reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
CT Gen Stat § 22a-214. (Formerly Sec. 19-524h) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-214. (Formerly Sec. 19-524h) - Commissioner to administer and control funds.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is designated as the officer of the state to manage, administer and control funds appropriated by the General Assembly or authorized by the State Bond Commission, and any and all other state and federal funds made available for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. No grant shall be made under this chapter if such grant, together with all grants awarded prior thereto, exceeds the amount of funds available therefor.(1969, P.A. 758, S. 24; 1971, P.A. 845, S. 7; 872, S. 16; P.A. 89-270, S. 7; 89-386, S. 14, 24; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 acts specified commissioner's control of “any and all other state and federal funds” and replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of environmental protection; Sec. 19-507d transferred to Sec. 19-524h in 1972; Sec. 19-524h transferred to Sec. 22a-214 in 1983; P.A. 89-270 added Subsec. (b) re ninety-day deadline for payment of grants and re thirty-day deadline for return of moneys paid for expenditures later determined to be ineligible; P.A. 89-386 repealed provisions added by P.A. 89-270; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-215. (Formerly Sec. 19-524i) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-215. (Formerly Sec. 19-524i) - Review of applications for federal funds.

 The commissioner shall review all applications for federal funds related to solid waste management prepared by any municipal or regional authority within the state.(1971, P.A. 845, S. 8.)History: Sec. 19-524i transferred to Sec. 22a-215 in 1983.See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-216. (Formerly Sec. 19-524j) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-216. (Formerly Sec. 19-524j) - Department to apply for and receive funds. Cooperation and agreements with federal government.

 The department is designated as the administrative agency of the state to apply for and accept any funds or other aid and to cooperate and enter into contracts and agreements with the federal government relating to the planning, developing, maintaining and enforcing of the solid waste program.(1971, P.A. 845, S. 9.)History: Sec. 19-524j transferred to Sec. 22a-216 in 1983.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-217. (Formerly Sec. 19-524k) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-217. (Formerly Sec. 19-524k) - Grants to reduce solid waste volume reduction and disposal operation costs.

 The commissioner shall make grants for providing financial aid to municipal and regional authorities to reduce their solid waste volume reduction and disposal costs of operation. An annual amount equal to twenty-five cents per capita, but not exceeding five thousand dollars, shall be paid to a single municipal authority which carries on operations that comply with the public health code of the state. An additional annual five cents per capita shall be granted for each municipality in the region up to a maximum of fifty cents per capita. These funds may be used to hire needed personnel, purchase equipment and replacement parts, and make any necessary modifications or repairs to facilities or sites and equipment used in processing and disposal of solid wastes.(1971, P.A. 845, S. 13; P.A. 85-460, S. 1, 4.)History: Sec. 19-524k transferred to Sec. 22a-217 in 1983; P.A. 85-460 limited the amount of the grant to $5,000.See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-219. (Formerly Sec. 19-524m) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-219. (Formerly Sec. 19-524m) - Grants to municipal or regional authorities for improvements of waste disposal facilities.

 The commissioner shall make a grant to any municipal or regional authority which, prior to July 1, 1969, constructed a volume reduction plant or rebuilt, reconstructed, redesigned or acquired new machinery, equipment or buildings in connection with waste disposal, which grant shall be twenty-five per cent of the principal amount of bond or note obligations of such municipal or regional authority, issued to finance such construction rebuilding, reconstruction, redesign or acquisition and outstanding on said date, exclusive of all interest costs and for which grant application is made on an application prescribed by the commissioner. Such grant shall be paid in equal annual installments at least thirty days prior to the date the municipal or regional authority is obligated to make payment on such bonds or notes, provided any grant under this section shall be reduced by any amount payable to such municipality or region under the provisions of section 22a-218 for the same construction, rebuilding, reconstruction, redesign or acquisition project, such reduction to be prorated over the period remaining for the payment of such bonds or notes.(1969, P.A. 751, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 483, S. 2; 845, S. 12; 872, S. 18.)History: 1971 acts replaced “clean air commission” and references thereto with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of environmental protection, and replaced “municipality” with “municipal or regional authority”; Sec. 19-508a transferred to Sec. 19-524m in 1972; Sec. 19-524m transferred to Sec. 22a-219 in 1983.See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-219a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-219a - Definitions.

