Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-292 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-292
Sec. 7-292. Adoption of forty-hour week for policemen.
Status: in_force

(b) The legislative body of such municipality may, by ordinance, or shall, upon petition of the electors of such municipality in number not less than five per cent of the total number of electors on the last-completed registry list, submit the question of adopting the provisions of said sections to a vote of the electors thereof at the next general election or at a special election or meeting called for such purpose. Any such petition shall contain the ordinance to be voted upon by the electors. Such election or meeting shall be called and held, and the vote on such question canvassed and the result determined and certified, as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of the laws governing the election of civil officers in such municipality. The notice or warning for such election or meeting shall state that a purpose of such election or meeting is to ascertain whether or not such municipality shall adopt an average work week of forty hours for permanent paid policemen and that such election or meeting is called under the provisions of this section. The vote on such question shall be by voting tabulator, and the voting tabulator ballot, which shall bear the words “For a forty-hour week for policemen” and “Against a forty-hour week for policemen”, shall be provided for use in accordance with the provisions of section 9-250 . If, upon the official determination of the result of such vote, it appears that a majority of those voting on the question are in favor of the adoption of the provisions of sections 7-293 and 7-294 and this section, said sections shall take effect as to such municipality no later than ninety days thereafter, provided, where the fiscal year of any such municipality begins within ninety days thereafter, the effective date of said sections for such municipality shall not be later than the first day of the fiscal year next following the expiration of the ninety-day period.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-576j — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 117 / Section 7-576j
Sec. 7-576j. Contract with designated tier III or IV municipality for contract assistance. Limits. Provisions. Prohibition. Uses. Other credit support.
Status: in_force

(b) Any contract described in subsection (a) of this section may provide that such contract assistance that is necessary to make debt service payments on behalf of such municipality shall be paid directly by the state to the municipality, trustee, paying agent or holder of the refunding bonds, other bonds or notes that are the subject of such contract.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no such contract shall be entered into by the secretary and the Treasurer unless such designated tier III or tier IV municipality files a certificate with the secretary and the Treasurer that sets forth the amount of debt service and costs of issuance expected to be paid on any such refunding bonds to be secured by such state assistance contract.

(d) In making any requisite finding or determination for the purpose of entering into or executing any contract described in subsection (a) of this section, the secretary and the Treasurer may rely upon any reports or estimates of experts, as appropriate, to evaluate the feasibility of any such refunding of debt.

(e) Any provision of a contract described in subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a full faith and credit obligation of the state and as part of any such contractual obligation of the state to such municipality, trustee, paying agent or holder of any such refunding bonds, other bonds or notes, as applicable, appropriation of all amounts necessary to timely meet the terms of such contractual obligation is hereby made and the State Treasurer shall pay such amounts as the same become due to such municipality, trustee, paying agent or holder, as applicable.

(f) Any designated tier III or tier IV municipality that enters into a contract with the state pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may pledge such contract assistance of the state as security for the payment of such refunding bonds issued by such municipality.

(g) In lieu of contract assistance in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the secretary and the Treasurer may agree to provide other forms of credit support to any designated tier III or tier IV municipality, including, but not limited to, an assumption of all or any portion of any bonds, notes or other obligations of such municipality or issuance of new state obligations in replacement of such bonds, notes or other obligations, provided such credit support shall not exceed the amount of contract assistance that could otherwise be provided by the state to such municipality in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.

(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the total funds available to a distressed municipality.

(i) The secretary and the Treasurer shall not enter into a contract, as described in subsection (a) of this section, with any municipality that files for bankruptcy.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-136n — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-136n
Sec. 7-136n. Joint issuance of bonds by two or more municipalities.
Status: in_force

(b) Bonds of the municipalities may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the municipalities, in their discretion, may issue bonds of both types. Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the members of the municipality and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding fifty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, or have provisions for the manner of determining such rate or rates, payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The revenue bonds or notes may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the municipalities shall determine. Pending preparation of the definitive bonds, the municipalities may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive bonds.

(c) Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any revenue bonds or any issue of revenue bonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the revenue bonds to be authorized, as to: (1) Pledging all or any part of the revenues of a project or any revenue-producing contract or contracts made by the municipalities with any individual, partnership, corporation or association or other body, public or private, to secure the payment of the revenue bonds or of any particular issue of revenue bonds, subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist; (2) the rentals, fees and other charges to be charged, and the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of the revenues; (3) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds or other funds or accounts as the municipalities may establish and the regulation and disposition thereof, including requirements that any such funds and accounts be held separate from or not be commingled with other funds of the municipalities; (4) limitations on the right of the municipalities or its agent to restrict and regulate the use of the project; (5) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any issue of revenue bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the revenue bonds or any issue of the revenue bonds; (6) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds; the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured; the refunding of outstanding bonds; (7) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (8) limitations on the amount of moneys derived from the project to be expended for operating, administrative or other expenses of the municipalities; (9) defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of the municipalities to holders of its obligations and providing the rights and remedies of such holders in the event of a default; (10) the mortgaging of a project and the site thereof for the purpose of securing the bondholders; and (11) provisions for the execution of reimbursement agreements or similar agreements in connection with credit facilities including but not limited to, letters of credit or policies of bond insurance, remarketing agreements and agreements for the purpose of moderating interest rate fluctuations.

(d) If any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All such bonds shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments under the provisions of the general statutes.

(e) Bonds may be issued without obtaining the consent of any commission, board, bureau or agency of the state or of any political subdivision, and without any other proceedings or the happening of other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by said sections.

(f) The municipalities shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase its bonds or notes. The municipalities may hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders.

(g) The municipalities shall cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of the clerk of each participating municipality and may thereupon cause to be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in each participating municipality a notice stating the fact and date of such adoption and the places where such bond resolution has been so filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such notice and also stating that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution, shall be commenced within twenty days after the first publication of such notice. If any such notice is published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in such notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution is commenced or instituted within twenty days after the first publication of said notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in each participating municipality and all other persons shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceeding, questioning the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-478b — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113 / Section 7-478b
Sec. 7-478b. Collective bargaining agreement provision re closing of nonmunicipal offices on Martin Luther King Day.
Status: in_force

(b) Any municipality that did not observe the Martin Luther King Day legal holiday on January 17, 2000, by closing all nonessential municipal offices shall close all such nonessential municipal offices on any day designated as Martin Luther King Day pursuant to section 1-4 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294ee — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294ee
Sec. 7-294ee. Minimum standards and practices for the administration, management and operation of law enforcement units. Unit state-accreditation tier certification or accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after January 1, 2019, and until December 31, 2022, each law enforcement unit shall adopt and maintain (1) the minimum standards and practices developed by the council pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or (2) a higher level of accreditation standards developed by the council or the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., except a law enforcement unit that serves a municipality and consists solely of constables or resident state troopers shall adopt and maintain such standards and practices or accreditation on and after January 1, 2019, and until December 31, 2023.

(c) On and after January 1, 2023, and until December 31, 2023, each law enforcement unit shall (1) be certified, at a minimum, as meeting the requirements for state-accreditation tier one developed by the council pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or (2) meet a higher level of accreditation standards developed by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., except a law enforcement unit that serves a municipality and consists solely of constables or resident state troopers shall be so certified or meet such accreditation standards on and after January 1, 2024, and until December 31, 2024.

(d) On and after January 1, 2024, and until December 31, 2025, each law enforcement unit shall (1) be certified, at a minimum, as meeting the requirements for state-accreditation tiers one and two developed by the council pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or (2) meet a higher level of accreditation standards developed by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., except a law enforcement unit that serves a municipality and consists solely of constables or resident state troopers shall be so certified or meet such accreditation standards on and after January 1, 2025, and until December 31, 2026.

(e) On and after January 1, 2026, each law enforcement unit shall (1) be certified as meeting the requirements for state-accreditation tiers one, two and three developed by the council pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or (2) meet a higher level of accreditation standards developed by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., except a law enforcement unit that serves a municipality and consists solely of constables or resident state troopers shall be so certified or meet such accreditation standards on and after January 1, 2027.

(f) If a law enforcement unit fails to obtain or maintain the appropriate certification for a state-accreditation tier or tiers or the higher level of accreditation standards developed by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., as required by the provisions of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of this section, the council shall work with the law enforcement unit to obtain and maintain such certification or accreditation standards.

(g) If a law enforcement unit fails to comply with the guidance issued by the council pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (g) of section 7-294d regarding reporting procedures to be followed by chief law enforcement officers for certificate suspension, cancellation or revocation, the council may revoke the certificate of compliance with the appropriate state-accreditation tier or tiers, as the case may be, issued pursuant to this section.

(h) No civil action may be brought against a law enforcement unit for damages arising from the failure of the law enforcement unit to (1) adopt and maintain such minimum standards and practices or a higher level of accreditation standards pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or (2) obtain and maintain the appropriate certificate of compliance with the appropriate state-accreditation tier or tiers or accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., as required by subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294bb — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294bb
Sec. 7-294bb. State and local police policy concerning complaints from the public alleging misconduct committed by law enforcement personnel.
Status: in_force

(b) In developing the written policy, the council shall consider: (1) Whether all sworn officers and civilian employees of a law enforcement agency shall be required to accept a complaint alleging misconduct by the agency's law enforcement personnel, (2) the means or processes to be used for accepting such complaint from a member of the public, including the acceptance of an anonymous complaint or a complaint made by a complainant on behalf of another person, (3) the necessity of requiring a sworn statement from a complainant, (4) protections that may be afforded to a complainant who fears retaliation associated with the filing of such complaint, (5) the use of a standardized form to record such complaint, (6) permissible time frames associated with the filing of such complaint, (7) protocols for the investigation of such a complaint, (8) documentation requirements relating to the receipt of such complaint and its disposition, and (9) the process for informing a known complainant of the disposition of such complaint.

(c) Upon the implementation of such policy by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, each law enforcement agency shall, in consultation with a representative of a union that represents members of the law enforcement agency, adopt the policy implemented by said council or develop and implement an alternative policy that: (1) Addresses the issues described in subsection (b) of this section, and (2) exceeds the standards of the policy developed by said council. Upon the adoption of the policy developed by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council or the implementation of an alternative policy, each law enforcement agency shall make its policy available to the public and shall ensure that: (A) Copies of the policy are available at the town hall or another municipal building located within the municipality served by the law enforcement agency, other than a municipal building in which the law enforcement agency is located, and (B) the policy is available on the law enforcement agency's Internet web site or the Internet web site of the municipality served by the law enforcement agency.

(d) For purposes of this section, “law enforcement agency” means the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any municipal police department.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-344 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 106 / Section 7-344
Sec. 7-344. Appropriations. Laying of tax.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-388 re annual budget meeting.

See Sec. 7-390 re publication of budget statement.

See Sec. 7-406 re town reports.

