2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Chapter 426 - Agricultural Experiment Stations
Section 22-79 - Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Board of control.

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall be within the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes only. The management of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall be vested in a board of control, consisting of eight members, one of whom shall be the Commissioner of Agriculture or some person to be selected by him, one of whom shall be selected by the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, one by the governing board of the Sheffield Scientific School and one by the Board of Trustees of Wesleyan University, and two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. The Governor and the director of the station shall be, ex officio, members of said board of control. The members of the board shall continue in office for the term of three years from the first day of July next succeeding their appointment. Upon the death or resignation of a member of the board, the authority or institution by which such member was appointed shall fill the vacancy.

(1949 Rev., S. 3246; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-614, S. 317, 610; P.A. 92-144, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-614 placed experiment station within office of policy and management for administrative purposes, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 92-144 changed the administrative agency for the station from the office of policy and management to the department of agriculture; 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with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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”.