Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control
Section 22a-483. - Bond issue for Clean Water Fund projects. General obligation bonds. Revenue bonds.

(a) For the purposes of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts, not exceeding in the aggregate two billion sixty-five million one hundred twenty-five thousand nine hundred seventy-six dollars, provided one hundred million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of any bonds, state bond anticipation notes or state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall be deposited in the Clean Water Fund and not less than fifty million dollars of such proceeds shall be deposited in the Long Island Sound clean-up account of said fund.
(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said sections, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, may be general obligations of the state and in such case the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due. Such general obligation bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such general obligation bonds. The state, acting by and through the State Bond Commission, is hereby authorized to issue from time to time general obligation bonds in such sums as is appropriate and necessary to meet the state's matching requirement for eligibility pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 or the federal Safe Drinking Water Act or other similar federal act, provided such sums shall not exceed the aggregate principal amounts of bonds authorized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Whenever such bonds are so authorized, the state's obligations shall be issued on such terms and conditions as shall be determined and established by the Treasurer. Such bonds shall bear such rate of interest as the treasurer shall determine, by reference to such open market indices for obligations having similar terms and characteristics as the Treasurer shall determine relevant, in order to arrive at a taxable rate of interest on the obligations of the state issued and sold to the Clean Water Fund. The Treasurer shall deliver such bonds to the Clean Water Fund upon the receipt of evidence from the Environmental Protection Agency evidencing satisfaction by the state of its federal matching requirement pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 or the federal Safe Drinking Water Act or other similar federal act.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the State Bond Commission from authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate four billion four hundred eighty-six million eighty thousand dollars, provided two hundred thirty-seven million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022, that are not general obligations of the state of Connecticut to which the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal and interest. Such revenue bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such revenue bonds. The revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes authorized to be issued under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall be special obligations of the state and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, including the repayment of municipal loan obligations; nor shall the state or any political subdivision thereof be subject to any liability thereon except to the extent of such pledged revenues or the receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. The issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes under the provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. The revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, except the property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. The substance of such limitation shall be plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond, revenue state bond anticipation note and revenue state grant anticipation note issued pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes, when issued, shall not be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the state in respect to and to the extent of any such limitation. As part of the contract of the state with the owners of such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes, all amounts necessary for the punctual payment of the debt service requirements with respect to such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes shall be deemed appropriated, but only from the sources pledged pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. The proceeds of such revenue bonds or notes may be deposited in the Clean Water Fund for use in accordance with the permitted uses of such fund. Any expense incurred in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of this section, including the costs of issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes may be paid from the accrued interest and premiums or from any other proceeds of the sale of such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes or revenue state grant anticipation notes and in the same manner as other obligations of the state. All provisions of subsections (g), (k), (l), (s) and (u) of section 3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all revenue bonds, state revenue bond anticipation notes and state revenue grant anticipation notes authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. For the purposes of subsection (o) of section 3-20, “bond act” shall be construed to include said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive.
(e) Any pledge made by the state pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, is a statutory pledge and shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and any revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the state shall be subject immediately to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the state, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded. Any pledge made by the state pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, to secure revenue bonds issued to finance eligible water quality projects shall secure only revenue bonds issued for such purpose and any such pledge made by the state to secure revenue bonds issued to finance eligible drinking water projects shall secure only revenue bonds issued for such purpose.
(f) Whenever the General Assembly has authorized the State Bond Commission to authorize bonds of the state for clean water projects and uses and has found that such projects and uses are for any of the purposes set forth in sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, and whenever the State Bond Commission finds that the authorization of such bonds will be in the best interests of the state, the State Bond Commission shall authorize the issuance of such bonds from time to time in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding the aggregate amount authorized by the General Assembly.
