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      Sec. 22a-27g. Environmental Quality Fund. Environmental quality account. Covered electronic recycler reimbursement account. Electronic device recycling program account. (a) There is established a fund to be known as the "Environmental Quality Fund" which shall be held by the Treasurer. Within the Environmental Quality Fund, there is established and created an account to be known as the "environmental quality account". The Environmental Quality Fund may include other accounts separate and apart from the environmental quality account. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, any moneys required by law to be deposited in the Environmental Quality Fund shall be deposited therein and credited to the environmental quality account. Any balance remaining in the environmental quality account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the environmental quality account for the fiscal year next succeeding. The environmental quality account shall be used by the Department of Environmental Protection for the administration of the central office and environmental quality programs authorized by the general statutes.

      (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on and after July 1, 1990, the amount of any fee received by the Department of Environmental Protection which is attributable to the provisions of sections 22a-6, 22a-6d, 22a-27i, 22a-134e, 22a-135, 22a-148, 22a-150, 22a-174, 22a-208a, 22a-342, 22a-363c, 22a-372, 22a-379, 22a-409, 22a-430, 22a-449, 22a-454 to 22a-454c, inclusive, 22a-361 and 26-194, or any regulation adopted or amended pursuant to section 22a-6 or pursuant to any other provision of this title, shall be deposited directly into the Environmental Quality Fund established by subsection (a) of this section and credited to the environmental quality account. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall annually certify to the Treasurer, with respect to each such fee received on and after July 1, 1990, the amount of such fee which shall be credited to the General Fund.

      (c) There is established an account to be known as the "covered electronic recycler reimbursement account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the Environmental Quality Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of reimbursing covered electronic recyclers for unpaid qualified expenses in accordance with section 22a-631 and any regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-638.

      (d) There is established an account to be known as the "electronic device recycling program account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the Environmental Quality Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Department of Environmental Protection for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of sections 22a-629 to 22a-640, inclusive.

      (P.A. 90-231, S. 24, 28; P.A. 91-369, S. 5, 36; P.A. 94-130, S. 1; P.A. 96-145, S. 14; P.A. 04-151, S. 13; 04-222, S. 7; P.A. 07-189, S. 13.)

      History: P.A. 91-369 amended Subsec. (b) to require direct deposit into the fund, where previously moneys were deposited in general fund but credited to environmental quality fund; P.A. 94-130 in Subsec. (a) eliminated requirement that fund be held separate and apart from other moneys, funds and accounts and created an "environmental quality account" within the "Environmental Quality Fund" and in Subsec. (b) clarified that fees environmental fees are deposited in the environmental quality account; P.A. 96-145 deleted a reference in Subsec. (b) to repealed Sec. 22a-384 and included all fees under Sec. 22a-361 in the fund; P.A. 04-151 amended Subsec. (b) to delete "to the contrary" and reference to Sec. 22a-174a, effective May 21, 2004; P.A. 04-222 made technical changes and added reference to Sec. 26-194 in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 07-189 added Subsecs. (c) and (d) creating additional accounts.