2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-26c. Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council.
Sec. 22-26c. Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council. (a) There shall be
a Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council which shall be within the Department
of Agriculture for administrative purposes only. Said council shall consist of ten members as follows: The Commissioners of Agriculture and Economic and Community
Development, the dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of The
University of Connecticut and the directors of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, or their respective designees; and
five members engaged in the wine production industry in this state, three of whom shall
be involved in wine production and two of whom shall be viticulturists. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint the members involved in the wine production industry.
(c) Members of the council shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. No member shall serve for more than four consecutive terms. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum.
(d) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be the chairman of the council.
(e) The council may receive funds from any source and expend such funds as may be necessary to carry out its duties. The council may seek funding and provide financial support to organizations for activities concerned with wine production and related products.
(P.A. 87-549, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-364, S. 87, 123; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-364 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".
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