(g) Whenever the state has a written commitment to receive a grant-in-aid or similar form of assistance with respect to a project or program for which the issuance of bonds has been authorized pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, the Treasurer may issue state grant anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of such a grant-in-aid or other assistance provided (1) the total amount of such notes shall not exceed the amount of the grant commitment which has not been paid to the state and (2) all grant payments with respect to such project or program received by the state, to the extent required, shall be applied promptly toward repayment of such temporary notes as the same shall become due and payable, or shall be deposited in trust for such purpose. Notes evidencing such borrowings shall be signed by the manual or facsimile signature of the Treasurer or his deputy. The principal of and interest on any state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to this subsection may be repaid from the proceeds of renewals thereof, from grants-in-aid or other assistance pledged for the payment thereof, or from the proceeds of a credit facility including, but not limited to, a letter of credit or policy of bond insurance.
(h) Bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, are hereby made securities in which public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, state bond anticipation notes, state grant anticipation notes or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
(i) The proceedings under which bonds are authorized to be issued may, subject to the provisions of the general statutes, contain any or all of the following: (1) Provisions respecting custody of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds and any bond anticipation notes, including any requirements that such proceeds be held separate from or not be commingled with other funds of the state; (2) provisions for the investment and reinvestment of bond proceeds utilized to pay project costs and for the disposition of any excess bond proceeds or investment earnings thereon; (3) provisions for the execution of reimbursement agreements or similar agreements in connection with credit facilities, including, but not limited to, letters of credit or policies of bond insurance, remarketing agreements and agreements for the purpose of moderating interest rate fluctuations, and of such other agreements entered into pursuant to section 3-20a; (4) provisions for the collection, custody, investment, reinvestment and use of the pledged revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive; (5) provisions regarding the establishment and maintenance of reserves, sinking funds and any other funds and accounts as shall be approved by the State Bond Commission in such amounts as may be established by the State Bond Commission, and the regulation and disposition thereof, or the establishment of a reserve fund of the state into which may be deposited any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for such fund, any proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes, to the extent provided in the resolution of the state authorizing the issuance thereof, and any other moneys which may be made available to the state for the purpose of such fund from any source whatever and, in lieu of the deposit of any such moneys, evidence by the state of the satisfaction of a federal matching requirement on the part of the state pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 or the federal Safe Drinking Water Act or other related federal act, as applicable, including requirements that any such funds and accounts be held separate from or not be commingled with other funds of the state; (6) covenants for the establishment of pledged revenue coverage requirements for the bonds and state bond anticipation notes; (7) provisions for the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore issued, including establishment of coverage requirements with respect thereto as herein provided; (8) provisions regarding the rights and remedies available in case of a default to bondowners, noteowners or any trustee under any contract, loan agreement, document, instrument or trust indenture, including the right to appoint a trustee to represent their interests upon occurrence of an event of default, as defined in said proceedings, provided that if any bonds or state bond anticipation notes shall be secured by a trust indenture, the respective owners of such bonds or notes shall have no authority except as set forth in such trust indenture to appoint a separate trustee to represent them; (9) provisions for the payment of rebate amounts; and (10) provisions or covenants of like or different character from the foregoing which are consistent with sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, and which the State Bond Commission determines in such proceedings are necessary, convenient or desirable in order to better secure the bonds or state bond anticipation notes, or will tend to make the bonds or state bond anticipation notes more marketable, and which are in the best interests of the state. Any provision which may be included in proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder may be included in an indenture of trust duly approved in accordance with sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, which secures the bonds and any notes issued in anticipation thereof, and in such case the provisions of such indenture shall be deemed to be a part of such proceedings as though they were expressly included therein.
(j) Whether or not any bonds, state bond anticipation notes or state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of title 42a, such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of title 42a, subject only to the provisions of such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes for registration.
