Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 427b - Soil Amendments and Agricultural Liming Material
Section 22-111ll. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 22-111bb to 22-111kk, inclusive. Such regulations may include provisions regarding sampling, analytical methods, form of soil amendments, minimum percentages, soil amending ingredients, exempted materials, investigational allowances, definitions, records, labels or labeling, liability bonds, misbranding, mislabeling and the distribution of soil amendments. In the interest of uniformity, the commissioner may adopt, in such regulations, unless the commissioner determines that they are not appropriate to conditions that exist in this state, the official definitions of soil amendment ingredients, official regulations and the official soil amendment terms adopted by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials and published in its official publication and may incorporate by reference any other provisions that the association adopts for the regulation of soil amendments.

(P.A. 00-96, S. 12, 25; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 00-96 effective July 1, 2000; 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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.

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