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CT Gen Stat § 22a-485 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-485 - Plan required for maintenance of oxygen levels in Long Island Sound.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall prepare a plan to achieve the interim goal for minimum dissolved oxygen in Long Island Sound as provided for in the comprehensive conservation and management plan for the sound. Such plan shall provide for the achievement of such goal within twenty years and shall prioritize actions necessary to achieve such goal. Such plan shall list necessary sewerage system improvement projects in this state, the time frames for completion of such projects and their cost over the twenty-year period. The commissioner shall submit to the General Assembly on or before February 7, 1996, a preliminary list of such projects, along with their cost and any amount to be disbursed from the Clean Water Fund for such projects.(P.A. 95-329, S. 30, 31; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 30 effective July 13, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-498a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-498a - Municipal stormwater authority located in a distressed municipality. Powers.

 A municipal stormwater authority created pursuant to section 22a-498 and located in a distressed municipality, as defined in subsection (b) of section 32-9p, having a population of not more than twenty-eight thousand shall constitute a body politic and corporate and the ordinance establishing such authority may confer upon such authority the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) to acquire, hold and convey any estate, real or personal; (3) to contract; (4) to borrow money, including by the issuance of bonds, provided the issuance of such bonds is approved by the legislative body of the municipality in which such authority district is located; (5) to recommend to the legislative body of such municipality the imposition of a levy upon the taxable interests in real property within such authority district, the revenues from which may be used in carrying out any of the powers of such authority; (6) to deposit and expend funds; and (7) to enter property to make surveys, soundings, borings and examinations to accomplish the purposes of section 22a-498.(P.A. 13-222, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-498b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-498b - Delinquent charges due to municipal stormwater authority. Liens.

 Any charge due to a municipal stormwater authority and not paid within thirty days of the due date shall thereupon be delinquent and shall bear interest from the due date at the rate charged by the municipality's tax collector for delinquent property taxes. Any such unpaid charge shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which such charge was levied from the date it became delinquent. Each such lien may be continued, recorded and released in the manner provided by the general statutes for continuing, recording and releasing property tax liens.(P.A. 13-222, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-499 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-499 - Joint report re pilot program.

 On or before February 11, 2008, the municipalities participating in the pilot program established in section 22a-497 shall submit a joint report in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on the status of the pilot program. Such report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The municipalities' recommendation on whether further legislation is necessary to grant stormwater authorities the additional powers to issue bonds, notes or other evidences of debt, (2) a map showing the geographic boundaries of the stormwater authority district, (3) information concerning the purpose and amount of any assessments recommended to fund the municipal stormwater authority, and (4) any other information that the commissioner requests pursuant to the grant agreement entered into between the commissioner and the municipality in accordance with section 22a-498.(P.A. 07-154, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 37.)History: P.A. 07-154 effective September 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 made technical changes, effective September 1, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-499a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-499a - Water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Levy re stormwater control systems.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the ordinance establishing a water pollution control authority created pursuant to section 7-246 and located in a distressed municipality, as defined in subsection (b) of section 32-9p, having a population of not less than one hundred forty thousand, may confer upon such authority the power to recommend to the municipality's legislative body a levy on taxable real property within the area of such authority for the planning, laying out, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, supervision and management of stormwater control systems. In imposing any such levy, such municipality may consider (1) the amount of impervious surfaces generating stormwater runoff, (2) land use types that result in higher concentrations of stormwater pollution, and (3) the property's grand list valuation.(P.A. 13-247, S. 85.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-499b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-499b - Delinquent charges due to water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Liens.

 Any charge due to a water pollution control authority, as described in section 22a-499a, and not paid within thirty days of the due date shall thereupon be delinquent and shall bear interest from the due date at the rate charged by the municipality's tax collector for delinquent property taxes. Any such unpaid charge shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which such charge was levied from the date it became delinquent. Each such lien may be continued, recorded and released in the manner provided by the general statutes for continuing, recording and releasing property tax liens.(P.A. 13-247, S. 86.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-502 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-502 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Budgets.

 The fiscal year of an authority shall commence on July first of each year and continue to and including June thirtieth of the next succeeding year. Each authority shall be a municipality for purposes of chapters 55b, 111, and 112 and shall have such rights accorded to municipalities thereby and be subject to all provisions, requirements and limitations pertaining to municipalities contained therein. The chief executive officer of any authority created under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall submit one copy of the annual operating budget of the authority to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and such related budgetary material as the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may request in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. The budget shall be submitted by July first of each year or within thirty days after the adoption of the budget, whichever is later.(P.A. 95-329, S. 12, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 12 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-503 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-503 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Employees. Benefits.

