Sec. 22a-265a. Expenditures for outside consultants.
Sec. 22a-268i. Solid waste processing systems. Request for information. Requirements. Report.
Sec. 22a-268j. Financing of solid waste facilities. Connecticut Green Bank bonds.
Sec. 22a-284c. MIRA Dissolution Authority. Liabilities. Effect of conveyances.
Sec. 22a-284d. MIRA Dissolution Authority. Funds. Environmental remediation costs.
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 (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025).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 of the state of Connecticut established and created for the performance of an essential public and governmental function, to be known as the MIRA Dissolution Authority. The authority shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state.
(b) On and after July 1, 2023, the terms of the board of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall terminate and the powers of the MIRA Dissolution Authority shall be vested in and exercised by a board of directors, which shall consist of eleven directors as follows: (1) The Governor, or the Governor's designee, (2) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, (3) the Commissioner of Administrative Services, (4) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, (5) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, (6) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, (7) one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, (8) one appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, (9) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, (10) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and (11) one appointed by the mayor of Hartford. Additionally, the Hartford City Council may appoint not more than five members to the board, each of whom shall serve a term that is coterminous with that of the applicable appointing authority.
(c) The Governor, or the Governor's designee, shall serve as the chairperson and shall, with the approval of the other directors, appoint a president of the authority who shall be an employee of the authority and be paid a salary prescribed by the directors. The president shall supervise the administrative affairs and technical activities of the authority in accordance with the directives of the board.
(d) Each appointed director shall be entitled to reimbursement for such director's actual and necessary expenses incurred during the performance of such director's official duties.
(e) Appointed directors may engage in private employment, or in a profession or business, subject to any applicable laws, rules and regulations of the state or federal government regarding official ethics or conflict of interest.
(f) Six directors of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the authority. For the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the authority, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the authority may act by a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.
(g) Appointed directors may not designate a representative to perform in their absence their respective duties under this chapter.
(h) The appointing authority for any director may remove such director for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office after giving the director a copy of the charges against the director and an opportunity to be heard, in person or by counsel, in the director's defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. If any director shall be so removed, the appointing authority for such director shall file in the office of the Secretary of the State a complete statement of charges made against such director and the appointing authority's findings on such statement of charges, together with a complete record of the proceedings.
(i) The authority shall terminate on July 1, 2026. Upon the termination of the authority, all of such authority's rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state of Connecticut in accordance with the provisions of section 22a-284e.
(j) The directors, members and officers of the authority and any person executing the bonds or notes of the authority shall not be liable personally on such bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof, nor shall any director, member or officer of the authority be personally liable for damage or injury, not wanton or wilful, caused in the performance of such person's duties and within the scope of such person's employment or appointment as such director, member or officer.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 5, 26; P.A. 74-330, S. 1, 4; 74-338, S. 5, 94; P.A. 75-445; P.A. 76-170, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 127, 610; P.A. 79-198; P.A. 82-185; P.A. 83-270, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-331, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-566; P.A. 88-225, S. 12, 14; 88-266, S. 36, 46; P.A. 89-386, S. 8, 24; P.A. 90-179, S. 8, 9; P.A. 93-423, S. 6; P.A. 94-200, S. 6; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 23, 128, 130; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 02-46, S. 1; P.A. 03-123, S. 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-5, S. 1; P.A. 13-285, S. 10; P.A. 14-94, S. 1, 17; P.A. 16-185, S. 14; P.A. 23-170, S. 13, 25.)
