§ 22-278 — Livestock. Definitions.

Connecticut § 22-278

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 22: Agriculture. Domestic Animals
• Ch. 433: Diseases of Domestic Animals

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For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is approved under Category II of the National Veterinary Accreditation Program by the United States Department of Agriculture and by the state animal health official of the state in which such veterinarian is licensed to practice; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's designated agent including the State Veterinarian; (3) “Certificate of veterinary inspection” or “health certificate” means an official document on a form approved by the state animal health official in the state of origin or by the United States Department of Agriculture that is used for verification of veterinary inspection and is issued by a licensed and accredited veterinarian at the point of origin for a shipment of livestock; (4) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture; (5) “Livestock” means any camelid or hooved animal raised for domestic or commercial use, generally used to produce food or fiber and considered to be farm animals; (6) “Notifiable disease” means a disease of livestock or poultry published in the United States Department of Agriculture's National List of Reportable Animal Diseases; (7) “Official identification” means a numbering system approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Veterinarian for the official identification of individual animals that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal and prescribes the animal identification methods and devices approved for use in each species of livestock and that is affixed to each animal by tag or other United States Department of Agriculture approved method; (8) “Owner-shipper statement” means a document that meets the requirements of 9 CFR 86.1, and that is signed by the owner or shipper of the livestock and contains a statement certifying that the animals are being transported for purposes stipulated on such form in accordance with Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations; (9) “Poultry” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-324 ; and (10) “USDA” means the United States Department of Agriculture.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3318; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1967, P.A. 136; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 88-317, S. 84, 107; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 06-19, S. 9; P.A. 23-187, 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; 1967 act added definition of “livestock”, rephrased provisions, switching verbs from passive to active voice, etc. and added reference to regulations re exhibiting livestock; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 88-317 amended reference to Sec. 4-168 to 4-174 to include new section added to Ch. 54, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; 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; P.A. 06-19 redefined “livestock” to include camelids, made $100 fine discretionary and replaced 30-day imprisonment provision with administrative civil penalty provision, effective May 2, 2006; P.A. 23-187 deleted existing provisions and added definitions for “accredited veterinarian”, “commissioner”, “certificate of veterinary inspection”, “department”, “livestock”, “notifiable disease”, “official identification”, “owner-shipment statement”, “poultry” and “USDA”, effective June 28, 2023.