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CT Gen Stat § 7-233z (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives|Section 7-233z - Comprehensive report.

 (a) A municipal electric energy cooperative, created pursuant to this chapter, shall submit a comprehensive report on the activities of the municipal electric utilities with regard to promotion of renewable energy resources. Such report shall identify the standards and activities of municipal electric utilities in the promotion, encouragement and expansion of the deployment and use of renewable energy sources within the service areas of the municipal electric utilities for the prior calendar year. The cooperative shall submit the report to the Connecticut Green Bank not later than ninety days after the end of each calendar year that describes the activities undertaken pursuant to this subsection during the previous calendar year for the promotion and development of renewable energy sources for all electric customer classes.(b) Such cooperative shall develop standards for the promotion of renewable resources that apply to each municipal electric utility. On or before January 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, such cooperative shall submit such standards to the Connecticut Green Bank.(P.A. 07-242, S. 41; P.A. 11-80, S. 130; P.A. 14-94, S. 29.)History: P.A. 07-242 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-80 replaced “Renewable Energy Investment Advisory Committee” with “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Green Bank”, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 7-233ii (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 101b - Municipal Telecommunications Services|Section 7-233ii - Municipalities authorized to provide telecommunications service.

 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of a special act or municipal charter to the contrary, any municipality that owns or operates one or more plants for the manufacture or distribution of electricity pursuant to section 7-213 or any special act, may provide telecommunications service, as defined in section 16-247a, other than community antenna television service, to inhabitants within the territorial limits of the area in which the municipality is authorized to provide electric service. No municipality may seek authority to provide telecommunications service pursuant to this section until affirmative action for that purpose has been approved by the chief executive officer and has received a two-thirds vote of its legislative body or in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen.(b) Any municipality seeking to exercise the authority granted by this section shall be subject to all certification requirements imposed by statute or order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority upon certified telecommunications providers, as defined in section 16-1.(c) Any municipality exercising the authority granted by this section may finance any capital expenditures necessary to provide telecommunications service other than community antenna television service, including but not limited to, the costs to acquire or construct necessary systems or facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 109.(P.A. 97-313, S. 4, 5; P.A. 99-286, S. 15, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 97-313 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-286 amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference to persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunications services to “certified telecommunications providers”, effective July 19, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 7-234 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-234 - Operation of system, when. Payment of expenses. Waiver of acquisition rights.

 Any town, city or borough or district organized for municipal purposes may acquire, construct and operate a municipal water supply system where (1) there is no existing private waterworks system, (2) the owner or owners of a private waterworks system are willing to sell or transfer all or part of such system to the municipality, or (3) a public regional waterworks system within said town, city or borough or district is willing to sell or transfer all or part of the system to the municipality. The franchise jurisdiction of the municipal water supply system shall be enlarged, by special act, if applicable to include the system or portion thereof sold or transferred and the franchise jurisdiction of the acquired waterworks system shall be reduced, by special act, if applicable to exclude the system or portion thereof sold or transferred. Any such municipality may pay for the acquisition, construction, extension, enlargement and maintenance of any such system by the issuance of general obligation bonds as provided in chapter 109 or by the issuance of revenue bonds as hereinafter provided. Any municipality having the right to acquire all or any part of an existing private waterworks system pursuant to any municipal charter, special act or contract may relinquish such rights by action of its legislative body.(1949 Rev., S. 753; 1967, P.A. 780; P.A. 84-420, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-349, S. 1.)History: 1967 act allowed purchase of private waterworks system by municipality or construction of system through issuance of general obligation bonds as well as revenue bonds; P.A. 84-420 added provision re waiver of acquisition rights; P.A. 93-349 added provisions re transfer of all or part of a private system, sale or transfer of a public regional system and re enlargement or reduction of resulting franchise jurisdiction by special act.Cited. 171 C. 74.
CT Gen Stat § 7-235 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-235 - Revenue bonds.

 The legislative body of any municipality described in section 7-234, which municipality has voted to construct, enlarge or maintain a waterworks system, shall cause an estimate to be made of the cost of such construction and may issue, in the name of such municipality, revenue bonds in an amount sufficient to meet such estimated cost and interest thereon until the date of maturity. Such municipality shall not be obligated to pay such bonds except from funds derived from the net revenue of such waterworks system, and it shall be stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this chapter and that it does not constitute a general indebtedness of such municipality within any statutory limitation.(1949 Rev., S. 754.)Section solely governs municipal water utility financing and cannot be construed to diminish municipality's public health or environmental protection responsibilities. 262 C. 758.
CT Gen Stat § 7-236 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-236 - Issuance of bonds.

 The legislative body shall determine the form of such bonds, whether registered or coupon, the rate and the dates of payment of interest thereon and the time or times, not more than thirty years from their date, at which they shall mature, the manner in which they shall be issued and by whom they shall be executed and sold.(1949 Rev., S. 755; 1969, P.A. 424, S. 4.)History: 1969 act removed provision limiting interest rate to 6% per year.
CT Gen Stat § 7-237 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-237 - Sinking fund.