History: P.A. 74-330 revised provision re initial appointees so that 2 rather than 3 members to be appointed for 2 years and for 4 years; P.A. 74-338 set starting date for terms at “January first next succeeding their appointment”; P.A. 75-445 allowed all members to designate representative to serve in their stead, previously only commissioners of environmental protection, finance and control and transportation could do so by filing official proxy with chairman and obtaining approval of directors; P.A. 76-170 added Subsec. (m); P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management and personnel policy board (in Subsec. (d)) with commissioner of administrative services and required that salaries be subject to approval of secretary of office of policy and management in Subsec. (d); P.A. 79-198 made technical correction in Subsec. (b); P.A. 82-185 added provisions re ad hoc members of authority in Subsec. (g); Sec. 19-524t transferred to Sec. 22a-261 in 1983; P.A. 83-270 amended Subsec. (b) to include economic development commissioner as ex-officio director of the authority and amended Subsec. (g) to raise the number of directors required for a quorum from five to six to reflect the addition of the commissioner of economic development as an ex-officio director; P.A. 84-331 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision that the authority is not a state department, institution or agency; P.A. 87-566 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing membership from 11 to 15 members and amended Subsec. (g) to authorize appointment of ad hoc members when a facility is being actively considered rather than upon determination that a facility is feasible and required that governor appoint ad hoc member from municipality which is a facility site upon the municipality's request; P.A. 88-225 added Subsec. (n) specifying when a financial interest and serving as a director of the authority do not constitute a conflict of interest; P.A. 88-266 amended Subsec. (b) to require the powers of the authority to be vested in and exercised by a board of directors and to repeal requirement that governor's appointments be made with advice and consent of general assembly, amended Subsec. (c) to require chairman to be appointed by governor with advice and consent of general assembly, amended Subsec. (d) to require president to supervise administrative affairs and technical activities of the authority, amended Subsec. (h) to allow board to delegate board powers to 3 or more directors, at least one of whom shall not be a state employee, instead of to one or more of its directors, officers, agents and employees, amended Subsec. (l) by specifying the authority shall continue “as long as it shall have bonds or other obligations outstanding” and substituted “board” for “authority” in Subsecs. (c), (g), (h) and (i); P.A. 89-386 reduced the number of board members from 15 to 14, eliminating environmental protection commissioner as ex-officio member; P.A. 90-179 amended Subsec. (d) to provide that president's salary is to be set by the chairman with approval of directors rather than by administrative services commissioner with approval by secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 93-423 amended Subsec. (b) to remove chairperson of Connecticut Solid Waste Management Advisory Council as director; P.A. 94-200 amended Subsec. (g) to provide that ad hoc members shall be appointed to represent each facility operated by the authority and that one-half of such members shall be municipal chief elected officials or their designees and deleted prior provisions re ad hoc members; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical change and amended Subsec. (g) to provide that the governor shall appoint a resident of a sited municipality to the board if requested by the legislative body of such municipality, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 02-46 limited the application of Subsec. (b) to “On and before May 31, 2002”, merged existing Subsec. (c) into Subsec. (b) and amended the merged Subsecs. to make technical changes and require the terms of directors serving on May 31, 2002, to expire on said date, added new Subsec. (c) establishing a reconstituted board of directors “On and after June 1, 2002”, amended Subsec. (d) to make technical changes and replace “salary prescribed by the chairman, subject to the approval of the directors” with “salary prescribed by the directors”, amended Subsec. (e) to make technical changes, amended Subsec. (g) to increase the number of directors constituting a quorum from 6 to 7, change the numbers of specified directors required for a quorum and make a technical change, added new Subsec. (h) establishing a steering committee and redesignated existing Subsecs. (h) to (n) as Subsecs. (i) to (o), amended Subsec. (i) to require at least one of the delegated directors to be a municipal official, amended Subsec. (j) to prohibit appointed directors from designating representatives to perform duties in their absence, amended Subsec. (k) to make a technical change, amended Subsec. (l) to change the official authorized to remove a director from the Governor to the appointing authority for the director and make technical changes, and amended Subsec. (n) to make technical changes, effective April 30, 2002; P.A. 03-123 made technical changes in Subsec. (m), effective June 26, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-5 amended Subsec. (b) by reducing number of directors from 13 to 12, reducing number of ex-officio members from 3 to 2, deleting reference to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and making a technical change, amended Subsec. (c) by reducing number of directors from 13 to 11 and deleting provisions re two voting ex-officio members who shall be the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Treasurer, or their designees, and amended Subsec. (g) by reducing number of directors constituting a quorum from 7 to 6 and deleting provision re presence of at least one ex-officio director or designee, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 13-285 deleted former Subsec. (h) re steering committee of board of directors and redesignated existing Subsecs. (i) to (o) as Subsecs. (h) to (n), effective July 12, 2013; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (c) to redefine “municipal official” by adding reference to municipal employee with public works or waste management and recycling experience, effective June 6, 2014; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 16-185 deleted former Subsec. (b) re board of directors serving on and before May 31, 2002, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (n) as Subsecs. (b) to (m), amended redesignated Subsec. (b) to make technical changes and delete provision re not more than 2 directors appointed by the Governor to be of the same political party and amended redesignated Subsecs. (d), (f), (g), (i) and (m) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 23-170 amended Subsec. (a) to change name from Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority to the MIRA Dissolution Authority, amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re termination of board terms, delete provisions re appointment of board members and add provisions re MIRA Dissolution Authority board, amended Subsec. (c) to provide for Governor or Governor's designee to be chairperson of the board, amended Subsecs. (d) and (e) to make technical changes, amended Subsec. (f) to delete provisions re directors from municipal governments and appointment of a resident from a municipality that is the site of a facility and ad hoc members, deleted former Subsec. (g) re delegation of board duties to members of board, redesignated existing Subsec. (h) as Subsec. (g), deleted former Subsec. (i) re definition of “director”, redesignated existing Subsec. (j) as Subsec. (h), redesignated existing Subsec. (k) as Subsec. (i) and added provision re termination of the authority, redesignated existing Subsec. (l) as Subsec. (j) and deleted former Subsec. (m) re conflicts of interest by directors of the authority, effective July 1, 2023, and repealed section, effective July 1, 2025.
