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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256m. - Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-256m to 22a-256u, inclusive:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(3) “Newsprint” means that class or kind of paper chiefly used for printing newspapers and weighing more than twenty-four and one-half pounds but less than thirty-five pounds for five hundred sheets of paper two feet by three feet in size, on rolls which are not less than thirteen inches wide and twenty-eight inches in diameter and having a brightness of less than sixty.
(4) “Newsprint user” means a person using or distributing more than one hundred tons of newsprint annually in a commercial printing or publishing operation.
(5) “Publisher” means a newsprint user engaged in the business of publishing newspapers in the state.
(6) “Printer” means a newsprint user engaged in the business of commercial printing in the state.
(7) “Runability” means the ability of newsprint to run on the printing press without breaking.
(8) “Recycled fiber” means fiber derived from postconsumer waste paper or waste paper resulting from printing operations.
(9) “Postconsumer waste paper” means discarded paper after it has served its intended end use as a consumer item.
(P.A. 90-224, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256n. - Publishers: Use of newsprint with recycled content. Schedule.

On a state-wide basis, the percentage of recycled fiber contained in newsprint used by all publishers shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For the year ending December 31, 1992, eleven per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1993, sixteen per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1994, twenty per cent or more; for the two years ending December 31, 1996, twenty-three per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1997, thirty-one per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1998, forty per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1999, forty-five per cent or more; and for the year ending December 31, 2000, and thereafter, fifty per cent or more.
(P.A. 90-224, S. 2; P.A. 95-324, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 95-324 delayed by one year the schedule for the requirements for recycled content above 23%.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256o. - Publishers: Failure to achieve percentages. Penalty.

If the percentages specified in section 22a-256n are not achieved by publishers as a group on the dates specified, as shown by reports submitted to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with section 22a-256r, each publisher individually shall meet the percentages established in said section 22a-256n for the remaining years. Beginning in the year following the failure of such publishers, as a group, to achieve such levels, any publisher which individually fails to meet the specified levels shall be assessed a civil penalty of five dollars per ton based on the number of tons of recycled fiber representing the shortfall, provided such civil penalty, to be fixed by the court, shall be not less than two thousand five hundred dollars and not more than one hundred thousand dollars. The Attorney General, upon request of the commissioner, may institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-224, S. 4; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-324, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 95-324 replaced fine for violation of the section with a civil penalty and added provision authorizing Attorney General to bring civil action to recover penalties (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”, effective September 1, 1998); 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256p. - Printers: Use of newsprint with recycled content. Schedule.

On a state-wide basis, the percentage of recycled fiber contained in newsprint used by all printers shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For the year ending December 31, 1992, eleven per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1993, sixteen per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1994, twenty per cent or more; for the two years ending December 31, 1996, twenty-three per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1997, thirty-one per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1998, forty per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1999, forty-five per cent or more; and for the year ending December 31, 2000, and thereafter, fifty per cent or more.
(P.A. 90-224, S. 3; P.A. 95-324, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-324 delayed by one year the schedule for the requirements for recycled content above 23%.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256q. - Printers: Failure to achieve percentages. Penalty.

If the percentages specified in section 22a-256p are not achieved by printers as a group on the dates specified, as shown by reports submitted to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with section 22a-256r, each printer individually shall meet the percentages established in said section 22a-256p for the remaining years. Beginning in the year following the failure of the printers, as a group, to achieve such levels, any printer which fails to meet the specified levels shall be assessed a civil penalty of five dollars per ton based on the number of tons of recycled fiber representing the shortfall, provided such civil penalty, to be fixed by the court, shall be not less than two thousand five hundred dollars and not more than one hundred thousand dollars. The Attorney General, upon request of the commissioner, may institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-224, S. 5; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-324, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 95-324 replaced fine for violation of the section with a civil penalty and added provision authorizing Attorney General to bring action for recovery of penalties (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”, effective September 1, 1998); 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256r. - Annual reports. Exemption.

