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CT Gen Stat § 7-189 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-189 - Form of petition.

 (a) The form of the petition for adopting or amending a charter or amending a home rule ordinance shall be as follows: WARNING: ALL SIGNATURES SHALL BE IN INK OR INDELIBLE PENCIL. We, the undersigned electors of the town, city or borough of (here insert name of town, city or borough), hereby present this petition under the provisions of section 7-188 requesting the appointment of a commission for (insert one of the following: “The adoption of a charter, the amendment of its charter, or the amendment of its home rule ordinance”, using such words as are applicable) and we certify that we are electors of the town, city or borough of .... residing at the addresses set opposite our names and that we have signed this petition on the dates opposite our names and not more than once. (Here follow the signatures, dates and addresses.)(b) Each page of such petition shall contain a statement, signed under penalties of false statement as defined in section 53a-157b, by the person who circulates the same, setting forth such circulator's name and address, and which shall be in the form as follows: “Each person whose name appears on this page signed the same in person in my presence and such person is known to me or has satisfactorily identified himself to me.” Any page of a petition which does not contain such a statement by the circulator shall be invalid.(c) Such petition may also include, immediately after the statement provided in subsection (a) of this section, a list of general or specific recommendations for consideration by such commission.(1957, P.A. 465, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 678, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 269, S. 2; P.A. 81-451, S. 3, 10; P.A. 85-253, S. 3, 10.)History: 1959 act added home rule ordinance provisions; 1965 act added provision for placing date of signing on petition; P.A. 81-451 added Subsec. (b) concerning the statement of the circulator and Subsec. (c) concerning recommendations for consideration by the commission and revised wording of petition form in Subsec. (a), effective October 1, 1982; P.A. 85-253 amended Subsec. (a) to refer to amendments of charters and home rule ordinances rather than to revisions.Cited. 188 C. 276; 193 C. 1; 196 C. 623; 234 C. 513.
CT Gen Stat § 7-190 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-190 - Commission: Appointment, membership, duties, report, termination.

 (a) Within thirty days after such action has been initiated by vote of the appointing authority or by certification of a petition, the appointing authority shall by resolution appoint a commission consisting of not fewer than five nor more than fifteen electors, not more than one-third of whom may hold any other public office in the municipality and not more than a bare majority of whom shall be members of any one political party, which commission shall proceed forthwith to draft a charter, or amendments to the existing charter, or amendments to the home rule ordinance, as the case may be.(b) The appointing authority shall direct the commission to consider those recommendations included in the petition and may make other recommendations to the commission. The commission may also consider other items for inclusion in the proposed charter, other changes to the charter or home rule ordinance and such other items as it deems desirable or necessary. The commission shall in its reports comment on each recommendation which it has been directed to consider, if any, and on such other changes or items. The appointing authority shall specify by resolution when the commission shall submit its draft report, which shall be not later than sixteen months from the date of its appointment.(c) The commission shall terminate upon acceptance or rejection of its final report by the appointing authority.(1957, P.A. 465, S. 4; 1959, P.A. 678, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 76; P.A. 75-179; P.A. 81-451, S. 4, 10; P.A. 83-188, S. 2; P.A. 85-253, S. 4, 10.)History: 1959 act added home rule ordinance provisions; 1967 act made minor change in wording; P.A. 75-179 distinguished between charter commissions and charter revision or home rule ordinance commissions re report deadlines; P.A. 81-451 divided section into subsecs., clarified language of existing provisions, required consideration of recommendations in petition and recommendations of appointing authority, changed deadline for report from 18 to 16 months from date of appointment and added Subsec. (c) re termination of commission, effective October 1, 1982; P.A. 83-188 made minor change in wording of Subsec. (b), requiring submission of draft report rather than of final report; P.A. 85-253 replaced the words “revision of” with the words “amendments to” and made certain technical changes.Cited. 150 C. 27; 184 C. 30. Interpretation of statute not unconstitutional. 188 C. 276. Cited. 193 C. 1; 196 C. 623; 234 C. 513.
CT Gen Stat § 7-191a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-191a - Adoption of home rule ordinance.