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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 disposal, volume reduction, recycling, intermediate processing and resources recovery facilities and all related solid waste reception, storage, transportation and waste-handling and general support facilities considered by the authority to be necessary, desirable, convenient or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of the state-wide solid waste management plan and in establishing, managing and operating solid waste disposal and resources recovery systems and their component waste-processing facilities and equipment;
(2) The provision of solid waste management services to municipalities, regions and persons within the state by receiving solid wastes at authority facilities, pursuant to contracts between the authority and such municipalities, regions and persons; the recovery of resources and resource values from such solid wastes; and the production from such services and resources recovery operations of revenues sufficient to provide for the support of the authority and its operations on a self-sustaining basis, with due allowance for the redistribution of any surplus revenues to reduce the costs of authority services to the users thereof provided such surplus revenues shall include any net revenue from activities undertaken pursuant to subdivisions (18) and (19) of subsection (a) of section 22a-266 and subdivision (8) of section 22a-267;
(3) The utilization, through contractual arrangements, of private industry for implementation of some or all of the requirements of the state-wide solid waste management plan and for such other activities as may be considered necessary, desirable or convenient by the authority;
(4) Assistance with and coordination of efforts directed toward source separation for recycling purposes; and
(5) In consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and consistent with the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228, the development of new industries, technologies and commercial enterprises on property owned by the authority based upon resource recovery, recycling, reuse and treatment or processing of solid waste.
(b) The purposes of this section and subsection (a) of section 22a-284b shall be considered to be operating responsibilities of the authority, in accordance with the state-wide solid waste management plan, and are to be considered in all respects public purposes.
(c) These purposes shall not include activities related to state-wide recycling education and promotion or the establishment of state-wide solid waste management or policy.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 6, 26; P.A. 90-179, S. 2, 9; P.A. 98-184, S. 1, 4; P.A. 14-94, S. 5, 74; P.A. 23-170, S. 14, 25.)
History: Sec. 19-524u transferred to Sec. 22a-262 in 1983; P.A. 90-179 amended Subdiv. (1) to include recycling and intermediate processing facilities as facilities which may be provided for by the authority; P.A. 98-184 divided existing section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (a)(2) to require that surplus revenues include net revenue from activities undertaken pursuant to Secs. 22a-266(a)(18), (a)(19) and 22a-267(8), and amended Subsec. (a)(5) by inserting “technologies” and “and treatment or processing of solid waste”, effective June 4, 1998; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing former Subdiv. (5) re assistance in development of industries, technologies and commercial enterprises with new Subdiv. (5) re development of new industries, technologies and commercial enterprises on property owned by the authority, added Subsec. (c) re purposes not to include activities related to recycling education and promotion or establishment of solid waste management or policy, and replaced references to state solid waste management plan with references to state-wide solid waste management plan throughout, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 23-170 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Sec. 22a-284b(a), effective July 1, 2023, and repealed section, effective July 1, 2025.
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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.)
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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 solid waste authorities, may issue a request for proposals from providers of existing or proposed solid waste materials management services, including, but not limited to, reuse, recycling and composting, such as anerobic digestion, waste conversion, energy and fuel recovery. From such proposals, the commissioner may select one or more providers of existing or proposed solid waste materials management services and, acting on behalf of and with the consent of one or more municipalities, municipal solid waste authorities or regional solid waste authorities, may enter into an agreement for the management of solid waste from such municipalities or authorities at a facility of such existing or proposed solid waste materials management services, provided any such proposed facility will utilize anaerobic digester and fuel cell technology, or any other method that utilizes gas at the point of generation. In selecting such proposal, the commissioner may consider all relevant information, including, but not limited to the following factors: (1) Consistency of such proposal with the state's solid waste management plan; (2) the available capacity at an existing or proposed facility; (3) the fee to be charged for the management of such solid waste; (4) where any proposed facility is or will be located; and (5) the likelihood that a proposed facility will be authorized and constructed. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section for the management of solid waste at a proposed facility shall be contingent on such facility receiving all required state and municipal permits and authorizations and commencing operation by a date specified in such agreement.
(P.A. 23-170, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 23-170 effective July 1, 2023.
