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CT Gen Stat § 8-133 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-133 - Costs taxable against agency.

 If, as the result of any review under the provisions of section 8-132, the applicant obtains an award from the court greater than the amount determined as compensation by the redevelopment agency, costs of court, including such appraisal fees as the court determines to be reasonable, shall be awarded to the applicant and taxed against the redevelopment agency in addition to the amount fixed by the judgment.(1955, S. 491d; February, 1965, P.A. 285.)History: 1965 act authorized awarding of appraisal fees.Cited. 160 C. 492; 168 C. 135; 215 C. 197; 236 C. 710. “Appraisal fees” are those costs reasonable and necessary for court's determination of taken property's value. 272 C. 14.Cited. 1 CA 20; 2 CA 355; 4 CA 271; 23 CA 554. A redevelopment agency is an agent of the state, therefore Sec. 48-17b applies to fees for inverse condemnation. 51 CA 262.What costs of court include is determined by Sec. 52-257. 24 CS 390. Cited. 35 CS 157.
CT Gen Stat § 8-133b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-133b - Payments in lieu of taxes.

 The redevelopment agency of a municipality shall make payments in lieu of taxes to such municipality on all property acquired by such agency in accordance with any redevelopment or urban renewal plan, to the extent that such payments qualify as part of the gross project cost as provided by the federal Housing Act of 1949, as amended and as it may be amended, except that any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the use of tax credits instead of actual payments as permitted by said federal act.(1967, P.A. 447.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-135 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-135 - Acceptance of funds. Financing.

 For the purpose of carrying out or administering a redevelopment plan or other functions authorized under this chapter, a municipality, acting by and through its redevelopment agency, may accept grants, advances, loans or other financial assistance from the federal government, the state or other source, and may do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid. To assist any redevelopment project located in the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body, including the state, or any city, town, borough, authority, district, subdivision or agency of the state, may, upon such terms as it determines, furnish service or facilities, provide property, lend or contribute funds, and take any other action of a character which it is authorized to perform for other purposes, to include entering into a written agreement fixing the assessment of real estate to be used for a rental housing project to be constructed in a redevelopment or urban renewal area, pursuant to section 12-65. To obtain funds for the temporary and definitive financing of any redevelopment project, a municipality may, in addition to other action authorized under this chapter or other law, levy taxes and issue and sell its temporary loan notes, bonds or other obligations. Such temporary loan notes shall be issued for a period of not more than three years, but notes issued for a shorter period of time may be renewed by the issue of other notes, provided the period from the date of the original notes to the maturity of the last notes issued in renewal thereof shall not exceed three years, and the provisions of section 7-373 shall be deemed to apply thereto. Any such bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with such statutory and other legal requirements as govern the issuance of obligations generally by the municipality.(1949 Rev., S. 983, 986; 1949, S. 250b; 1953, S. 493d; November, 1955, S. N33; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 91; 1963, P.A. 615, S. 4.)History: 1961 act removed obsolete reference to counties; 1963 act included authority to enter into agreement fixing assessments on rental housing projects.Nothing herein authorizes redevelopment agency to condemn property already devoted to public use. 155 C. 202. Cited. 201 C. 305.
CT Gen Stat § 8-136 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-136 - Modification of redevelopment plan.

 A redevelopment plan may be modified at any time by the redevelopment agency, provided, if modified after the lease or sale of real property in the redevelopment project area, the modification must be consented to by the redeveloper or redevelopers of such real property or his successor or their successors in interest affected by the proposed modification. Where the proposed modification will substantially change the redevelopment plan as previously approved by the legislative body, the modification must similarly be approved by the legislative body.(1949 Rev., S. 985; 1953, S. 494d.)Cited. 158 C. 522. Submission of proposed modification of redevelopment plan to include plaintiff's property to Stamford legislative body is sufficient compliance with law. 159 C. 116. Cited. 174 C. 160; 201 C. 305.Cited. 26 CS 249.
CT Gen Stat § 8-137a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-137a - Other authority re transfer unaffected.

 Nothing in section 8-137 shall be deemed to diminish or restrict in any way authority concerning the sale, lease or transfer of any easements or other interests in, above or below any street, highway or other public right-of-way which any municipality or redevelopment agency thereof may have by virtue of any special act or otherwise.(1972, P.A. 99, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-138 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-138 - Bonds and title to land to be in name of municipality.

