2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 441 - Pesticide Control
Section 22a-66y - (Formerly Sec. 19-300t). Sale, use or possession of sodium fluoroacetate.

No person shall (1) sell, except to competent federal, state or municipal officers or pest control operators licensed by and qualified by special examination administered by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or receive in intrastate commerce, any sodium fluoroacetate or any product containing any amount of sodium fluoroacetate; or (2) use or have in his possession sodium fluoroacetate as a rodenticide or for any other purpose except under such conditions and at such times and places as may be established by regulations consistent with public health and the prevention of accidental poisoning, issued by the commissioner, who is authorized to adopt such regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. The regulations shall include a requirement for specific written permission of the commissioner stating the date and place of each application permitted. Such pest control operators shall register, on or before January first, annually, with the commissioner at a fee of two dollars in the manner established by the commissioner.

(February, 1965, P.A. 225, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 429; P.A. 82-472, S. 65, 183; P.A. 88-246, S. 2, 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 115; P.A. 04-109, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1971 act replaced “state board of pesticide control” with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 82-472 replaced obsolete reference to Secs. 4-41 to 4-50 with reference to Ch. 54; Sec. 19-300t transferred to Sec. 22a-66y in 1983; P.A. 88-246 deleted provisions re penalty; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 increased registration fee from $1 to $2 dollars, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-109 made technical changes, effective May 21, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.