Sec. 22a-222. Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator. - Connecticut Statutes

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      Sec. 22a-222. Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance to any resources recovery authority from the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized for such purpose for feasibility studies and development expenses as are determined to be appropriate by said commissioner which are incurred prior to permanent financing of a resource recovery system or an incinerator. Eligible activities shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of the preparation of financial, technical, legal and engineering information for the system or incinerator and analysis of the impact of recycling on such system or incinerator. To be eligible for a grant, the system or incinerator shall be under study or proposed for a study and shall be consistent with the state solid waste management plan.

      (b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall administer the program established by this section.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-9, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-478, S. 1, 10; P.A. 94-130, S. 13.)

      History: P.A. 85-478 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize funds for certain development expenses, to add legal expenses to list of eligible activities and to delete provision imposing specified monetary limits on grant amounts and made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-130 in Subsec. (b) eliminated the requirement that a resources recovery system or facility reimburse the state for any funds provided pursuant to this section when it becomes operational.

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      Sec. 22a-222. Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance to any resources recovery authority from the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized for such purpose for feasibility studies and development expenses as are determined to be appropriate by said commissioner which are incurred prior to permanent financing of a resource recovery system or an incinerator. Eligible activities shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of the preparation of financial, technical, legal and engineering information for the system or incinerator and analysis of the impact of recycling on such system or incinerator. To be eligible for a grant, the system or incinerator shall be under study or proposed for a study and shall be consistent with the state solid waste management plan.

      (b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall administer the program established by this section.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-9, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-478, S. 1, 10; P.A. 94-130, S. 13.)

      History: P.A. 85-478 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize funds for certain development expenses, to add legal expenses to list of eligible activities and to delete provision imposing specified monetary limits on grant amounts and made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-130 in Subsec. (b) eliminated the requirement that a resources recovery system or facility reimburse the state for any funds provided pursuant to this section when it becomes operational.

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      Sec. 22a-222. Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance to any resources recovery authority from the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized for such purpose for feasibility studies and development expenses as are determined to be appropriate by said commissioner which are incurred prior to permanent financing of a resource recovery system or an incinerator. Eligible activities shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of the preparation of financial, technical, legal and engineering information for the system or incinerator and analysis of the impact of recycling on such system or incinerator. To be eligible for a grant, the system or incinerator shall be under study or proposed for a study and shall be consistent with the state solid waste management plan.

      (b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall administer the program established by this section.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-9, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-478, S. 1, 10; P.A. 94-130, S. 13.)

      History: P.A. 85-478 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize funds for certain development expenses, to add legal expenses to list of eligible activities and to delete provision imposing specified monetary limits on grant amounts and made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-130 in Subsec. (b) eliminated the requirement that a resources recovery system or facility reimburse the state for any funds provided pursuant to this section when it becomes operational.