Any written or oral contract for the sale of milk under an unfair trade practice shall be unenforceable by any dealer participating therein. Any dealer who fails to comply with any direction or regulation of the Commissioner of Agriculture issued hereunder shall have committed an unfair trade practice with respect to each transaction in violation thereof and each such unfair trade practice shall be a violation of this part. In any action against the license of such dealer, or in any other action to enforce such direction or to attempt to enforce a contract for the sale of milk in violation of such direction, the record of the unfair trade practice hearing or any relevant part thereof, the findings made and direction issued shall be admissible in evidence and thereby incorporated into the record of such action and shall be reviewable only as part thereof. Regulations issued under section 22-245 shall be reviewable only in the manner hereinafter provided respecting orders and regulations.

(1949 Rev., S. 3157; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 91-312, S. 40; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); 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. 91-312 replaced reference to “sections 22-244 to 22-246, inclusive” with reference to “section 22-245”; 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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.