 Any home rule ordinance in effect on October 1, 1982, shall be part of the organic law of the municipality and the special act superseded thereby and any other special act relating to the government of such municipality inconsistent therewith are repealed.(1959, P.A. 678, S. 6; P.A. 81-451, S. 6, 10.)History: P.A. 81-451 made ordinances in effect on October 1, 1982, a part of municipality's organic law, replacing provision which had made any home rule ordinance a part of organic law upon its adoption, effective October 1, 1982.Cited. 178 C. 81; 188 C. 276; 193 C. 1; 196 C. 623.
CT Gen Stat § 7-191b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-191b - Amendments to charters to modify budget adoption dates.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this title and chapters 164, 170 and 204 and any special act, municipal charter or home rule ordinance, a municipality, upon a two-thirds vote of its legislative body, may amend its charter for the sole purpose of modifying its budget adoption dates. Such budget adoption dates may include, but need not be limited to, applicable dates relating to an executive presentation of a proposed budget, public hearings, fiscal authority action, publications, referenda or final budget adoption. Any vote by the legislative body of a municipality pursuant to this section shall include a reference to this section. For the purposes of this section, “municipality” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-401.(P.A. 18-12, S. 1.)History: P.A. 18-12 effective May 25, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 7-192a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-192a - New tax not authorized by general statutes prohibited. Provisions affecting elections and electors not to be adopted.

 No provision of this chapter shall be deemed to empower any municipality to levy or collect any tax not authorized by the general statutes or to adopt a charter, charter amendments or home rule ordinance amendments which shall affect matters concerning qualification and admission of electors; duties and responsibilities of registrars of voters; duties and responsibilities of town clerks with respect to electors, voting and elections; forfeiture of electoral rights and restoration of the same; absentee voting; conduct of and procedures at elections; hours of voting; canvass of electors; preliminary, final and supplementary registry lists; warning of elections; election officials and their duties and responsibilities; election canvass and returns; election contests; corrupt practices; prohibited acts with respect to elections; nomination of candidates; adoption and amendment of party rules; primaries; and political parties and enrollment therein.(1967, P.A. 417, S. 1; P.A. 81-451, S. 8, 10; P.A. 85-253, S. 7, 10.)History: P.A. 81-451 added provisions concerning new taxes, formerly in Sec. 7-192, effective October 1, 1982; P.A. 85-253 amended section to refer to amendment of charters and home rule ordinances rather than to their revision.Cited. 188 C. 276; 193 C. 1; 195 C. 524; 196 C. 623.A town is not prohibited by section from adopting age requirements for local elective officers. 31 CS 447.
CT Gen Stat § 7-196 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-196 - Form of petition.

 The form of the petition for proposing a consolidation shall be as follows: WARNING: ALL SIGNATURES SHALL BE IN INK OR INDELIBLE PENCIL. We, the electors of the town, city or borough or unit of local government of (Here insert the name of the town, city, borough or unit of local government), hereby present this petition under the provisions of section 7-195 proposing a consolidation with the following-named town, city, borough or unit of local government ...., and we certify that we are electors of the town, city, borough or unit of local government of .... residing at the addresses set opposite our names and that we have not signed this petition more than once. (Here follow the signatures and addresses.)(1957, P.A. 465, S. 10.)Cited. 171 C. 74; 179 C. 589; 188 C. 276; 208 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 7-197 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-197 - Consolidation commission.

 If, within thirty days of the adoption of the proposal to consolidate by the initiating legislative body, the legislative body of each other unit of local government included in the proposed consolidation has accepted the proposal, or if a sufficient petition has been certified to the presiding officer of the legislative body of the town, such presiding officer shall call a joint meeting of the legislative bodies of all of the units of local government included in the proposal, designate the time and place, and preside at the joint meeting. Such meeting shall by joint resolution appoint a consolidation commission of not fewer than five nor more than fifteen members. Each political subdivision included in the proposed consolidation and the area of the town, if any, outside the boundaries of any such political subdivision shall be represented on the consolidation commission, as nearly as possible, in proportion to the number of electors residing in each such political subdivision and the number of electors residing outside the boundaries of any such political subdivision; provided there shall be at least one commission member from each political subdivision in the proposed consolidation and one member from the area of the town, if any, outside the boundaries of any such political subdivision.(1957, P.A. 465, S. 11.)Cited. 152 C. 676; 171 C. 74; 179 C. 589; 184 C. 30; 188 C. 276; 208 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 7-198 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-198 - Duties of commission.

