Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05620 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/12/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5620
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 105
 *00105*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5620 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 105

*00105*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING PAINT STEWARDSHIP FEES TO BE PAID TO THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE PAINT IS RECYCLED.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require paint stewardship fees to be paid to the municipality where the paint is recycled and to require such funds to be held in a separate municipal paint recycling account to cover the costs of administering such municipality's paint recycling program.

Statement of Purpose: 

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