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CT Gen Stat § 25-86 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-86 - Taking of property.

 Such board is authorized to enter upon and to take and hold, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, any real property or interest therein which it determines is necessary for use in connection with the flood or erosion control system. Whenever the board is unable to agree with the owner of any such property as to the compensation to be paid for the taking thereof, the board, in the name of the municipality, may bring condemnation proceedings in accordance with the procedure provided by part I of chapter 835 for condemnation by municipal corporations generally. In such case, the court or judge may permit immediate possession of such property by the board in accordance with the procedure provided by said chapter.(1955, S. 2385d.)Cited. 151 C. 312.Cited. 1 CA 417.
CT Gen Stat § 25-87 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-87 - Bond issue authorized. Assessments.

 At any time after voting to acquire, construct or reconstruct any flood or erosion control system or portion thereof, the board in its discretion may elect to defray the cost thereof by issuing bonds or other evidences of debt, or from general taxation, special assessment or any combination thereof. If it elects to defray any part of such cost from special assessment, it may apportion and assess such part upon the lands and buildings in the municipality which, in its judgment, are especially benefited thereby, whether they abut on such flood or erosion control system or not, and upon the owners of such lands and buildings, subject to the right of appeal as hereinafter provided. Such assessment may include a proportionate share of any expenses incidental to the completion of such flood or erosion control system, such as fees and expenses of attorneys, engineers, surveyors, superintendents or inspectors, the cost of any property purchased or acquired for such work, interest on securities, the cost of preparing maps, plans and specifications, and the cost of printing, publishing or serving advertisements or notices incidental thereto. The board may divide the total territory to be benefited by any flood or erosion control system into sections and may levy assessments against the property benefited in each section separately. In assessing benefits against the property in any section, the board may add to the cost of the part of the flood or erosion control system located in such section a proportionate share of the cost of any part of such system located outside the section which is useful for the operation or effectiveness of that part of such system within the section and of any of the other items of cost or expense above enumerated.(1955, S. 2386d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-88 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-88 - Method of assessment.

 Whenever any assessment is made as herein provided, the amount to be raised thereby shall be apportioned among the properties benefited according to such rule as the board may adopt, based upon area, street frontage, assessed valuation of the land in the last-completed grand list of the municipality, the present or permitted use of any real property in the section, or any combination of these or other relevant factors. The board may make reasonable allowances when for any reason the particular condition or situation of any property requires such allowance. No benefits shall be assessed against any property in excess of the special benefit to accrue to such property. Assessments under this part shall be made subject to the provisions of sections 7-139 to 7-145, inclusive.(1955, S. 2387d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-89 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-89 - New and supplementary assessments.

 If any assessment is not valid or enforceable for any reason, a new assessment may be made in the manner hereinbefore provided for the determination of the original assessment. 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 board against those properties previously assessed, to the end that a sum sufficient to pay the cost of such work may be obtained, provided the total of such supplementary assessment and the original assessment shall not exceed the value of the special benefit to accrue to the property against which the benefit is assessed.(1955, S. 2388d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-90 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-90 - Assessment due date. Notice.

 Assessments shall be due and payable at such time as may be fixed by the board, provided no assessment shall become due until the work, or particular portion thereof for which such assessment was levied, has been completed. The board shall give notice of the date when such assessments are due and payable by publication at least twice within a period of fifteen days in a newspaper having a circulation in the municipality, listing the streets and describing the area within which are located the properties against which assessments are due. Such notice shall state the date when such assessments are due and payable, which date shall be more than thirty and less than sixty days after the date of the first such publication.(1955, S. 2389d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-91 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-91 - Installment payment of assessments.

 The board may provide for the payment of such assessments in such number of substantially equal annual installments, not exceeding twenty, as it determines, and may provide for interest charges on any deferred payments. Any person who has elected to pay his assessment in more than one installment may make payment at any time in full of the whole or such part of such assessment as still remains unpaid.(1955, S. 2390d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-92 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-92 - Segregation and use of assessment funds.

