{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22a-21j","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-21j","heading":"School bus emissions reduction program.","body":"(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall establish a school bus emissions reduction program. Such program shall be established regardless of the price levels established by the procurement contracts developed pursuant to subsection (c) of section 14-164o. Through the program, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall:\n(1) Within available appropriations, make grants with funds from the school bus emissions reduction account, established pursuant to section 22a-21k, to municipalities and local and regional school boards to reimburse them for the cost of retrofitting full-sized school buses that are projected to be in service on or after September 1, 2010. For such grants the commissioner may use applicable existing contracts or provide a supplemental bid process;\n(2) Develop an outreach plan and materials for educating and notifying municipalities, local and regional boards of education and bus companies about the requirements of section 14-164o; and\n(3) Assist municipalities and local and regional boards of education and bus companies to retrofit their full-sized school buses. Such assistance shall include, but not be limited to, guidance in choosing whether to retrofit buses with either a level 1 device, level 2 device or level 3 device.\n(b) To receive a reimbursement pursuant to this section, a municipality or local or regional board of education shall submit a form prescribed by the commissioner to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, which shall contain: (1) The school bus model and year, engine model and year, vehicle identification number and date of installation for each eligible retrofitted bus, (2) for an eligible bus retrofitted with a level 3 device, a certification that the bus will operate in the state for not less than three years after the date of installation of the emission control device, and (3) a receipt for the purchase of the emission control devices and their installation.","path":["TITLE 22a. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION","CHAPTER 439*. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. STATE POLICY","PART II*. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_439.htm#sec_22a-21j","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:07Z","sha256":"3779d028d068baa95476307c6f087fe75b6cfd06d14b2b7a2240af213483238c","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22a-21i","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22a-21k"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}