§ 26-237a

There is established within the Department of Agriculture a program to purchase and acquire shell or other cultch material for deposit on state shellfish beds. The program shall also include the purchase of management supplies, materials and spawn oyster stock. Pursuant to such program, the Commissioner of Agriculture may contract for the use of a shell recovery vessel to collect and deposit shell on shellfish beds. Additionally, under such program, the department may receive and deposit on shellfish beds cultch from oyster shell recycling programs administered or authorized by the department.(P.A. 87-426, S. 1; P.A. 88-291, S. 1, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-24, S. 1.)History: P.A. 88-291 added provision for the purchase of management supplies, materials and spawn oyster stock; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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; P.A.

ective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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. 21-24 added 'and acquire' re shell or other cultch material and added provisions re Commissioner of Agriculture contracting for use of shell recovery vessel and department receiving and depositing cultch from oyster shell recycling programs.