Sec. 22a-226c. Penalty for illegal disposal of biomedical waste.
Sec. 22a-226c. Penalty for illegal disposal of biomedical waste. (a) Any person
who disposes of biomedical waste, as defined in section 22a-207, in violation of any
provision of this chapter or chapter 446k or any regulation adopted thereunder, shall be
assessed a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, to be fixed by the
court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in
case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a
separate and distinct offense. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford
to recover such penalty.
(b) The provisions and remedies under this section shall not be considered exclusive
and shall be in addition to any other provisions provided for in any section of the general
statutes or which are available at common law.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-270, S. 6; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 authorized substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of
Hartford-New Britain" in public and special acts of the 1989 session, effective September 1, 1991); P.A. 90-98 changed
the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date
of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective
date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.