On or after January 1, 1991, the commissioner may order a municipality to deliver its recyclable items to an operating or planned intermediate processing center if such municipality has failed to enter into a contract with an operating or planned regional intermediate processing center, and the commissioner determines such municipality has failed to take the measures necessary to implement local processing.
(P.A. 87-544, S. 5; P.A. 90-220, S. 5, 11.)
History: P.A. 90-220 changed the commissioner's authority to issue orders from mandatory to discretionary, authorized the issuance of orders on or after January 1, 1991, and provided that an order may be issued if a municipality has failed to enter into a contract with an intermediate processing center and such municipality has failed to implement local processing.