Notwithstanding the provisions of the recycling strategy of the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-227, any single municipality, or any regional solid waste authority or regional solid waste operating committee comprised of at least five municipalities, may apply for and receive any funds made available by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. In making a grant under section 22a-241 to any such regional solid waste authority or regional solid waste operating committee, the commissioner shall develop a plan for the use of the grant in consultation with such authority or operating committee.

(P.A. 88-231, S. 12, 19; P.A. 89-351, S. 5, 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 413; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 89-351 authorized regional solid waste authority or operating committee comprised of at least five municipalities to apply for and receive funds from trust fund and required commissioner to develop plan for use of grant in consultation with such authority or operating committee; (Revisor's note: In 1995 reference to “municipal solid waste recycling trust fund” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “municipal solid waste recycling trust account” to conform with Sec. 22a-241 as amended by P.A. 94-130); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted provision re municipal solid waste recycling trust account and made a technical change; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.