(k) The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent owners and transferees of bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes issued by the state pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes, that such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes shall be free at all times from taxes levied by any municipality or political subdivision or special district having taxing powers of the state and the principal and interest of any bonds, state bond anticipation notes and grant anticipation notes issued under the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, their transfer and the income therefrom, including revenues derived from the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state of Connecticut or under its authority, except for estate or succession taxes. The Treasurer is authorized to include this covenant of the state in any agreement with the owner of any such bonds, state bond anticipation notes or state grant anticipation notes.
(l) Pending the use and application of any bond proceeds, such proceeds may be invested by, or at the direction of the State Treasurer, in obligations listed in section 3-20 or in investment agreements rated within the top rating categories of any nationally recognized rating service or in investment agreements secured by obligations, of or guaranteed by, the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States.
(m) Any revenue bonds issued under the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, and at any time outstanding may, at any time and from time to time, be refunded by the state by the issuance of its revenue refunding bonds in such amounts as the State Bond Commission may deem necessary, but not to exceed an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the revenue bonds to be so refunded, to pay any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith and to pay costs and expenses which the Treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of refunding bonds. Any such refunding may be effected whether the revenue bonds to be refunded shall have matured or shall thereafter mature. All revenue refunding bonds issued hereunder shall be payable solely from the revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys out of which the revenue bonds to be refunded thereby are payable and shall be subject to and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(n) The Treasurer shall have power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase revenue bonds, state revenue bond anticipation notes and state revenue grant anticipation notes of the state issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. The Treasurer may hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds or notes, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders or noteholders, as applicable.
(P.A. 86-420, S. 9, 12; P.A. 87-405, S. 22, 26; 87-571, S. 6, 7; P.A. 88-343, S. 14, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 21, 30; 89-377, S. 6, 8; P.A. 90-297, S. 14, 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 90-1, S. 7, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 16, 17, 25; P.A. 92-113, S. 1, 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 17, 18, 36; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 12, 13, 36, 45; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 10, 11, 203; P.A. 95-272, S. 11, 12, 29; P.A. 96-181, S. 116–118, 121; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 15, 16, 20; P.A. 98-124, S. 9, 12; 98-259, S. 11, 17; P.A. 99-241, S. 14, 15, 66; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 6, 7, 28; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 8; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 10, 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 50, 51; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 5, 6; P.A. 10-44, S. 25, 35; P.A. 11-57, S. 72, 73; P.A. 13-239, S. 65, 66; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 63, 64; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 252; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 447, 448; P.A. 20-1, S. 67, 68; P.A. 21-111, S. 59, 60.)
History: P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization from $40,000,000 to $80,000,000; P.A. 87-571 added Subsec. (d) regarding issuance of bonds that are not general obligations of the state; P.A. 88-343 increased the bond authorization to $120,000,000; P.A. 89-331 increased the bond authorization to $220,000,000 and provided that $25,000,000 of the proceeds be deposited in the Long Island Sound account; P.A. 89-377 would have changed aggregate total in Subsec. (a) from $120,000,000 to $145,000,000 but for precedence of P.A. 89-331, reiterated provision of P.A. 89-331 re addition of $25,000,000 to the Long Island Sound clean-up account, provided that the obligations may, rather than shall, be general obligations of the state and added Subdivs. (e) to (l), inclusive; P.A. 90-297 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $220,000,000 to $345,000,000, amended Subsec. (b) to increase the minimum deposit in the clean water fund from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000, amended Subsec. (c) to require that requests for authorizations be signed by the secretary of the office of policy and management rather than by the commissioner of environmental protection and amended Subsec. (d) to limit revenue bonds to principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $100,000,000; June Sp. Sess. 90-1 amended Subsec. (c) to include provisions regarding the issuance of general obligation bonds to meet the matching requirements of federal law and to be delivered to the clean water fund, amended Subsec. (d) to clarify the status and method of issuance of revenue bonds, amended Subsec. (h) to remove credit unions, building and loan associations and investment companies from the list of possible investors, amended Subsec. (i)(3) to clarify the extent to which and manner in which reserve funds could be used, amended Subsec. (k) to reword the provisions concerning state tax exemption and added Subsec. (m), concerning revenue refunding bonds, and Subsec. (n), concerning repurchase of revenue obligations; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, in Subsec. (a), increased the bond authorization from $345,000,000 to $395,000,000 and in Subsec. (d), increased the bond authorization from $100,000,000 to $300,000,000; P.A. 92-113 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the rate determined by the treasurer shall be a taxable, rather than tax-exempt, rate; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the bond authorization from $395,000,000 to $425,000,000 and amended Subsec. (d) to increase the bond authorization from $300,000,000 to $330,000,000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization to $558,870,000, provided $75,020,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, amended Subsec. (d) to increase bond authorization from $320,000,000 to $475,400,000, provided $51,600,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994, and further amended Subsec. (c) to