Property in city of Stamford is subject to town taxes to meet expenses of services performed outside city and not benefiting property owners in city. 134 C. 65. Board properly exercised its discretion in that salary increase for teachers was beyond amount reasonably necessary. 138 C. 521. Cited. 178 C. 81; 192 C. 426; 217 C. 303. Statute does not preclude town charter from allowing for a bifurcated town budget. 268 C. 295.

Statute precludes charter amendment providing for separate referenda on town operating budget and board of education budget. 70 CA 358.

Board is bound to apply cash surplus in town's general fund to reduction of amount of estimated expenditures. Court cannot direct records of minutes of board be kept in town clerk's office. 11 CS 215. Towns are required to levy such taxes as are sufficient to pay estimated expenses of town for current year. 14 CS 258. If board makes no recommendations for appropriations, only annual town meeting may make appropriations. 16 CS 485. Cited. 20 CS 227; 32 CS 237.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-48 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 93 / Section 7-48
Sec. 7-48. Birth certificates: Filing requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) When a birth occurs in an institution or en route thereto, the person in charge of the institution or such person's designated representative shall obtain all available data required by the certificate, prepare the certificate, certify that the child was born alive at the place and time and on the date stated either by signature or by an electronic process approved by the commissioner and file the certificate with the registrar of vital statistics in the town in which the birth occurred, not later than ten days after such birth. The physician or other person in attendance, and the physician, institution or other person providing prenatal care, shall provide the medical information required by the certificate not later than seventy-two hours after the birth.

(c) (1) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by the physician or midwife in attendance at or immediately after the birth or, in the absence of such a person, by the parent of the child, pursuant to the provisions of section 19a-41-1 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.

(2) If the parent is unable to provide the information required to prepare and file the certificate pursuant to the provisions of section 19a-41-1 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, such parent may, prior to the child's first birthday, petition the court of probate for the district where the birth is alleged to have occurred for an order requiring the registrar of vital statistics for the town where the birth occurred to create and file the certificate. The petitioner shall include with the petition the affidavits and other documentary evidence submitted to the registrar pursuant to the provisions of section 19a-41-1 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies. Such court shall schedule a hearing and cause notice of the hearing to be given to the following persons: (A) The petitioner; (B) the parent or legal guardian of the child, if the parent or legal guardian are not the petitioner; (C) the registrar; and (D) any other person as the court may determine has an interest in the hearing. The registrar or the registrar's authorized representative may appear and testify at such hearing. The petitioner shall have the burden of proving the parentage of the child and that the birth occurred on the date and at the place alleged by the petitioner. If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence the parentage of the child and that the birth occurred on the date and at the place alleged by the petitioner, the court shall issue an order directing the registrar to prepare, register and file the certificate.

(3) In any proceeding under subdivision (2) of this subsection, the court, on the motion of any party or on the court's own motion, may order genetic testing, as provided in sections 46b-495 to 46b-500 , inclusive, to determine parentage. The petitioner shall be responsible for the cost of any such genetic test required by the court, except the department shall pay such cost for any petitioner who is found by the court to be indigent. If the results of such test indicate a ninety-nine per cent or greater probability that a person is the parent of the child for whom a registration of birth is sought, the results shall constitute a rebuttable presumption that the person is, in fact, the parent of the child for whom a registration of birth is sought.

(d) When a birth occurs in a moving conveyance and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state and the place where the child is first removed shall be considered the place of birth.

Admissible to corroborate accusations of paternity in bastardy action. 93 C. 321. Cited. 98 C. 543.

Cited. 9 CS 297.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-413 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113 / Section 7-413
Sec. 7-413. Examination of applicants. Certification.
Status: in_force

Cited. 147 C. 290.

It is the function of the civil service agency to determine fitness for position and its judgment will not be interfered with by courts in absence of proof of its bad faith or arbitrary, capricious or illegal action. 27 CS 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294jj — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294jj
Sec. 7-294jj. Acquisition and inventory of military designed equipment by state and municipal police. Order to sell, transfer or dispose of by office of the Governor and Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Reconsideration of order. Reporting. Prohibited use for crowd management or intimidation tactics.
Status: in_force

(1) “Law enforcement agency” means the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any municipal police department; and

(2) “Controlled equipment” means military designed equipment classified by the United States Department of Defense as part of the federal 1033 program that is (A) a controlled firearm, ammunition, bayonet, grenade launcher, grenade, including stun and flash-bang, or an explosive, (B) a controlled vehicle, highly mobile multi-wheeled vehicle, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle, truck, truck dump, truck utility or truck carryall, (C) a drone that is armored or weaponized, (D) controlled aircraft that is combat configured or combat coded or has no established commercial flight application, (E) a silencer, (F) a long-range acoustic device, or (G) an item in the federal supply class of banned items.

(b) On and after July 31, 2020, no law enforcement agency may acquire controlled equipment.

(c) Not later than December 31, 2020, each law enforcement agency shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety its inventory of controlled equipment possessed on July 31, 2020. As part of such report, the agency shall include the use or proposed use of each item in its inventory and whether such use or proposed use is necessary for the operation and safety of the department or is for relief or rescue efforts in the case of a natural disaster or for other public safety purposes.

(d) (1) The office of the Governor and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may order a law enforcement agency to lawfully sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of controlled equipment they jointly find is unnecessary for public protection. A municipal police department may request the office of the Governor and the commissioner to reconsider such order. The office of the Governor and the commissioner may jointly amend or rescind such order if the police department has held a public hearing in the municipality it serves concerning the proposed request for reconsideration and the department demonstrates in its request for reconsideration that the use or proposed use of the controlled equipment is necessary for the operation and safety of the department or is for relief or rescue efforts in the case of a natural disaster or for other public safety purposes.

(2) The office of the Governor and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall notify the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety of controlled equipment that is ordered to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(e) No law enforcement agency that is permitted to retain controlled equipment may use any such equipment for crowd management or intimidation tactics.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-189 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 99 / Section 7-189
Sec. 7-189. Form of petition.
Status: in_force

(b) Each page of such petition shall contain a statement, signed under penalties of false statement as defined in section 53a-157b , by the person who circulates the same, setting forth such circulator's name and address, and which shall be in the form as follows: “Each person whose name appears on this page signed the same in person in my presence and such person is known to me or has satisfactorily identified himself to me.” Any page of a petition which does not contain such a statement by the circulator shall be invalid.

(c) Such petition may also include, immediately after the statement provided in subsection (a) of this section, a list of general or specific recommendations for consideration by such commission.

Cited. 188 C. 276; 193 C. 1; 196 C. 623; 234 C. 513.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-276 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-276
Sec. 7-276. Powers of commissioners.
Status: reserved

Cited. 171 C. 553; 217 C. 73; 227 C. 363; 229 C. 703. Statutory policy committing selection, direction and dismissal of police officers to town is not inconsistent with grievance procedure in collective bargaining agreement covering discipline of police officers. 255 C. 800.

Cited. 41 CA 649.

Offices of police commissioner and chief of police are incompatible and, upon acceptance of one, other office is vacated. 21 CS 294. A de novo hearing on the merits does not contravene statute since only the power of appointment, promotion and removal of police officers is exclusively reserved to the commissioners. 31 CS 87. Cited. Id., 145.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-606 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 118 / Section 7-606
Sec. 7-606. Receiver of rents.
Status: in_force

(b) Any receivership established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall have priority over any other rights to receive rent and shall be terminated by the court upon its finding that the property complies with state and local environmental, health and safety codes and regulations or is in compliance with any waivers approved under section 7-605 .

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the petitioner from pursuing any other action or remedy at law or equity that it may have against the owner, agent, lessor or manager.

(d) Any owner, agent, lessor or manager who collects or attempts to collect any rent or payment for use and occupancy from any occupant of a building subject to an order appointing a receiver after due notice and hearing, shall be found to be in contempt of court.

(e) If a proceeding is initiated pursuant to sections 47a-14a to 47a-14h , inclusive, or sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i , inclusive, or if a receiver of rents is appointed pursuant to chapter 735a or pursuant to any other action involving the making of repairs to real property under court supervision, rent or use and occupancy payments shall be made pursuant to such proceeding or action without regard to whether such proceeding or action is initiated before or after a receivership is established under this section, and such proceeding or action shall take priority over a receivership established under this section in regard to expenditure of such rent or use and occupancy payments.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-170 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 98 / Section 7-170
Sec. 7-170. Bazaars and raffles; definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Applicant” means the sponsoring organization solely responsible for all charities participating in the bazaar or raffle;

(2) “Bazaar” means a place maintained by a sponsoring organization for the disposal of merchandise awards by means of chance;

(3) “Cash” means coins and paper money that is legal tender of any nation;

(4) “Coupon” means a ticket, form or document which the holder may redeem in exchange for gift cards, gift certificates, merchandise, tangible personal property, services or transportation on a common carrier, or a discount in the purchase price of gift cards, gift certificates, merchandise, tangible personal property, services or transportation on a common carrier; and

(5) “Raffle” means an arrangement for raising money by the sale of tickets, certain among which, as determined by chance after the sale, entitle the holders to prizes.

Cited. 33 CS 169.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-53 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 93 / Section 7-53
Sec. 7-53. Birth certificates of adopted persons born in this state.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and section 45a-751c , an original certificate of birth may only be issued if the person named in the certificate of birth is deceased and the person seeking to obtain such certificate of birth is an authorized applicant, as defined in section 45a-743 . Any authorized applicant seeking to obtain a copy of the original certificate of birth shall first obtain a written court order issued in accordance with section 45a-751c . Upon receipt of such court order, the registrar of vital statistics of the municipality of an adopted person's birth may issue an uncertified copy of the original certificate of birth on file, marked with a notation by the issuer that such original certificate of birth has been superseded by a replacement certificate of birth as on file.

(c) Upon written request, the registrar of vital statistics of the municipality of an adopted person's birth shall, not later than thirty days after such written request, issue an uncertified copy of an original certificate of birth to (1) such adopted person if he or she is eighteen years of age or older, or (2) such adopted person's child or grandchild, provided such child or grandchild is eighteen years of age or older. Such certificate shall be marked with a notation by the issuer that such original certificate of birth has been superseded by a replacement certificate of birth as on file. Additionally, a notice stating that information related to the birth parents' preferences regarding contact by such adopted person or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild and a medical health history form completed by the birth parent may be on file with the Department of Children and Families shall be printed on such certificate or attached thereto.

(d) Any person, except such birth or adoptive parents, such adopted person or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild, who discloses any information contained in such records, except as provided in this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(e) Whenever a certified copy of an adoption decree from a court of a foreign country, having jurisdiction of the adopted person, is filed with the department under the provisions of this section, such decree, when written in a language other than English, shall be accompanied by an English translation, which shall be subscribed and sworn to as a true translation by an American consulate officer stationed in such foreign country.