 Such consolidation commission shall prepare a consolidation ordinance in which provision shall be made for the allocation of local governmental functions and services to existing offices, departments, boards, commissions or other agencies of the town, city, borough or other unit of local government; the abolition of unnecessary offices, departments, boards, commissions or other agencies; the definition of areas in which services are to be rendered; the establishment of necessary taxing districts to pay the cost of such services; the distribution of assets and liabilities, and such other matters as are required to effectuate such consolidation, including the necessary revision of the charter of any of the units of local government under consolidation so as to eliminate unnecessary offices, departments, boards, commissions or other agencies or to expand existing offices, departments, boards, commissions or other agencies and so to render such charter effective as the charter of the consolidated municipality; provided the terms of the consolidation ordinance shall not, in terms or effect, impair the contractual obligations of the town, city, borough or other unit of local government.(1957, P.A. 465, S. 12; 1963, P.A. 18, S. 1.)History: 1963 act deleted the word “geographical” before the word “areas” in the phrase “the definition of areas” and specifically provided for necessary charter revision, deleting a prohibition against the establishment of new offices, departments, etc.“Cost of such services” does not permit charges exceeding cost of acquiring, constructing and operating a sewage system; taxpayer cannot be charged for more than he is actually receiving. 171 C. 74. Cited. 179 C. 589; 188 C. 276; 208 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 7-199 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-199 - Referendum.

 Not less than ninety days nor more than eighteen months after the appointment of such consolidation commission, such consolidation ordinance shall be submitted to the town clerk. Such ordinance shall be submitted to the electors of the town at the next general election following submission to the town clerk. A special election may be held before the next general election providing a petition for a special election is filed with the town clerk of such municipality for submission to the legislative body and signed by not less than ten per cent of the electors of such town. The sufficiency of such petition shall be determined in the manner specified in section 7-188. Such consolidation ordinance shall become effective if approved by a majority of the electors of the town voting thereon; provided such majority shall be no less than fifteen per cent of the electors as determined by the last-completed registry list of such town.(1957, P.A. 465, S. 13; P.A. 75-212, S. 1, 2.)History: P.A. 75-212 required submission of ordinance within 18 months rather than within one year to town clerk (previously to electors) and to voters at next general election following submission to clerk unless special election held.Cited. 171 C. 74; 179 C. 589; 188 C. 276; 208 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 7-200 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-200 - Consolidation of school districts. Charter revisions in consolidation process.

 Nothing in sections 7-195 to 7-201, inclusive, shall be construed to prevent the consolidation of school districts as heretofore provided by law. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent a consolidation commission from making revisions in the charter of any of the units of local government in the process of consolidation so as more conveniently and appropriately to effectuate the process of consolidation of that unit of government with the other unit or units of government concerned; nor shall the provisions of sections 7-187 to 7-191, inclusive, apply to any such consolidation commission.(1957, P.A. 465, S. 14; 1963, P.A. 18, S. 2.)History: 1963 act deleted language re appointment of combined charter and consolidation commission and added provision re charter revisions to facilitate consolidation procedure.Cited. 179 C. 589; 188 C. 276; 208 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 7-201 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 99 - Municipal Charters and Special Acts|Section 7-201 - Receipt of funds. Appropriations.

 Any charter commission or consolidation commission appointed under the provisions of this chapter is authorized to receive for its own use and purposes any funds or money from any source, including gifts and contributions, made by any individual, corporation or association. Any unit of local government is authorized to appropriate funds for expenses incurred by any charter commission, consolidation commission or combined charter and consolidation commission in the performance of its purposes. Within the amounts so received such commissions may engage employees and contract for the services of consultants.(1957, P.A. 465, S. 15.)Cited. 179 C. 589; 188 C. 276; 208 C. 543.
CT Gen Stat § 7-202 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 100 - Municipal Parking Authorities|Section 7-202 - Definitions.

 When used in this chapter, “parking facilities” means lots, garages, parking terminals or other structures and accommodations for the parking of motor vehicles off the street or highway and open to public use with or without charge; “parking authority” means a body corporate and politic created by the legislative body of any municipality as hereinafter provided; “parking division” means any existing municipal department, bureau, agency, commission or executive officer designated by any municipality as hereinafter provided; and “municipality” means any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated, and any fire district.(1953, S. 280d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 26.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-203 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 100 - Municipal Parking Authorities|Section 7-203 - Creation of parking authorities.

 Any municipality may provide parking facilities and may, by ordinance, create a parking authority or designate a parking division for the purposes of creating and establishing off-street parking facilities. A parking authority created under the provisions of this section shall consist of five members, appointed by the chief executive officer of the municipality, not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party. Those first appointed shall be designated to serve for one, two, three, four and five years respectively and thereafter a member shall be appointed annually to serve for five years, except that any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term. Such authority shall select from among its members a chairman and may employ necessary personnel. The members of the authority shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses. No action of such authority shall be valid unless authorized by a vote of the majority of its members. Such authority shall maintain proper accounting and financial records and shall make an annual report to the chief executive officer of the municipality.(1953, S. 281d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 27.)Parking authority, when created by the municipality, has powers given by this section and Sec. 7-204 to act in “the name of the municipality”. 19 CS 46.
CT Gen Stat § 7-204 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 100 - Municipal Parking Authorities|Section 7-204 - Powers of parking authority.