move provision re bond maturity and amended Subsec. (d) to provide that bonds shall mature not more than 30 years from their dates and that expenses of carrying out provisions may be paid from accrued interest and premiums or other sale proceeds, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 in Subsec. (a) decreased bond authorization from $558,870,000 to $536,270,000 and in Subsec. (d) decreased bond authorization from $475,400,000 to $466,900,000, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-272 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization amount from $536,270,000 to $576,330,000, effective July 1, 1995, provided $23,580,000 shall be effective July 1, 1996, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase authorization amount from $466,900,000 to $633,300,000, effective July 1, 1995, provided $41,000,000 shall be effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-181 amended Subsec. (c) and (i) to add federal Safe Drinking Water Act or similar federal act, and amended Subsec. (e) to add provision re securing revenue bonds issued to finance eligible drinking water projects, effective July 1, 1996; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from $576,330,000 to $635,330,000 provided $14,000,000 of that authorization is effective July 1, 1998, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase bond authorization from $633,300,000 to $867,900,000 provided $83,300,000 of that authorization is effective July 1, 1998, effective July 31, 1997; P.A. 98-124 amended Subsec. (i)(3) to add agreements entered into pursuant to Sec. 3-20a, effective May 27, 1998; P.A. 98-259 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease authorization from $635,330,000 to $621,330,000 and deleted proviso re use of $14,000,000, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-241 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $621,330,000 to $717,830,000, effective July 1, 1999, provided $53,100,000 is effective July 1, 2000 and amended Subsec. (d) to increase authorization from $867,900,000 to $999,400,000, effective July 1, 1999, provided $66,900,000 is effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $717,830,000 to $797,830,000 provided $40,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase authorization from $999,400,000 to $1,238,400,000 provided $158,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $797,830,000 to $801,030,000 and to provide that $60,000,000 of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2003, effective July 1, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec. (a) to reduce aggregate authorization to $741,030,000 and deleted provision re funds authorized in 2003, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (e) to provide that pledges made by the state under Secs. 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, are statutory and not subject to the Uniform Commercial Code, effective May 12, 2004, and applicable to any pledge, lien or security interest of this state or any political subdivision of this state, which was in existence on October 1, 2003, or created after October 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization from $741,030,000 to $781,030,000, of which $20,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase the aggregate authorization from $1,238,400,000 to $1,338,400,000, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing aggregate authorization from $781,030,000 to $961,030,000, of which $90,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, and amended Subsec. (d) by increasing aggregate authorization from $1,338,400,000 to $1,753,400,000, of which $180,000,000 is effective July 1, 2008, effective November 2, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing aggregate authorization from $961,030,000 to $1,066,030,000, of which $40,000,000 is effective July 1, 2010, and amended Subsec. (d) by increasing aggregate authorization from $1,753,400,000 to $1,913,400,000, of which $80,000,000 is effective July 1, 2010, effective September 25, 2009; P.A. 10-44 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing aggregate authorization from $1,066,030,000 to $1,041,025,976 and by deleting provision re authorization amount effective on July 1, 2010, and amended Subsec. (d) by increasing aggregate authorization from $1,913,400,000 to $1,953,400,000, of which $120,000,000 is effective July 1, 2010, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-57 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $1,041,025,976 to $1,227,625,976, of which $94,000,000 is effective July 1, 2012, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase authorization from $1,953,400,000 to $2,425,180,000, of which $238,360,000 is effective July 1, 2012, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-239 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,227,625,976 to $1,512,625,976, of which $218,000,000 is effective July 1, 2014, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase aggregate authorization from $2,425,180,000 to $3,137,580,000, of which $331,970,000 is effective July 1, 2014, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,512,625,976, of which $218,000,000 is effective July 1, 2014, to $1,652,625,976, of which $92,500,000 is effective July 1, 2016, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase aggregate authorization from $3,137,580,000, of which $331,970,000 is effective July 1, 2014, to $3,375,580,000, of which $180,000,000 is effective July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $1,652,625,976 to $1,630,125,976, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,630,125,976 to $1,715,125,976, of which $85,000,000 is effective July 1, 2018, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase aggregate authorization from $3,375,580,000 to $3,884,080,000, of which $350,300,000 is effective July 1, 2018, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 20-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,715,125,976 to $1,865,125,976, of which $75,000,000 is effective July 1, 2020, effective March 12, 2020, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase aggregate authorization from $3,884,080,000 to $3,968,080,000, effective July 1, 2020; P.A. 21-111 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $1,865,125,976 to $2,065,125,976, of which $100,000,000 is effective July 1, 2022, and amended Subsec. (d) to increase aggregate authorization from $3,968,080,000 to $4,486,080,000, of which $237,000,000 is effective July 1, 2022, effective July 1, 2021.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 22a - Environmental Protection

Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control

Section 22a-416. (Formerly Sec. 25-26). - Pollution of waterways. Qualifications of operators. Delegation of authority.

Section 22a-417. (Formerly Sec. 25-26a). - Discharge of sewage into tributaries of water supply impoundments or Salmon River.

Section 22a-418. (Formerly Sec. 25-27). - Complaints concerning pollution of waters; investigation; orders.

Section 22a-422. (Formerly Sec. 25-54a). - Declaration of policy.

Section 22a-423. (Formerly Sec. 25-54b). - Definitions.

Section 22a-424. (Formerly Sec. 25-54c). - Powers and duties of commissioner.

Section 22a-424a. - Map of anticipated sewer overflows and sewage spills. Notice of reported sewage spills and permitted sewage bypasses. Electronic reporting of sewage spill and permitted sewage bypass. Notice to municipal chief elected official, lo...

Section 22a-425. (Formerly Sec. 25-54d). - Records.

Section 22a-426. (Formerly Sec. 25-54e). - Standards of water quality.

Section 22a-427. (Formerly Sec. 25-54f). - Pollution or discharge of wastes prohibited.

Section 22a-428. (Formerly Sec. 25-54g). - Orders to municipalities to abate pollution.

Section 22a-428a. - State-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus loading in inland nontidal waters.

Section 22a-429. (Formerly Sec. 25-54h). - Order to person to abate pollution.

Section 22a-430. (Formerly Sec. 25-54i). - Permit for new discharge. Regulations. Renewal. Special category permits or approvals. Limited delegation. General permits.

Section 22a-430a. - Delegation of authority to issue certain permits to municipal water pollution control authorities.

Section 22a-430b. - General permits. Certifications by qualified professionals. Regulations.

Section 22a-430c. - Annual inventory of persons and municipalities in significant noncompliance.

Section 22a-431. (Formerly Sec. 25-54j). - Periodic investigation of discharges. Order to abate or submit information.

Section 22a-432. (Formerly Sec. 25-54k). - Order to correct potential sources of pollution.

Section 22a-433. (Formerly Sec. 25-54l). - Order to landowner.

Section 22a-434. (Formerly Sec. 25-54m). - Filing of order on land records.

Section 22a-434a. - Notice of contaminated wells; abatement of contamination or abandonment of well to be on land records.

Section 22a-435. (Formerly Sec. 25-54n). - Injunction.

Section 22a-436. (Formerly Sec. 25-54o). - Hearing on order to abate.

Section 22a-437. (Formerly Sec. 25-54p). - Appeal.

Section 22a-438. (Formerly Sec. 25-54q). - Forfeiture for violations. Penalties.

Section 22a-439. (Formerly Sec. 25-54r). - State grant for sewers and pollution abatement facilities. Commissioner to adopt regulations.

Section 22a-439a. - Funds for construction of facilities by state agencies.

Section 22a-439b. - Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority may acquire and operate sewerage systems.

Section 22a-440. (Formerly Sec. 25-54s). - Grants for storm and sanitary sewer separation programs, pollution abatement facilities.

Section 22a-441. (Formerly Sec. 25-54t). - Grants for prior construction.

Section 22a-442. (Formerly Sec. 25-54u). - State advances in anticipation of federal funds for construction of facility.

Section 22a-443. (Formerly Sec. 25-54v). - State advance in anticipation of federal funds for contract plans and specifications.

Section 22a-444. (Formerly Sec. 25-54x). - Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to administer funds.

Section 22a-445. (Formerly Sec. 25-54y). - Commissioner to accept federal aid. Cooperation with other agencies, municipalities, states.

Section 22a-446. (Formerly Sec. 25-54z). - Bond issue.

Section 22a-446a. - Uniform tipping fee at facilities disposing of septic tank pumpings.

Section 22a-447. (Formerly Sec. 25-54aa). - Prior orders, directives and decisions continued in force.

Section 22a-448. (Formerly Sec. 25-54bb). - Pollution by chemical liquid, hazardous waste, oil or petroleum, waste oil or solid, liquid or gaseous products: Definitions.

Section 22a-449. (Formerly Sec. 25-54cc). - Duties and powers of commissioner re sources of potential pollution or damage. Licenses. Regulations. Nonresidential underground storage tank systems.

Section 22a-449a. - Definitions.

Section 22a-449b. - Portion of petroleum products gross earnings tax credited to underground storage tank petroleum clean-up account.

Section 22a-449c. - Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program. Applications for payment or reimbursement.

Section 22a-449d. - Payment and reimbursement from the program. Guidelines for reasonable cost determinations. Payment to registered contractors.

Section 22a-449e. - Regulations. Schedule for maximum or range of amounts to be paid from the program. Use of seal.

Section 22a-449f. - Application for reimbursement for claims resulting from release of petroleum.

Section 22a-449g. - Appeals.

Section 22a-449h. - Extension of time to replace school underground storage tank systems.

Section 22a-449i. - Authority of commissioners unaffected.

Section 22a-449j. - Immunity from liability to the state for certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems.

Section 22a-449k. - Residential underground heating oil storage tank replacement contractors. Registration. Fees.

Section 22a-449l. - Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment for services commenced prior to July 1, 2001. Procedures.

Section 22a-449m. - Standards for remediation of soil and replacement of residential underground heating oil storage tank systems.

Section 22a-449n. - Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment for services commenced on or after July 1, 2001. Procedures.

Section 22a-449o. - Requirement for double-walled underground storage tanks.

Section 22a-449p. - Milestones for investigation and remediation of a release.

Section 22a-449q. - Storage of underground storage tank system records.

Section 22a-449r. - Underground storage tank clean-up program. Distribution of funds. Order of priority. Reduced payment election.

Section 22a-449s. - Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program: Cancellation. Unavailability of program to demonstrate financial responsibility. Determination of applicability.

Section 22a-449t. - Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program: Prohibitions on applications. Exceptions.

Section 22a-449u. - Bond authorization for underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program.

Section 22a-449v. - Underground storage tank general liability insurance policy. Cancellation restriction.

