Connecticut § 22-285 - Emergency appropriations for suppression of diseases.
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§ 22-285. Emergency appropriations for suppression of diseases.
Sec. 22-285. Emergency appropriations for suppression of diseases. The Governor is authorized, in the case of an emergency arising from the prevalence of any contagious disease among domestic animals, to appropriate such sum or sums as may be necessary to defray the state's share of the expense incurred in cooperating with the federal authorities in the suppression and extirpation of any such disease, which cooperation by said federal authorities is authorized under an Act of Congress approved May 29, 1884.
(1949 Rev., S. 3344; 1967, P.A. 262; P.A. 81-56, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act authorized emergency appropriations to combat hog cholera; P.A. 81-56 repealed provision limiting compensation for condemned animals to 50% of actual value of animal or contaminated equipment in keeping with amendments in Sec. 22-288 and deleted specific reference to foot and mouth disease and hog cholera.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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