Sec. 22a-56. Registration of pesticide distributors. Regulations. Fee.
Sec. 22a-56. Registration of pesticide distributors. Regulations. Fee. (a) No
person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment or
receive and, having so received, deliver or offer to deliver any restricted or permit use
pesticide unless that pesticide is registered in accordance with the provisions of this part.
(b) The commissioner may prescribe standards for the registration of sellers and
distributors of restricted and permit use pesticides. Such standards shall provide that to
be registered, a person must be competent with respect to the handling of pesticides
and must demonstrate knowledge concerning the proper application of pesticides, their
hazards and impact on the environment.
(c) Any person who distributes, sells, offers for sale, holds for sale or offers to
deliver any restricted or permit use pesticide to any person in the state shall register his
name and address with the commissioner annually. The commissioner may by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 require the payment of a fee
sufficient to cover the cost of administering examinations for registration and assisting in
carrying out the purposes of section 22a-451. The fee for each annual registration shall
be sixty dollars. The fees collected in accordance with this section shall be deposited
in the General Fund.
(P.A. 73-540, S. 11, 28; P.A. 77-529, S. 15; P.A. 83-108, S. 2; P.A. 85-407, S. 7, 9; P.A. 86-364, S. 3; P.A. 91-369, S.
10, 36; P.A. 95-208, S. 4, 13; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 113.)
History: P.A. 77-529 required distributors, salesmen, etc. of pesticides to pay annual fee in Subsec. (c); P.A. 83-108
amended Subsec. (c) to specify that fee must be sufficient to cover the cost of registration, examinations and the processing
of applications; P.A. 85-407 amended Subsec. (c) by authorizing imposition of a fee to cover the cost of implementing
Sec. 22a-451 and required that such fees be credited to the emergency spill response fund; P.A. 86-364 amended Subsec.
(c) by deleting provision re use of fee to cover the cost of processing annual registration applications and establishing a
fee of $30 for annual registrations until December 31, 1991, and $20 thereafter; P.A. 91-369 amended Subsec. (c) to delete
changes in the amount of the fee which would have taken effect after December 31, 1991, and to modify method of deposit
into fund; P.A. 95-208 amended Subsec. (c) to require that fees collected in accordance with section be deposited in General
Fund, rather than Emergency Spill Response Fund and deleted provision authorizing commissioner to expend up to 5%
of such fees for administrative expenses related to collection of such fees, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A.
03-6 amended Subsec. (c) to increase annual registration fee from $30 to $60, effective August 20, 2003.