 The proceeds of such assessments, whether or not pledged for the payment of securities, shall be segregated from other funds of the municipality and shall be used only to pay for the construction or reconstruction of the flood or erosion control system or particular portion thereof in respect to which such assessments are made or, as the case may be, for the payment of the interest on or principal of any securities issued to pay for such system or particular portion thereof.(1955, S. 2391d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-93 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-93 - Delinquent payments.

 Any assessment against benefited property not paid within thirty days of the due date shall thereupon be delinquent and shall be subject to interest from the due date at the same interest rate and in the same manner as provided by the general statutes in the case of delinquent taxes, provided, in the case of an assessment payable in installments, interest shall be computed on the entire unpaid balance of such assessment from the due date of the last installment which was paid, or from the due date of the assessment if no previous installment has been paid. Each addition of interest shall become, and be collectible as, a part of such assessment. Whenever any installment of an assessment becomes delinquent, any remaining unpaid installments of such assessment shall also become delinquent; provided, if all past due installments, together with interest and any other charges, have been paid in full, remaining installments may be paid without additional penalty, except for subsequent default, in accordance with the original installment schedule.(1955, S. 2392d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-94 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-94 - Agreements concerning navigation and flood or erosion control.

 Any flood and erosion control board established under section 25-84, any such board or commission established by special act or any district having as one of its powers and purposes the right to construct or maintain a flood and erosion control system under chapter 105, acting through its officers, is authorized to negotiate, cooperate and enter into agreements with (1) the United States, (2) the United States and the state of Connecticut, or (3) the state of Connecticut in order to satisfy the conditions imposed by the United States or the state of Connecticut in authorizing any system for the improvement of navigation of any harbor or river and for protection of property against damage by floods or by erosion, provided such system shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.(1949 Rev., S. 4770; 1955, S. 2393d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 26; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; 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 § 25-95 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-95 - Agreements of state and local authorities.

 The state, acting through the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, may enter into agreements with such local authority authorized to contract under section 25-94 for the purpose of constructing projects or systems to prevent, correct and arrest erosion and flood damage within the boundaries of the state. The plans, specifications, system and construction shall be under the direct control and supervision of the commissioner. The contract shall describe (1) the nature and extent of the system, (2) the amount of the cost to the state, (3) the share to be paid by the district or board, and (4) the method of financing the payment by such local authority, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.(1955, S. 2395d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 27; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 118; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; 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 § 25-96 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-96 - Attorney General to approve agreements. Assistance furnished at local expense.

 All contracts and agreements which the state may enter into shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General. The commissioner is authorized to furnish, at the request and expense of such local authority authorized to contract under section 25-94, such technical advice consisting of plans, specifications, surveys, cost estimates, engineering and inspection services as such local authority deems advisable. If such local authority enters into a contract with the commissioner for the construction of a system, such expense shall be deemed part of the cost of construction.(1955, S. 2396d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 119.)History: 1971 act replaced references to water resources commission with references to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 25-97 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-97 - Joint projects of two or more municipalities.

 When any such improvement or protection project or system is located within two or more municipalities, such municipalities, acting by their flood and erosion control boards, are authorized to undertake jointly any such action as is authorized by sections 25-94 and 25-95, and the cost to each board shall be determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.(1949 Rev., S. 4771; 1955, S. 2397d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 28; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 120; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; 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 § 25-98 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-98 - Acceptance of gifts.

 In carrying out the purposes for which it was established, any local authority authorized to contract under section 25-94 may accept, receive and expend gifts, devises or bequests of money, lands or other properties to be applied and expended in the manner provided herein.(1955, S. 2398d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-100 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-100 - Commissioners; appointment; terms; vacancy.

 There shall be three members of the Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission appointed from this state. On or before May first in the odd-numbered years the Governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint one member of said commission whose term of office shall be for six years commencing the first day of July following his appointment and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Such appointees shall act as commissioners for the state of Connecticut to execute, with representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the states of New Hampshire and Vermont, the Connecticut River Flood Control Compact and shall have the powers and duties provided in the compact. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission from Connecticut shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.(1949, 1951, S. 1941d.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-102 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion|Section 25-102 - Commissioners; appointment; terms; vacancy.

