Any person before engaging in the business of a dealer or broker shall file an application with the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner and pay a license fee. The fee shall be one hundred ninety dollars, provided the fee may be increased by the commissioner by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Such application shall state the nature of the business, the type of livestock the applicant proposes to handle, the name of the person applying for a license and, if the applicant is a firm, association, partnership or corporation, the full name of each member of such firm, association or partnership or the names of the officers of the corporation, and the name of the agent or agents of the applicant, the municipality and post-office address at which business is to be conducted and such other facts as the commissioner may prescribe. The applicant shall further satisfy the commissioner as to the applicant's character, financial responsibility and good faith in seeking to engage in the business.
(1959, P.A. 573, S. 4; 1963, P.A. 57, S. 4; P.A. 82-91, S. 13, 38; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 50, 117; P.A. 08-27, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 299.)
History: 1963 act added reference to swine; P.A. 82-91 increased license fee from $25 to $75 and added provision that fee may be increased by commissioner by regulations; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised fee to $150; P.A. 08-27 changed “cattle or swine” to “livestock” and made a technical change, effective April 29, 2008; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased license fee from $150 to $190.
Cited. 4 CA 117.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Chapter 437 - Livestock Dealers
Section 22-381. - Definitions.
Section 22-383. - License required. Responsibility of dealer or broker for acts of employees.
Section 22-384. - Application for license. Fee.
Section 22-385. - Issuance of license. Term. Renewal.
Section 22-386. - Suspension or revocation. Hearing. Appeal.
Section 22-387. - Keeping and inspection of records.
Section 22-388. - Periodic testing of livestock for infectious diseases. Quarantine.
Section 22-389. - Copy of license to be posted. Identification card.