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CT Gen Stat § 7-148hh (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148hh - Definitions.

 As used in sections 7-148ff, 7-148ii, 7-152c, 19a-206, 47a-52, 47a-53, 47a-58 and 49-73b:(1) “Registrant” means the owner of residential property who is required to register such property pursuant to section 7-148ii.(2) “Residential property” means a building containing one or more dwelling units and includes a commercial building containing one or more dwelling units.(3) “Dwelling unit” means any house or building, or portion thereof, which is occupied, designed to be occupied, or rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, exclusively as a home or residence of one or more persons.(4) “Mortgage” means a mortgage on residential real property that is held by a person other than a natural person.(5) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.(P.A. 09-144, S. 1; P.A. 11-201, S. 13.)History: P.A. 11-201 redefined “registrant” in Subdiv. (1) and “residential property” in Subdiv. (2), replaced definition of “vacant” in Subdiv. (3) with definition of “dwelling unit”, replaced definition of “MERS” in Subdiv. (4) with definition of “mortgage” and added Subdiv. (5) defining “person”.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148i - Discriminatory practices defined. Boards authorized.

 Any town, city or borough, by charter or ordinance, may adopt a code of prohibited discriminatory practices and may establish or designate a board, commission, council, committee or other agency to investigate any allegation of discriminatory practice. For the purposes of sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, “discriminatory practice” means a violation of section 46a-58, 46a-59, 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c or 46a-66.(P.A. 80-403, S. 1, 10; P.A. 81-472, S. 4, 159; P.A. 86-403, S. 11, 132; P.A. 92-257, S. 7.)History: P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; P.A. 92-257 added reference to Sec. 46a-64c.Cited. 183 C. 495.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148j - Powers of boards.

 Any board, commission, council, committee or other agency established or designated pursuant to sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, may be given the following powers: (1) The power to issue subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum, enforceable upon application to the Superior Court, to compel the attendance of persons at hearings and the production of books, documents, records and papers; (2) the power to issue written interrogatories and require written answers under oath thereto, enforceable upon application to the Superior Court; (3) the power to hold hearings relating to any allegation of discriminatory practice which it has found reasonable cause to believe has occurred and to issue any appropriate orders including those authorized by section 46a-86; and (4) the power to petition the Superior Court for enforcement of any order issued by it upon a finding that a violation of the local code of prohibited discriminatory practices has occurred, including the power to petition the Superior Court for temporary injunctive relief upon a finding that irreparable harm to the complainant will otherwise occur or for any other relief authorized by sections 46a-89 and 46a-90a.(P.A. 80-403, S. 2, 10; P.A. 86-403, S. 12, 132; P.A. 94-163.)History: P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; P.A. 94-163 authorized boards to issue orders under Sec. 46a-86 and to petition superior court for relief under Secs. 46a-89 and 46a-90a.Cited. 183 C. 495.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148jj (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148jj - Ordinances regulating maintenance of foreclosed properties.

 (a) No municipality shall adopt a property maintenance ordinance or regulation that applies only to the property maintenance activities of a person who holds a mortgage on or title to real property located within this state and obtained by foreclosure, provided nothing in this section shall preclude a municipality from enacting or enforcing an ordinance or regulation that applies generally to all owners of real property within such municipality, without regard to how the owner acquired title. For purposes of this section, property maintenance activities include, but are not limited to, activities related to the repair, maintenance, restoration, alteration, removal or demolition of any part of real property.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any municipal property maintenance ordinance or regulation that applies only to the property maintenance activities of a person who holds title or a mortgage to real property located within this state and obtained by foreclosure shall continue to be effective provided such ordinance or regulation was adopted on or before October 1, 2009.(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit a municipality from adopting or enforcing an ordinance or regulation relating to the prevention of housing blight pursuant to subparagraph (H)(xv) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, the maintenance of safe and sanitary housing as provided in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, or the abatement of nuisances as provided in subparagraph (E) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148.(P.A. 09-144, S. 10; P.A. 14-122, S. 9.)History: P.A. 14-122 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).
CT Gen Stat § 7-148k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148k - Complaints. Hearings.

 Any complaint filed pursuant to sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 shall be made under oath. No finding of a violation of a local code of prohibited discriminatory practices shall be made except after a hearing. The respondent at any such hearing shall be given reasonable advance written notice of the hearing, shall be entitled to be represented by counsel, and shall be permitted to testify and present and cross-examine witnesses. The decision resulting from the hearing shall be in writing and shall include written findings of the facts upon which the decision is based.(P.A. 80-403, S. 3, 10; P.A. 86-403, S. 13, 132.)History: P.A. 86-403 made technical changes.Cited. 183 C. 495.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148l - Appeals.

