Any person who violates any provision of sections 22a-66b to 22a-66j, inclusive, shall forfeit to the state a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars per day for each day of violation. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action to recover such forfeiture in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. All actions brought by the Attorney General shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191.
(P.A. 86-353, S. 7; 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.)
History: 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.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 441 - Pesticide Control
Section 22a-46. - Short title: Connecticut Pesticide Control Act.
Section 22a-47. - Definitions.
Section 22a-47a. - Exemption for certain uses of lime.
Section 22a-48. - Registration required. Exceptions. Categorization of pesticides.
Section 22a-49. - Registration statement. Criteria for registration.
Section 22a-51. - Pesticide experimental use permit.
Section 22a-54a. - Golf course fee.
Section 22a-55. - Regulations regarding application of pesticides; penalties.
Section 22a-56. - Registration of pesticide distributors. Regulations. Fee.
Section 22a-56a. - Grounds for refusal to grant registration.
Section 22a-56b. - New registration after suspension or revocation.
Section 22a-57. - Restrictions on sale of pesticides.
Section 22a-58. - Records to be kept by distributors and applicators.
Section 22a-59. - Enforcement authority: Inspections, samples, warrants.
Section 22a-60. - Trade secrets and business information protected. Declaratory judgments.
Section 22a-61a. - Prohibition re neonicotinoid applications on linden or basswood trees.
Section 22a-63. - Penalties: Fine, imprisonment.
Section 22a-64. - Exemption from or suspension of provisions.
Section 22a-65. - Commissioner's duties. Pesticide Advisory Council.
Section 22a-66. - Commissioner's powers, hearings, regulations.
Section 22a-66a. - Notification of the application of pesticides. Registry. Regulations. Penalty.
Section 22a-66c. - Registration of pesticide application businesses. Application. Fee.
Section 22a-66d. - Action by the commissioner.
Section 22a-66e. - Grounds for denial.
Section 22a-66f. - Employment of commercial supervisory pesticide applicator.
Section 22a-66g. - Records. Availability.
Section 22a-66i. - Action of officer or agent deemed to be action of pesticide application business.
Section 22a-66j. - Regulations.
Section 22a-66k. - Utilities pesticide management plan. Notice of application.
Section 22a-66n. - Residential automatic pesticide misting system. Prohibition. Regulations. Fine.
Section 22a-66y. (Formerly Sec. 19-300t). - Sale, use or possession of sodium fluoroacetate.
Section 22a-66z. (Formerly Sec. 19-300u). - Permits for use of pesticides in state waters.