Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-264 (2025)

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; P.A. 23-170, S. 25.)

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; P.A. 23-170 repealed section, effective July 1, 2025.

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