Section 22a-450. (Formerly Sec. 25-54dd). - Report of discharge, spill, loss, seepage or filtration. Regulations.

Section 22a-450a. - Elimination of MTBE as gasoline additive.

Section 22a-451. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ee). - Liability for pollution, contamination or emergency.

Section 22a-451a. - Annual report.

Section 22a-451b. - Expenditures by agencies paid from emergency spill response account.

Section 22a-452. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ff). - Reimbursement for containment or removal costs. Liability for certain acts or omissions.

Section 22a-452a. - State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up or to remove hazardous waste. Notice and hearing.

Section 22a-452b. - Exemptions.

Section 22a-452c. - Definition of “spill”.

Section 22a-452d. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners: Definitions.

Section 22a-452e. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners.

Section 22a-452f. - Exemption from liability for certain lenders.

Section 22a-453. (Formerly Sec. 25-54gg). - Coordination of activities with other agencies. Contracts for services.

Section 22a-453a. - Oil spill contingency planning and coordination.

Section 22a-454. (Formerly Sec. 25-54hh). - Permit for collection, storage or treatment, containment, removal or disposal of certain substances, materials or wastes: Suspension or revocation. Prohibition of disposal of certain hazardous wastes in a l...

Section 22a-454a. - Closure plans. Fees. Regulations.

Section 22a-454b. - Groundwater monitoring. Fees. Regulations.

Section 22a-454c. - Annual fees. Generators of acutely hazardous waste. Facilities.

Section 22a-455 to 22a-457. (Formerly Secs. 25-54ii to 25-54kk). - Vessel operator to post bond. Other evidence of financial responsibility. Penalty.

Section 22a-457a. - Floating boom retention devices required, when. Regulations.

Section 22a-457b. - Limited immunity for certain persons responding to oil spills.

Section 22a-458. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ll). - Water pollution control authority, mandatory establishment by municipality.

Section 22a-458a and 22a-458b. - Water pollution control authority; reports. Submission of municipal assessment to commissioner.

Section 22a-459. (Formerly Sec. 25-54mm). - Failure to establish water pollution control authority, violation. Penalties.

Section 22a-460. (Formerly Sec. 25-54nn). - Detergents: Definitions.

Section 22a-461. (Formerly Sec. 25-54oo). - Labeling of detergents. Restrictions on sale or use. Certain sewage system additives prohibited. Penalty.

Section 22a-462. (Formerly Sec. 25-54pp). - Sale of certain detergents prohibited: Excepted uses. Regulations.

Section 22a-462a. - Microbead prohibitions. Regulations. Study. Penalty.

Section 22a-462b. - Microfiber pollution working group. Consumer awareness and education program. Requirements. Membership. Report.

Section 22a-463. (Formerly Sec. 25-54rr). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB - Definitions.

Section 22a-464. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ss). - Restrictions on manufacture, sale or use of PCB.

Section 22a-465. (Formerly Sec. 25-54tt). - Use of PCB in closed systems. Incidental amounts of PCB permitted.

Section 22a-466. (Formerly Sec. 25-54uu). - Exemptions.

Section 22a-467. (Formerly Sec. 25-54vv). - Disposition of PCB regulated.

Section 22a-468. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ww). - Regulations.

Section 22a-469. (Formerly Sec. 25-54xx). - Penalty.

Section 22a-469a. - Incineration of PCB by public service companies.

Section 22a-470. (Formerly Sec. 25-54yy). - Relocation or removal of public service facilities as necessary for construction of municipal sewer or pollution abatement facilities.

Section 22a-471. - Pollution of groundwaters. Orders to provide potable drinking water. Grants to municipalities. Hearing on order to abate. Appeal. Injunction. Forfeiture for violations. Orders to persons engaged in agriculture for contamination of...

Section 22a-471a. - Exemption from potable drinking water orders for persons engaged in agriculture.