 The legislative body shall provide for the establishment, from the net revenues of such waterworks system, of a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and interest thereon and any charges connected therewith, plus ten per cent of the amount required for such payment, as a safety margin. Any surplus from the bond proceeds over the cost of establishing the system shall be paid into said sinking fund.(1949 Rev., S. 756.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-238 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-238 - Trust indenture.

 In the discretion of the legislative body, such bonds may be secured by a trust indenture between the municipality and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company in the state, but no such trust indenture shall convey or mortgage the system or any part thereof. Such indenture may contain reasonable and adequate provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders and may restrict their individual rights of action as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations.(1949 Rev., S. 757.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-240 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-240 - Separate accounts.

 A separate account shall be kept by the municipality of the funds derived from such waterworks system and of their disposition, which account shall be audited annually by a competent auditor, and a report of such audit shall be open to public inspection. The treasurer of the municipality shall be the custodian of such funds and shall give bond to the satisfaction of the legislative body for the faithful discharge of his duties. Such funds shall be kept separate from other funds of such municipality and shall be used for such waterworks system and for no other purpose.(1949 Rev., S. 759.)Section solely governs municipal water utility financing and cannot be construed to diminish municipality's public health or environmental protection responsibilities. 262 C. 758.
CT Gen Stat § 7-241 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-241 - Additional bonds.

 Additional bonds may be issued in the discretion of the legislative body, to provide for the amount of any deficit found in the proceeds of the bonds herein authorized, which additional bonds shall be subject to the same conditions as, and shall be entitled to payment without preference or priority of, the bonds first issued.(1949 Rev., S. 760.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-242 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-242 - Issuance of refunding bonds.

 Refunding revenue bonds may be issued in the same manner as the bonds which they are to refund, in the discretion of the legislative body, upon written request of all the holders of unpaid certificates of a particular issue payable from the revenues of the waterworks system as herein provided. The amount of such refunding bonds shall not exceed and may be less than the amount of the certificates to be surrendered and shall not exceed and may be less than the determined value of so much of the system as was paid for by such issue of certificates, less the amount of the certificates paid.(1949 Rev., S. 761.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-243 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-243 - Receiver.

 If there is a default in the payment of the principal or interest upon any of such bonds, any court having jurisdiction may, upon application and for cause shown, appoint a receiver to administer such waterworks system on behalf of the municipality.(1949 Rev., S. 762.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-244 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems|Section 7-244 - Sales at less than par. Tax exemption.

 Such bonds may be sold at not less than ninety per cent of their par value and shall be exempt from taxation.(1949 Rev., S. 763.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-246a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-246a - Applications. Time for decision. Appeal.

 (a) Whenever an application or request is made to a water pollution control authority or sewer district for (1) a determination of the adequacy of sewer capacity related to a proposed use of land, (2) approval to hook up to a sewer system at the expense of the applicant, or (3) approval of any other proposal for wastewater treatment or disposal at the expense of the applicant, the water pollution control authority or sewer district shall make a decision on such application or request within sixty-five days from the date of receipt, as defined in subsection (c) of section 8-7d, of such application or request. The applicant may consent to one or more extensions of such period, provided the total of such extensions shall not exceed sixty-five days.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, an appeal may be taken from an action of a water pollution control agency or sewer district pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in accordance with section 8-8.(P.A. 03-177, S. 13.)History: P.A. 03-177 effective October 1, 2003, and applicable to applications filed on or after that date.Enactment of section establishing procedural requirements for issuing and appealing decisions did not indicate legislative intent to change substantive law concerning such decisions and did not limit the broad discretion water pollution control authorities have to determine whether, and under what circumstances, they provide sewer service within their municipalities. 291 C. 271.
CT Gen Stat § 7-246b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-246b - Adoption of ordinance. Prohibition on lien foreclosure.

 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, special act, municipal charter or ordinance to the contrary, each municipality with a population of not fewer than one hundred thousand that is served by a private water company that is regulated by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt an ordinance, if applicable, to:(1) Protect seniors, veterans and low-income families from water pollution control authority foreclosures by restricting accelerated foreclosure proceedings for past due sewer fees owed by any such person. For purposes of this section, “municipality” means any town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough;(2) Lower the interest rate charged by such municipality on delinquent sewer assessments; and(3) Restrict assignees of water pollution control authorities from purchasing foreclosed properties and to establish financial guidelines that trigger foreclosure for nonpayment of fees.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, on and after July 1, 2018, no action to foreclose a lien shall be instituted for a period of one year after such action is filed by a water pollution control authority or a representative of such authority.(P.A. 18-174, S. 1.)History: P.A. 18-174 effective July 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 7-247a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-247a - Public hearing on proposed acquisition or construction.

