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

      Sec. 22a-449k. Residential underground heating oil storage tank replacement contractors. Registration. Fees. No person shall remove or replace or subcontract for the removal or replacement of a residential underground heating oil storage tank system if the person finds such removal or replacement will involve remediation of contaminated soil or groundwater, the costs of which are to be paid out of the residential underground heating oil storage tank system clean-up subaccount established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-449c, unless the person is a registered contractor. To become a registered contractor, a person shall provide to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, on forms prescribed by said commissioner, (1) evidence of financial assurance in the form of insurance, a surety bond or liquid company assets in an amount not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and (2) a written statement certifying that such person has had any training required by law for such business and that such person has (A) performed no fewer than three residential underground petroleum storage tank system removals, or (B) has contracted for at least three removals of residential underground petroleum storage tank systems. Such person shall pay a registration fee of seven hundred fifty dollars to the commissioner. Each contractor holding a valid registration on July first shall, not later than August first of that year, pay a renewal fee to the commissioner of three hundred seventy-five dollars in order to maintain such registration. Any money collected for registration pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Environmental Quality Fund. The commissioner may revoke a registration for cause and, on and after the date the review board establishes requirements for financial assurance, training and performance standards under subsection (c) of section 22a-449d, may reject any application for registration that does not meet such requirements.

      (P.A. 99-269, S. 2, 6; P.A. 00-201, S. 5, 8; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 135.)

      History: P.A. 99-269 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-201 substantially rewrote language to prohibit person from replacing or removing certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems unless registered and added provisions re subcontracting, renewal fees, deposit of registration funds, registration revocation and registration requirements, effective June 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 increased registration fee from $500 to $750 and increased renewal fee from $250 to $375, effective August 20, 2003.