 Any person aggrieved by any order of the board, commission, council, committee or other agency established or designated pursuant to sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 may appeal to the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Any such appeal shall be filed within thirty days of the mailing of the written decision.(P.A. 80-403, S. 4, 10; P.A. 86-403, S. 14, 132.)History: P.A. 86-403 made technical changes.Cited. 183 C. 495.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148ll (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148ll - Determination re regional economic development agreement.

 The municipalities that are parties to a regional economic development agreement entered into and approved under the provisions of section 7-148kk shall send a copy of such agreement to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Not more than thirty days after receipt of such agreement the secretary shall make a written determination as to whether or not the agreement is consistent with the requirements of said section 7-148kk. The secretary shall send a copy of the determination to each municipality that is a party to the agreement and the Commissioner of Revenue Services.(P.A. 09-231, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-148m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148m - Actions of State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities to supersede local action.

 Any action by the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities which involves the same parties and subject matter as an action filed with a local commission on equal rights and opportunities shall supersede the action brought with the local commission, except that the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities may admit into evidence the results of any investigation of a complaint filed with the local commission, or the decision entered on such a complaint by the local commission, and accord to such investigation or such decision the weight that may be appropriate under the facts and circumstances of the case.(P.A. 80-403, S. 5, 10.)Cited. 183 C. 495.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148mm (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148mm - Interlocal agreement re dispatch services. Governing board.

 Any municipalities that enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, to consolidate dispatch services may establish a governing board. Each municipality that is a party to such an agreement shall be represented on such governing board. Representatives of the municipality shall be appointed to such governing board by the legislative body of such municipality or in such other manner as shall be prescribed by such legislative body. The qualifications, terms of office and compensation, if any, of such representatives shall be prescribed by such legislative body, subject to any applicable provisions of the interlocal agreement. The general powers and authority of such governing board shall be as set forth in the provisions of the interlocal agreement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant such governing board any powers not specifically provided to municipalities regarding dispatch services by any provision of the general statutes or by any charter or special act. For purposes of this section, “municipality” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (d) of section 7-187 and “interlocal agreement” and “legislative body” have the same meanings as provided in section 7-339a.(P.A. 14-179, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-148n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148n - Local boards may assume powers to investigate discriminatory practices.

 Any board, commission, council, committee or other agency which has been established or designated to investigate allegations of discriminatory practices by the charter or an ordinance of any town, city or borough prior to May 23, 1980, may assume the powers granted to such agencies under sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 if the charter or ordinance creating or designating such agency is not in conflict with the provisions of sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148.(P.A. 80-403, S. 6, 10; P.A. 86-403, S. 15, 132.)History: P.A. 86-403 made technical changes.Cited. 183 C. 495.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148nn (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148nn - Municipal partnerships re sharing of services of resident state trooper or other law enforcement personnel.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or any municipal charter or special act to the contrary, any municipality may enter into a partnership with one or more municipalities to share the services of one or more resident state troopers or other law enforcement personnel.(P.A. 16-144, S. 3.)History: P.A. 16-144 effective June 9, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148o - Wilful violation of ordinances concerning prevention and remediation of housing blight. Penalties.

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person who, after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to remediate blighted conditions, wilfully violates any regulation adopted pursuant to subparagraph (H)(xv) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 concerning the prevention and remediation of housing blight shall be fined by the state not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each day for which it can be shown, based on actual inspection of the property on each such day, that the blighted conditions continued to exist after written notice to the owner or occupant as provided in this section, and the expiration of a reasonable opportunity to remediate.(b) Any person who is a new owner or new occupant shall, upon request, be granted a thirty-day extension of the notice and opportunity to remediate provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. For the purposes of this section, “new owner” means any person or entity who has taken title to a property within thirty days of the notice, and “new occupant” means any person who has taken occupancy of a property within thirty days of the notice.(P.A. 12-146, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-148q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148q - Establishment of corporation to manufacture, distribute, purchase or sell compressed natural gas.

 (a) Any municipality that maintains an electric or gas utility may establish a corporation under chapter 601 for the purposes of engaging in the manufacture, distribution, purchase or sale, or any combination thereof, of compressed natural gas, for the sole purpose of providing compressed natural gas to vehicles or construction equipment, within or outside of its franchise area. The costs and expenses associated with such sales of compressed natural gas shall be exclusive of the costs and expenses associated with the establishment of rates and charges for gas and electricity pursuant to section 7-222.(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 city council.(P.A. 99-286, S. 17, 19.)History: P.A. 99-286 effective July 19, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148r - Municipal fee for access to computer-assisted mass appraisal system database.

