Sec. 22a-170. (Formerly Sec. 19-505). Definitions.
Sec. 22a-170. (Formerly Sec. 19-505). Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless
the context requires a different meaning: "Air pollution" means the presence in the
outdoor atmosphere of one or more air pollutants or any combination thereof in such
quantities and of such characteristics and duration as to be, or be likely to be, injurious
to public welfare, to the health of human, plant or animal life, or to property, or as
unreasonably to interfere with the enjoyment of life and property; "commissioner"
means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or any member of the Department
of Environmental Protection or any local air pollution control official or agency authorized by him, acting singly or jointly, to whom he assigns any function arising under the
provisions of this chapter or of any regulations adopted hereunder; "person" includes
any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation,
limited liability company, municipality, agency or political or administrative subdivision of the state, and any other legal entity; "municipality" means any town, city or
borough.
(1967, P.A. 754, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 758, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 11; 1972, P.A. 45, S. 1; P.A. 93-428, S. 25, 39; P.A. 95-79, S. 98, 189.)
History: 1969 act defined "municipality", replaced air pollution control commission with clean air commission and
included municipalities in definition of "person"; 1971 act replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of environmental protection and deleted definition of "commission"; 1972 act included "local air
pollution control official or agency" in definition of "commissioner"; Sec. 19-505 transferred to Sec. 22a-170 in 1983;
P.A. 93-428 included state agencies and political or administrative subdivisions of the state within the definition of "person",
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-79 redefined "person" to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.