General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 212
January Session, 2011 *_____SB00212ENV___032311____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 212
January Session, 2011
*_____SB00212ENV___032311____*
AN ACT SIMPLIFYING CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE BOTTLE BILL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22a-245b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Any manufacturer who bottles and sells two hundred fifty thousand or fewer beverage containers containing a noncarbonated beverage that are twenty ounces or less in size each calendar year may apply to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection for an exemption from the requirements of sections 22a-244 to 22a-245a, inclusive, with regard to such beverage containers containing noncarbonated beverages. Such application shall be accompanied by a sworn affidavit signed by such manufacturer or such manufacturer's authorized agent certifying such manufacturer bottles and sells two hundred fifty thousand or fewer of such beverage containers per calendar year. Any such application filed on or before April 1, 2009, shall be deemed automatically approved and such exemption shall remain valid until December 31, 2009. Not later than November 1, 2009, and each year thereafter, each such manufacturer or such manufacturer's authorized agent may apply to the commissioner for an exemption in accordance with this section on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve each such application not later than thirty days after the receipt of the application by the commissioner, provided the applicant satisfies the requirements of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 22a-245b
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
22a-245b
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