 No municipal water pollution control authority shall acquire or construct all or any part of a sewerage system until after a public hearing at which the affected property owners of the municipality 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 or at any later address of which the water pollution control 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.(1971, P.A. 373; P.A. 78-154, S. 4; P.A. 83-513, S. 2; P.A. 89-14.)History: P.A. 78-154 substituted water pollution control authority for sewer authority; P.A. 83-513 provided that notice should be in a newspaper having a “general” circulation in the municipality; P.A. 89-14 required that notice of public hearings be given by certified mail to owners of property to be taken for the acquisition or construction of sewage systems.Cited. 216 C. 436.
CT Gen Stat § 7-247b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-247b - Monitoring duties of the Department of Public Health.

 Any oversight or monitoring duties created for the Department of Public Health by the provisions of section 7-245, subsection (b) of section 7-246 or section 7-247 shall be conducted within available appropriations.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 144.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-248 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-248 - Determination of compensation for property.

 Whenever the water pollution control authority is unable to agree with the owner of any property as to the compensation to be paid for the taking of such property, the water pollution control authority in the name of the municipality may, in the same manner specified for redevelopment agencies in accordance with sections 8-129 to 8-133, inclusive, determine such compensation and proceed in the acquisition and use of such property as provided therein.(1949 Rev., S. 732; 1949, S. 315d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 34; P.A. 76-436, S. 284, 681; P.A. 77-419; P.A. 78-154, S. 5.)History: 1961 act removed obsolete reference to county treasurer, substituting state treasurer therefor; 1971 act substituted court of common pleas for superior court, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with matters pending retain jurisdiction unless matters pending are transferable; P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-419 deleted provisions concerning determination of compensation by common pleas court when property owner and authority disagree and replaced them with provision for determination as for redevelopment agencies; P.A. 78-154 substituted water pollution control authority for sewer authority.Decision that committee to assess damages be appointed, as distinguished from actual appointment of members of such committee, is not a final judgment from which appeal may be taken. 159 C. 421. Cited. 189 C. 710; 215 C. 197.Cited. 2 CA 355.Cited. 39 CS 454.
CT Gen Stat § 7-249a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-249a - Assessment of benefits upon industrial users of federally financed sewage systems.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-249, any municipal water pollution control authority which constructs any sewerage system or portion thereof, with federal financial assistance under the provisions of the federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, P.L. 92-500, as from time to time amended, may, in lieu of or in addition to, levying benefit assessments in accordance with the provisions of said section 7-249, assess industrial users of the portion of the sewerage system constructed with federal financial assistance for the cost of construction of such portion to the extent such cost is attributable to the treatment of such industrial users' wastes. In determining such assessments, the municipal water pollution control authority may establish such classifications as may be approved by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.(P.A. 75-600, S. 1; P.A. 78-154, S. 7; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 78-154 substituted water pollution control authority for sewer authority; 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.Cited. 192 C. 638.Cited. 4 CA 24.
CT Gen Stat § 7-251 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-251 - New and supplementary assessments.

 If any assessment is not valid or enforceable for any reason, a new assessment may be made. If any assessment is made which is not sufficient to cover the entire cost of the work to be paid for by such assessment, a supplementary assessment may be made by the water pollution control authority against those properties previously assessed to the end that a sum sufficient to pay the cost of such work may be obtained, provided no such supplementary assessment, together with the original assessment, shall exceed the value of the special benefit to accrue to the property against which the benefit is assessed.(1949, S. 318d; P.A. 78-154, S. 9.)History: P.A. 78-154 substituted water pollution control authority for sewer authority.Cited. 179 C. 229.
CT Gen Stat § 7-252 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems|Section 7-252 - Due date of assessment.

 Assessments shall be due and payable at such time as is fixed by the water pollution control authority, provided no assessment shall become due until the work or particular portion thereof for which such assessment was levied has been completed, except that when the work or particular portion thereof for which such assessment was levied is being performed by the water pollution control authority pursuant to an order of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the entire assessment may be made due and payable, provided the portion of the total work bonded by the water pollution control authority, which directly benefits the particular property has been completed. The water pollution control authority shall give notice of the date when assessments are due and payable by publication at least twice within a period of fifteen days in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality and shall mail a copy of such notice to the owners of the property assessed at their last-known addresses. Such notice shall list the streets and describe the area within which are located any properties against which such assessments are due. No assessment shall be due and payable earlier than thirty days after the first publication of such notice.(1949 Rev., S. 745; 1949, S. 319d; P.A. 73-523, S. 2, 3; P.A. 78-154, S. 10; P.A. 83-513, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 73-523 added exception to provision that assessments become due only after work for which they are levied is completed re work ordered by environmental control department; P.A. 78-154 substituted water pollution control authority for sewer authority; P.A. 83-513 provided that notice should be in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality and provided for notice by mail; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.Cited. 153 C. 457.