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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 waste that is generated in the state and that is not otherwise diverted from the state's solid waste stream in accordance with the provisions of the state-wide solid waste management plan and the Comprehensive Materials Management Strategy. Such request for information shall seek information on such systems that include, but are not limited to, gasification systems that convert such solid waste into gas through a chemical reaction that does not consist of burning. Such request for information shall require the receipt of such information by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection not later than November 15, 2023. Any presentation of materials in relation to such request for information shall be made to the commissioner not later than January 15, 2024. Not later than February 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment that includes recommendations for the issuance of a request for proposals concerning such systems that is based on the commissioner's review of all information received in connection with such request for information. In forming such recommendations, the commissioner shall additionally consider the: (1) Potential environmental impacts of any such system to the air, water and soils of the state, (2) consistency of any such system with the greenhouse gas emissions goals of the state, (3) municipal costs potentially associated with the utilization of any such system for the processing of solid waste in the state, (4) effectiveness of any such system to process all solid waste in the state that is not otherwise diverted from the state's solid waste stream, (5) ability to convert any existing state-owned or operated facility to utilize any such system without state subsidization of such conversion and while substantially decreasing any environmental or public health impacts of such converted facility to any environmental justice community, and (6) reasonable likelihood of siting one or more facilities that utilize any such system in a community other than an environmental justice community.
(P.A. 23-170, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 23-170 effective June 29, 2023.
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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 16-245n and 16-245kk to 16-245mm, inclusive. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may enter agreements with the Connecticut Green Bank to effectuate the issuance of such bonds, including, but not limited to, the pledge of moneys for revenue bonds to support the solid waste facilities described in section 22a-268h.
(P.A. 23-170, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 23-170 effective June 29, 2023.
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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 Recycling Authority in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.
(b) Wherever the words “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority” are used in any public or special act of 2023 or in the following sections, the words “MIRA Dissolution 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-263a, 22a-263b, 22a-268a, 22a-268b, 22a-268g, 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. 23-170, S. 8, 25.)
History: P.A. 23-170 effective July 1, 2023, and repealed section, effective July 1, 2025.
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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 chapter, the MIRA Dissolution Authority shall: (1) Identify the immediate environmental needs and knowledge necessary for future redevelopment of the authority's properties located at 300 Maxim Road in Hartford and 100 Reserve Road in Hartford, (2) engage representatives of the city of Hartford and other stakeholders, as appropriate, with respect to the future of the properties identified in subdivision (1) of this subsection, (3) continue to operate the authority's transfer stations until acceptable alternatives, operated by entities other than the authority, become available, as determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (4) wind down the authority's operations and activities in an orderly and responsible manner, that may include, but is not limited to, the marketing and sale of the authority's surplus real and personal property.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the authority shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and planning and development. Such report shall include a plan and timeline for the activities set forth in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The authority and any other state agency may enter into one or more memoranda of understanding that will facilitate the authority's purposes, powers and responsibilities under this chapter and subsection (a) of this section, provided any such memorandum of understanding shall terminate as of June 30, 2025.
(P.A. 23-170, S. 9, 25.)
History: P.A. 23-170 effective July 1, 2023, and repealed section, effective July 1, 2025.
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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 modify the liability of any person who: (1) Established a resources recovery facility, (2) created a condition or who is maintaining any such facility or condition that may reasonably be expected to create a source of pollution to the waters of the state, or (3) is the certifying party to the transfer of such a facility.
(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of sections 22a-134a to 22a-134e, inclusive, 22a-134h and 22a-134i, any conveyance of real property or business operations authorized or required by the provisions of sections 22a-261, 22a-262, 22a-284a to 22a-284e, inclusive, and section 12 of public act 23-170* from the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority to the MIRA Dissolution Authority, or from the MIRA Dissolution Authority to the Department of Administrative Services shall not constitute the transfer of an establishment for purposes of chapter 445.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of section 22a-6o, upon transfer of ownership or oversight of a permitted facility owned or operated by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority to the MIRA Dissolution Authority any permits or licenses held by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall be deemed to be transferred to the MIRA Dissolution Authority and shall continue in full force and effect.
(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of section 22a-6o, upon transfer of ownership or oversight of a permitted facility owner or operated by the MIRA Dissolution Authority to the Department of Administrative Services, any permits or licenses held by the MIRA Dissolution Authority shall be deemed to be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services and shall continue in full force and effect.
(P.A. 23-170, S. 10.)
*Note: Section 12 of public act 23-170 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 23-170 effective June 29, 2023 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (c)(1), references to “Connecticut Waste Authority” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “MIRA Dissolution Authority” for accuracy.).
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Sec. 22a-284d. MIRA Dissolution Authority. Funds. Environmental remediation costs. The funds possessed by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, established pursuant to section 22a-260a, shall not constitute surplus revenues and shall be deemed necessary to provide support for the authority's properties systems and facilities, including any environmental remediation of such properties, systems and facilities. Such funds shall not be distributed or redistributed to the users of the authority's services. Users of the authority's services shall be liable for the environmental remediation costs of the authority's properties, systems and facilities if, and to the extent, any funds were distributed or redistributed by the authority to such users on or after January 1, 2023.
(P.A. 23-170, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 23-170 effective June 29, 2023.
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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 provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, and subsection (f) of section 4-38d and section 4-38e.
(P.A. 23-170, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 23-170 effective July 1, 2025.
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