See Sec. 19a-41 re regulations specifying methods of reporting, recording, issuing, maintaining, indexing, correcting and amending vital records and statistics.

Cited. 138 C. 599. The enactment of public act 77-246 while appeal was pending effected a “substantial change in the law” concerning the disclosure of adopted persons' birth records and, thus, was not applied retroactively. 177 C. 93.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-339ee — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 105b / Section 7-339ee
Sec. 7-339ee. Criteria for establishment.
Status: in_force

(A) A portion of the real property within a tax increment district shall meet at least one of the following criteria: (i) Be a substandard, insanitary, deteriorated, deteriorating or blighted area; (ii) be in need of rehabilitation, redevelopment or conservation work; or (iii) be suitable for industrial, commercial, residential, mixed-use or retail uses, downtown development or transit-oriented development; and

(B) The original assessed value of a proposed tax increment district plus the original assessed value of all existing tax increment districts within the municipality may not exceed ten per cent of the total value of taxable property within the municipality as of October first of the year immediately preceding the establishment of the tax increment district. Excluded from the calculation in this subdivision is any tax increment district established on or after October 1, 2015, that consists entirely of contiguous property owned by a single taxpayer. For the purpose of this subdivision, “contiguous property” includes a parcel or parcels of land divided by a road, power line, railroad line or right-of-way. A municipality may not establish a tax increment district if the conditions in this subdivision are not met.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294p — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294p
Sec. 7-294p. Connecticut Police Academy. Maintenance and operation. Municipal police officer training and education extension account.
Status: in_force

(b) The department may establish and maintain a municipal police officer training and education extension account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The account shall be used for the operation of such training and education programs and sessions as the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, may establish. All proceeds derived from the operation of the training and education programs and sessions shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall be credited to and become a part of the resources of the account. All direct expenses incurred in the conduct of the training and education programs and sessions shall be charged and any payments of interest and principal of bonds or any sums transferable to any fund for the payment of interest and principal of bonds and any cost of equipment for such operations may be charged, against the account on order of the State Comptroller. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in the account to be used for training and education programs and sessions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 109 / Section 7-378a
Sec. 7-378a. Renewal of temporary notes.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-378c re effective date of section.

See Sec. 7-378e re extended time for renewal of temporary notes.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-148v — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 98 / Section 7-148v
Sec. 7-148v. Requirements for competitive bidding. Purchase from person having contract to sell goods or services.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or any municipal charter, special act or ordinance, any municipality may purchase equipment, supplies, materials or services from a person who has a contract to sell such goods or services to other state governments, political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit organizations or public purchasing consortia available through a regional educational service center or regional council of governments, in accordance with the provisions of such contract.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-405 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 112 / Section 7-405
Sec. 7-405. Expenditures by municipalities and regional school districts before adoption of budgets.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, when an annual budget of a regional school district is not approved by a majority of voters of the member towns of such district before the beginning of any fiscal year, the disbursing officer for each member town of the regional school district shall make necessary expenditures to such district in an amount equal to the total of the town's appropriation to the district for the previous fiscal year and the town's proportionate share in any increment in debt service over the previous fiscal year, until the regional school district budget is approved pursuant to section 10-51 . Each such town shall receive credit for such expenditures once the budget is approved for the fiscal year.

Limitation does not apply to taxing authority of board of selectmen. 217 C. 303.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-62b — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 93 / Section 7-62b
Sec. 7-62b. Death certificates; filing and registration; responsibilities of funeral directors and licensed embalmers; medical certification; burial of person who died from communicable disease; “presumptive” death certificates; regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The funeral director or embalmer licensed by the department, or the funeral director or embalmer licensed in another state and complying with the terms of a reciprocal agreement on file with the department, in charge of the burial of the deceased person shall complete the death certificate through the electronic death registry system, or, if the electronic death registry system is unavailable, on a form provided by the department. Said certificate shall be filed by a licensed embalmer or such embalmer's designee or a funeral director or such director's designee, in accordance with the provisions of this section, except when inquiry is required by the Chief Medical Examiner's Office, in which case the death certificate shall be filed in accordance with section 19a-409 . The Social Security number of the deceased person shall be recorded on such certificate. Such licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available and shall obtain a medical certification from the person responsible therefor, in accordance with the provisions of this section. Only a licensed embalmer may assume charge of the burial of a deceased person who had a communicable disease, as designated in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, at the time of death and such licensed embalmer shall file an affidavit, on a form provided by the department, signed and sworn to by such licensed embalmer stating that the body has been disinfected in accordance with the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.

(c) The medical certification portion of the death certificate shall be completed, signed and returned to the licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer no later than twenty-four hours after death by the physician or advanced practice registered nurse in charge of the patient's care for the illness or condition which resulted in death, or upon the death of an infant delivered by a nurse-midwife, by such nurse-midwife, as provided in section 20-86b . In the absence of such physician or advanced practice registered nurse, or with the physician's or advanced practice registered nurse's approval, the medical certification may be completed and signed by an associate physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant as provided in subsection (d) of section 20-12d , a registered nurse as provided in section 20-101a , the chief medical officer of the institution in which death occurred, or by the pathologist who performed an autopsy upon the decedent. No physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, registered nurse, nurse-midwife, chief medical officer or pathologist shall sign and return the medical certification unless such physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, registered nurse, nurse-midwife, chief medical officer or pathologist has personally viewed and examined the body of the person to whom the medical certification relates and is satisfied that at the time of the examination such person was in fact dead, except in the event a medical certification is completed by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, registered nurse, nurse-midwife, chief medical officer or pathologist other than the one who made the determination and pronouncement of death, an additional viewing and examination of the body shall not be required. Such physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, registered nurse, nurse-midwife, chief medical officer or pathologist shall certify to the facts of death through the electronic death registry system, or, if the electronic death registry is unavailable, on a form provided by the department. If a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, registered nurse, nurse-midwife, chief medical officer or pathologist refuses or otherwise fails to complete, sign and return the medical portion of the death certificate to the licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer within twenty-four hours after death, such licensed funeral director or embalmer may notify the Commissioner of Public Health of such refusal. The commissioner may, upon receipt of notification and investigation, assess a civil penalty against such physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, registered nurse, chief medical officer or pathologist not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars. The medical certification shall state the cause of death, defined so that such death may be classified under the international list of causes of death, the duration of disease if known and such additional information as the Department of Public Health requires. The department shall give due consideration to national uniformity in vital statistics in prescribing the form and content of such information.

(d) If the cause of death cannot be determined within twenty-four hours after death and inquiry is not required by the Chief Medical Examiner, the medical certification may be completed in such manner as may be provided by regulation, adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health in accordance with chapter 54. The attending physician or advanced practice registered nurse shall give the licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer notice of the reason for the delay and final disposition of the body shall not be made until a signed medical certification is obtained from the attending physician or advanced practice registered nurse.

(e) When a death is presumed to have occurred within this state but the body cannot be located, a death certificate may be prepared by the Chief Medical Examiner upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, which shall include the finding of facts required to complete the death certificate. Such death certificate shall be filed with the Department of Public Health and marked “presumptive” and shall show on its face the date of filing and shall identify the court and the date of decree.

(f) The Commissioner of Public Health may by regulation, adopted in accordance with chapter 54, provide for the extension of time periods prescribed for the filing of death certificates in cases where compliance therewith would result in undue hardship.

See Sec. 20-101a re pronouncement of death by a registered nurse.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-101a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-101a
Sec. 7-101a. Protection of municipal officers and municipal employees from damage suits. Reimbursement of defense expenses. Liability insurance. Time limit for filing notice and commencement of action.
Status: in_force

(b) In addition to the protection provided under subsection (a) of this section, each municipality shall protect and save harmless any such municipal officer or municipal employee from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand or suit instituted against such officer or employee by reason of alleged malicious, wanton or wilful act or ultra vires act, on the part of such officer or employee while acting in the discharge of his duties. In the event such officer or employee has a judgment entered against him for a malicious, wanton or wilful act in a court of law, such municipality shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee for expenses it incurred in providing such defense and shall not be held liable to such officer and employee for any financial loss or expense resulting from such act.

(c) Each such municipality may insure against the liability imposed by this section in any insurance company organized in this state or in any insurance company of another state authorized to write such insurance in this state or may elect to act as self-insurer of such liability.

(d) No action shall be maintained under this section against such municipality or employee unless such action is commenced within two years after the cause of action therefor arose nor unless written notice of the intention to commence such action and of the time when and the place where the damages were incurred or sustained has been filed with the clerk of such municipality within six months after such cause of action has accrued.

(e) For the purposes of this section “municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, district, district department of health, or authority established by the general statutes, a special act or local law, ordinance or charter or any public agency.

See Sec. 7-465 re liability of municipality for damages caused by employees.

See Sec. 10-235 re indemnification of school personnel.

See Sec. 52-557n re liability of an employee, officer or agent of a political subdivision of the state.

Statute to be given prospective application only. 190 C. 77. Cited. 197 C. 9. Statute does not apply to suits brought by municipalities against their own officers. 200 C. 367. Cited. 214 C. 632; 221 C. 149; 223 C. 731; 229 C. 716; 237 C. 501.

Cited. 1 CA 709; 4 CA 216; 28 CA 277; 38 CA 546. The language “protect and save harmless” establishes a duty to indemnify, not a duty to defend; the cause of action for plaintiff's claim for indemnification accrued, and the six month notice period and the two year limitation period of Subsec. (d) began to run, when plaintiff first could have successfully held defendant liable, which plaintiff could not have done until the prior action concluded; section does not authorize an award of costs expended to enforce the right to indemnification under this section against a municipality. 178 CA 469.

Cited. 39 CS 102; 41 CS 420; Id., 548; 44 CS 477.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-198 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 99 / Section 7-198
Sec. 7-198. Duties of commission.
Status: in_force

“Cost of such services” does not permit charges exceeding cost of acquiring, constructing and operating a sewage system; taxpayer cannot be charged for more than he is actually receiving. 171 C. 74. Cited. 179 C. 589; 188 C. 276; 208 C. 543.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-147f — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97a / Section 7-147f
Sec. 7-147f. Considerations in determining appropriateness. Solar energy systems.
Status: in_force

(b) In its deliberations, the historic district commission shall act only for the purpose of controlling the erection or alteration of buildings, structures or parking which are incongruous with the historic or architectural aspects of the district. The commission shall not consider interior arrangement or use. However, the commission may recommend adaptive reuse of any buildings or structures within the district compatible with the historic architectural aspects of the district.

Cited. 153 C. 160; 171 C. 199; 189 C. 727; 196 C. 596; 227 C. 71.

