Bill Text: CT SB00267 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Program Review And Investigations Committee Concerning The Role And Purpose Of The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-01 - File Number 248 [SB00267 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00267-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 267
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1300
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Referred to Committee on Program Review and Investigations
Introduced by:
(PRI)

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING THE ROLE AND PURPOSE OF THE CONNECTICUT RESOURCES RECOVERY AUTHORITY.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study the need for any changes to the statutory role and purpose of the Connecticut Resources and Recovery Authority. The task force shall examine: (1) The effect that changes in resources recovery facility ownership and affiliation have on Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority operations and the authority's influence over waste management, in contrast to the authority's statutory responsibilities; (2) whether the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority is best suited to be the primary contributor to the accomplishment of the goals of the state's solid waste management plan; (3) any changes that should be made to the structure and funding of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority in order to accomplish the goals of the state's solid waste management plan; (4) how other waste management authorities contribute to the state's waste management goals and whether any statutory changes are needed to assure increased promotion of such goals by other waste management authorities; and (5) the effect that the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority's structure and ownership of solid waste facilities has on solid waste disposal prices.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;

(7) One person appointed by the Governor; and

(8) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, who shall be an ex-officio, nonvoting member.

(c) Each appointed member shall have knowledge of the state's solid waste management plan and the functions of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, provided any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made no later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held no later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.

(g) Not later than January 1, 2011, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2011, whichever is later.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

PRI	Joint Favorable C/R	ENV
ENV	Joint Favorable