Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008
Section 22-111s. - Special acts and municipal ordinances or regulations superceded.

All special acts and municipal ordinances or regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of public act 09-229* are superseded and shall be of no force or effect. No political subdivision of the state shall enact or attempt to enforce any ordinance or regulation respecting the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use or application of a fertilizer, as defined in section 22-111b.

(P.A. 09-229, S. 3.)
*Note: Public act 09-229 is entitled “An Act Concerning Milk Producers, Milk and Milk Products, Agricultural Not-For-Profit Organizations and the Modernization of Connecticut Fertilizer Law”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2009” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 09-229 effective July 1, 2009.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals

Chapter 427a - Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008

Section 22-111a. - Short title: Connecticut Fertilizer Law of 2008.

Section 22-111b. - Definitions.

Section 22-111c. - Registration of brands and grades. Fee. Regulations.

Section 22-111d. - Labeling.

Section 22-111e. - Inspection fees. Tonnage reports by distributors.

Section 22-111f. - Entry, inspection, sampling and analysis.

Section 22-111g. - Misbranded fertilizers.

Section 22-111h. - Written reports by distributors and sellers. Confidentiality of report information.

Section 22-111i. - Publication of information by director.

Section 22-111j. - Regulations.

Section 22-111k. - Penalty for short weight.

Section 22-111l. - Revocation, refusal or suspension of registration.

Section 22-111m. - Stop sale, use or removal orders.

Section 22-111n. - Seizure of noncomplying fertilizers.

Section 22-111o. - Procedure re violations. Notice and hearing. Fine. Injunctions.

Section 22-111p. - Sales and exchanges between importers, manufacturers or manipulators.

Section 22-111q. - Appeals.

Section 22-111r. - Administration and enforcement.

Section 22-111s. - Special acts and municipal ordinances or regulations superceded.

Section 22-111t. - Guarantees. Inspection and analysis. Deficiencies. Penalties.

Section 22-111u. - Commissioner to determine and publish values.

Section 22-111v. - Distribution of adulterated fertilizer prohibited.

Section 22-111w. - Storage of bulk fertilizers. Best management practices for fertilizer use and application.

Section 22-111x. - Cooperation and agreements with agencies of state, other states and federal government.