Sec. 22-63. Marketing Authority; members.

There shall continue to be a Marketing Authority within the Department of Agriculture. The authority shall continue to have and exercise the powers and duties authorized for it by this chapter. Such authority shall consist of eleven members. The authority shall be composed of one public member from each congressional district of the state, two at-large public members, the Commissioner of Agriculture or his designee, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or his designee. The Governor shall appoint three members of the authority and the president pro tempore of the Senate, the Senate minority leader, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one member. In addition, the Governor shall appoint two members of the authority who shall be tenants of the Hartford market facility. Any vacancy in the membership of said authority shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. The name of the authority shall be “Connecticut Marketing Authority”. The members of the authority shall serve without compensation, but their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid by the state. Any member absent from three consecutive meetings shall be deemed to have resigned. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the terms of all appointed members of the authority serving before and on January 1, 2004, shall expire on said date. Not later than January 1, 2004, new members shall be appointed to the authority in accordance with the provisions of this section and such members shall begin serving on said date and shall complete the terms of their predecessors.

(1949 Rev., S. 3101, 3105; 1949, 1953, S. 1716d; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-614, S. 316, 610; P.A. 83-487, S. 24, 33; P.A. 92-147, S. 1, 4; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-155, S. 1; P.A. 03-170, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); 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 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-614 placed marketing authority within agriculture department for administrative purposes, reduced membership from 11 to 10, reduced producers of agricultural products to five rather than seven seats, replaced consumer members with public members and increased their number from 2 to 3 and deleted provision establishing July first as appointment date and setting 6-year terms, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-487 amended section by restructuring authority, including legislative appointments and adding attendance requirements; P.A. 92-147 changed the administrative designation of the authority, placing it in the department of agriculture by deleting “for administrative purposes only”; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 97-155 added two members to the authority appointed by the Governor from the tenants of the Hartford market facility; P.A. 03-170 replaced “an at-large public member” with “two at-large public members” and added provisions re expiration of terms of appointed members serving before and on January 1, 2004, and the appointment by said date of new members to begin serving on said date and complete the terms of their predecessors, effective June 26, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and Department 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.

Notation

See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.