Any person aggrieved by an order or regulation may, within forty-five days after the effective date thereof, file a written petition with the Commissioner of Agriculture stating that any such order or regulation or any provision thereof is not in accordance with law, praying for reconsideration and for revision, modification or revocation thereof. Such petition shall specify the objections to such order or regulation, and shall state facts and reasons in support of such objections, none of which objections, unless so specified and supported, shall be considered by the commissioner or included in any appeal petition subsequently filed or considered by the court upon appeal from such order or regulation. Any such person, within ten days after notice of decision by the commissioner denying such reconsideration or the relief sought, or within twenty days after the filing of such petition, if the commissioner fails to grant such reconsideration or the relief sought, may appeal from such order or regulation to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. No such appeal shall be permitted to act as a supersedeas except on special order of the court or, if such court is not in session, on special order of any judge thereof, issued upon application and after reasonable notice thereof to the commissioner; provided such special order shall require the appellant to file a bond with sufficient sureties in such sum as is determined by the court to be necessary for the protection of producers and others during the pendency of the appeal, or to comply with other adequate protective conditions therein provided.
(1949 Rev., S. 3158; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 74; 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 76-436, S. 453, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 acts replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and 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. 78-280 replaced “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 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.
Cited. 221 C. 422.
Administrator does not have unlimited discretion; he is controlled by the right to appeal. 13 CS 259.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Section 22-204. - Legislative findings, purpose and policy.
Section 22-205. - Definitions.
Section 22-206. - Powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture.
Section 22-208. - Official seal.
Section 22-209 to 22-211. - Report to Governor. Regulations. Complaints and investigations.
Section 22-211a. - Regulations.
Section 22-212. - Coordination with other authorities.
Section 22-213. - Encouragement of cooperative marketing.
Section 22-224. - Information and records.
Section 22-225. - Confidential information; public data.
Section 22-226. - Statements of purchases from producers.
Section 22-227. - Inspection and audit.
Section 22-228. - Subpoena; punishment for contempt.
Section 22-229. - Dealers required to be licensed.
Section 22-229a. - Sanitation, handling, storage and processing requirements for milk dealers.
Section 22-230. - License applications.
Section 22-231. - Grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of license.
Section 22-232. - Revocation of license; prior violations.
Section 22-233. - Conditional licenses.
Section 22-234. - Hearings; service of rulings.
Section 22-235. - Method of computation of license fees.
Section 22-235a. - Method of computation of license fees for milk dealers. Regulations.
Section 22-236. - License fees. Regulations. Waiver.
Section 22-237. - Issuance and display of certificate.
Section 22-239. - Commissioner may require bonds or other security of milk dealers.
Section 22-240. - Amount of bond or other security.
Section 22-241. - Standards for determining bond as security requirement.
Section 22-242a. - Bond of subdealer of milk.
Section 22-242b. - Payment by dealer for milk purchased from another dealer.
Section 22-243. - Unfair trade practices.
Section 22-244. - Disruption of market.
Section 22-245. - Cease and desist directives. Corrective terms and conditions.
Section 22-246. - Regulations.
Section 22-247. - Penalties; review.
Section 22-248. - Petition for reconsideration of order or regulation; appeal.
Section 22-249. - Appeal from rulings relating to application or license.
Section 22-254. - Enforcement by injunction.
Section 22-255. - Civil penalty.
Section 22-256. - Penalties and remedies to be concurrent.
Section 22-257. - Bond for prosecution not required of commissioner.
Section 22-258. - Severability.
Section 22-259. - Interstate commerce.
Section 22-259a. - Assessment of producers for administration of act.
Section 22-260 to 22-264. - Connecticut Wholesale Milk Producers' Council.
Section 22-265. - Establishment of fund.
Section 22-265a. - Payments to dairy farmers to offset low milk prices.