 Any redevelopment agency shall exercise its powers in the name of the municipality, except that all bonds issued under section 8-134 shall be issued solely in the name of the municipality and that title to land taken for redevelopment purposes shall be solely in the name of the municipality.(1949, S. 496d.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-139 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-139 - Joint action by two or more municipalities.

 By concurrent action the legislative bodies of two or more municipalities: (a) May create a regional or metropolitan planning agency and may authorize such agency or the planning agency of any of such municipalities to make a comprehensive or general plan of the area included within such municipalities as described in section 8-127, and (b) may exercise the powers granted in this chapter to the legislative body of any municipality. In all matters under this chapter requiring the approval of the legislative body, such approval shall be by the legislative body of each municipality only as to the portions of the redevelopment plan situated in such municipality.(1949 Rev., S. 987; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 56.)See Sec. 7-137 re regional economic development commissions.
CT Gen Stat § 8-140 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-140 - Policy concerning slum areas.

 In addition to the findings and declarations made in section 8-124, which findings and declarations are incorporated herein and made a part of this section, it is further found and declared that (a) certain insanitary, deteriorated, deteriorating, slum or blighted areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition and clearance, as provided in this part, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions thereof may, through the means provided in this part, be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied or prevented, and to the extent feasible salvable slum and blighted areas should be conserved and rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory process, and (b) all powers conferred by this part are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and such other powers exercised, and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this part is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination. A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this part, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas by private enterprise.(1955, S. 497d; 1959, P.A. 397, S. 5.)History: 1959 act added word “deteriorating” to Subdiv. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 8-141 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-141 - Urban renewal projects authorized.

 In addition to its authority under other provisions of this chapter, a redevelopment agency is authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. As used in this part, an urban renewal project may include undertakings and activities for the elimination, and for the prevention of the development or spread, of slums or substandard, insanitary, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating areas, and may involve any work or undertaking for such purpose constituting a redevelopment project or any rehabilitation or conservation work, or any combination of such undertaking or work. For this purpose, rehabilitation or conservation work may include (1) carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements; (2) acquisition of real property and demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements thereon where the agency has determined the same to be necessary to eliminate unhealthful, insanitary or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities; (3) installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project; and (4) the disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project, of any property or part thereof acquired in the area of such project; provided such disposition shall be in the manner prescribed in this part for the disposition of property in a redevelopment project area.(1955, S. 498d; 1959, P.A. 397, S. 6.)History: 1959 act added words “or deteriorating” in second sentence.Cited. 158 C. 522.Cited. 26 CS 249.
CT Gen Stat § 8-142 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-142 - Urban renewal plan.

 Any urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to section 8-141 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. As used in this part, an urban renewal plan means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan (1) shall conform to the general plan for the municipality as a whole; and (2) shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements. An urban renewal plan shall be prepared and approved pursuant to the same procedure as provided in this chapter with respect to a redevelopment plan.(1955, S. 499d.)Cited. 26 CS 249.
CT Gen Stat § 8-143 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-143 - Powers of redevelopment agency.

 A redevelopment agency shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including the authority to acquire and dispose of property, to issue bonds and other obligations, to borrow and accept grants from the federal government or other source and to exercise the other powers which this chapter confers on a redevelopment agency with respect to redevelopment projects. In connection with the planning and undertaking of any urban renewal plan or urban renewal project, the redevelopment agency, the municipality and all public and private officers, agencies and bodies shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities which they have with respect to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, in the same manner as though all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project were applicable to an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project. In addition to the surveys and plans which a redevelopment agency is otherwise authorized to make, an agency is hereby specifically authorized to make (1) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements and (2) plans for the enforcement of laws, codes and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal of buildings and improvements. The redevelopment agency is authorized to develop, test and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight.(1955, S. 500d.)Condemnee cannot prevail in alternative plan for development of his property where commission did not act unreasonably, in bad faith or in abuse of its powers. 158 C. 522.
CT Gen Stat § 8-144 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-144 - Powers of municipality.