 (a) In conformity with applicable state and federal law, the board of directors of an authority may adopt a method of selection and promotion of its employees in accordance with which it shall select and promote its employees and the board of directors of an authority shall make rules to carry out such purpose and shall investigate the enforcement and effect of such rules. The board of directors of an authority may also establish insurance, health care, retirement and other employee benefits as it deems necessary and convenient to the effective administration of the authority and may enter into contracts with any municipality, including without limitation a constituent municipality, the state, the federal government and private entities, to provide or facilitate the provision of such benefits.(b) An authority shall be a municipality for purposes of part II of chapter 113 and shall have all rights accorded to municipalities thereby and be subject to all provisions, requirements and limitations pertaining to municipalities contained therein. Without a referendum, an authority may accept said part II of chapter 113 by resolution adopted by its board of directors and such authority shall be deemed a participating municipality for purposes of said part II of chapter 113.(c) Whenever an authority acquires the property and franchises of any public or private entity operating a wastewater system within its jurisdiction, all employees of such entity that such authority deems necessary for the operation of the authority may become employees of the authority and may be credited by the authority with all rights that have accrued as of the date of such acquisition with respect to seniority, sick leave, vacation, insurance and pensions benefits in accordance with the records, personnel policies or labor agreements of the acquired entity or entities and may accept all funding for such liability to the date of such credit.(d) Such authority may assume and observe all accrued pension obligations of such acquired entity or entities and may accept all funding for such liability to the date of such assumption. Members and beneficiaries of any pension, retirement or other employee benefit system established by the acquired entity or entities may continue to have such rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established systems as have accrued as of the date of such acquisition. The authority may enter into agreements with representatives of its employees relative to the inclusion of its employees in any applicable retirement plan or plans, and the authority may constitute a municipality eligible to participate in such retirement plans.(e) The relations between an authority and its employees with respect to collective bargaining and the arbitration of labor disputes, if any, shall be governed by sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive.(P.A. 95-329, S. 13, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 13 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-504 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-504 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Acquisition of property. Construction of system. Notice. Hearing.

 An authority may enter upon and take and hold by purchase, condemnation or otherwise the whole or any part of any real property or interest therein which it determines is necessary or desirable for use in connection with a wastewater system. No authority shall acquire or construct all or any part of a wastewater system until after a public hearing at which the affected property owners shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed acquisition or construction. Notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing shall be mailed not later than fifteen days before the date of the hearing by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of any property to be taken for the proposed acquisition or construction at such owner's address as shown in the last-completed grand list of the municipality in which such property is located or at any later address of which the authority may have knowledge, and shall be published at least ten days before the date thereof in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality in which such property is located.(P.A. 95-329, S. 14, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 14 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-505 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-505 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Determination of compensation for taking of real property.

 Whenever an authority is unable to agree with the owner of any property as to the compensation to be paid for the taking of such property, in its own name and in the manner specified for a redevelopment agency in accordance with sections 8-129 to 8-133, inclusive, an authority may determine such compensation and proceed in the acquisition and use of such property as provided therein.(P.A. 95-329, S. 15, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 15 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-506 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-506 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Assessments, rates, fees, charges and penalties.

 (a) An authority may (1) levy and collect benefit assessments upon the lands and buildings within its jurisdiction that, in its judgment, are especially benefited by a wastewater system; (2) establish, revise and collect rates, fees, charges, penalties and assessments for the use and benefits of a wastewater system; and (3) order the owner of any building which is accessible to a wastewater system to connect to such system, all in the manner provided in sections 7-249 to 7-257, inclusive, and sections 22a-416 to 22a-599, inclusive.(b) Any assessment of benefits, including any installment thereof, and any charge, fee, fine or other amount that is not paid within thirty days after the due date shall be delinquent, shall be subject to interest and shall constitute a lien upon the premises served and a charge upon the owner thereof all in the manner provided both by the provisions of the general statutes for delinquent property taxes and by section 7-258. The rules and regulations of the authority may provide for the discontinuance of water pollution control service for nonpayment of taxes, special assessments, fees, rates, penalties or other charges therefor imposed under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive. Such lien shall take precedence over all other liens or encumbrances except taxes and may be foreclosed against the lot or building served in the same manner as a lien for taxes, provided all such liens shall continue until such time as they shall be discharged or foreclosed by the authority without the necessity of filing certificates of continuation, but in no event for longer than ten years. The authority may institute a civil action against such owner to recover the amount of any such fee or charge which remains due and unpaid for thirty days along with interest thereon at the same rate as unpaid taxes and with reasonable attorneys' fees.(P.A. 95-329, S. 16, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 16 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-508 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-508 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Sale of bonds.

