CGS § 22a-261. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025). MIRA Dissolution Authority. Board of Directors. Authority termination.

History: P.A. 74-330 revised provision re initial appointees so that 2 rather than 3 members to be appointed for 2 years and for 4 years; P.A. 74-338 set starting date for terms at “January first next succeeding their appointment”; P.A. 75-445 allowed all members to designate representative to serve in their stead, previously only commissioners of environmental protection, finance and control and transportation could do so by filing official proxy with chairman and obtaining approval of directors; P.A. 76-170 added Subsec. (m); P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management and personnel policy board (in Subsec. (d)) with commissioner of administrative services and required that salaries be subject to approval of secretary of office of policy and management in Subsec. (d); P.A. 79-198 made technical correction in Subsec. (b); P.A. 82-185 added provisions re ad hoc members of authority in Subsec. (g); Sec. 19-524t transferred to Sec. 22a-261 in 1983; P.A. 83-270 amended Subsec. (b) to include economic development commissioner as ex-officio director of the authority and amended Subsec. (g) to raise the number of directors required for a quorum from five to six to reflect the addition of the commissioner of economic development as an ex-officio director; P.A. 84-331 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision that the authority is not a state department, institution or agency; P.A. 87-566 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing membership from 11 to 15 members and amended Subsec. (g) to authorize appointment of ad hoc members when a facility is being actively considered rather than upon determination that a facility is feasible and required that governor appoint ad hoc member from municipality which is a facility site upon the municipality's request; P.A. 88-225 added Subsec. (n) specifying when a financial interest and serving as a director of the authority do not constitute a conflict of interest; P.A. 88-266 amended Subsec. (b) to require the powers of the authority to be vested in and exercised by a board of directors and to repeal requirement that governor's appointments be made with advice and consent of general assembly, amended Subsec. (c) to require chairman to be appointed by governor with advice and consent of general assembly, amended Subsec. (d) to require president to supervise administrative affairs and technical activities of the authority, amended Subsec. (h) to allow board to delegate board powers to 3 or more directors, at least one of whom shall not be a state employee, instead of to one or more of its directors, officers, agents and employees, amended Subsec. (l) by specifying the authority shall continue “as long as it shall have bonds or other obligations outstanding” and substituted “board” for “authority” in Subsecs. (c), (g), (h) and (i); P.A. 89-386 reduced the number of board members from 15 to 14, eliminating environmental protection commissioner as ex-officio member; P.A. 90-179 amended Subsec. (d) to provide that president's salary is to be set by the chairman with approval of directors rather than by administrative services commissioner with approval by secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 93-423 amended Subsec. (b) to remove chairperson of Connecticut Solid Waste Management Advisory Council as director; P.A. 94-200 amended Subsec. (g) to provide that ad hoc members shall be appointed to represent each facility operated by the authority and that one-half of such members shall be municipal chief elected officials or their designees and deleted prior provisions re ad hoc members; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical change and amended Subsec. (g) to provide that the governor shall appoint a resident of a sited municipality to the board if requested by the legislative body of such municipality, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 02-46 limited the application of Subsec. (b) to “On and before May 31, 2002”, merged existing Subsec. (c) into Subsec. (b) and amended the merged Subsecs. to make technical changes and require the terms of directors serving on May 31, 2002, to expire on said date, added new Subsec. (c) establishing a reconstituted board of directors “On and after June 1, 2002”, amended Subsec. (d) to make technical changes and replace “salary prescribed by the chairman, subject to the approval of the directors” with “salary prescribed by the directors”, amended Subsec. (e) to make technical changes, amended Subsec. (g) to increase the number of directors constituting a quorum from 6 to 7, change the numbers of specified directors required for a quorum and make a technical change, added new Subsec. (h) establishing a steering committee and redesignated existing Subsecs. (h) to (n) as Subsecs. (i) to (o), amended Subsec. (i) to require at least one of the delegated directors to be a municipal official, amended Subsec. (j) to prohibit appointed directors from designating representatives to perform duties in their absence, amended Subsec. (k) to make a technical change, amended Subsec. (l) to change the official authorized to remove a director from the Governor to the appointing authority for the director and make technical changes, and amended Subsec. (n) to make technical changes, effective April 30, 2002; P.A. 03-123 made technical changes in Subsec. (m), effective June 26, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-5 amended Subsec. (b) by reducing number of directors from 13 to 12, reducing number of ex-officio members from 3 to 2, deleting reference to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and making a technical change, amended Subsec. (c) by reducing number of directors from 13 to 11 and deleting provisions re two voting ex-officio members who shall be the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Treasurer, or their designees, and amended Subsec. (g) by reducing number of directors constituting a quorum from 7 to 6 and deleting provision re presence of at least one ex-officio director or designee, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 13-285 deleted former Subsec. (h) re steering committee of board of directors and redesignated existing Subsecs. (i) to (o) as Subsecs. (h) to (n), effective July 12, 2013; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (c) to redefine “municipal official” by adding reference to municipal employee with public works or waste management and recycling experience, effective June 6, 2014; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 16-185 deleted former Subsec. (b) re board of directors serving on and before May 31, 2002, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (n) as Subsecs. (b) to (m), amended redesignated Subsec. (b) to make technical changes and delete provision re not more than 2 directors appointed by the Governor to be of the same political party and amended redesignated Subsecs. (d), (f), (g), (i) and (m) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 23-170 amended Subsec. (a) to change name from Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority to the MIRA Dissolution Authority, amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re termination of board terms, delete provisions re appointment of board members and add provisions re MIRA Dissolution Authority board, amended Subsec. (c) to provide for Governor or Governor's designee to be chairperson of the board, amended Subsecs. (d) and (e) to make technical changes, amended Subsec. (f) to delete provisions re directors from municipal governments and appointment of a resident from a municipality that is the site of a facility and ad hoc members, deleted former Subsec. (g) re delegation of board duties to members of board, redesignated existing Subsec. (h) as Subsec. (g), deleted former Subsec. (i) re definition of “director”, redesignated existing Subsec. (j) as Subsec. (h), redesignated existing Subsec. (k) as Subsec. (i) and added provision re termination of the authority, redesignated existing Subsec. (l) as Subsec. (j) and deleted former Subsec. (m) re conflicts of interest by directors of the authority, effective July 1, 2023, and repealed section, effective July 1, 2025.