Sec. 26-209. Appeal. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 26-209. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by the action of the Commissioner of Agriculture under section 26-208 shall have the same right of appeal to the Superior Court as is provided by law for appeals to said court from boards of assessment appeals of towns, except as otherwise provided. Each such appeal shall be taken to the judicial district where the franchise or ground in question is situated or to the judicial district where the owner appealing resides, and said court shall have such powers therein as in appeals from boards of assessment appeals of towns.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5037; 1957, P.A. 30; 1959, P.A. 93; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 347; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 17; P.A. 76-436, S. 604, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 95-283, S. 63, 68; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: 1959 act changed time for meeting of shellfish board of tax review from first Tuesday of September to first Tuesday of February; 1971 act terminated the shellfish board of tax review, deleting provisions setting forth its duties; 1972 act replaced reference to environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978, and deleted obsolete provision terminating shellfish board of tax review; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 95-283 replaced board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995; 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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.