Section 22a-471b. - “Person engaged in agriculture” defined.

Section 22a-472. - Hydraulic fracturing waste, oil waste and natural gas waste. Definitions. Prohibitions. Permits. Information requests by Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Regulations. Oil and gas exploration. Preemption.

Section 22a-473. - Exploratory drilling for oil or gas restricted.

Section 22a-474. - Regulations re storage of road salt.

Section 22a-474a. - Green Snow Pro training. State, municipal and private roadside applicators. Report.

Section 22a-474b. - Green Snow Pro training. Registration of certification by commercial applicators. Violation. Order. Regulations.

Section 22a-474c. - Sodium chloride run-off. Home or well damage. Health district electronic reporting system. Reporting. Identification of state or federal financial resources. Criteria and procedures.

Section 22a-474d. - Sodium and chloride drinking water testing. Residential water treatment systems installers provision of customer information. Requirement.

Section 22a-475. - Clean Water Fund: Definitions.

Section 22a-476. - Legislative finding.

Section 22a-477. - Clean Water Fund: Accounts and subaccounts.

Section 22a-478. - Eligible water quality projects. Eligible drinking water projects. Project grants. Grant account loans.

Section 22a-479. - Municipal approval of project funding agreements and obligations. Municipal bonds.

Section 22a-480. - Construction of provisions.

Section 22a-481. - Projects with prior funding.

Section 22a-482. - Regulations.

Section 22a-483. - Bond issue for Clean Water Fund projects. General obligation bonds. Revenue bonds.

Section 22a-483f. - Public water system improvement program.

Section 22a-484. - Evaluation of improvements to secondary clarifier operations.

Section 22a-485. - Plan required for maintenance of oxygen levels in Long Island Sound.

Section 22a-497. - Municipal stormwater authority pilot program. Priority municipalities. Application. Selection criteria. Grants.

Section 22a-498. - Creation of stormwater authority. Members. Purposes. Powers.

Section 22a-498a. - Municipal stormwater authority located in a distressed municipality. Powers.

Section 22a-498b. - Delinquent charges due to municipal stormwater authority. Liens.

Section 22a-499. - Joint report re pilot program.

Section 22a-499a. - Water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Levy re stormwater control systems.

Section 22a-499b. - Delinquent charges due to water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Liens.

Section 22a-500. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Definitions. Authorization. Directors. Membership. Termination.

Section 22a-501. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Powers.

Section 22a-502. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Budgets.

Section 22a-503. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Employees. Benefits.

Section 22a-504. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Acquisition of property. Construction of system. Notice. Hearing.

Section 22a-505. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Determination of compensation for taking of real property.

Section 22a-506. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Assessments, rates, fees, charges and penalties.

Section 22a-507. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Issuance of bonds. Use of proceeds.

Section 22a-508. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Sale of bonds.

Section 22a-509. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonding obligations.

Section 22a-510. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds or notes executed by former officers.

Section 22a-511. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Execution, delivery and maturation of bonds.

Section 22a-512. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Effect of bonds on municipal indebtedness.

Section 22a-513. - Regional water pollution control authorities: State not to impair obligations of authorities.

Section 22a-514. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Tax exemption.

Section 22a-515. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Other municipal powers not affected.

Section 22a-516. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds to be securities and negotiable instruments.

Section 22a-517. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Receipt of Clean Water Fund disbursements.

Section 22a-518. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Jurisdiction.

Section 22a-519. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Indemnification of officers. Representation of authority by Attorney General. Legal fees of officers.

Section 22a-521. - Nitrogen reduction in state waters: Definitions.

Section 22a-522. - General permit establishing effluent units for nitrogen.

Section 22a-523. - Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board.

Section 22a-524. - Nitrogen credit exchange program.

Section 22a-525. - Audit of annual operating data.

Section 22a-526. - Regulations.

Section 22a-527. - Annual value of equivalent nitrogen credits.