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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1046
January Session, 2023
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF FOOD WASTE IN
SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22a-226e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 2
(a) (1) On and after January 1, 2014, each commercial food 3
wholesaler or distributor, industrial food manufacturer or processor, 4
supermarket, resort or conference center that is located not more than 5
twenty miles from an authorized source-separated organic material 6
composting facility and that generates an average projected volume of 7
not less than one hundred four tons per year of source-separated 8
organic materials shall: (A) Separate such source-separated organic 9
materials from other solid waste; and (B) ensure that such source-10
separated organic materials are recycled at any authorized source-11
separated organic material composting facility that has available 12
capacity and that will accept such source-separated organic material. 13
(2) On and after January 1, 2020, each commercial food wholesaler 14
or distributor, industrial food manufacturer or processor, supermarket, 15
resort or conference center that is located not more than twenty miles 16
from an authorized source-separated organic material composting 17
facility and that generates an average projected volume of not less than 18
fifty-two tons per year of source-separated organic materials shall: (A) 19 Substitute Bill No. 1046
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Separate such source-separated organic materials from other solid 20
waste; and (B) ensure that such source-separated organic materials are 21
recycled at any authorized source-separated organic material 22
composting facility that has available capacity and that will accept 23
such source-separated organic material. 24
(3) On and after January 1, 2022, each commercial food wholesaler 25
or distributor, industrial food manufacturer or processor, supermarket, 26
resort [or] and conference center, and, on and after January 1, 2024, 27
each local and regional board of education for a school district that is 28
located not more than twenty miles from an authorized source-29
separated organic material composting facility and that generates an 30
average projected volume of not less than twenty-six tons per year of 31
source-separated organic materials shall: (A) Separate such source-32
separated organic materials from other solid waste; and (B) ensure that 33
such source-separated organic materials are recycled at any authorized 34
source-separated organic material composting facility that has 35
available capacity and that will accept such source-separated organic 36
material. 37
(b) Any such wholesaler, distributor, manufacturer, processor, 38
supermarket, resort, [or] conference center or local or regional board of 39
education that performs composting of source-separated organic 40
materials on site or treats source-separated organic materials via on-41
site organic treatment equipment permitted pursuant to the general 42
statutes or federal law shall be deemed in compliance with the 43
provisions of this section. 44
(c) Any permitted source-separated organic material composting 45
facility that receives such source-separated organic materials shall 46
report to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, 47
as part of such facility's reporting obligations, a summary of fees 48
charged for receipt of such source-separated organic materials. 49
(d) (1) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy 50
and Environmental Protection shall establish a voluntary pilot 51 Substitute Bill No. 1046
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program for any municipality that seeks to separate source-separated 52
organic materials and ensure that such source-separated organic 53
materials are recycled at authorized source-separated organic material 54
composting facilities that have available capacity and that will accept 55
such source-separated organic material. 56
(2) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Commissioner of Energy and 57
Environmental Protection shall establish a voluntary pilot program for 58
any local or regional board of education that seeks to separate source-59
separated organic materials and ensure that such source-separated 60
organic materials are recycled at authorized source-separated organic 61
material composting facilities that have available capacity and that will 62
accept such source-separated organic material. 63
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10-158a of the general statutes is 64
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 65
1, 2023): 66
(a) Any two or more boards of education may, in writing, agree to 67
establish cooperative arrangements to provide school accommodations 68
services, programs or activities, special education services, health care 69
services, alternative education, as defined in section 10-74j, [or] 70
administrative and central office duties, or for the composting of 71
source-separated organic materials pursuant to section 22a-226e, as 72
amended by this act, to enable such boards to carry out the duties 73
specified in the general statutes. Such arrangements may include the 74
establishment of a committee to supervise such programs, the 75
membership of the committee to be determined by the agreement of 76
the cooperating boards. Such committee shall have the power, in 77
accordance with the terms of the agreement, to (1) apply for, receive 78
directly and expend on behalf of the school districts which have 79
designated the committee an agent for such purpose any state or 80
federal grants which may be allocated to school districts for specified 81
programs, the supervision of which has been delegated to such 82
committee, provided such grants are payable before implementation of 83
any such program or are to reimburse the committee pursuant to 84 Substitute Bill No. 1046
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subsection (d) of this section for transportation provided to a school 85
operated by a cooperative arrangement; (2) receive and disburse funds 86
appropriated to the use of such committee by the cooperating school 87
districts, the state or the United States, or given to the committee by 88
individuals or private corporations; (3) hold title to real or personal 89
property in trust, or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, for the 90
appointing boards; (4) employ personnel; (5) enter into contracts; and 91
(6) otherwise provide the specified programs, services and activities. 92
Teachers employed by any such committee shall be subject to the 93
provisions of the general statutes applicable to teachers employed by 94
the board of education of any town or regional school district. For 95
purposes of this section, the term "teacher" shall include each 96
professional employee of a committee below the rank of 97
superintendent who holds a regular certificate issued by the State 98
Board of Education and who is in a position requiring such 99
certification. 100
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes of this 101
section, "composting station" means a designated location in a school 102
cafeteria where students and employees of the school may deposit 103
unconsumed organic material for composting. 104
(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Education 105
shall, in consultation with the Department of Energy and 106
Environmental Protection, develop guidelines concerning the 107
implementation of a composting station program at schools. Such 108
guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the types of 109
organic material that may be deposited in a composting station, (2) 110
best practices for food and beverage management and safety with 111
respect to the items deposited at a composting station, and (3) 112
processes for the disposal of any organic material not used for 113
composting. Such guidelines shall be consistent with the rules and 114
regulations of the Department of Public Health, the United States Food 115
and Drug Administration and the United States Departmen t of 116
Agriculture. 117 Substitute Bill No. 1046
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(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school 118
year thereafter, any school under the jurisdiction of a local or regional 119
board of education may implement a composting station program at 120
such school in accordance with the guidelines developed pursuant to 121
subsection (b) of this section. 122
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 22a-226e
Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 10-158a(a)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(a)(3), "resort or conference" was changed to "resort [or]
and conference" and "any local or regional" was changed to "each local
and regional", for proper form.
KID Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO