2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Chapter 422 - Department of Agriculture
Section 22-26j - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Farm viability matching grant program. Eligibility. Purposes.

The Department of Agriculture shall establish and administer a farm viability matching grant program to any agricultural not-for-profit organization, municipality, group of municipalities, regional planning agency organized under the provisions of chapter 127, regional council of elected officials organized under the provisions of chapter 50, regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or group of municipalities which have established a regional interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, to further agricultural viability. Such grants may be used for the following purposes: (1) Local capital projects that foster agricultural viability, including, but not limited to, processing facilities and farmers’ markets; (2) the development and implementation of agriculturally-friendly land use regulations and local farmland protection strategies that sustain and promote local agriculture; and (3) the development of new marketing programs and venues through or in which a majority of products sold are grown in the state.

(P.A. 05-228, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 113; P.A. 08-13, S. 3; P.A. 09-229, S. 32.)

*Note: On and after January 1, 2015, this section, as amended by section 294 of public act 13-247, is to read as follows:

“Sec. 22-26j. Farm viability matching grant program. Eligibility. Purposes. The Department of Agriculture shall establish and administer a farm viability matching grant program to any agricultural not-for-profit organization, municipality, group of municipalities, regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or group of municipalities that have established a regional interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, to further agricultural viability. Such grants may be used for the following purposes: (1) Local capital projects that foster agricultural viability, including, but not limited to, processing facilities and farmers’ markets; (2) the development and implementation of agriculturally-friendly land use regulations and local farmland protection strategies that sustain and promote local agriculture; and (3) the development of new marketing programs and venues through or in which a majority of products sold are grown in the state.”

(P.A. 05-228, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 113; P.A. 08-13, S. 3; P.A. 09-229, S. 32; P.A. 13-247, S. 294.)

History: P.A. 05-228 effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 changed effective date of P.A. 05-228 to October 1, 2005, effective June 30, 2005; P.A. 08-13 added “farm viability matching grant” and deleted “of matching grants” re program and added eligible entities, effective April 29, 2008; P.A. 09-229 added “agricultural not-for-profit organization” to list of eligible entities and added Subdiv. (3) re development of new marketing programs and venues, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2015.