As used in section 22-6e: “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; “department” means the Department of Agriculture; “garden” means a piece of land appropriate for the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables; “sponsor” means any municipal agency or nonprofit civic service association or organization designated by the commissioner to operate a program pursuant to section 22-6e; “use” means, when applied to gardening, to make use of, without conveyance of title or any other ownership; “vacant public land” means any land owned by the state, or any municipality therein, that is not in use for public purposes; “agricultural restoration purposes” means reclamation of grown-over pastures and meadows, installation of fences in restoration areas to keep wildlife out of such areas, manage livestock and to keep livestock out of riparian areas, replanting of vegetation on erosion prone land or along streams, restoration of water runoff patterns, improvement of irrigation efficiency, conducting hedgerow management, including the removal of invasive plants and timber, or renovating farm ponds through farm pond management and any incidental land clearing activities attendant to such reclamation, installation, restoration, replanting, improvement, management or renovating.

(P.A. 75-497, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-75, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-327, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 12; P.A. 15-22, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 77-75 defined “sponsor”; P.A. 82-327 removed the reference to a repealed Sec. 7-152a; June 30 Sp.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with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 defined “agricultural restoration purposes”, effective October 27, 2011; P.A. 15-22 redefined “agricultural restoration purposes” and made a technical change.