Title 22a — Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 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 i…

Sec. 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 unnecess…

Sec. 22a-259. (Formerly Sec. 19-524r). Declaration of state policy. The following are declared to be policies of the state of Connecticut: (1) That maximum resources recovery from solid waste and maximum recycling and reuse of such resources in order to protect, preserve and enha…

Sec. 22a-260. (Formerly Sec. 19-524s). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Definitions. The following terms, as used in this chapter and chapter 103b, have the indicated meanings unless the context in which they are used demands a different meaning and inten…

Sec. 22a-260a. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 Re…

Sec. 22a-261. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025). MIRA Dissolution Authority. Board of Directors. Authority termination. (a) There is hereby established and created a body politic and corporate, constituting a public instrumentality and political subdivision…

Sec. 22a-262. (Formerly Sec. 19-524u). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Purposes of authority. (a) The purposes of the authority shall be: (1) The planning, design, construction, financing, management, ownership, operation and maintenance of solid waste d…

Sec. 22a-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-524v). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 …

Sec. 22a-263a. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Information to be made available to public through the Internet. The MIRA Dissolution Authority shall make the following information available to the public through the Internet, except for any such informat…

Sec. 22a-263b. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Copies of independent audits to be submitted to General Assembly. The board of directors of the MIRA Dissolution Authority shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizan…

Sec. 22a-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-524w). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 r…

Sec. 22a-265. (Formerly Sec. 19-524x). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Powers, generally. The authority shall have power to: (1) Employ a staff of not to exceed forty-five personnel, exclusive of the directors, and to fix their duties, qualifications and…

Sec. 22a-265a. Expenditures for outside consultants. Section 22a-265a is repealed, effective July 1, 2023. (P.A. 89-299, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-179, S. 3, 9; P.A. 14-94, S. 8; P.A. 23-170, S. 24, 25.)

Sec. 22a-266. (Formerly Sec. 19-524y). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Particular powers; contract authorizations. (a) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the authority shall have power to: (1) Own, manage and use real property or any interest th…

Sec. 22a-267. (Formerly Sec. 19-524z). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Powers, fiscal. The authority shall have the power to: (1) Accept gifts, grants or loans of funds, property or service from any source, public or private, and comply, subject to the p…

Sec. 22a-268. (Formerly Sec. 19-524aa). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Powers to contract with private sector. The authority shall utilize private industry, by contract, to carry out the business, design, operating, management, marketing, planning and r…

Sec. 22a-268a. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Written procedures. The board of directors of the MIRA Dissolution Authority shall adopt written procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, for: (1) Adopting an annual budget and plan of…

Sec. 22a-268b. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Performance incentive plan for officers and employees of the authority. Any performance incentive plan for officers and employees of the MIRA Dissolution Authority that authorizes payments in addition to est…

Secs. 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 …

Sec. 22a-268g. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Redevelopment of Connecticut Solid Waste System Project. Request for proposals. Feasiblity study. Report. Factors. On or before January 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in co…

Sec. 22a-268h. Solid waste materials management services for municipalities. Request for proposals. Agreement for solid waste management services. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, on behalf of one or more municipalities, municipal authorities or regional s…

Sec. 22a-268i. Solid waste processing systems. Request for information. Requirements. Report. Not later than October 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall issue a request for information to obtain information on systems for the processing of solid…

Sec. 22a-268j. Financing of solid waste facilities. Connecticut Green Bank bonds. For the purpose of financing any solid waste facility described in section 22a-268h, bonds may be issued by the Connecticut Green Bank as environmental infrastructure bonds pursuant to sections 16-2…

Sec. 22a-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-524bb). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Bonds of the authority. (a) Subject to the approval of the Treasurer of the state, and any other limitations of this chapter, the authority may borrow money and issue its bonds and n…

Sec. 22a-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-524cc). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Tax exemption of authority, lessees and operators. Assessment and taxation of certain leased authority property. (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter constitute the…

Sec. 22a-270a. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.)Lessee under MIRA Dissolution 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 MIRA Dis…

Sec. 22a-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-524dd). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 an…

Sec. 22a-272. (Formerly Sec. 19-524ee). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Mandatory sinking fund for authority bonds; special capital reserve funds; General Fund appropriations. Purchase of financial guarantees. (a) Bonds or notes of the authority issued u…

Sec. 22a-272a. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 MIRA Dissolution Authori…

Sec. 22a-273. (Formerly Sec. 19-524ff). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 …

Sec. 22a-274. (Formerly Sec. 19-524gg). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 …

Sec. 22a-275. (Formerly Sec. 19-524hh). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Municipal and regional authorities. (a) The authority shall have the power to purchase, in accordance with the requirements of the state-wide solid waste management plan, at such cos…

Sec. 22a-276. (Formerly Sec. 19-524ii). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Condemnation by authority. (a) Before instituting any condemnation proceedings to obtain necessary real property, the authority shall have made diligent efforts to obtain said proper…

Sec. 22a-277. (Formerly Sec. 19-524jj). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 t…

Sec. 22a-278. (Formerly Sec. 19-524kk). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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 execut…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 22a-280. (Formerly Sec. 19-524mm). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) 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-…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 22a-282. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Solid waste disposal area. Payments to municipalities. The MIRA Dissolution Authority, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 22a-208a concerning the right of any local body to regulate, …

Sec. 22a-283. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Disposal of waste from municipal or private waste-to-energy plant. The MIRA Dissolution Authority shall accept for disposal in any landfill owned by the authority the residue from any municipal or private was…

Sec. 22a-284. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Agreement for administration of waste management project. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to limit any municipality or any two or more municipalities from entering into an agreement with…

Sec. 22a-284a. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) MIRA Dissolution Authority. Established. (a) There is established the MIRA Dissolution Authority. The MIRA Dissolution Authority shall constitute a successor authority to the Materials Innovation and Recycli…

Sec. 22a-284b. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) MIRA Dissolution Authority. Additional duties. Report. Memoranda of understanding. (a) In addition to the purposes, powers and responsibilities vested in the MIRA Dissolution Authority pursuant to this chapt…

Sec. 22a-284c. MIRA Dissolution Authority. Liabilities. Effect of conveyances. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the provisions of sections 22a-261, 22a-262, 22a-284a to 22a-284e, inclusive, and section 12 of public act 23-170* shall not be construed to m…

Sec. 22a-284d. MIRA Dissolution Authority. Funds. Environmental remediation costs. Tipping fee stabilization reimbursement and limit. The funds possessed by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, established pursuant to section 22a-260a, shall not constitute surplus re…

Sec. 22a-284e. (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.) Department of Administrative Services as successor to MIRA Dissolution Authority. The Department of Administrative Services shall constitute a successor agency to the MIRA Dissolution Authority in accordance with the …

Secs. 22a-285 to 22a-285k. Definitions. Establishment of ash residue disposal area. Application for permit for ash residue disposal area. Operation of ash residue disposal area exempt from local zoning; additional information required for permit. Negotiated agreement, arbitration…

Secs. 22a-286 to 22a-292. Reserved for future use.