Subsec. (a):

Commission may consider historic value and significance of buildings in their existing locations, including outbuildings, as a “pertinent factor” in denying an application for alterations. 285 C. 755.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-148ee — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 98 / Section 7-148ee
Sec. 7-148ee. Establishment of corporation to manufacture, distribute, purchase or sell electricity, gas or water.
Status: in_force

(b) Any such municipality may exercise the authority provided for in subsection (a) of this section notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter or home rule ordinance, upon approval of its chief executive officer and by adoption of an ordinance approved by a two-thirds vote of its legislative body of the municipality or the board of selectmen or city or town council, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting.

(c) No corporation established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall engage in the manufacture, distribution, purchase or sale, or any combination thereof, of electricity, gas or water outside the service area of such municipal electric or gas utility or within its service area if it encroaches upon the service area or franchise area of another water or gas utility. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any municipal electric utility to engage in the sale or aggregation of electric generation services other than pursuant to section 16-245 .

See chapter 101 re municipal gas and electric plants.

See chapter 102 re municipal waterworks systems.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-438 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113 / Section 7-438
Sec. 7-438. Continuation of retirement allowance upon other public employment. Participation in state or municipal retirement system.
Status: in_force

(b) If a member is retired under this part and again accepts employment from the same municipality from which he or she was retired or any other participating municipality, he or she shall be eligible to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the municipal employees' retirement system for the period of such municipal employment. Such member shall receive no retirement allowance while so employed except if (1) such employment is for less than twenty hours per week, (2) his or her services are rendered for not more than ninety working days in any one calendar year, provided any member reemployed for a period of more than ninety working days in one calendar year shall reimburse the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund for retirement income payments received during such ninety working days, or (3) such member does not participate in the municipal employees' retirement system during the period of his or her reemployment.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, if a uniformed member of a paid municipal fire department or regular member of a paid municipal police department is retired under this part and subsequently accepts employment in a public safety position from any school district or regional school district, which district is a participating municipality, he or she shall continue to receive his or her retirement allowance while so subsequently employed, but he or she shall not be eligible to further participate or be entitled to additional credit in the municipal employees' retirement system for the period of such subsequent employment.

Subsection (b) may be reasonably understood to embody a judgment that a participating municipality should not have to contribute additional funds to a member's retirement pension while at the same time paying his salary. 326 C. 160.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-314 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-314
Sec. 7-314. Definitions. Exemption from Freedom of Information Act.
Status: in_force

(b) The records and meetings of a volunteer fire department which is established by municipal charter or constituted as a not-for-profit Connecticut corporation shall not be subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , if such records and meetings concern fraternal or social matters. Records and meetings concerning matters of public safety, expenditures of public funds or other public business shall be subject to disclosure under said sections.

Cited. 159 C. 53; 196 C. 192; 209 C. 268; 212 C. 100; 221 C. 393.

Cited. 15 CA 84.

Cited. 44 CS 230.

Subsec. (a):

Volunteer firefighters injured at “work party” while repairing firehouse roof are entitled to compensation if they were injured while performing actions that fell within definition of “fire duties” as “any other duty ordered to be performed by a superior or commanding officer in the fire department”. 285 C. 348.

Although plaintiff volunteer firefighters were injured while repairing roof of station house during “work night” organized by fire station's board of managers and supervised by fire chief, commissioner's determination that they had not been ordered to do so was supported by evidence showing that participation in event was voluntary; because plaintiffs' attendance at work night activities was voluntary, fact that they had been supervised by fire chief during project did not make those activities “fire duties” for purposes of qualifying for compensation under Subsec. 99 CA 42.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-131m — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-131m
Sec. 7-131m. Combined conservation and recreational commission.
Status: in_force

(b) Any town which has designated its conservation commission or recreational authority as the conservation and recreation commission in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may, by ordinance or by vote of its legislative body, reverse such designation and do anything to conform to the provisions of sections 7-130a to 7-130w , inclusive, and 7-131a , provided no such reversal, unless otherwise stated, shall be construed to affect the continuity of conservation or recreation programs in such town.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-131k — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-131k
Sec. 7-131k. Acceptance of federal funds.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22a-22(c) re receipt and disbursement of federal funds for planning, acquisition and development of state forest, park, fish and game facilities and for acquisition and development of lands by municipalities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-273m — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 103a / Section 7-273m
Sec. 7-273m. Distribution formula exception.
Status: in_force

(1) “Total system revenues” means passenger fares and other revenues incidental to a state-subsidized fixed-route bus system during a fiscal year ending June thirtieth, not including local, regional, state or federal payments to the operator of the system.

(2) “Total system expenses” means such a system's operating costs during such a fiscal year.

(3) “Deficit” means the difference between total system expenses and total system revenues during such a fiscal year.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-273 l , the Commissioner of Transportation shall (1) pay, from the department's appropriation for public transportation, one hundred per cent of the deficit of any state-subsidized, fixed-route bus system for which the total system revenues exceed forty per cent of the total system expenses and (2) negotiate a cost-sharing arrangement with the operators of all other state-subsidized, fixed-route bus systems. The commissioner shall recover from the federal government any operating subsidy that the operator of a system under subdivision (1) of this subsection is eligible to receive for the operation of the system and deposit such subsidy in the General Fund.

(c) No fixed-route bus system operated by a transit district shall be eligible to receive funds from the state unless such transit district has developed a plan, approved by the Department of Transportation, to coordinate bus service with transit districts which provide bus service in adjacent towns. Such program shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the Department of Transportation annually.

(d) The Commissioner of Transportation shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing requirements and standards for programs required pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-314a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-314a
Sec. 7-314a. Death, disability and injury benefits. Presumption.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purpose of this section, the average weekly wage of a volunteer fireman or volunteer ambulance service member shall be construed to be the average production wage in the state as determined by the Labor Commissioner under the provisions of section 31-309 .

(c) For the purpose of this section, there shall be no prorating of compensation benefits because of other employment by a volunteer fireman or volunteer ambulance service provider.

(d) For the purpose of adjudication of claims for the payment of benefits under the provisions of chapter 568, any condition of impairment of health occurring to an active member of a volunteer fire department or organization certified as a volunteer ambulance service in accordance with section 19a-180 while such member is in training for or engaged in volunteer fire duty or such ambulance service, caused by hypertension or heart disease resulting in death or temporary or permanent total or partial disability, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty and within the scope of his employment, provided such member had previously successfully passed a physical examination by a licensed physician appointed by such department or ambulance service which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition.

(e) Any member of a volunteer fire company or department or organization certified as a volunteer ambulance service in accordance with section 19a-180 performing fire duties or such ambulance service pursuant to a mutual aid understanding between municipalities shall be entitled to all benefits pursuant to this section and shall be construed to be an employee of the municipality in which his fire company or department or such ambulance service is located.

(f) Any member of a volunteer fire company or department and any temporary emergency worker utilized under subsection (d) of section 23-37 , who performs fire duties under the direction of the State Forest Fire Warden, state forest fire personnel or district or deputy fire warden under the supervision of the State Forest Fire Warden pursuant to section 23-37 , shall be construed to be an employee of the state for the purpose of receiving compensation in accordance with the provisions of chapter 568 for death, disability or injury incurred while performing such fire duties under such direction.

Workmen's compensation commissioners have jurisdiction over claims arising under statute; volunteer firemen injured on duty come within this section, not Sec. 31-310, although regularly employed in an industry. 159 C. 53. Section speaks to the conduct of towns. 209 C. 268. Cited. 220 C. 739; 223 C. 911; 224 C. 479.

Cited. 15 CA 84; 37 CA 835; 38 CA 754. Term “fire duties” does not encompass conduct of volunteer firefighter departing firehouse to tend to his personal affairs. 180 CA 717; judgment affirmed, see 332 C. 93.

Cited. 44 CS 230.

Subsec. (a):

Volunteer firefighter's participation in basketball program arranged by the volunteer fire department does not constitute training. 281 C. 600.

“In training for” means a person is being trained in fire duties, rather than in general physical fitness. 95 CA 52.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-137 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-137
Sec. 7-137. Regional economic development commissions.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 8-139 re joint action by two or more municipalities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-406m — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 112a / Section 7-406m
Sec. 7-406m. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Municipal pension solvency account” means the account created in section 7-406n ;

(2) “Loan program” means the loans given to municipalities by the state pursuant to sections 7-406n and 7-406o ;

(3) “Municipality” means any metropolitan district, town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, city, borough, village, fire and sewer district, sewer district or public authority and each municipal organization having authority to levy and collect taxes or make charges for its authorized function;

(4) “Municipal pension solvency loan” means a loan made to a recipient by the state from the municipal pension solvency account;

(5) “Municipal pension solvency account agreement” means a written agreement between the state, acting by and through the Treasurer and a recipient with respect to a municipal pension solvency loan as provided under sections 7-406n and 7-406o ;

(6) “Priority list of eligible municipalities” means the list established by the Treasurer and the secretary pursuant to subsection (f) of section 7-406n ;

(7) “Recipient” means a municipality receiving a municipal pension solvency loan;

(8) “State bond anticipation note” means any note or notes issued by the state in anticipation of the issuance of bonds;

(9) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee;

(10) “Treasurer” means the State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee;

(11) “Actuarial valuation” means a determination, certified by an enrolled actuary by a method and using assumptions meeting the parameters established by generally accepted accounting principles, of the normal cost, actuarial accrued liability, actuarial value of assets and related actuarial present values for a pension fund of a municipality as of a valuation date not more than thirty months preceding the date of any municipal pension solvency loan given to a municipality by the state pursuant to sections 7-406n and 7-406o , together with an actuarial update of such valuation as of a date not more than three months preceding the date of any such loan;

(12) “Actuarially recommended contribution” means the annual required contribution of the municipality to the pension fund of the municipality, as established by the actuarial valuation and determined by an enrolled actuary in a method and using assumptions meeting the parameters established by generally accepted accounting principles;

(13) “Chief executive officer” means (A) for a municipality, as defined in section 7-187 , the officer defined in section 7-193 , (B) for a metropolitan district, the officer defined in the special act, charter, local ordinance or other local law applicable to such metropolitan district, (C) for a district, as defined in section 7-324 , the president of its board of directors, (D) for a regional school district, the chairperson of its regional board of education, and (E) for any other municipal corporation having the power to levy taxes and to issue bonds, notes or other obligations, such officer as prescribed by the general statutes or in any special act, charter, special act charter, home-rule ordinance, local ordinance or local law applicable to such municipal corporation;

(14) “Enrolled actuary” means a person who is enrolled by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries, established under Subtitle C of Title III of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time amended;

(15) “Obligation” means any bond or any other transaction that constitutes debt in accordance with both municipal reporting standards required under section 7-394a and the regulations prescribing municipal financial reporting adopted by the secretary pursuant to said section 7-394a ; and

(16) “Unfunded past benefit obligation” means the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the pension fund determined by a method and using assumptions meeting the parameters established by generally accepted accounting principles.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-148a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 98 / Section 7-148a
Sec. 7-148a. Compilations of ordinances and special acts; supplements.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 51-197b re administrative appeals.

