Sec. 22a-66c. Registration of pesticide application businesses. Application. Fee.
Sec. 22a-66c. Registration of pesticide application businesses. Application.
Fee. (a) No person shall engage in the operation of a pesticide application business
without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. Any person engaged in the operation of a pesticide application business on October 1, 1986, who submits an application for a certificate of registration to
the commissioner on or before December 31, 1986, may continue to operate until the
application for a certificate of registration is finally determined by the agency, and, in
the case of an application for a certificate of registration which has been denied, until
the last day for seeking review of the agency determination or a later date fixed by order
of a reviewing court. A certificate shall expire on the thirty-first day of August next
succeeding its issuance. A pesticide application business with more than one place of
business in the state or which operates under more than one name shall register and pay
the application fee for each place of business and for each business name.
(b) Application for a certificate shall be made on such form as the commissioner
may prescribe and with such information as the commissioner deems necessary to fulfill
the purposes of this section, section 22a-66b, and sections 22a-66d to 22a-66j, inclusive,
including, but not limited to: (1) The applicant's name and residential address; (2) the
name, address and telephone number of the place of business; and (3) the type of business. A pesticide application business shall notify the commissioner of any change in
the information contained in an application or in the status of the business as a pesticide
application business. The notification shall be submitted, in writing, not more than thirty
days after the change.
(c) An application for a certificate shall be accompanied by payment of a fee of one
hundred twenty dollars. The commissioner may waive payment of the fee for the initial
renewal of a certificate issued during the three months prior to expiration. A pesticide
application business which employs not more than one certified applicator shall be
exempt from payment of a fee. An application for a certificate or renewal shall not be
deemed to be complete or sufficient until the fee is paid in full. Funds received by the
commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the
General Fund.
(d) Any business registered under this section shall display the registration number
assigned to it by the commissioner on the body of any motor vehicle used by it in the
course of business, in any newspaper advertisement for the business, on any billboard
advertisement for the business, and in any advertisement for the business placed in the
generally circulated telephone directory. Any such business shall further include the
number in any written contract it enters into for provision of pesticide application services.
(P.A. 86-353, S. 2; P.A. 88-247, S. 4; P.A. 91-369, S. 11, 36; P.A. 95-208, S. 5, 13; P.A. 98-229, S. 4; P.A. 99-225, S.
18, 33; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 114.)
History: P.A. 88-247 amended Subsec. (c) to exempt pesticide application businesses which employ not more than one
certified applicator from payment of the fee; P.A. 91-369 amended Subsec. (c) to modify the method of depositing the fee
into the emergency spill response 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 10% of such fees for administrative expenses related to registration and collection of such
fees, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-229 added new Subsec. (d) re display of registration numbers; P.A. 99-225 amended
Subsec. (d) to specify advertisements in which the application business' registration number is required to be displayed,
effective June 29, 1999; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (c) to increase application fee from $60 to $120,
effective August 20, 2003.