Bill Text: CT HB05363 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Transferring The Conservation Functions Of The Department Of Environmental Protection To The Department Of Agriculture.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Public Hearing 03/14 [HB05363 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05363-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 3156 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Environment |
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AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE CONSERVATION FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2011) On and after July 1, 2011, the functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Department of Environmental Protection that are described in title 23 or title 26 of the general statutes shall be transferred to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, respectively. In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d of the general statutes, any employee of the Department of Environmental Protection who performs any function or duty that is described in title 23 or title 26 of the general statutes shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2011) (a) There is established a Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, of the general statutes, as amended by this act, with the powers and duties therein prescribed.
(b) The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39 of the general statutes.
(c) Wherever the words "Commissioner of Agriculture" are used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the words "Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 3-20, 3-20f, 4-66cc, 4-186, 4b-3, 7-131o, 8-37u, 10a-103, 12-2b, 12-81, 12-91, 12-107c, 12-107e, 12-107f, 14-21h, 16a-3, 19a-102a, 19a-341, 20-196a, 22-1, 22-1c, 22-3, 22-4, 22-4a, 22-4b, 22-4c, 22-4d, 22-6, 22-6a, 22-6b, 22-6c, 22-6d, 22-6f, 22-6g, 22-6h, 22-6q, 22-7, 22-7p, 22-7q, 22-8, 22-11e, 22-11g, 22-11h, 22-12a, 22-12b, 22-26c, 22-26e, 22-26g, 22-26i, 22-26k, 22-26bb, 22-26cc, 22-26dd, 22-26jj, 22-26kk, 22-26ll, 22-26mm, 22-26nn, 22-27, 22-28, 22-31, 22-33, 22-34, 22-35, 22-36, 22-38, 22-38a, 22-38b, 22-38c, 22-39, 22-39b, 22-39d, 22-39e, 22-39f, 22-41, 22-42, 22-45, 22-48a, 22-51, 22-53, 22-54o, 22-54p, 22-54r, 22-56, 22-57, 22-59, 22-60, 22-63, 22-79, 22-111b, 22-111r, 22-111aa, 22-111ll, 22-111mm, 22-111tt, 22-111vv, 22-118k, 22-118l, 22-118m, 22-118n, 22-118o, 22-118q, 22-118r, 22-118s, 22-118t, 22-120a, 22-126a, 22-127, 22-128a, 22-129, 22-129a, 22-130, 22-131, 22-131c, 22-137a, 22-137b, 22-141, 22-150a, 22-160, 22-172, 22-173a, 22-182a, 22-192a, 22-203a, 22-203e, 22-203f, 22-203g, 22-203h, 22-205, 22-206, 22-207, 22-208, 22-211a, 22-212, 22-213, 22-224, 22-226, 22-227, 22-228, 22-231, 22-232, 22-233, 22-234, 22-235a, 22-236, 22-238, 22-239, 22-241, 22-242, 22-242a, 22-242b, 22-243, 22-244, 22-245, 22-247, 22-248, 22-249, 22-254, 22-255, 22-256, 22-257, 22-258, 22-265a, 22-272b, 22-277, 22-278, 22-279, 22-279a, 22-280, 22-284, 22-286, 22-287, 22-288, 22-288a, 22-289, 22-290, 22-291, 22-293, 22-295, 22-296, 22-298, 22-299a, 22-301, 22-303, 22-304, 22-306, 22-307, 22-308, 22-311, 22-313, 22-316, 22-318, 22-318a, 22-319, 22-320a, 22-321, 22-322, 22-323a, 22-323b, 22-324, 22-324a, 22-325, 22-326c, 22-326d, 22-326e, 22-326f, 22-326s, 22-326t, 22-327, 22-329a, 22-339b, 22-344c, 22-344d, 22-347, 22-348, 22-354, 22-380e, 22-380f, 22-380g, 22-381, 22-414, 22-415, 22-415a, 22-415i, 22-415j, 22-456, 22a-27s, 22a-65, 22a-285a, 22a-315, 22a-354m, 22a-354bb, 22a-361, 22a-381, 22a-616, 25-204, 25-207, 25-234, 25-237, 26-40a, 26-149, 26-157f, 26-192, 26-192e, 26-192f, 26-192j, 26-193, 26-194, 26-194a, 26-195, 26-196, 26-198, 26-199, 26-200, 26-201, 26-202, 26-203, 26-204, 26-206, 26-207, 26-208, 26-209, 26-210, 26-211, 26-212, 26-213, 26-215, 26-216, 26-219, 26-220, 26-224a, 26-227, 26-229, 26-230, 26-232, 26-234b, 26-235, 26-236, 26-237b, 26-257, 26-257a, 26-266 and 45a-322.
