Connecticut General Statutes 22a-265 – Powers, generally
The authority shall have power to:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22a-265
- Authority: means the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority created and established pursuant to this chapter or any board, body, commission, department, officer, agency or other successor thereto. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- banks: shall include all incorporated banks. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Municipality: means any town, city or borough within the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Recycling: means the processing of solid waste to reclaim material therefrom. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- Resources recovery: means the processing of solid wastes to reclaim energy therefrom. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- Solid waste: means unwanted or discarded solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, including but not limited to, demolition debris, material burned or otherwise processed at a resources recovery facility or incinerator, material processed at a recycling facility and sludges or other residue from a water pollution abatement facility, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- State-wide solid waste management plan: means the administrative and financial plan developed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for solid waste disposal and resources recovery, pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
- Waste management services: means actions taken to effectuate the receipt, storage, transportation and processing for resources recovery, recycling, reuse of recovered materials, or disposal of solid wastes, including the sale of products, materials or energy on behalf of the state, a region, a municipality or a person by the authority or by any person or persons acting under contract with the authority, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
(1) Employ a staff of not to exceed forty-five personnel, exclusive of the directors, and to fix their duties, qualifications and compensation;
(2) Establish offices where necessary in the state of Connecticut;
(3) Make and enter into any contract or agreement necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers;
(4) Sue and be sued;
(5) Have a seal and alter it at pleasure;
(6) Make and alter bylaws and rules and regulations with respect to the exercise of its own powers;
(7) Conduct such hearings, examinations and investigations as may be necessary and appropriate to the conduct of its operations and the fulfillment of its responsibilities;
(8) Obtain access to public records and apply for the process of subpoena if necessary to produce books, papers, records and other data;
(9) Charge reasonable fees for the services it performs and waive, suspend, reduce or otherwise modify such fees, provided such user fees shall apply uniformly within each municipality to all users who are provided with waste management services with respect to a given type or category of wastes, in accordance with criteria established by the authority, and provided further no change may be made in user fees without at least sixty days prior notice to the users affected thereby;
(10) Purchase, lease or rent such real and personal property as it may deem necessary, convenient or desirable;
(11) Otherwise, do all things necessary for the performance of its duties, the fulfillment of its obligations, the conduct of its operations, the maintenance of its working relationships with municipalities, regions and persons, and the conduct of a comprehensive program for reuse, recycling, solid waste disposal and resources recovery, and for solid waste management services, in accordance with the provisions of the state-wide solid waste management plan, applicable statutes and regulations and the requirements of this chapter;
(12) Receive and accept, from any source, aid or contributions, including money, property, labor and other things of value;
(13) Invest any funds not needed for immediate use or disbursement in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or the state of Connecticut and in obligations that are legal investments for savings banks in this state; and
(14) Adopt regular procedures for exercising its power under this chapter not in conflict with other provisions of the general statutes.