Deposit of compilation of town ordinances in county bar library is directive and failure to do so does not invalidate such ordinances. 29 CS 59.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-121c — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-121c
Sec. 7-121c. Municipal guarantee of notes and bonds issued by water authority re water distribution system.
Status: in_force

(b) Any funds so loaned by a town to the authority shall be evidenced by such notes or other evidences of indebtedness as may be appropriate. Any member town is authorized to enter into an agreement to lend such funds as may be required upon complying with such procedures as may be prescribed by such town for the issuance of general obligation bonds of such town provided, any such town may lend such funds as part of its general operating budget. Such funds as may be received by such town from the authority shall be used by the town as it shall determine in its budget.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-147p — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97a / Section 7-147p
Sec. 7-147p. Historic property ordinances authorized. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(b) Any municipality may, by ordinance and in conformance with the standards and criteria formulated by the Department of Economic and Community Development, designate within its confines an historic property or properties to promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the public through the preservation and protection of the distinctive characteristics of individual buildings and places associated with the history of or indicative of a period or style of architecture of the municipality, of the state or of the nation.

(c) The legislative body of any municipality may make appropriations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-47b — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 93 / Section 7-47b
Sec. 7-47b. Record keeping of personal data by institutions. Release or disposal of dead body or dead fetus.
Status: in_force

(b) When a dead body or dead fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the decedent, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body or fetus is released, and the date of removal from the institution. If final disposition is made by the institution, the date, place, and manner of disposition shall also be recorded.

(c) Any record required to be kept under this section may be destroyed when the person to whom the record relates is released by the institution, except that if the filing of a birth, death or fetal death certificate is required concerning such person, the record shall not be destroyed until the appropriate certificate is properly filed and registered.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-277a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-277a
Sec. 7-277a. Police assistance agreements and requests for aid.
Status: in_force

(2) Notwithstanding any agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and notwithstanding any provision or requirement of state or local law, the chief of police of any municipality, or such chief's designee may, whenever necessary to respond to an emergency situation in the municipality, request the chief of police, or such chief's designee, of any other municipality to furnish for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours such police assistance as is necessary to meet such situation and the chief of police of the municipality receiving such request, or such chief's designee, may assign and make available for duty in such other municipality, under the direction and command of an officer designated for the purpose, such part of the police forces under his or her control as he or she deems consistent with the safety and well-being of the municipality. The chief of police, or such chief's designee, of the municipality supplying such assistance shall notify the chief executive officer of such municipality of the request for and provision of assistance pursuant to this subdivision. Unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the police chief, or chief's designee, of the municipality supplying assistance and the police chief, or chief's designee, of the municipality receiving assistance pursuant to this subdivision, the municipality supplying such assistance shall bear the costs for all expenditures incurred in providing such assistance, including payments for death, disability or injury of employees and losses or damages to supplies or equipment incurred in providing such assistance.

(3) Any police officer providing police assistance pursuant to this subsection shall have the same powers, duties, privileges and immunities as are conferred on the police officers of the municipality requesting assistance.

(b) The chief executive officer of any institution which maintains a special police force, established under the provisions of section 10a-156b , and the chief of police of the Office of State Capitol Police, established under the provisions of section 2-1f , may enter into an agreement with one or more municipalities to furnish or receive police assistance under the same conditions and terms specified in subsection (a) of this section for agreements between municipalities.

(c) The chief executive officer of any town, city or borough which provides police protection solely by a constabulary force may enter into an agreement with one or more municipalities to furnish or receive police assistance under the conditions and terms specified in subsection (a) of this section for agreements between municipalities.

(d) The chief executive officer of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, who has entered into a memoranda of agreement pursuant to section 47-65c to establish the authority of the tribe's police department and police officers to exercise law enforcement powers pursuant to sections 7-294a to 7-294e , inclusive, may enter into an agreement with one or more municipalities to furnish or receive police assistance under the conditions and terms specified in subsection (a) of this section for agreements between municipalities, provided such memoranda of agreement is in effect.

Cited. 227 C. 363.

Cited. 29 CA 207.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294ss — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294ss
Sec. 7-294ss. Development and promulgation of model policy re use of seat safety belts by persons being transported in municipal police vehicles.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after April 1, 2024, if the chief law enforcement officer of a municipal law enforcement unit finds, through procedures developed pursuant to subsection (g) of section 7-294d , that a municipal police officer has engaged in conduct that constitutes a violation of the policy established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and that such violation undermines public confidence in the municipal law enforcement unit, the chief law enforcement officer shall report such violation to the Police Officer Standards and Training Council. Said council shall thereafter conduct a de novo review of the matter. Whenever the council believes there is a reasonable basis for suspension, cancellation or revocation of the certification of a municipal police officer due to the reported violation, the council shall give notice and an adequate opportunity for a hearing to such officer prior to such suspension, cancellation or revocation. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If the council finds by clear and convincing evidence that a violation of this section has occurred, the council may suspend, revoke or cancel the certificate of the certificate holder in accordance with the provisions of section 7-294d .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-396a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 111 / Section 7-396a
Sec. 7-396a. Audits of agencies receiving state grants.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, in the case of an agreement for a state grant entered into between a state agency and a public or private agency where the state agency has received funding for such grant from the federal government, the cost of any required audit shall be considered an allowable expense under such grant agreement, provided the cost of such audit is an allowable expense under the federal grant regulations.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-479b — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113a / Section 7-479b
Sec. 7-479b. Membership in interlocal risk management agency; bylaws; administration of different risk management pools.
Status: in_force

(b) The bylaws of an interlocal risk management agency shall provide that any municipality in this state may join the interlocal risk management agency provided it agrees to comply with the standards for membership, including risk management standards, established by the agency and may be a member as long as it complies with the standards for membership.

(c) All interlocal risk management pools shall be separate, but may be administered by a single interlocal risk management agency. Upon the vote of the board of directors of an interlocal risk management agency, a pool administered by it may lend funds to another pool administered by it.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-476 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113 / Section 7-476
Sec. 7-476. Existing bargaining unit not altered during term of agreement.
Status: in_force

Cited. 171 C. 347; Id., 553; 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 182 C. 93; 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.

Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.

A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294rr — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294rr
Sec. 7-294rr. Police officer assistance to adult victim of sexual assault.
Status: in_force

(1) Assisting the victim to obtain medical treatment if such treatment is required;

(2) Informing the victim of services available, including providing the victim with (A) contact information for a regional sexual assault organization that employs, or provides referrals to, counselors who are trained in providing trauma-informed care, and (B) a copy of the information concerning services and resources available to victims of sexual assault published pursuant to section 10-10g ;

(3) If there is a child at the scene or present at the time of the filing of a complaint, and such child's parent or guardian is also present, providing such parent or guardian with a copy of the documents concerning behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources available to children developed pursuant to section 17a-22r for the appropriate mental health region; and

(4) Referring the victim to the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Branch.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-190 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 99 / Section 7-190
Sec. 7-190. Commission: Appointment, membership, duties, report, termination.
Status: in_force

(b) The appointing authority shall direct the commission to consider those recommendations included in the petition and may make other recommendations to the commission. The commission may also consider other items for inclusion in the proposed charter, other changes to the charter or home rule ordinance and such other items as it deems desirable or necessary. The commission shall in its reports comment on each recommendation which it has been directed to consider, if any, and on such other changes or items. The appointing authority shall specify by resolution when the commission shall submit its draft report, which shall be not later than sixteen months from the date of its appointment.

(c) The commission shall terminate upon acceptance or rejection of its final report by the appointing authority.

Cited. 150 C. 27; 184 C. 30. Interpretation of statute not unconstitutional. 188 C. 276. Cited. 193 C. 1; 196 C. 623; 234 C. 513.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-127h — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-127h
Sec. 7-127h. Multipurpose senior centers. Establishment by municipalities. Services, programs provided.
Status: in_force

(b) A multipurpose senior center established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may provide assistance, including, but not limited to: (1) Nutrition services; (2) health programs, including, but not limited to, mental health, behavioral health and wellness programs; (3) employment assistance; (4) intergenerational initiatives; (5) community service and civic engagement opportunities; (6) public benefits counseling; (7) socialization and educational opportunities; (8) transportation; (9) peer counseling; (10) financial and retirement counseling; (11) arts and recreation programs; and (12) case management services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-20 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 92 / Section 7-20
Sec. 7-20. Acting town clerk.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.

Cited. 41 CS 267.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-273l — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 103a / Section 7-273l
Sec. 7-273l. Application for state funds. Distribution formula. Conditions for receiving funds. Municipal transit service. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Each transit district established under this chapter or any special act may (1) impose service charges and user fees on persons using transit systems operated by such district, and (2) apply for funding from the Department of Transportation in accordance with the provisions of this section to finance the construction, acquisition, purchase, lease or operation of a mass transit system and related programs authorized under section 7-273b . Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1984, until June 30, 2024, inclusive, the commissioner shall distribute such funds to each transit district located in an urbanized area or a rural area in the same manner as the formula specified under 49 USC 5307, as amended from time to time, or 49 USC 5311, as amended from time to time. Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the commissioner shall distribute such funds to each transit district located in a rural area in the same manner as the formula specified under 49 USC 5311, as amended from time to time. Any municipality providing transit service that is not part of a transit district may either establish a transit district under the provisions of this chapter to assume operating control of such service or negotiate an agreement with the Department of Transportation to administer the operation of such service. In the latter case, the department shall provide financial assistance to such municipality according to the formula specified in this section. As a condition of receiving any funds under this subsection, a transit district or municipality shall meet eligibility criteria established by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, deriving a portion of operating costs from service charges, user fees, federal or local subsidies and sources other than from state subsidies.

(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall distribute to each transit district located in an urbanized area an amount equivalent to the total amount of funds distributed to the transit district pursuant to subsection (b) of this section by the commissioner during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

(d) In addition to the funding distributed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall establish a grant program to assist transit districts located in urbanized areas to maintain and expand transit services, provide regional transit services and upgrade the equipment, facilities and infrastructure incident to the provision of transit services. The commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria, an application process, evaluation criteria and reporting requirements for the grant program. The commissioner shall prioritize grant awards to transit districts where the municipality that formed the transit district has a population of one hundred thousand or more, as determined by the most recent population estimate by the Department of Public Health, and transit districts where the member municipalities included in the transit district have a combined population of one hundred thousand or more.

(e) The Commissioner of Transportation shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the purposes of this section.