(d) Wherever the words "Department of Agriculture" are used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the words "Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4-66aa, 4b-51, 7-131q, 7-380c, 8-2b, 13a-142a, 16-50j, 17b-97, 17b-105f, 19a-59f, 20-196, 21a-92a, 21a-401, 22-1, 22-1c, 22-4b, 22-6, 22-6a, 22-6b, 22-6c, 22-6d, 22-6e, 22-6g, 22-6h, 22-11d, 22-11e, 22-11f, 22-11h, 22-12b, 22-26c, 22-26d, 22-26e, 22-26f, 22-26i, 22-26j, 22-26k, 22-26l, 22-26bb, 22-26cc, 22-26ll, 22-26nn, 22-36, 22-38a, 22-38d, 22-51, 22-59, 22-63, 22-63a, 22-79, 22-81, 22-84, 22-90, 22-98, 22-129a, 22-137a, 22-137b, 22-160, 22-265a, 22-272b, 22-277, 22-279a, 22-280, 22-286, 22-287, 22-298, 22-299a, 22-301, 22-303, 22-304, 22-306, 22-313, 22-318b, 22-320a, 22-326c, 22-326t, 22-329a, 22-332a, 22-339b, 22-344d, 22-354, 22-359b, 22-386, 22-388, 22-410, 22-411, 22-412, 22-415a, 22-455, 22-456, 22a-27r, 22a-38, 22a-319, 22a-361, 25-157a, 26-40a, 26-72, 26-142a, 26-192a, 26-192b, 26-192c, 26-192e, 26-192f, 26-192h, 26-192k, 26-192l, 26-194, 26-224a, 26-235, 26-237a, 26-237d, 26-237e, 26-257a, 30-68, 32-324h and 36b-21.
(e) Wherever the words "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" are used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the words "Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 23-4, 23-5, 23-5b, 23-6, 23-7, 23-8, 23-8b, 23-9a, 23-9b, 23-10, 23-10b, 23-10c, 23-10e, 23-10i, 23-11, 23-12, 23-13, 23-14, 23-15a, 23-15b, 23-16, 23-16a, 23-17, 23-18, 23-20, 23-21, 23-22, 23-23, 23-24, 23-24a, 23-25, 23-26b, 23-26c, 23-26d, 23-26f, 23-26g, 23-30, 23-31, 23-32, 23-32a, 23-33, 23-37a, 23-37b, 23-41, 23-61a, 23-61b, 23-61f, 23-65, 23-65f, 23-65g, 23-65h, 23-65i, 23-65j, 23-65l, 23-65m, 23-65n, 23-65o, 23-65p, 23-65q, 23-73, 23-75, 23-77, 23-101, 23-102, 26-1, 26-3, 26-3a, 26-3b, 26-3c, 26-5, 26-6, 26-6a, 26-7, 26-15, 26-17a, 26-18, 26-25a, 26-25b, 26-27, 26-27b, 26-27c, 26-27d, 26-28b, 26-29c, 26-30, 26-31, 26-31a, 26-40a, 26-40c, 26-46, 26-55, 26-65, 26-65a, 26-67b, 26-67c, 26-67e, 26-74, 26-80a, 26-86a, 26-86c, 26-86e, 26-91, 26-103, 26-107f, 26-107h, 26-107i, 26-115, 26-11926-141a, 26-141b, 26-141c, 26-142a, 26-142b, 26-157c, 26-157d, 26-157e, 26-157f, 26-157h, 26-157i, 26-159a, 26-186a, 26-192j, 26-297, 26-313, 26-314, 26-315 and 26-316.
(f) Wherever the words "Department of Environmental Protection" are used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the words "Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 23-5c, 23-8, 23-8b, 23-10b, 23-10d, 23-15, 23-15b, 23-19, 23-20, 23-24a, 23-32a, 23-61a, 23-65f, 23-65h, 23-65i, 23-65k, 23-67, 23-68, 23-72, 23-73, 23-101, 23-102, 23-103, 26-6a, 26-15, 26-15a, 26-15b, 26-17a, 26-27b, 26-31, 26-40a, 26-55, 26-55a, 26-59, 26-66a, 26-66b, 26-72, 26-86f, 26-105, 26-142a, 26-157d, 26-192k, 26-300, 26-304 and 26-314.
(g) If the term "Department of Agriculture" is used or referred to in any public or special act of 2011, or in any section of the general statutes which is amended in 2011, it shall be deemed to refer to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
(h) If the term "Commissioner of Agriculture" is used or referred to in any public or special act of 2011, or in any section of the general statutes which is amended in 2011, it shall be deemed to refer to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Sec. 3. Section 4-5 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
As used in sections 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, the term "department head" means Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, Commissioner of Administrative Services, Commissioner of Revenue Services, Banking Commissioner, Commissioner of Children and Families, Commissioner of Consumer Protection, Commissioner of Correction, Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, State Board of Education, Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Commissioner of Environmental Protection, Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Commissioner of Public Health, Insurance Commissioner, Labor Commissioner, Liquor Control Commission, Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Commissioner of Public Safety, Commissioner of Social Services, Commissioner of Developmental Services, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of Transportation, Commissioner of Public Works, Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs, Chief Information Officer, the chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority, the executive director of the Board of Education and Services for the Blind, the executive director of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, and the executive director of the Office of Military Affairs. As used in sections 4-6 and 4-7, "department head" also means the Commissioner of Education.
Sec. 4. Section 4-38c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
There shall be within the executive branch of state government the following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department of Administrative Services, Department of Revenue Services, Department of Banking, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Children and Families, Department of Consumer Protection, Department of Correction, Department of Economic and Community Development, State Board of Education, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Public Health, Board of Governors of Higher Education, Insurance Department, Labor Department, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Developmental Services, Department of Public Safety, Department of Social Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Department of Public Works and Department of Public Utility Control.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2011 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2011 |
New section |
Sec. 3 |
July 1, 2011 |
4-5 |
Sec. 4 |
July 1, 2011 |
4-38c |
Statement of Purpose:
To transfer the conservation functions, including forestry, parks and fish and game, from the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture and rename the Department of Agriculture as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]