SB 194 — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FARMING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

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LOPES of the 6th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FARMING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Upon approval of such a petition by the commissioner, the legislative body of the town shall submit to the qualified voters of such town the question sSB194of /removing Filethe No.agricultural restriction from such land or a part thereof, at a referendum held at a regular election or a special election warned and called for that purpose.

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72194 such referendum are in favor of removingsuch removal, the agricultural restriction shall be removed from suchthe agricultural land orupon afiling partof thereof,the atcertified aresults of such referendum heldin atthe aland regularrecords electionand orthe aoffice specialof electionthe warnedSecretary of the State, and calledthe forcommissioner thatshall purpose.convey the development rights to such owner provided such owner shall pay the commissioner an amount equal to the value of such rights.

In the event a majority of those voting at such referendum are in favor of such removal, the restriction shall be removed from the agricultural land upon filing of the certified results of such referendum in the land records and the office of the Secretary of the State, and the commissioner shall convey the development rights to such owner provided such owner shall pay the commissioner an amount equal to the value of such rights.

The expenses, if any, of the hearingandthereferendumshallbebornebythepetitioner.Intheeventhearingandthereferendumshallbe bornebythepetitioner.Intheevent that the state sells any development rights under the procedure provided in this subsection, it shall receive the value of such rights.

Upon approval of such a petition by the Commissioner of Agriculture, the legislative body of the town shall submit to the qualified voters of such town the question of removing the agricultural sSB194Public /Act File No.

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72194 restriction from such land or a part thereof, at a referendum held at a regular election or a special election warned and called for that purpose.

(NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall study the need to establish an annual harvest season,season for thepurposethe ofanypurpose of any vehicle that transportsagriculturaltransports products,agricultural shallproducts. be year-round.

Not later than January 1, 2025, the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of section Public Act No.

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194 11-4a of the general statutes, shall submit recommendations concerning such need to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to environment.

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72 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 from passage 22-26cc(c) Sec.

2 from passage 22-26nn(d) Sec.

3 from passage 22-38c Sec.

4 from passage New section from passage Sec.

5 Repealer section Statement of Legislative Commissioners:

In Section 3, "programs" was changed to "[programs] program" for consistency.

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72 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill makes technical revisions to various statutes and repeals redundant statutes administered by the Department of Agriculture, which do not have a fiscal impact.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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72 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 194 AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FARMING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.