See Sec. 13b-38 re advice and assistance by Commissioner of Transportation to transit districts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-273o — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 103a / Section 7-273o
Sec. 7-273o. Political advertising at transit district and parking authority facilities.
Status: in_force

(b) No transit district or parking authority that allows the placement of any advertising, whether placed directly by such transit district or parking authority or by any third party or independent contractor, on or within its facilities, including, but not limited to, advertising on or within any vehicle, or on any bus shelter operated by such transit district, parking authority, third party or independent contractor, shall prohibit the placement of political advertising on or within such facilities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-148rr — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 98 / Section 7-148rr
Sec. 7-148rr. Municipal function. Appointment by interlocal agreement or agreement for regional services. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Any appointment that a municipality is authorized or required by law to make on its own behalf with respect to a municipal function may be made by a regional council of governments or jointly with one or more other municipalities pursuant to an interlocal agreement for the joint performance of municipal functions pursuant to section 7-148cc or an agreement for regional services pursuant to section 8-31b . Such appointment shall pertain jointly to each municipality that is a party to such agreement and be in lieu of any individual appointment by any such municipality. The provisions of this subsection shall supersede any provision of the general statutes or any special act, charter, special act charter, home rule ordinance or local law that would prohibit or limit the ability to make such joint appointments, including, but not limited to, any provision that (1) prohibits a municipality from entering into an agreement for shared services, (2) requires an appointee to fulfill such appointee's duties to the exclusion of other employment, (3) requires an appointee to reside within a particular municipality, or (4) requires a municipality to make an individual appointment.

(c) For the purposes of this section, a municipal function shall include, but not be limited to, administrative and regulatory activities described in chapters 93, 96a and 100, sections 7-148b , 7-148g , 7-148p , 8-3 , 12-136 , 22-331 , 22-340 , 22a-36 to 22a-45 , inclusive, and 29-251 to 29-371 , inclusive, and planning activities described in sections 8-23 , 8-30j and 19a-181b .

(d) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-510 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 115 / Section 7-510
Sec. 7-510. State grants to municipalities based on housing units. Distribution formula.
Status: in_force

(1) “Federal housing units” means public housing units assisted by the United States under the United States Housing Act, as amended, that are owned by a local housing authority and listed in the 1994 Catalogue of Public Assisted Housing prepared by the Connecticut Department of Housing;

(2) “State housing units” means governmentally assisted housing units as reported on the 1996 Affordable Housing Appeals Procedure List, not including federal units; and

(3) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.

(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish a grant program to municipalities, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, based on the number of federal and state housing units in each municipality. The amount of each grant shall be determined as follows: (1) Seventy-five per cent of the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section shall be distributed pro rata on the basis of the number of federal housing units in each municipality; and (2) twenty-five per cent of such amount shall be distributed on the basis of the number of state housing units in each municipality.

(c) On or before September 1, 1999, the secretary shall calculate the amount due each municipality in accordance with the formula prescribed in subsection (b) of this section and shall certify to the State Comptroller the amount due to each municipality.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-60 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 93 / Section 7-60
Sec. 7-60. Fetal death certificates.
Status: in_force

(b) For each fetal death occurring after a period of gestation of not less than twenty weeks, a fetal death certificate shall be filed with the registrar of vital statistics in the manner required by sections 7-48 and 7-51 with respect to the filing, content and issuance of birth certificates. A fetal death certificate shall be signed by a physician or, when no physician was in attendance, by the nurse-midwife in attendance at the birth, the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an associate medical examiner or an authorized assistant medical examiner. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a father or mother when a birth occurs outside an institution and a physician or midwife is not in attendance at such birth, as described in subsection (c) of section 7-48 .

(c) Such certificate shall include, on a confidential portion of the certificate, any additional information required by the department, provided the information obtained under this section shall be used only for medical and health purposes.

Statute does not address fetal autopsies. 46 CS 204.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-605 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 118 / Section 7-605
Sec. 7-605. Waiver of codes and regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) A neighborhood revitalization zone committee may determine, by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting scheduled for such purpose and conducted within the boundaries of the zone, if practical, that a provision of a state or local environmental, health or safety code or regulation jeopardizes implementation of the strategic plan and may request a waiver of such provision, provided such request complies with subsection (a) of this section. The committee shall forward such waiver request to the chief executive official of the municipality. Within five business days of receipt of the request, the chief executive official shall forward a copy thereof to the local official responsible for code enforcement, if any, and to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. If the request is for waiver of a state code or regulation, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, within five business days of receipt, notify the state official responsible for enforcement of the code or regulation that a provision of such code or regulation is requested to be waived. The state official or local official shall conduct a public hearing on the waiver within thirty calendar days of receipt of the request at a place determined by the chief executive official. Within fifteen business days of the conclusion of the hearing, the state official or local official shall notify, in writing, the chief executive official of his decision. The decision of the state official or local official shall be final.

(c) Any abandoned or vacant property located in a neighborhood revitalization zone established pursuant to sections 7-600 to 7-602 , inclusive, shall be deemed to be in continuous use for purposes of enforcement of state or local environmental, health and safety codes or regulations.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-240 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 102 / Section 7-240
Sec. 7-240. Separate accounts.
Status: in_force

Section solely governs municipal water utility financing and cannot be construed to diminish municipality's public health or environmental protection responsibilities. 262 C. 758.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-571 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 117 / Section 7-571
Sec. 7-571. Establishment of special capital reserve fund to secure general obligations.
Status: in_force

(b) The special capital reserve fund shall consist of (1) bond proceeds and other moneys of the municipality available to be deposited therein and (2) any money made available therefor by the state in accordance with this section. All moneys held in the special capital reserve fund, except as hereinafter provided, shall be used to pay interest due and owing in respect of general obligations of the municipality secured by such special capital reserve fund and for the redemption and retirement of such general obligations as they mature or become due pursuant to any sinking fund redemption provisions, or for the redemption and retirement of such general obligations pursuant to any refinancing or refunding provided any such refinancing or refunding obligations are not supported by any special capital reserve fund and any amounts in such special capital reserve fund are first applied to repay to the state any amounts which the state has paid or deposited in the special capital reserve fund and which the municipality has not repaid to the state. Income and interest from the investment of moneys in the special capital reserve fund shall be retained therein to meet any deficiencies in the maximum required capital reserve. Any amounts in excess of the maximum required capital reserve may be transferred first to the state in an amount equal to the aggregate amount transferred by the state for deposit in the special capital payment fund minus the aggregate amount of all previous reimbursements to the state, second to the debt service payment fund until the moneys in the debt service reserve fund equal or exceed the debt service payment requirement, and third to the municipality. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, no municipality shall issue an obligation secured by a special capital reserve fund unless and until there is in the special capital reserve fund moneys and investments in an aggregate amount equal to the maximum required capital reserve, after giving effect to such obligations being issued. Any municipality may appropriate and deposit bond proceeds into the special capital reserve fund to bring the amount of money and investments therein to the maximum required capital reserve. Any requirement set forth in sections 7-560 to 7-579 , inclusive, pertaining to the special capital reserve fund may be modified to the extent necessary to comply with any covenant of the municipality necessary to ensure the exclusion of interest on general obligations of the municipality supported by the special capital reserve fund from gross income for federal income tax purposes. On or before December first of each year, there is deemed to be appropriated from the state General Fund such sums, if any, as shall be certified by the chief executive officer of a certified or designated municipality to the secretary, the Treasurer and the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission for a certified municipality or a designated tier I municipality, or the Municipal Accountability Review Board, for a designated tier II, III or IV municipality, as necessary to restore special capital reserve fund to an amount equal to the minimum required capital reserve, and such amounts shall be allotted and paid from the General Fund of the state to the trustee for deposit in the special capital reserve fund. Such amounts, if any, shall be repaid by the municipality to the state and credited to the General Fund as soon as possible, from any moneys available therefor. For purposes of valuation of the special capital reserve fund, securities acquired as an investment for such fund shall be valued at par, actual cost to the certified or designated municipality or market value, whichever value is lower.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-246f — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 103 / Section 7-246f
Sec. 7-246f. Community sewerage systems.
Status: in_force

(b) If the association owning a community sewerage system fails to take any action in accordance with requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the municipal water pollution control authority may take any such action on behalf of the association or any other action within the powers granted to such authority which is necessary to ensure the effective operation of the system and to prevent pollution of the waters of the state. For the purposes of this section, the authority shall have the right to enter upon the properties and land subject to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section. Except where delay would result in pollution of the waters of the state, no such action shall be taken unless the association has been given written notice ten days prior to any such proposed action, and has been afforded an opportunity to be heard on such proposed action. A municipal water pollution control authority may recover the cost of taking any action pursuant to this subsection by levying assessments, in the manner described in section 7-249 , or charges, in the manner described in section 7-255 , against the properties served by the system. Control over the operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the system shall be returned to the association, or to a successor thereto, upon provision to the municipal water pollution control authority of adequate assurances that the requirements of subsection (a) of this section will be met, providing that nothing contained in this subsection shall limit the powers conferred on municipal water pollution control authorities by section 7-247 . Should the system be designed or intended to serve additional properties that subsequently are to be subject to subsection (a) of this section, such properties and the owner or owners thereof shall be subject to the provisions of this section in the same manner as were the properties held by the association or the members thereof.

(c) Certification by a municipal water pollution control authority to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in a form satisfactory to the commissioner, that it will require a community sewerage system not owned by the municipality to be owned and managed in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be sufficient for the municipal water pollution control authority to establish that it will ensure effective management of such system as required by subsection (b) of section 7-246 , provided that nothing contained in this section shall limit the power and duties conferred on the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection by sections 22a-427 to 22a-438 , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-51a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 93 / Section 7-51a
Sec. 7-51a. Copies of vital records. Access to vital records by members of genealogical societies. Marriage and civil union licenses. Death certificates. Issuance of certified copies of electronically filed certificates.
Status: in_force

(b) For marriage and civil union licenses, the Social Security numbers of the parties to the marriage or civil union shall be recorded in the “administrative purposes” section of the marriage or civil union license and the application for such license. All persons specified on the license, including the parties to the marriage or civil union, officiator and local registrar shall have access to the Social Security numbers specified on the marriage or civil union license and the application for such license for the purpose of processing the license. Only the parties to a marriage or civil union, or entities authorized by state or federal law, may receive a certified copy of a marriage or civil union license with the Social Security numbers included on the license. Any other individual, researcher or state or federal agency requesting a certified or uncertified copy of any marriage or civil union license in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be provided such copy with such Social Security numbers removed or redacted, or with the “administrative purposes” section omitted.

(c) For deaths occurring on or after July 1, 1997, the Social Security number of the deceased person shall be recorded in the “administrative purposes” section of the death certificate. Such administrative purposes section, and the Social Security number contained therein, shall be restricted and disclosed only to the following eligible parties: (1) All parties specified on the death certificate, including the informant, licensed funeral director, licensed embalmer, conservator, surviving spouse, physician or advanced practice registered nurse and town clerk, for the purpose of processing the certificate, (2) the surviving spouse, (3) the next of kin, or (4) any state and federal agencies authorized by federal law. The department shall provide any other individual, researcher or state or federal agency requesting a certified or uncertified death certificate, or the information contained within such certificate, for a death occurring on or after July 1, 1997, such certificate or information. The decedent's Social Security number shall be removed or redacted from such certificate or information or the administrative purposes section shall be omitted from such certificate.

