The authority shall have power to:

(1) Employ a staff of not to exceed forty-five personnel, exclusive of the directors, and to fix their duties, qualifications and compensation;

(2) Establish offices where necessary in the state of Connecticut;

(3) Make and enter into any contract or agreement necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers;

(4) Sue and be sued;

(5) Have a seal and alter it at pleasure;

(6) Make and alter bylaws and rules and regulations with respect to the exercise of its own powers;

(7) Conduct such hearings, examinations and investigations as may be necessary and appropriate to the conduct of its operations and the fulfillment of its responsibilities;

(8) Obtain access to public records and apply for the process of subpoena if necessary to produce books, papers, records and other data;

(9) Charge reasonable fees for the services it performs and waive, suspend, reduce or otherwise modify such fees, provided such user fees shall apply uniformly within each municipality to all users who are provided with waste management services with respect to a given type or category of wastes, in accordance with criteria established by the authority, and provided further no change may be made in user fees without at least sixty days prior notice to the users affected thereby;

(10) Purchase, lease or rent such real and personal property as it may deem necessary, convenient or desirable;

(11) Otherwise, do all things necessary for the performance of its duties, the fulfillment of its obligations, the conduct of its operations, the maintenance of its working relationships with municipalities, regions and persons, and the conduct of a comprehensive program for reuse, recycling, solid waste disposal and resources recovery, and for solid waste management services, in accordance with the provisions of the state-wide solid waste management plan, applicable statutes and regulations and the requirements of this chapter;

(12) Receive and accept, from any source, aid or contributions, including money, property, labor and other things of value;

(13) Invest any funds not needed for immediate use or disbursement in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or the state of Connecticut and in obligations that are legal investments for savings banks in this state; and

(14) Adopt regular procedures for exercising its power under this chapter not in conflict with other provisions of the general statutes.

(P.A. 73-459, S. 9, 26; P.A. 86-66, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-266, S. 37, 46; P.A. 89-299, S. 1, 3; P.A. 14-94, S. 7, 76.)

History: Sec. 19-524x transferred to Sec. 22a-265 in 1983; P.A. 86-66 amended Subdiv. (1) by increasing the staff authorization from 30 to 40 persons; P.A. 88-266 substituted “forty-five” for “forty” in Subdiv. (1), repealed Subdiv. (3) re power to retain or employ certain persons and added new Subdiv. (3) re power to make or enter into contracts or agreements and new Subdivs. (13), (14) and (15) re powers to receive and accept aid or contributions, investment of funds and adoption of procedures; P.A. 89-299 amended Subdiv. (1) to increase the maximum number of employees from 45 to 70 persons and added provision requiring establishment of maximum number of employees by the board of directors; P.A. 14-94 amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing reference to 70 personnel with reference to 45 personnel and deleting provision re employing more than 45 persons, deleted former Subdiv. (11) re appointing state and local advisory councils, redesignated existing Subdivs. (12) to (15) as Subdivs. (11) to (14) and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2015, and amended redesignated Subdiv. (11) by replacing reference to state solid waste management plan with reference to state-wide solid waste management plan, effective June 6, 2014.

Cited. 193 C. 506.