(a) On or before March 1, 1993, and annually thereafter, each newsprint user shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The report shall indicate the percentage of recycled fiber used in the preceding calendar year, along with any information required by the commissioner to determine compliance with the provisions of sections 22a-256m to 22a-256u, inclusive. Any newsprint user who fails to submit the report required by this section shall be deemed to have failed to meet the percentages established in sections 22a-256n and 22a-256p.
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall exempt a publisher or a printer from compliance with the provisions of sections 22a-256n and 22a-256p if the commissioner determines that such publisher or printer was unable to obtain sufficient amounts of newsprint containing recycled fiber at a price comparable to the price for virgin newsprint, that he was unable to obtain newsprint containing recycled fiber within a reasonable time or that he was unable to obtain newsprint which is runable. The publisher or printer shall certify to the commissioner the specific reason for failing to use newsprint containing a sufficient amount of recycled fiber. Such certification shall be submitted along with the report required by subsection (a) of this section and shall be construed to have been made in good faith if the publisher or printer submits proof of having contacted, to obtain newsprint containing recycled fiber, each producer of such newsprint which offered to sell newsprint containing recycled fiber to the publisher or printer not more than eighteen months before the certification. Such proof shall include the address, telephone number and name of each producer contacted and the corporate name of such producer, if any.
(P.A. 90-224, S. 6; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256t. - Deposit of revenue into General Fund.

Any revenue collected under the provisions of sections 22a-256o and 22a-256q shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(P.A. 90-224, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 414.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 references to “municipal solid waste recycling trust fund” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “municipal solid waste recycling trust account” to conform section with Sec. 22a-241 as amended by P.A. 94-130); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 replaced reference to municipal solid waste recycling trust account with reference to General Fund.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256v. - Alternative standards for recycled newsprint.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt alternative standards for the specifications provided in sections 22a-256n and 22a-256p if he determines, upon receipt of documentation from the Northeast Recycling Council, that such specifications are not achievable which determination shall be made not less than once annually. Such alternative standards shall be in effect during any period of time in which the commissioner determines that the publishing or printing industry is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of runable newsprint containing recycled fiber at a price comparable to the price for virgin newsprint or is unable to find such newsprint within a reasonable time.
(P.A. 98-99, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 109, 121; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256y. - Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-256y to 22a-256ee, inclusive:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection;
(2) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection;
(3) “Directory publisher” means a person or entity engaged in publishing directories of any kind as part of its business which (A) in the previous calendar year used at least fifty tons of directory stock in directories which were distributed in this state, or (B) anticipates using, in the current calendar year, at least fifty tons of directory stock in directories which are distributed in this state;
(4) “Directory stock” means that class or kind of paper chiefly used for printing directories and weighing more than eighteen pounds but less than twenty-six pounds for five hundred sheets of paper twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches in size, on rolls which are not less than twenty-six inches wide and forty inches in diameter and, for twenty pound white directory stock, having a brightness of less than 57;
(5) “Runability” means the ability of directory stock to run on a printing press using flexography, letterpress and offset printing processes without breaking;
(6) “Recycled fiber” means fiber derived from postconsumer waste paper or waste paper resulting from printing operations;
(7) “Postconsumer waste paper” means discarded paper after it has served its intended use as a consumer item.
(P.A. 90-281, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256z. - Directory publishers: Use of directory stock with recycled fiber. Schedule.

On a state-wide basis, the percentage of recycled fiber contained in directory stock used by all directory publishers shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For the year ending December 31, 1995, ten per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1996, fifteen per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1997, twenty per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1998, twenty-five per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1999, thirty per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 2000, thirty-five per cent or more; and thereafter, forty per cent or more.
(P.A. 90-281, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-524p). - Short title: Connecticut Solid Waste Management Services Act.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Connecticut Solid Waste Management Services Act”.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 1, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524p transferred to Sec. 22a-257 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-524q). - Legislative finding.

It is found and declared that the people of the state of Connecticut have the right to a clean and wholesome environment; that prevailing solid waste disposal practices generally, throughout the state, result in unnecessary environmental damage, waste valuable land and other resources, and constitute a continuing hazard to the health and welfare of the people of the state; that local governments responsible for waste disposal services are becoming hard pressed to provide adequate services at reasonable costs, without damage or hazard to the environment and the loss of useful resources; that locally organized voluntary recycling programs have shown that solid wastes produced in the state of Connecticut contain recoverable resources; that technology and methods now exist to dispose of solid wastes and recover resources with commensurate environmental benefits; that coordinated large-scale processing of solid wastes may be necessary in order to achieve maximum environmental and economic benefits for the people of the state; that the amounts of solid waste being produced within the state of Connecticut are adequate to sustain such large-scale processing; that the geography and population density of the state are such as to enable and facilitate the effective and economic regional accumulation of solid wastes; that the development of systems and facilities and the use of the technology necessary to initiate large-scale processing of solid wastes have become logical and necessary functions to be assumed by state government; that the provision of solid waste disposal services to local governments at reasonable cost, through the use of state governmental powers and capabilities, would supply valuable assistance to such local governments; and, that, because of the foregoing, the provision of statutory authorization for the necessary state structure, which can take initiative and appropriate action to provide the necessary systems, facilities, technology and services for solid waste management and resources recovery is a matter of important public interest and that it is the purpose and intent of the General Assembly to be and remain cognizant not only of its responsibility to authorize and establish the necessary state and local structure and powers for the effective accomplishment of solid waste management and resources recovery, but also of its responsibility to monitor and supervise the activities and operations of the state authority created by this chapter, and the exercise of the powers conferred upon such authority by virtue of this chapter.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 2, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524q transferred to Sec. 22a-258 in 1983.
Cited. 193 C. 506; 201 C. 700.
Cited. 20 CA 474.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-260a. - Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority. Successor to Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority.