 Any municipality may by ordinance impose a reasonable fee for public access to its computer database developed pursuant to section 12-62f for the purpose of revaluation.(P.A. 95-283, S. 5, 68.)History: P.A. 95-283, S. 5 effective July 6, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148s - Municipal fee for use of geographic information system.

 Any municipality may by ordinance impose a reasonable fee for the use of its geographic information system.(P.A. 91-249.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-148t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148t - Conflict of interest for members of land use and purchasing commissions and boards.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or municipal charter and in addition to any provisions of sections 8-11, 8-21 and subsection (c) of section 22a-42, no member of any municipal commission or board having any jurisdiction or exercising any power over any municipal land use or purchasing decisions shall appear for or represent any person, firm, corporation or other entity in any matter pending before the commission or board. No member of any such commission or board shall participate in any hearing or decision of the board or commission of which he is a member upon any matter in which he knowingly has a pecuniary interest. In the event of such disqualification, such fact shall be entered on the records of the commission or board and any municipality may, by ordinance, provide that an elector may be chosen, in a manner specified in the ordinance, to act as a member of such commission or board in the hearing and determination of such matter, except that replacement shall be made first from alternate members of such commission or board designated pursuant to the general statutes or any special act or municipal charter or ordinance, if any.(P.A. 83-540.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-148u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148u - Municipal set-aside program for small contractors and minority business enterprises.

 (a) As used in this section:(1) “Small contractor” means any contractor, subcontractor, manufacturer or service company (A) which has been doing business and has maintained its principal place of business in the state for a period of at least one year prior to the date of application for certification under this section, (B) which had gross revenues not exceeding ten million dollars in the most recently completed fiscal year prior to such application, and (C) at least fifty-one per cent of the ownership of which is held by a person or persons who are active in the daily affairs of the business and have the power to direct the management and policies of the business.(2) “Minority business enterprise” means any small contractor (A) fifty-one per cent or more of the capital stock, if any, or assets of which are owned by a person or persons (i) who are active in the daily affairs of the enterprise, (ii) who have the power to direct the management and policies of the enterprise, and (iii) who are members of a minority, as such term is defined in subsection (a) of section 32-9n, or (B) who is an individual with a disability.(3) “Individual with a disability” means an individual (A) having a physical impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the individual, or (B) having a record of such an impairment.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or of any special act or any municipal charter or home rule ordinance, a municipality may, by ordinance, set aside in each fiscal year, for award to small contractors, on the basis of a competitive bidding procedure, municipal contracts or portions of municipal contracts for the construction, reconstruction or rehabilitation of public buildings, the construction and maintenance of highways and the purchase of goods and services. The total value of such contracts or portions thereof to be set aside shall be not more than twenty-five per cent of the average of the total value of all such contracts let by the municipality for each of the previous three fiscal years, provided a contract that may not be set aside due to a conflict with a federal law or regulation shall not be included in the calculation of such average. Contracts or portions thereof having a value of not less than twenty-five per cent of the total value of all contracts or portions thereof to be set aside shall be reserved for awards to minority business enterprises.(P.A. 83-390, S. 3; P.A. 92-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 68.)History: P.A. 92-189 amended Subsec. (a) by setting forth definitions of “small contractor” and “minority business enterprise” instead of construing the terms as defined in Sec. 32-9e and by adding definition of “individual with a disability”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(B) to change $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 and made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 7-148v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-148v - Requirements for competitive bidding. Purchase from person having contract to sell goods or services.

 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter or any special act to the contrary, any municipality may, by ordinance, establish requirements for competitive bidding for the award of any contract or the purchase of any real or personal property by the municipality. Such ordinance may provide that, except as otherwise required by any provision of the general statutes, sealed bidding shall not be required for contracts or purchases having a value less than or equal to an amount established in the ordinance, which amount shall not be greater than twenty-five thousand dollars. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to invalidate any ordinance enacted by a municipality prior to October 1, 1989. Nothing in this section and no ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be construed to limit the ability of a municipality to enter into a contract pursuant to section 4a-53a.(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.(P.A. 89-136; Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2, S. 2; P.A. 13-71, S. 1; P.A. 16-144, S. 1.)History: Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2 added provision re ability of municipality to enter into contract pursuant to Sec. 4a-53a, effective November 25, 2008; P.A. 13-71 changed exception to sealed bidding limit from $7,500 to $25,000; P.A. 16-144 designated existing provisions re requirements for competitive bidding as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re municipal purchase of equipment, supplies, materials or services from certain persons, effective June 9, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 7-149 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 98 - Municipal Powers|Section 7-149 - Regulation of waste disposal in highways.

 Section 7-149 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 625; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 9; 1959, P.A. 449, S. 1; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)