Section 22-26j - Agricultural enhancement matching grant program. Eligibility. PurposesThe Department of Agriculture shall establish and administer an agricultural enhancement matching grant program to any agricultural not-for-profit organization, municipality, group of municipalities, regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or group of municipalities that have established a regional interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, to further agricultural enhancement. Such grants may be used for the following purposes:
(1) Local capital projects that foster collective resources for agricultural viability, including, but not limited to, processing facilities and farmers' markets;(2) the development and implementation of agriculturally friendly land use regulations and local farmland protection strategies that sustain and promote local agriculture;(3) the development of new marketing programs and venues through or in which a majority of products sold are grown in the state;(4) the development and implementation of programs and services that promote farm and farmland access and transfer of such farms; and(5) the development of urban and nontraditional farming practices.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26j
( P.A. 05-228 , S. 2 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 , S. 113 ; P.A. 08-13 , S. 3 ; P.A. 09-229 , S. 32 ; P.A. 13-247 , S. 294 ; P.A. 16-107 , S. 1 .)
Amended by P.A. 23-0184,S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 6/28/2023.Amended by P.A. 21-0155, S. 10 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 7/12/2021.Amended by P.A. 16-0107, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 6/2/2016.