The Department of Agriculture shall administer the registration of Connecticut-bred horses and the breeding records of stallions standing in this state. To qualify as a Connecticut-bred horse, the dam of such Connecticut horse shall have dropped such foal in this state and the registration certificate of such foal issued by the appropriate official breed registry shall be filed with the Department of Agriculture. To qualify as a sire of a Connecticut-bred award winner, the stallion shall have been based in the state at the time of the conception of such foal, shall have been registered with the Department of Agriculture and shall have stood the entire stud season within the state.
(P.A. 74-335, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Section 22-410. - Awards to breeders of winning race horses. Connecticut Breeders' Fund.
Section 22-411. - Registration of Connecticut-bred horses and breeding records of stallions.
Section 22-412. - Promotion of equine industry.
Section 22-413. - Health certification of equines. Penalty.
Section 22-414. - Supervision of public equine auctions. Licenses. Fees. Penalty.
Section 22-415. - Inhumane transportation of equines. Penalty. Regulations.
Section 22-415a. - Equine infectious anemia: Definitions.
Section 22-415b. - Required testing for equine infectious anemia for equines exposed to the disease.
Section 22-415c. - Requirements for the importation of equines into Connecticut. Penalties.
Section 22-415d. - Written permission for transfer of ownership of an equine that tested positive.
Section 22-415e. - Isolation; retesting. Freeze-brand.
Section 22-415f. - Disposal. Proposal for isolation area.
Section 22-415g. - Isolation area requirements.
Section 22-415h. - Equine semen imported into Connecticut.