Bill Text: CT SB00265 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Taxation Of Refuse Exported From Connecticut.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-02 - Public Hearing 03/07 [SB00265 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00265-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 265
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 1429
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Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAXATION OF REFUSE EXPORTED FROM CONNECTICUT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 22a-232 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) (1) There shall be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services by the owner of any resources recovery facility one dollar per ton of solid waste processed at the facility beginning on the date of commencement of commercial operation of the facility for calendar quarters commencing on or after October 1, 1987, until September 30, 2003. For calendar quarters commencing on and after October 1, 2003, the owner of any resources recovery facility shall pay to the Commissioner of Revenue Services one dollar and fifty cents per ton of solid waste processed at such facility.

(2) For calendar quarters commencing on and after October 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Revenue Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall implement and collect an assessment of one dollar and fifty cents per ton of solid waste that is generated in this state and exported to any other state for processing. The Commissioner of Revenue Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall determine the portion of such assessment to be paid by any solid waste facility, collector, as defined in subsection (g) of section 22a-220a, municipality or any other person.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	22a-232(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To reduce the negative environmental effect of exporting solid waste and to provide fuel for in-state trash-to-energy facilities.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]