend the apple market order for one marketing season if he determines that the market order is not necessary to achieve the goals established in subsection (b) of section 22-54q. The commissioner shall administer the estimated budget prepared by the Apple Marketing Board pursuant to section 22-54s and may impose an assessment on apple producers sufficient to cover the costs of such budget.

      (b) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement this section and sections 22-54q to 22-54t, inclusive, including the establishment of procedures to conduct a referendum pursuant to subsection (c) of section 22-54q.

      (P.A. 91-77, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.