 Such parking authority or parking division shall have the power, in the name of the municipality, to (1) create, establish, and expand wherever built by such municipality, off-street parking facilities; (2) acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease or condemnation, subject to the provisions of section 48-6, real property or any interest therein necessary for or incidental to the construction, maintenance, operation, or expansion of off-street parking facilities, provided such authority shall not be empowered to take by eminent domain any property from a corporation which has the right of eminent domain, and this chapter shall not affect the powers of eminent domain of any such corporation; prepare necessary plans and drawings; (3) construct or cause to be constructed parking facilities; (4) maintain and operate parking facilities; (5) establish and collect reasonable off-street parking fees; (6) give, grant or sell any real property owned by such parking authority to the municipality; dedicate any real property owned by such parking authority to the public purposes for a street or highway; (7) lease parking facilities or such expanded parking facilities as may be provided, and already subject to lease, to any public agency, individual, firm, corporation or hospital, as defined by subsection (b) of section 19a-490, upon such terms and conditions as the public interest may warrant; and (8) enforce parking regulations in a municipality that has adopted an ordinance under section 7-204a in accordance with the terms of such ordinance.(1953, S. 282d; 1959, P.A. 242; 1969, P.A. 516; 1971, P.A. 604, S. 1; P.A. 73-614, S. 1, 3; P.A. 03-264, S. 2.)History: 1959 act authorized authority to give, grant or sell its property to the municipality and to dedicate its property for a street or highway; 1969 act deleted language which, in effect, had made parking authority a lessor of facilities to others, leaving language which implied that the authority itself might lease facilities from others; 1971 act permitted expansion of facilities and specified that authority may lease facilities to public agencies; P.A. 73-614 allowed leasing of facilities to individuals, firms, corporations and hospitals and deleted provision concerning dispensing or furnishing products or services other than parking at parking facilities; P.A. 03-264 added provision re enforcement of municipal parking regulations and inserted numeric subdivision designators.See Sec. 7-273o re political advertising at parking authority facilities.
CT Gen Stat § 7-204a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 100 - Municipal Parking Authorities|Section 7-204a - Enforcement of municipal parking regulations.

 Any consolidated town and city which (1) was consolidated in 1896, (2) has a mayor and a court of common council, and (3) has a population of more than one hundred thousand, may, by ordinance adopted by the court of common council, authorize the parking authority of such consolidated town and city to (A) enforce the parking regulations of such consolidated city and town, and (B) receive the amount remitted to the town and city for parking regulations under subsection (b) of section 51-56a.(P.A. 03-264, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-205 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 100 - Municipal Parking Authorities|Section 7-205 - Financing.

 Such parking authority or parking division, subject to the specific authorization and approval of the legislative body, may finance the creation and establishment of parking facilities by any one, or any combination, of the following methods: (a) General obligation bonds, including such general obligation bonds as shall mature at such time on a maturity schedule that will substantially equalize the payment of principal and interest annually; (b) revenue bonds as provided in section 7-206; (c) parking fees and special charges derived from the use of parking facilities; (d) general fund appropriations; (e) parking meter revenues; or (f) gifts, bequests, devises, grants-in-aid or otherwise.(1953, S. 283d; 1971, P.A. 604, S. 3.)History: 1971 act included general obligation bonds with maturity schedules which equalize principal and interest payments.
CT Gen Stat § 7-206a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 100 - Municipal Parking Authorities|Section 7-206a - Bonds and notes not subject to statutory debt limit. Conveyance of title by municipality to public agency lessee.

 Bonds and notes issued under the provisions of section 7-206 for the purposes of sections 7-204 and 7-205 shall not be subject to any statutory limitations on the indebtedness of the municipality and such bonds and notes, when issued pursuant to the execution of a lease to a public agency, or an agreement for such lease, shall not be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the municipality in respect of any such limitation, and the municipality may convey title to the facility, including the land, to the public agency lessee, without consideration but only after receipt of sufficient funds to pay the principal of and interest on said notes or bonds and only when the terms of the lease agreement shall have been fully performed.(1971, P.A. 604, S. 2.)