2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Chapter 431 - Milk Industry
Section 22-244 - Disruption of market.

It shall be an unfair trade practice for any dealer in a marketing area to sell or otherwise dispose of milk at prices which the Commissioner of Agriculture finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing, before him or his designated agent, create a condition of emergency by disrupting and undermining or tending to disrupt and undermine the prices required hereunder to be paid by such dealer or by other dealers for milk received or purchased from producers, or by imperiling the ability of such dealer or other dealers to make full and prompt payment for such milk.

(1949 Rev., S. 3154; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); 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; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.