(a) There is established the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority. The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall constitute a successor authority to the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.
(b) Wherever the words “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” are used in any public or special act of 2014 or in the following sections of the general statutes, the words “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 1-79, 1-120, 1-124, 1-125, 3-24d, 3-24f, 7-329a, 12-412, 12-459, 16-1, 16-245, 16-245b, 22a-208a, 22a-208v, 22a-209h, 22a-219b, 22a-220, 22a-241, 22a-260, 22a-261, 22a-263a, 22a-263b, 22a-268a, 22a-268b, 22a-270a, 22a-272a, 22a-282, 22a-283, 22a-284, 32-1e and 32-658.
(c) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such conforming, technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 14-94 effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-524v). - Meetings. Records. Reports. Audits.

The directors of the authority shall meet at least monthly at the call of the chairman and may meet more frequently if necessary and desirable. It shall maintain at all times minutes of its meetings including its considerations, deliberations, decisions and resolutions, which minutes shall be considered public records. It shall maintain all necessary records and data with respect to its operations and shall report quarterly to the Governor and annually to the General Assembly, upon its operations. Such reports shall include but not be limited to a listing of the number and type of waste management service contracts entered into with local government units and persons, and the charges therefor; a listing of the contracts entered into for the services of private industry in the operation of systems and facilities; a map showing the location of all facilities owned or leased by the authority; a schedule of the amounts of waste received and processed in such facilities; a listing of the outstanding issues of notes and bonds of the authority and the payment status thereof; a budget showing the administrative expenses of the authority; a report of revenues of the authority from all sources and of the redistribution of any surplus revenues. The authority shall be subject to audit by the state Auditors of Public Accounts in accordance with chapter 12 and section 2-90.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 7, 26; P.A. 21-145, S. 14.)
History: Sec. 19-524v transferred to Sec. 22a-263 in 1983; P.A. 21-145 replaced provision re normal audit practices with reference to Ch. 12 and Sec. 2-90.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-263a. - Information to be made available to public through the Internet.

The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall make the following information available to the public through the Internet, except for any such information which is not required to be disclosed to the public pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200:
(1) The schedule of meetings of the board of directors of the authority and each committee established by said board, not later than seven days after such schedule is established;
(2) Draft minutes of each meeting of the board of directors of the authority and each committee established by said board, not later than seven days after each such meeting is held;
(3) Each report required under section 4a-60g, setting forth small and minority-business set-aside program goals and addressing the authority's progress in meeting said goals, not later than seven days after each such report is required to be submitted to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities under said section 4a-60g;
(4) The annual plan of operations which the authority is required to prepare pursuant to section 22a-264, not later than seven days after the plan is promulgated;
(5) Each report that the authority is required to submit to the General Assembly pursuant to the general statutes, not later than seven days after the report is submitted;
(6) Each audit of the authority conducted by the Auditors of Public Accounts, each compliance audit of the authority's activities conducted pursuant to section 1-122 and each audit conducted by an independent auditing firm, not later than seven days after each such audit is received by the board of directors of the authority; and
(7) A report on any contract between the authority and a person, other than a director, officer or employee of the authority, for the purpose of influencing any legislative or administrative action on behalf of the authority or providing legal advice to the authority. The report shall indicate for each such contract (A) the names of the parties to the contract, (B) the cost of the contract, (C) the term of the contract, (D) a summary of the services to be provided under the contract, (E) the method used by the authority to award the contract, and (F) a summary of the authority's need for the services provided under the contract. Such report shall be made available through the Internet not later than fifteen days after the contract is entered into between the authority and the person.
(P.A. 02-46, S. 13; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-46 effective January 1, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-263b. - Copies of independent audits to be submitted to General Assembly.

