Connecticut General Statutes 22a-261 – Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority. Directors. President
(a) There is hereby established and created a body politic and corporate, constituting a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state of Connecticut established and created for the performance of an essential public and governmental function, to be known as the MIRA Dissolution Authority. The authority shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22a-261
- Authority: means the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority created and established pursuant to this chapter or any board, body, commission, department, officer, agency or other successor thereto. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- Bonds: means bonds of the authority issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the authorizing resolutions of said authority. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
- Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
- Notes: means notes of the authority issued pursuant to this chapter and the resolutions of the authority, either in anticipation of and pending the issuance of bonds by the authority or otherwise. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation, public or private, organized or existing under the laws of the state or any other state, including federal corporations, but excluding municipalities, special districts having taxing powers or other political subdivisions of the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
- President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Recycling: means the processing of solid waste to reclaim material therefrom. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-260
(b) On and after July 1, 2023, the terms of the board of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall terminate and the powers of the MIRA Dissolution Authority shall be vested in and exercised by a board of directors, which shall consist of eleven directors as follows: (1) The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, (2) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary’s designee, (3) the Commissioner of Administrative Services, (4) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner’s designee, (5) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, (6) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, (7) one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, (8) one appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, (9) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, (10) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and (11) one appointed by the mayor of Hartford. Additionally, the Hartford City Council may appoint not more than five members to the board, each of whom shall serve a term that is coterminous with that of the applicable appointing authority.
(c) The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, shall serve as the chairperson and shall, with the approval of the other directors, appoint a president of the authority who shall be an employee of the authority and be paid a salary prescribed by the directors. The president shall supervise the administrative affairs and technical activities of the authority in accordance with the directives of the board.
(d) Each appointed director shall be entitled to reimbursement for such director’s actual and necessary expenses incurred during the performance of such director’s official duties.
(e) Appointed directors may engage in private employment, or in a profession or business, subject to any applicable laws, rules and regulations of the state or federal government regarding official ethics or conflict of interest.
(f) Six directors of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the authority. For the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the authority, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the authority may act by a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.
(g) Appointed directors may not designate a representative to perform in their absence their respective duties under this chapter.
(h) The appointing authority for any director may remove such director for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office after giving the director a copy of the charges against the director and an opportunity to be heard, in person or by counsel, in the director’s defense, upon not less than ten days’ notice. If any director shall be so removed, the appointing authority for such director shall file in the office of the Secretary of the State a complete statement of charges made against such director and the appointing authority’s findings on such statement of charges, together with a complete record of the proceedings.
(i) The authority shall terminate on July 1, 2026. Upon the termination of the authority, all of such authority’s rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state of Connecticut in accordance with the provisions of section 22a-284e.
(j) The directors, members and officers of the authority and any person executing the bonds or notes of the authority shall not be liable personally on such bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof, nor shall any director, member or officer of the authority be personally liable for damage or injury, not wanton or wilful, caused in the performance of such person’s duties and within the scope of such person’s employment or appointment as such director, member or officer.