Sec. 22-248. Petition for reconsideration of order or regulation; appeal.
Sec. 22-248. Petition for reconsideration of order or regulation; appeal. Any
person aggrieved by an order or regulation may, within forty-five days after the effective
date thereof, file a written petition with the Commissioner of Agriculture stating that
any such order or regulation or any provision thereof is not in accordance with law,
praying for reconsideration and for revision, modification or revocation thereof. Such
petition shall specify the objections to such order or regulation, and shall state facts and
reasons in support of such objections, none of which objections, unless so specified and
supported, shall be considered by the commissioner or included in any appeal petition
subsequently filed or considered by the court upon appeal from such order or regulation.
Any such person, within ten days after notice of decision by the commissioner denying
such reconsideration or the relief sought, or within twenty days after the filing of such
petition, if the commissioner fails to grant such reconsideration or the relief sought, may
appeal from such order or regulation to the superior court for the judicial district of
Hartford. No such appeal shall be permitted to act as a supersedeas except on special
order of the court or, if such court is not in session, on special order of any judge thereof,
issued upon application and after reasonable notice thereof to the commissioner; provided such special order shall require the appellant to file a bond with sufficient sureties
in such sum as is determined by the court to be necessary for the protection of producers
and others during the pendency of the appeal, or to comply with other adequate protective
conditions therein provided.
(1949 Rev., S. 3158; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 74; 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 76-436, S. 453,
681; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 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 acts replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of
agriculture and replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with
cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas
with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 replaced "Hartford county" with "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain"; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective
September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993;
P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14,
1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective
July 1, 1995; 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.
Cited. 221 C. 422.
Administrator does not have unlimited discretion; he is controlled by the right to appeal. 13 CS 259.