The board of directors of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding a copy of each audit of the authority conducted by an independent auditing firm, not later than seven days after the audit is received by said board of directors.
(P.A. 02-46, S. 14; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-46 effective April 30, 2002; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-524w). - Activities and operations.

The activities of the authority in providing or contracting to provide solid waste management services shall be in conformity with applicable statutes and regulations and with the state-wide solid waste management plan as adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The authority shall prepare an annual plan of operations which shall be reviewed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for consistency with the state-wide solid waste management plan. Upon approval by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and by a vote of the authority's full board of directors, the annual plan of operations shall be adopted. Any activities of the authority carried out to assist in the development of industry and commerce based upon the availability of recovered resources for recycling and reuse shall be coordinated to the extent practicable with plans and activities of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, with due consideration given to the secondary materials and waste management industries operating within the state of Connecticut.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 8, 26; P.A. 74-338, S. 70, 94; P.A. 83-112; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152; P.A. 14-94, S. 6, 75.)
History: P.A. 74-338 replaced Connecticut development commission with Connecticut development authority; Sec. 19-524w transferred to Sec. 22a-264 in 1983; P.A. 83-112 authorized the commissioner of environmental protection to review the plan of operation, and required commissioner's approval as well as that of authority's board of directors for promulgation of plan; 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; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “Connecticut Development Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-94 deleted provisions re providing solid waste management services to the state, regions, municipalities and persons, re implementing state resources recovery system, re planning, designing, financing, constructing, managing or operating solid waste facilities and re power of authority to assist in preparation and revision of state solid waste management plan and to revise and update plan, changed requirement for adoption of annual plan of operations from a two-thirds vote to a vote of authority's full board of directors, added reference to waste management industries, replaced references to state solid waste management plan with references to state-wide solid waste management plan, and made technical changes, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-265a. - Expenditures for outside consultants.

Any expenditure of fifty thousand dollars or more by the authority for an outside consultant shall require a two-thirds vote of approval by the board of directors.
(P.A. 89-299, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-179, S. 3, 9; P.A. 14-94, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 90-179 provided that the reduction of expenditures for consultants did not apply if municipalities contract with the authority for the development of recycling, intermediate processing or resources recovery processing facilities; P.A. 14-94 replaced former provisions re reduction in expenditures for outside consultants when number of employees exceeds 45 with provision requiring two-thirds vote of approval by board of directors for any expenditure of $50,000 or more for an outside consultant, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-268a. - Written procedures.

The board of directors of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall adopt written procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, for: (1) Adopting an annual budget and plan of operations, including a requirement of board approval before the budget or plan may take effect; (2) hiring, dismissing, promoting and compensating employees of the authority, including an affirmative action policy and a requirement of board approval before a position may be created or a vacancy filled; (3) acquiring real and personal property and personal services, including a requirement of board approval for any such nonbudgeted expenditure in excess of five thousand dollars; (4) contracting for (A) the business, design, operating, management, construction, transportation, marketing, planning and research and development functions of the authority, (B) financial, legal, bond underwriting and other professional services, and (C) supplies, materials and equipment, including (i) notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, standards for determining when contracts described in this subdivision (4) shall be awarded on the basis of competitive bidding or competitive negotiation, an exemption for small purchases, and criteria for waiving competitive bidding or competitive negotiation, and (ii) a requirement that the authority solicit proposals at least once every three years for each such professional service which it uses; (5) issuing and retiring bonds, bond anticipation notes and other obligations of the authority; (6) awarding loans, grants and other financial assistance, including eligibility criteria, the application process and the role played by the authority's staff and board of directors; and (7) the use of surplus funds to the extent authorized under this chapter or other provisions of the general statutes.
(P.A. 88-266, S. 38, 46; P.A. 02-46, S. 9; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-46 amended Subdiv. (4) to add provisions re contracting for business, design, operating, management, construction, transportation, marketing, planning and research and development functions, recontracting for supplies, materials and equipment and re standards for award of contracts, to change “service” to “professional service” and to make technical changes, effective January 1, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-268b. - Performance incentive plan for officers and employees of the authority.

