Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05244 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/09/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5244
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 401
 *00401*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5244 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 401

*00401*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FEES ESTABLISHED UNDER THE PAINT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 22a-904a of the general statutes be amended to require that recycling fee funds be directed to the municipality in which the paint is recycled and be held in a separate municipal paint recycling account in order to cover the costs of administering the municipality's paint recycling program. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To keep the recycling of paints locally based and to provide sufficient funds for towns to administer paint recycling programs.