 For the purposes of sections 22a-219b and 22a-219c:(1) “Resources recovery facility” means a facility utilizing processes to reclaim energy from solid wastes;(2) “Long-term” means the useful life of a resources recovery facility or the term of financing of such facility or any other period established by the commissioner by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54;(3) “Date of commercial operation of a resources recovery facility” means the date such facility routinely and effectively accepts and processes an amount of solid waste that is seventy-five per cent of the design capacity of the facility.(P.A. 83-477, S. 1; P.A. 88-352, S. 2; P.A. 89-386, S. 6, 24.)History: P.A. 88-352 deleted definition of “incinerator”, added definition of “date of commercial operation” and made technical changes; P.A. 89-386 made technical changes to the definition of “resources recovery facility”.Cited. 218 C. 821.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-219c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-219c - Grants to municipalities for resources recovery facilities operating on June 1, 1987.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may make a grant, within available appropriations, for financial assistance to a municipality for each ton of solid waste generated within its boundaries and delivered to a resources recovery facility operating on June 1, 1987. The amount of the grants shall be (1) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, twenty-five per cent of the tipping fee not to exceed ten dollars per ton, and (2) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, twelve per cent of the tipping fee not to exceed four dollars per ton. Payment shall be made in one lump sum following the end of each fiscal year. The tipping fee shall be reviewed by the commissioner and shall include but not be limited to any costs associated with debt service or operation from the point the solid waste enters the system to the landfill disposal of its residual and nonprocessable components. The provisions of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of section 22a-219b shall apply to grants made under this section.(P.A. 87-451, S. 2, 5; 87-589, S. 45, 87; P.A. 88-352, S. 5; 88-364, S. 36, 123; P.A. 90-312, S. 7, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 87-589 changed “grants” to “a grant to a municipality”, changed “delivered” to “it delivers” and deleted “or system or to an incinerator”; P.A. 88-352 required payment of grants in one lump sum and made technical changes; P.A. 88-364 made technical changes; P.A. 90-312 changed the commissioner's authority to make grants from mandatory to discretionary and provided that such grants are subject to available appropriations; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-219d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-219d - Municipal Tipping Fee Fund.

 There is established a fund to be known as the “Municipal Tipping Fee Fund”. The purpose of the Municipal Tipping Fee Fund shall be to provide for the payment of grants to municipalities pursuant to section 22a-219b or 22a-219c. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held in trust separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credited to the assets of said fund shall become part of the assets of said fund. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.(P.A. 87-558, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-352, S. 4.)History: P.A. 88-352 authorized payments for grants pursuant to Sec. 22a-219c.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-219e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-219e - Grants from Municipal Tipping Fee Fund.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act to the contrary, (1) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance under section 22a-219b, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1989, to any municipality which has applied for such grant before July 1, 1990, and is eligible for a grant payable during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, (2) such grant shall be paid from the Municipal Tipping Fee Fund established pursuant to section 22a-219d, and (3) moneys in said fund shall not be transferred to the General Fund until such grants are paid.(P.A. 90-312, S. 10, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-220b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-220b - Payments to municipalities by operators of solid waste land disposal facilities.

 The owner or operator of a solid waste land disposal facility shall pay to the municipality in which such facility is located fifty cents for each ton of solid waste that is received at such facility. Any payment made pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any payment made pursuant to section 22a-282.(P.A. 85-439; P.A. 88-352, S. 1.)History: P.A. 88-352 deleted language applying provisions to facilities that accept waste from one or more municipalities and made technical changes.See Sec. 22a-282 re payments to municipalities by Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority.Cited. 239 C. 515.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-220d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-220d - Warning. Penalty.