Any performance incentive plan for officers and employees of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority that authorizes payments in addition to established salaries shall be in writing, apply to all officers and employees of the authority, provide for any such payment to be made on the basis of both the job performance of the officer or employee and the overall financial performance of the authority, and be subject to the approval of the board of directors of the authority pursuant to section 22a-261. No payments under such plan shall be made during any year that annual salary increases have been suspended. The provisions of this section shall not (1) limit the rights of any officer or employee under an existing collective bargaining agreement or (2) prohibit the payment of extra or overtime pay for extra or overtime work in accordance with written procedures adopted pursuant to section 22a-268a.
(P.A. 02-46, S. 7; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-46 effective January 1, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-268c to 22a-268f. - Attorney General supervision over legal matters and claims from authority-Enron-Connecticut Light and Power Company transaction. Temporary borrowing from the state to support repayment of debt on behalf of Mid-Connecticut Project; financial mitigation plan; reports; discussions re extensions of municipal contracts; reporting and examination for term of loans. Report on authority efforts to mitigate effects of losses from authority-Enron-Connecticut Light and Power Company transaction. Special committees to study options for municipal solid waste disposal.

Sections 22a-268c to 22a-268f, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 12, 2013.
(P.A. 02-46, S. 2–4; P.A. 03-133, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-5, S. 2; P.A. 13-285, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-270a. - Lessee under Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority project not liable for taxes on property leased from authority if payments in lieu of taxes are made per agreement.

Any real or personal property leased by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority in connection with the operation of a project under the provisions of this chapter which would otherwise be subject to taxation under chapter 203 shall be exempt from the assessment of property taxes permitted and required under said chapter if such real or personal property is the subject of an agreement between said authority or the lessee of such project and the municipality in which such project is located to make payments in lieu of taxes with respect to such property. Any lessee or operator of such project from said authority who has made any payment in lieu of taxes due under such agreement shall not be required to make any payment of taxes on which a payment in lieu thereof has been made to the municipality.
(P.A. 82-410, S. 3, 4; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-524dd). - Bonds, legal investments.

Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter, be authorized by law.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 15, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524dd transferred to Sec. 22a-271 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-272a. - Limit on use of bond proceeds for funding intermediate processing facilities.

Not less than twenty-five million dollars of the next two hundred million dollars of bonds issued by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority on or after July 1, 1989, and secured by a special capital reserve fund established pursuant to section 22a-272 shall be issued for the funding of intermediate processing facilities.
(P.A. 89-366, S. 2, 3; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-273. (Formerly Sec. 19-524ff). - Moneys of the authority.

The reserve funds of the authority, as provided for in section 22a-272, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the state as agent of the authority, who shall not commingle such moneys with any other moneys. Such moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid by checks signed by the Treasurer of the state on requisition of the chairman of the authority or of such other officer or employee or officers or employees of the authority as the authority shall authorize to make such requisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authority shall have power, subject to the approval of the Treasurer of the state, to contract with the holders of any of its bonds or notes, as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any reserve funds of the authority, or of any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or notes, and to carry out such contracts. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which such moneys shall be deposited as trustee thereof shall hold and apply the same for the purposes thereof, subject to such provisions as this chapter and the resolution authorizing the issue of the bonds or notes or the trust agreement securing such bonds or notes may provide.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 17, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524ff transferred to Sec. 22a-273 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-274. (Formerly Sec. 19-524gg). - Pledge to holders of bonds and notes of the authority.

The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds and notes issued under this chapter and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the Connecticut Solid Waste Authority or its successor agency pursuant to the provisions of this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority until such obligations, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully performed on the part of the authority, provided nothing contained herein shall preclude such limitation or alteration if and when adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of the holders of such bonds and notes of the authority or those entering into such contracts with the authority. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and undertaking for the state in such bonds and notes or contracts.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 18, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524gg transferred to Sec. 22a-274 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-276. (Formerly Sec. 19-524ii). - Condemnation by authority.

