(a) No person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment or receive and, having so received, deliver or offer to deliver any restricted or permit use pesticide unless that pesticide is registered in accordance with the provisions of this part.

(b) The commissioner may prescribe standards for the registration of sellers and distributors of restricted and permit use pesticides. Such standards shall provide that to be registered, a person must be competent with respect to the handling of pesticides and must demonstrate knowledge concerning the proper application of pesticides, their hazards and impact on the environment.

(c) Any person who distributes, sells, offers for sale, holds for sale or offers to deliver any restricted or permit use pesticide to any person in the state shall register his name and address with the commissioner annually. The commissioner may by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 require the payment of a fee sufficient to cover the cost of administering examinations for registration and assisting in carrying out the purposes of section 22a-451. The fee for each annual registration shall be one hundred twenty dollars. The fees collected in accordance with this section shall be deposited in the General Fund.

(P.A. 73-540, S. 11, 28; P.A. 77-529, S. 15; P.A. 83-108, S. 2; P.A. 85-407, S. 7, 9; P.A. 86-364, S. 3; P.A. 91-369, S. 10, 36; P.A. 95-208, S. 4, 13; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 113; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 400.)

History: P.A. 77-529 required distributors, salesmen, etc. of pesticides to pay annual fee in Subsec. (c); P.A. 83-108 amended Subsec. (c) to specify that fee must be sufficient to cover the cost of registration, examinations and the processing of applications; P.A. 85-407 amended Subsec. (c) by authorizing imposition of a fee to cover the cost of implementing Sec. 22a-451 and required that such fees be credited to the emergency spill response fund; P.A. 86-364 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re use of fee to cover the cost of processing annual registration applications and establishing a fee of $30 for annual registrations until December 31, 1991, and $20 thereafter; P.A. 91-369 amended Subsec. (c) to delete changes in the amount of the fee which would have taken effect after December 31, 1991, and to modify method of deposit into fund; P.A. 95-208 amended Subsec. (c) to require that fees collected in accordance with section be deposited in General Fund, rather than Emergency Spill Response Fund and deleted provision authorizing commissioner to expend up to 5% of such fees for administrative expenses related to collection of such fees, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (c) to increase annual registration fee from $30 to $60, effective August 20, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (c) to increase annual registration fee from $60 to $120.