 The owner or operator of any resources recovery facility or landfill who fails to notify a municipality about the delivery of loads of solid waste originating from the municipality containing significant quantities of recyclable items, as required by section 22a-220c, shall be subject to a warning by the municipality or the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for a first violation and to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. The owner or operator of any resources recovery authority or landfill who fails to conduct an inspection when requested by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, as required by section 22a-220c, shall for a first violation be subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each violation and five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. Any municipality which fails to receive the notification as required, or the Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner, may bring an action under this section. All such actions shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191. Any such action by the Attorney General shall be brought in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-249, S. 3; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 and P.A. 90-98 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford” in public and special acts of 1990 session, effective September 1, 1993); P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-220e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-220e - Municpal glass collection pilot program. Requirements. Report.

 Notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 22a-220, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, upon the request of a municipality, shall authorize a two-year pilot program for the collection of glass, by one or more third parties, separate from the curbside recycling collection program, including prohibiting the collection of glass from the curbside recycling collection program in such municipality, provided such pilot program includes one or more locations where glass is collected at no charge to residents, information about such program for residents of such municipality, the collection of any data required by the department for the purpose of measuring program outcomes, and any other requirements as determined by the department. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on such pilot program following such two-year period. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, any recommendations for legislation concerning such pilot program.(P.A. 18-181, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-221a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-221a - Operating committees declared to be public instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

 Any operating committee established pursuant to subsection (c) of section 22a-221 shall constitute a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state of Connecticut established and created for the performance of an essential public and governmental function.(P.A. 88-352, S. 6, 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-221b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-221b - Disposal of solid waste collected from state facilities.

 Each department head, as defined in section 4-5, other than the Commissioner of Transportation, shall ensure that any municipal solid waste removed from any state facility or property under his jurisdiction shall be disposed of at the regional transfer station or other site designated by the municipality in which the facility or property is located. Any long-term contract for the disposal of solid waste entered into by any such department head shall include provisions to carry out the purposes of this section provided nothing in this section shall affect or impair any contract which exists on October 1, 1995.(P.A. 95-324, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-222 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-222 - Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator.

 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance to any resources recovery authority from the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized for such purpose for feasibility studies and development expenses as are determined to be appropriate by said commissioner which are incurred prior to permanent financing of a resource recovery system or an incinerator. Eligible activities shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of the preparation of financial, technical, legal and engineering information for the system or incinerator and analysis of the impact of recycling on such system or incinerator. To be eligible for a grant, the system or incinerator shall be under study or proposed for a study and shall be consistent with the state-wide solid waste management plan.(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall administer the program established by this section.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-9, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-478, S. 1, 10; P.A. 94-130, S. 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 72.)History: P.A. 85-478 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize funds for certain development expenses, to add legal expenses to list of eligible activities and to delete provision imposing specified monetary limits on grant amounts and made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-130 in Subsec. (b) eliminated the requirement that a resources recovery system or facility reimburse the state for any funds provided pursuant to this section when it becomes operational; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to state solid waste management plan with reference to state-wide solid waste management plan, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-223 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-223 - Funds for preliminary feasibility studies of energy recovery systems or incinerators by governmental entities.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, from proceeds of the sale of state bonds allocated by the State Bond Commission to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with subdivision (8) of subsection (e) of section 2 of special act 82-46, provide funds to any municipality, any group of municipalities or any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, for a preliminary feasibility study of an energy recovery system or an incinerator. Any such study shall be prepared in consultation with said commissioner and shall include but not be limited to an investigation of the markets for the system, identification of the waste stream, cost estimates of system construction and the cost per ton of solid waste disposal. The amount of such funds granted for any single study shall not exceed eighty per cent of the total cost of such study and in no event shall the total amount granted for any single study exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.(P.A. 83-151, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 299.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials, effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-224 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management|Section 22a-224 - Study and construction of resource recovery systems at certain state mental health hospitals. Contracts for purchase of steam or electricity from systems.

 Section 22a-224 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 83-424, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-79, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)