(d) The registrar of vital statistics of any town or city in this state that has access to an electronic vital records system, as authorized by the department, may use such system to issue certified copies of birth, death, fetal death or marriage certificates that are electronically filed in such system.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-233y — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 101a / Section 7-233y
Sec. 7-233y. Municipal energy conservation and load management fund.
Status: in_force

(b) There is hereby created a municipal energy conservation and load management fund in each municipal electric energy cooperative created pursuant to this chapter, which fund shall be a separate and dedicated fund to be held and administered by such cooperative. Each municipal electric utility created pursuant to chapter 101 or by special act that is a member or participant in such a municipal electric energy cooperative shall accrue and deposit such amounts as specified in subsection (a) of this section into such fund. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fiscal year next succeeding. Disbursements from the fund shall be made pursuant to the comprehensive electric conservation and load management plan prepared by the cooperative in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.

(c) Such cooperative shall, annually, adopt a comprehensive plan for the expenditure of such funds by the cooperative on behalf of such municipal electric utilities for the purpose of carrying out electric conservation, investments in renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and electric load management programs funded by the charge accrued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The cooperative shall expend or cause to be expended the amounts held in such fund in conformity with the adopted plan. The plan may direct the expenditure of funds on facilities or measures located in any one or more of the service areas of the municipal electric utilities who are members or participants in such cooperative and may provide for the establishment of goals and standards for measuring the cost effectiveness of expenditures made from such fund, for the minimization of federally mandated congestion charges and for achieving appropriate geographic coverage and scope in each such service area. Such plan shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan of the Energy Conservation Management Board established under section 16-245m . Such cooperative, annually, shall submit its plan to such board for review.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 90 / Section 7-8
Sec. 7-8. Power of moderator.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 53a-182 re disorderly conduct.

The enforcement of this provision requires no issue of process. 65 C. 30. Cited. 135 C. 150.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-273pp — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 103b / Section 7-273pp
Sec. 7-273pp. Investment in bonds. Negotiability. Liens.
Status: in_force

(b) Whether or not the bonds of an authority created pursuant to this chapter are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under article 8 of title 42a, such bonds shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of said article 8 of title 42a, subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registration.

(c) Any pledge made by a municipality or an authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and any revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by such municipality or authority shall be subject immediately to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the municipality or the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-339r — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 105a / Section 7-339r
Sec. 7-339r. Tax levy for benefit of special services district.
Status: in_force

(b) In order to provide that different areas, and different land use categories, within any such special services district may share equitably in the funding of such district in proportion to the different benefits to be derived therefrom, an ordinance establishing a special services district may divide such district into subdistricts, and such ordinance may further provide a separate basis for the determination of the levy recommended pursuant to subdivision (5) of section 7-339n on taxable interests in real property within each such subdistrict.

(c) (1) An ordinance establishing a special services district may create, for taxing purposes only, different categories of land use within such district, and such ordinance may further provide a separate basis for the determination of the levy recommended pursuant to subdivision (5) of section 7-339n on each such category of land use. (2) If an ordinance establishing such a district divides such district into subdistricts, and if such ordinance also creates different land use categories, such ordinance may also provide a basis for the determination of the levy recommended pursuant to subdivision (5) of section 7-339n on taxable interests in real property in a land use category in any such subdistrict which is different from the basis for determining the levy recommended on taxable interests in real property in the same land use category in another subdistrict or in other subdistricts.

(d) An ordinance establishing a special services district shall provide that, when the board of commissioners of such district shall, in a timely manner, recommend to the legislative body of the municipality in which such district is located a levy upon the taxable interests in real property within such district, pursuant to subdivision (5) of section 7-339n and pursuant to such ordinance, it shall be the obligation of such legislative body to impose such levy as a municipal levy, and such levy shall be in addition to the regular municipal levy, and it shall be the obligation of the municipality to collect such levy for the benefit of such district. All moneys received by the board of commissioners of any such district or by a municipality on behalf of any such district shall be paid into the general fund of such municipality where an account shall be maintained of such moneys for the benefit of such district. Any provision of the general statutes, any special act or any municipal charter to the contrary notwithstanding, the treasurer of such municipality shall disburse such funds in accordance with an annual budget adopted by the board of commissioners of such district.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294ii — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294ii
Sec. 7-294ii. Requirements re police officer affixing and displaying badge and name tag on uniform. Development and promulgation of model policy.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than December 31, 2020, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall jointly develop and promulgate a model policy to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Such model policy shall include, but not be limited to, the time, place and manner for ensuring compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Such model policy may include specified instances when compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be required due to public safety-related considerations or other practical considerations, including, but not limited to, the sensitive nature of a police investigation or a police officer's involvement in an undercover assignment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-464b — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113 / Section 7-464b
Sec. 7-464b. Agreements between municipalities and public school operators to provide employee medical or health care benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) Before a municipality or a public school operator may enter into an agreement described in subsection (a) of this section, the legislative body of a municipality shall approve such an agreement in cases where: (1) There is an existing arrangement between a municipality and the public school operator serving such municipality for the provision of medical or health care benefits to the employees of both the municipality and the public school operator serving such municipality; or (2) a municipality and the public school operator serving such municipality have separate medical or health care benefits plans for their respective employees and both such benefits plans are paid for by the general fund of the municipality.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-157 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 98 / Section 7-157
Sec. 7-157. Publication. Referendum. Publication of summary.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever any town, city, borough or fire district is required to publish any proposed ordinance or ordinance in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the legislative body of such town, city, borough or fire district may provide that a summary of such proposed ordinance or ordinance shall be published in lieu of such proposed ordinance or ordinance, provided that, in any case in which such a summary is published, the clerk of such town, city, borough or fire district shall make a copy of such proposed ordinance or ordinance available for public inspection and shall, upon request, mail a copy of such or proposed ordinance or ordinance to any person requesting a copy at no charge to such person. Any summary so published shall bear a disclaimer as follows: “This document is prepared for the benefit of the public, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation. This document does not represent the intent of the legislative body of (here insert the name of the town, city, borough or fire district) for any purpose.” The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any proposed ordinance or ordinance which makes or requires an appropriation.

(c) No ordinance enacted prior to June 1, 1992, shall be invalid for failure of a municipality to comply with the provisions of this section and each municipality shall be held harmless from any liability or causes of action which might arise from such failure. If a person affected by an ordinance shows prejudice because of the failure of the municipality to comply with such provision, no penalties may be imposed against such person pursuant to the ordinance. Any ordinance enacted prior to June 1, 1992, for which the provisions of this section were not complied with shall be deemed to be effective thirty days after such enactment.

See Secs. 7-9 re petitions for action for vote.

See Sec. 7-148 re municipal powers.

See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.

Cited. 118 C. 9; 129 C. 109; 146 C. 720; 152 C. 318; 175 C. 576.

Cited. 46 CA 305.

Cited. 36 CS 74; 43 CS 297.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-32 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 92 / Section 7-32
Sec. 7-32. Index of surveys and maps.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-34a re fees charged by town clerks.

See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.

Purpose and effect of index; does not obviate necessity for specific reference to map in a duly recorded deed. 108 C. 541.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-296 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-296
Sec. 7-296. Reserve fund of police department.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-285 re sales of unclaimed goods by police departments.

See Sec. 50-14 re disposition of lost goods after expiration of time for making claim.

Does not prohibit by implication deductions from pay of policemen. 137 C. 43.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-406c — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 112 / Section 7-406c
Sec. 7-406c. Uniform system of accounting for municipal revenues and expenditures. Municipality to file financial data.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than June 30, 2015, each municipality shall implement the uniform system of accounting for municipal revenues and expenditures developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by using such uniform system to complete and file annual reports with the Office of Policy and Management as may be required by the secretary in order to increase transparency regarding municipal expenditures and to meet the state's benchmarking goals. Any annual report required pursuant to this subsection shall be filed not later than January thirty-first annually.

(c) Not later than January 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, each municipality shall file financial data with the Office of Policy and Management. Such data shall (1) be filed electronically, in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, and (2) contain such municipality's audited financial statements and any other information required by said secretary to determine the financial condition of such municipality.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-455 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113 / Section 7-455
Sec. 7-455. Referendum.
Status: in_force

(2) The legislative body of any municipality which has a retirement system, whether the system was established by special act or otherwise, may subdivide the system into two parts, each of which parts shall be deemed to constitute a separate retirement system; one part, which shall be known as Part A, shall be composed of positions of members of such system who have not expressed a desire for social security coverage, and the positions covered by such system of individuals who are ineligible to become members of such system; the second part, which shall be known as Part B, shall be composed of the positions of members of such system who have expressed their desire for social security coverage, and the positions of all individuals becoming members of such system after the date social security coverage is extended. Whenever the legislative body of a municipality has authorized the subdivision of its retirement system in this manner, the Governor shall authorize a vote among the members of such system on the question of whether they wish to be covered under an agreement under sections 7-452 to 7-455 , inclusive. The Governor shall designate the commission to supervise the conduct of such vote in accordance with the requirements of Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act. For purposes of such vote, an individual in a position to which an agreement under sections 7-452 to 7-455 , inclusive, already applies or in a position excluded pursuant to Section 218(d)(5) of the Social Security Act shall not be considered a member of the retirement system with respect to which the vote is being conducted. For the purposes of such vote and of coverage under the system, an individual who is in a position covered by such retirement system and who is not a member thereof, but who is eligible to be such a member, shall be considered to be such a member, and such coverage shall be obtained for any such individual to the extent permitted by Section 218(d)(6)(E) of the Social Security Act. The position of any member of Part A may be transferred to Part B in the manner and to the extent permitted by Section 218 of the Social Security Act. Nothing in this part shall be construed as permitting a referendum among the members of the Teachers' Retirement Association in accordance with Section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act, or vote of said members in accordance with Section 218(d)(7) of said act.

(3) The notice of referendum or vote required by Section 218(d)(3)(c) or Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act, as the case may be, to be given to employees shall contain or shall be accompanied by a statement, in such form and such detail as the commission deems necessary and sufficient, to inform the employees of the rights which will accrue to them and their dependents and survivors, and the liabilities to which they shall be subject, if their services are included under an agreement under sections 7-452 to 7-455 , inclusive. Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him that the conditions of Section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act have been met with respect to a referendum or the conditions of Section 218(d)(1) have been met with respect to a vote, the Governor shall so certify to the Secretary.

Cited. 157 C. 429; 210 C. 531.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-349 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 106 / Section 7-349
Sec. 7-349. Penalty.
Status: in_force

Town, by acting specifically upon a matter, divests its officers or agents of power to contract other than in conformity to vote of town. 111 C. 516.