 Any municipality or other municipal corporation is hereby authorized, without limiting any provision in section 8-143, to do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which such municipality or corporation is authorized to act, including the furnishing of such financial and other assistance as the municipality or public body is authorized by this chapter to furnish for or in connection with a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, and including the entering into a written agreement fixing the assessment of real estate to be used for a rental housing project to be constructed in a redevelopment or urban renewal area pursuant to section 12-65. Any municipality or other public body is authorized to enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with any other public body or bodies respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this part, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.(1955, S. 501d; 1963, P.A. 615, S. 3.)History: 1963 act added provision re agreement fixing assessment on rental housing project.
CT Gen Stat § 8-145 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-145 - Legislative body to prepare program.

 The legislative body of the municipality, or such public officer or public body as it may designate, is hereby authorized to prepare a workable program, which may include an official plan of action, as it exists from time to time for effectively dealing with the problem of urban slums and blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating areas within the community and for the establishment and preservation of a well-planned community with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life, for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, slums and urban blight and deterioration, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated or slum areas, or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program.(1955, S. 502d.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-151 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-151 - Declaration of policy.

 It is found and declared that there exist in the municipalities of the state substandard, insanitary, deteriorated, deteriorating or blighted areas, that the existence thereof is impairing and arresting the sound growth and development of such municipalities and is inimical to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the inhabitants of the state, that such municipalities are unable to rehabilitate such areas without state financial assistance as provided by sections 8-154a, 8-154b, 8-154c and 8-154e, that the granting of such assistance is a public use and purpose for which public moneys may be expended and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of said sections is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.(March, 1958, P.A. 24, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 397, S. 8; P.A. 77-313, S. 1.)History: 1959 act added word “deteriorating”; P.A. 77-313 substituted “sections 8-154a, 8-154b, 8-154c and 8-154e” for “sections 8-151 to 8-154, inclusive”.
CT Gen Stat § 8-154b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-154b - Bond issues.

 To provide funds for state grants provided pursuant to section 8-154a, the Treasurer is directed, subject to the provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding eighty-seven million six hundred ninety-two thousand two hundred eighteen dollars. Such bonds shall be issued at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined by the State Bond Commission provided that total bond commission allocations of such amounts shall not exceed seventy-seven million nine hundred thousand dollars prior to July 1, 1977, and eighty-six million two hundred thousand dollars prior to July 1, 1978. All temporary notes and all renewals thereof issued by the state in anticipation of the issue of such bonds shall mature within three years from the date of the first of such notes to be issued. The full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds and notes. Net earnings on investments of proceeds, accrued interest and premiums on the issuance of such bonds shall be used first by the Treasurer for the payment of expenses incurred in connection with their issuance.(1961, P.A. 594, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 646, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 541, S. 2; June, 1971, P.A. 4, S. 3; P.A. 73-286, S. 3, 5; P.A. 74-105, S. 3, 4; P.A. 76-289, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-313, S. 3; P.A. 85-558, S. 7, 17; P.A. 86-396, S. 8, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 5, 26; P.A. 88-343, S. 6, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 8, 30.)History: 1963 act increased bond issue from $25,000,000 to $37,500,000; 1965 act included grants-in-aid and increased bond issue to $54,000,000; 1971 act increased bond limit to $59,000,000; P.A. 73-286 increased bond limit to $62,000,000; P.A. 74-105 increased bond limit to $67,500,000; P.A. 76-289 increased bond limit to $87,900,000, added provisions limiting authorizations to $87,900,000 prior to July 1, 1977, and to $86,200,000 prior to July 1, 1978, and added provision re agreements for reimbursement to municipalities; P.A. 77-313 specified issuance of bonds to provide funds for state grants pursuant to Sec. 8-154a rather than to meet advances and to reimburse municipalities for differences between use value and sale price, deleted limitation on amount to be made available for grants-in-aid, deleted provision re agreements for reimbursements enacted by 1976 act and substituted “allocations” for “authorizations”; P.A. 85-558 reduced bond authorization to $87,695,000; P.A. 86-396 increased bond authorization from to $89,195,000; P.A. 87-405 reduced the bond authorization to $86,695,000; P.A. 88-343 increased the bond authorization from to $87,695,000; P.A. 89-331 decreased the bond authorization to $87,692,218.See Sec. 8-226 re use of bonds issued under authority of this section.