Sec. 22a-219c. Grants to municipalities for resources recovery facilities operating on June 1, 1987.
Sec. 22a-219c. Grants to municipalities for resources recovery facilities operating on June 1, 1987. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may make
a grant, within available appropriations, for financial assistance to a municipality for
each ton of solid waste generated within its boundaries and delivered to a resources
recovery facility operating on June 1, 1987. The amount of the grants shall be (1) for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, twenty-five per cent of the tipping fee not to
exceed ten dollars per ton and (2) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, twelve per
cent of the tipping fee not to exceed four dollars per ton. Payment shall be made in one
lump sum following the end of each fiscal year. The tipping fee shall be reviewed by
the commissioner and shall include but not be limited to any costs associated with debt
service or operation from the point the solid waste enters the system to the landfill
disposal of its residual and nonprocessable components. The provisions of subsections
(b) to (e), inclusive, of section 22a-219b shall apply to grants made under this section.
(P.A. 87-451, S. 2, 5; 87-589, S. 45, 87; P.A. 88-352, S. 5; 88-364, S. 36, 123; P.A. 90-312, S. 7, 11.)
History: P.A. 87-589 changed "grants" to "a grant to a municipality", changed "delivered" to "it delivers" and deleted
"or system or to an incinerator"; P.A. 88-352 required payment of grants in one lump sum and made technical changes;
P.A. 88-364 made technical changes; P.A. 90-312 changed the commissioner's authority to make grants from mandatory
to discretionary and provided that such grants are subject to available appropriations.