Cited. 11 CS 215.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-22a — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 92 / Section 7-22a
Sec. 7-22a. Certification program for town clerks.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person may participate in the course of training prescribed by the committee and, upon completing such training and upon successfully completing any examination or examinations prescribed by said committee, shall be recommended to the Secretary of the State as a candidate for certification as a certified Connecticut town clerk. The Secretary of the State shall certify any qualified candidate recommended by the committee as a certified Connecticut town clerk and may rescind such certificate upon a finding, by a majority of the committee, of sufficient cause as defined in rules and regulations adopted by the committee. The Secretary of the State may certify a candidate who has not completed all of the course of training prescribed by the committee provided that the committee has determined that the candidate has experience that is substantially the equivalent of all or part of the course, and provided further, that the candidate has successfully completed any examination or examinations prescribed by said committee.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294w — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294w
Sec. 7-294w. State and local police training programs to include traffic incident management.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after October 1, 2023, each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a municipal police department shall include the training curriculum developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The Division of State Police and each municipal police department shall maintain records indicating when a police officer employed by the Division of State Police or the municipal police department completed such training curriculum.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-203 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 100 / Section 7-203
Sec. 7-203. Creation of parking authorities.
Status: in_force

Parking authority, when created by the municipality, has powers given by this section and Sec. 7-204 to act in “the name of the municipality”. 19 CS 46.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-313e — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-313e
Sec. 7-313e. Authority of fire officer during emergency. Determination of whether death of firefighter caused by a cardiac event, stroke or pulmonary embolism occurred in line of duty.
Status: in_force

(b) If the death of a uniformed paid or volunteer firefighter is caused by a cardiac event, stroke or pulmonary embolism that occurred not later than twenty-four hours after such firefighter concluded a shift or training, the chief of such firefighter's fire department shall have the authority to determine whether such firefighter died in the line of duty, unless a local charter or ordinance in effect on October 1, 2024, provides the authority to a different individual or entity to make such determination. Such declaration by a chief shall not be used as evidence for a workers' compensation claim under chapter 568.

Cited. 24 CA 598.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-294tt — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-294tt
Sec. 7-294tt. Guidance on police officer collaboration with social workers.
Status: in_force

*Note: Section 18 of public act 20-1 of the July special session is special in nature and therefor has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-147y — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97a / Section 7-147y
Sec. 7-147y. Exempted acts. Delay of demolition.
Status: in_force

(b) If a building within the boundaries of an historic property is to be demolished, no demolition shall occur for ninety days from issuance of a demolition permit if during such time the historic properties commission or the Department of Economic and Community Development is attempting to find a purchaser who will retain or remove such building or who will present some other reasonable alternative to demolition. During such ninety-day period the municipality may abate all real property taxes. At the conclusion of such ninety-day period, the demolition permit shall become effective and the demolition may occur. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mandate that the owner of such property is under any obligation to sell such property or building.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-109 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-109
Sec. 7-109. Destruction of documents.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-14 re land records.

See Sec. 9-307 re preservation of election check lists and certified copies of lists.

See Sec. 11-8(b) re appointment of Public Records Administrator.

See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.

Duties of town clerk discussed in re zoning regulations. 155 C. 12. Cited. 216 C. 253; 240 C. 824.

Cited. 41 CA 641; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 824.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-99 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 96 / Section 7-99
Sec. 7-99. Duties. Bond.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-348 re limitations on expenditures.

Cited. 121 C. 298.

Cited. 9 CS 528.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-494 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 114 / Section 7-494
Sec. 7-494. Municipal moneys to be deposited in separate accounts. Annual audits.
Status: in_force

(b) Subject to the provisions of any contract with noteholders and bondholders, a municipality issuing notes or bonds pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe a system of accounts. All such accounts shall be kept separate from other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the purposes of this chapter and for no other purpose.

(c) All accounts of a municipality established in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter shall be annually audited by an independent certified public accountant, and a report of such audit and the books and records of the municipality kept with respect to any action taken or account established under this chapter, including books and records pertaining to its receipts, disbursements, contracts, reserve funds, sinking funds and investments, shall be open to public inspection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-90 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 95 / Section 7-90
Sec. 7-90. Command of assistance.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 53a-167b re penalty for failure to assist peace officer.

One may lawfully assist an officer de facto who he believes is an officer de jure. 46 C. 218. Cited. 217 C. 73.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-467 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 113 / Section 7-467
Sec. 7-467. Collective bargaining. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Municipal employer” means any political subdivision of the state, including any town, city, borough, district, district department of health, school board, housing authority or other authority established by law, a private nonprofit corporation which has a valid contract with any town, city, borough or district to extinguish fires and to protect its inhabitants from loss by fire, and any person or persons designated by the municipal employer to act in its interest in dealing with municipal employees;

(2) “Employee” means any employee of a municipal employer, whether or not in the classified service of the municipal employer, except elected officials, administrative officials, board and commission members, certified teachers, part-time employees who work less than twenty hours per week on a seasonal basis, department heads and persons in such other positions as may be excluded from coverage under sections 7-467 to 7-477 , inclusive, in accordance with subdivision (2) of section 7-471 ;

(3) “Seasonal basis” means working for a period of not more than one hundred twenty calendar days in any calendar year;

(4) “Department head” means an employee who heads any department in a municipal organization, has substantial supervisory control of a permanent nature over other municipal employees, and is directly accountable to the board of selectmen of a town, city or borough not having a charter or special act form of government, or to the chief executive officer of any other town, city or borough;

(5) “Department” means any major functional division in a municipal organization, notwithstanding the provisions of any charter or special act to the contrary;

(6) “Employee organization” means any lawful association, labor organization, federation or council having as a primary purpose the improvement of wages, hours and other conditions of employment among employees of municipal employers.

See Sec. 10-153b et seq. re collective bargaining for teachers.

Cited. 154 C. 530; 162 C. 579; 171 C. 345, 347; Id., 420; Id., 553; 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 182 C. 93; 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192. Exhaustion of administrative remedies discussed. 200 C. 38. Cited. 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549, 551; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123; 237 C. 378; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232. Subdiv. (2): “Employee” does not include retired or former employees and municipal employer was not obligated to bargain with respect to claims of former employees, regardless of when claims arose. 128 CA 741.

Cited. 28 CS 267. A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Cited. Id., 212; 36 CS 18; 39 CS 1; 42 CS 227; 43 CS 340; Id., 470.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-223 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 101 / Section 7-223
Sec. 7-223. Ordinances.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 16-29 re reports concerning municipally owned, leased, operated or managed public utility plants required by Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-247 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 103 / Section 7-247
Sec. 7-247. Powers and duties of water pollution control authority re sewerage systems. Obligation to consider feasibility of sewage as energy source. Establishment of decentralized wastewater management districts.
Status: in_force

(b) Following approval of an engineering report by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection that includes concurrence with such approval by the Commissioner of Public Health, and in consultation with the local director of health, a municipality, acting in conjunction with its water pollution control authority may, by ordinance, establish geographical areas of decentralized wastewater management districts within such municipality.

(1) Such ordinance may also include, following the approval of such ordinance by the local director of health pursuant to such director's authority under section 19a-207 : (A) Remediation and technical standards for the design and construction of subsurface sewage disposal systems that are more stringent than those imposed by the Public Health Code; (B) authority for the local director of health to order the upgrade of subsurface sewage disposal systems in accordance with such remediation and technical standards; (C) authority for the local director of health to establish criteria for the abandonment of substandard subsurface sewage disposal systems; (D) authority for the local director of health to order the property owner of a substandard subsurface sewage disposal system that does not comply with such remediation standards, technical standards or other criteria to abandon such substandard subsurface sewage disposal system thus allowing the water pollution control authority to order such owner to connect to a sewerage system pursuant to section 7-257 ; (E) standards established by the local director of health for the effective supervision, management, control, operation and maintenance of managed subsurface sewage disposal systems within such decentralized wastewater management districts; or (F) authority for the water pollution control authority to enact and amend regulations, following the approval of such regulations by the local director of health, that govern the supervision, management, control, operation and maintenance of such decentralized systems.

(2) Such ordinance shall include remediation standards for the design, construction and installation of alternative sewage treatment systems and standards for the effective supervision, management, control, operation and maintenance of alternative sewage treatment systems within such decentralized wastewater management districts that are consistent with any permit, order or recommendation of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, an area that is designated by ordinance of a municipality as a decentralized wastewater management district shall not be a public sewer for purposes of the Public Health Code.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of a local director of health, the Commissioner of Public Health or the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Cited. 159 C. 422; 218 C. 144; 231 C. 344. Water pollution control authority may exercise its discretionary ability to acquire or construct a municipal sewer system without first having to issue rules and regulations governing such a process. 270 C. 409.

Cited. 2 CA 355; 44 CA 351. Legislature has not authorized water pollution control authorities to exercise zoning powers, and authority's rejection of sewer permit application based on zoning considerations was invalid. 125 CA 652; Id., 665.

Water pollution control authorities are quasi-municipal corporations and, as such, have the capacity to be sued. 52 CS 422.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-131q — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 97 / Section 7-131q
Sec. 7-131q. Agricultural land preservation fund.
Status: in_force

(b) Any municipality, by vote of its legislative body, may establish a special fund, which shall be known as the agricultural land preservation fund. There shall be deposited in said fund (1) all moneys received by the municipality, from whatever source and by whatever means, as gifts for agricultural land preservation purposes; (2) all moneys received by the municipality, from whatever source and by whatever means, as grants or loans for agricultural land preservation purposes, and (3) all moneys appropriated to said fund by the municipality.

(c) Said fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer or other officer in charge of funds of the municipality. All or any part of the moneys in said fund may, from time to time, be invested in any securities in which public funds may lawfully be invested. All income derived from such investments shall be paid into the fund and become a part of the fund. The moneys so invested shall at all times be subject to withdrawal from such investment for use as provided in subsection (e) of this section.

(d) Annually, the treasurer or other officer having custody of said fund shall submit to the legislative body of the municipality a complete and detailed report of the condition of said fund, which report shall be made a part of the annual municipal report.

(e) (1) Upon authorization of the body in such municipality having the power of appropriation, the moneys in said fund may be used by the municipality for the acquisition in its name of the development rights of agricultural land and for any expenditure incurred for the preservation of agricultural land, provided (A) the development rights have been voluntarily offered for sale to the municipality by the owner, and (B) the land has been designated for preservation purposes by the municipality in an open space plan, municipal plan of conservation and development or farmland preservation plan.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the municipality may use the moneys in said fund for the acquisition in its name of the rights of the fee owner of agricultural land to construct any residence or any farm structure on agricultural land.

(3) The municipality may accept as a gift in its name the rights of the fee owner of agricultural land to construct any residence or any farm structure on agricultural land.

See chapter 422a re state program for the preservation of agricultural land.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-295 — Connecticut Code / Title 7 / Chapter 104 / Section 7-295
Sec. 7-295. Acceptance of part.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.