(a) Before instituting any condemnation proceedings to obtain necessary real property, the authority shall have made diligent efforts to obtain said property by purchase or other means satisfactory to the authority and shall have ruled, by resolution, that in its judgment the property is not otherwise obtainable save through condemnation proceedings.
(b) Before instituting condemnation proceedings in any municipality the authority shall first advise and consult with the municipal authority having jurisdiction.
(c) Unless the property to be condemned is located in an area zoned industrial, or in an area at or contiguous to an existing solid waste facility or waste disposal area, the authority shall, before proceeding with condemnation, first receive the written consent of the municipal authority having jurisdiction.
(d) The authority shall not have the power to establish in any municipality, by condemnation proceedings or otherwise, a solid waste disposal area to be used for the deposit of solid wastes that have not received prior processing in a resources recovery facility until and unless it has first obtained the written consent of the municipal authority concerned.
(e) Any condemnation proceedings of the authority shall be brought in accordance with section 48-12, except such proceedings shall in all cases be brought before the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.
(f) Where a person entitled to an award in proceedings to condemn any real property for any of the purposes of this chapter remains in possession of said property after title is vested in the condemnor, the reasonable value of his use and occupancy of such property after title has been vested, or after any other time as fixed by agreement or by a determination of the court, shall be a lien against such award subject only to such other liens of record at the time title is vested in the condemnor.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 20, 26; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-364, S. 39, 123; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: P.A. 78-280 replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; Sec. 19-524ii transferred to Sec. 22a-276 in 1983; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 88-364 made technical change in Subsec. (e); P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to 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.
Cited. 193 C. 506.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-277. (Formerly Sec. 19-524jj). - Delegation of powers of authority.

(a) The directors of the authority may, by resolution, delegate to the president of the authority, as its chief executive officer, such powers of the authority as may appear, in the discretion of the directors, to be necessary, advisable or desirable in order to permit the timely performance of the administrative functions of the authority and to carry out the plans, policies, procedures and decisions of the directors.
(b) It shall be the responsibility of the directors to delegate only those powers of the authority that may be generally appropriate for the exercise of executive and administrative functions and to reserve to themselves such powers and decisions as may be more properly exercised through the regular deliberative and decision-making processes of the directors.
(c) The president may, with the approval of the directors, assign or redelegate to officers and employees of the authority, any of his delegated powers that in his opinion may be necessary, desirable or appropriate for the prompt and orderly transaction of the business of the authority.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 21, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524jj transferred to Sec. 22a-277 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-278. (Formerly Sec. 19-524kk). - Bonding of personnel.

Each director of the authority shall execute a surety bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or, in lieu thereof, the chairman of the authority shall execute a blanket positive bond covering each director, executive and employee of the authority, each surety bond to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office or officers covered, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state of Connecticut as surety and to be approved by the Attorney General and filed in the office of the Secretary of the State. The cost of each such bond shall be paid by the authority.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 22, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524kk transferred to Sec. 22a-278 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-279. (Formerly Sec. 19-524ll). - Connecticut Solid Waste Management Advisory Council.

Section 22a-279 is repealed.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 23, 26; P.A. 74-330, S. 3, 4; P.A. 83-487, S. 29, 33; 83-587, S. 75, 96; P.A. 84-546, S. 74, 183; P.A. 93-423, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-280. (Formerly Sec. 19-524mm). - Liberal construction of chapter.

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed, so as to effect its purposes.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 24, 26.)
History: Sec. 19-524mm transferred to Sec. 22a-280 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-281. (Formerly Sec. 19-524nn). - Pilot project required.

Section 22a-281 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 25, 26; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act › Section 22a-282. - Solid waste disposal area. Payments to municipalities.

The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 22a-208a concerning the right of any local body to regulate, through zoning, land usage for solid waste disposal and section 22a-276, may use and operate as a solid waste disposal area, pursuant to a permit issued under sections 22a-208, 22a-208a and 22a-430, any real property owned by said authority on or before May 11, 1984, any portion of which has been operated as a solid waste disposal area, and the authority shall not be subject to regulation by any such body, except that the authority shall pay to the municipality in which such property is located one dollar per ton of unprocessed solid waste received from outside of such municipality and disposed of at the solid waste disposal area by the authority. Any payment shall be in addition to any other agreement between the municipality and the authority. The provisions of section 12-18b shall not be construed to apply to any such real property.
(P.A. 84-331, S. 2, 4; P.A. 85-143, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-403, S. 55, 132; P.A. 14-94, S. 1; P.A. 15-244, S. 201.)
History: P.A. 85-143 added provision that the authority shall not be subject to regulation by any local body; P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 15-244 replaced reference to Sec. 12-19a with reference to Sec. 12-18b, effective July 1, 2016.
See Sec. 22a-220b re payments to municipalities by owner or operator of solid waste land disposal facility.
Cited. 193 C. 506; 209 C. 830; 212 C. 570; 234 C. 221.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.