Sec. 22-26d. Purposes.
Sec. 22-26d. Purposes. The purposes of the council are to promote state wines and
related products by (1) engaging in activities to maintain current markets and create
new and foreign markets; (2) advising groups on farm wine development, including,
but not limited to, the Department of Agriculture, the College of Agriculture and Natural
Resources of The University of Connecticut, The University of Connecticut Cooperative
Extension Service, the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; (3) educating and informing the public, governmental
agencies and the farm wine industry on the use and value of state wine and related
products and (4) recommending research projects on wine, wine grape culture and utilization of wine and related products and disseminating the results of such research to
the academic community, wine industry and the public.
(P.A. 87-549, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-364, S. 88, 123; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-364 made a technical change; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.