 Bonds issued under authority of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be sold by the authority at public or private sale at a price determined by the issuer thereof. The bonds may bear a single or variable rate of interest and may bear different rates of interest for different maturities. The proceeds arising from the sale of any bonds issued under the authority of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, by an authority shall be kept in accounts separate from other funds of the authority and shall be expended only for the purposes and subject to the provisions of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive.(P.A. 95-329, S. 18, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 18 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-510 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-510 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds or notes executed by former officers.

 Any bonds or notes issued by an authority pursuant to sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, if properly executed and signed by the appropriate officers of such authority in office on the date of execution, shall be valid and binding according to their terms notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor such officers have ceased to be officers of the authority.(P.A. 95-329, S. 20, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 20 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-511 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-511 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Execution, delivery and maturation of bonds.

 Bonds issued under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be executed and delivered in such manner and at such times, may be in such form and denominations, bear such date or dates, be sold at such price or prices and mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from the date thereof as the authority shall determine. All bonds issued under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be serial bonds maturing in annual or semiannual installments of principal that substantially equalize the aggregate amount of principal and interest due in each annual period, commencing with the first annual period in which an installment of principal is due, or maturing in annual or semiannual installments of principal no one of which shall exceed by more than fifty per cent the amount of any prior installment or shall be term bonds with mandatory deposit of sinking fund payments into a sinking fund of amounts sufficient to redeem or amortize the principal of the bonds in annual or semiannual installments which shall substantially equalize the aggregate amount of principal redeemed or amortized and interest due in each annual period commencing with the first annual period in which a mandatory sinking fund payment becomes due, or sufficient to redeem or amortize the principal of the bonds in annual or semiannual installments no one of which shall exceed by more than fifty per cent the amount of any prior installment. The first installment of principal of any series of bonds shall mature or the sinking fund payment of any series of bonds shall be due not later than three years from the date of issue of such series of bonds and the last installment maturing shall mature or the last sinking fund payment of such series shall be due not later than thirty years therefrom. The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds or as a combination thereof. The bonds shall be in such denominations, be in such form, either bearer or registered as to principal and interest or as to principal alone or in book entry form, carry such exchange, transfer and registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places whether within or without the state, and be subject to such terms of redemption as the body having power to authorize such bonds shall determine. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds may be invested and reinvested in such obligations, securities and other investments or deposited or redeposited in such bank or banks as the body having power to authorize such bonds shall determine.(P.A. 95-329, S. 21, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 21 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-512 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-512 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Effect of bonds on municipal indebtedness.

 Bonds and notes issued by an authority pursuant to sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of any municipality, including without limitation any constituent municipality, and such bonds and notes when issued shall not be included for purposes of computing the aggregate indebtedness of any municipality, including without limitation any constituent municipality, with respect to and to the extent of any such statutory limitation.(P.A. 95-329, S. 22, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 22 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-513 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-513 - Regional water pollution control authorities: State not to impair obligations of authorities.

 The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds and notes issued under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with an authority or its successor agency pursuant to the provisions of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority until such obligations, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully performed on the part of the authority, provided nothing contained in this section shall preclude such limitation or alteration if and when adequate provisions shall be made by law for the protection of the holders of such bonds and notes of the authority or those entering into such contracts with the authority. Any authority may include this pledge and undertaking for the state in such bonds and notes or contracts.(P.A. 95-329, S. 23, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 23 effective July 13, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-515 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control|Section 22a-515 - Regional water pollution control authorities: Other municipal powers not affected.

 Any power granted to a municipality by sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be in furtherance of its borrowing power and shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any power granted to any municipality under the provisions of any special act or of any general statute.(P.A. 95-329, S. 25, 31.)History: P.A. 95-329, S. 25 effective July 13, 1995.