 There shall be three members of the Thames River Valley Flood Control Commission appointed from Connecticut who shall act as commissioners for the state of Connecticut to execute, with representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Thames River Valley Flood Control Compact and shall have the powers and duties provided in the compact. On or before May first in the even-numbered years the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one member of the commission whose term of office shall be six years, commencing the first day of July following his appointment and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission from Connecticut shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.(1957, P.A. 559, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-102a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone|Section 25-102a - Public interest in lower Connecticut River.

 It is found that the lower Connecticut River and the towns abutting the river possess unique scenic, ecological, scientific and historic value contributing to public enjoyment, inspiration and scientific study, that it is in the public interest that the provisions of this chapter be adopted to preserve such values and to prevent deterioration of the natural and traditional riverway scene for the enjoyment of present and future generations of Connecticut citizens and that the powers of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, conferred by the provisions of section 22a-25, should be exercised in the furtherance of the purposes hereof in conformity with his general responsibility to preserve the natural resources of the state.(P.A. 73-349, S. 1, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 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 § 25-102b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone|Section 25-102b - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter, “conservation zone” means the zone described in section 25-102c; “development rights” means the rights of the owner of property to improve such property, including the right to change the terrain, remove natural vegetation and construct buildings thereon; “land coverage” means that portion of a given plot of land on which construction is permitted; “scenic easement” means a less than fee interest in property acquired for the purpose of maintaining the existing condition of the property or of preserving an unobstructed view.(P.A. 73-349, S. 2, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-102f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone|Section 25-102f - Acquisition of land and water interests by the state.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, with the approval of said commission and in the manner provided in section 22a-25, acquire in the name of the state interests less than fee in lands and waters, including scenic easements and development rights, necessary and applicable to the preservation of the Connecticut River as provided in section 25-102a within the area encompassed by the towns of Old Saybrook, Essex, Deep River, Chester, Haddam, East Haddam, Lyme and Old Lyme, provided he shall not so acquire the title to scenic easement and development rights with respect to more than twenty-five hundred acres and provided interests in lands and waters held by trusts for conservation purposes or municipally owned lands and waters shall not be subject to condemnation. The commissioner shall be guided in making such acquisitions by the recommendations of the committee made under subsection (a) of section 25-102d and by any modifications which the commission may make to such recommendations. Funds for such acquisitions shall be made available from the proceeds of bonds authorized under subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 2 of special act 73-74. Interests less than fee acquired by the commissioner by gift or devise shall not be applied against the twenty-five hundred acres referred to in this section. Interests acquired by purchase, at less than fair market value, as determined by the appraisal of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall be applied against said twenty-five hundred acre limitation to the extent of the percentage of purchase price to fair market value.(P.A. 73-349, S. 10, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 7, 10; P.A. 75-370, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 74-103 specified that “interests less than fee acquired by the commissioner by gift or devise shall not be applied against the 2,500 acres referred to in this section”; P.A. 75-370 required that commissioner be guided by modifications to recommendations made by Commission and specified that interests acquired by purchase at less than fair market value “shall be applied against said twenty-five hundred acre limitation to the extent of the percentage of purchase price to fair market value”; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 25-102h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone|Section 25-102h - Action on applications to zoning boards of appeals referred to Connecticut River Gateway Commission.

 Whenever any zoning board of appeals of a town which has voted to be governed by the provisions of this section and sections 25-102g and 25-102j receives an application with respect to land within the conservation zone, such board shall submit a copy of such application to the Connecticut River Gateway Commission and the conservation commission of the town within which such land is located not less than ten days prior to the date set for the hearing on such application. Said commission shall review such application to determine if the action requested in such application is adverse to the protection and development of the conservation zone in accordance with the purposes of this chapter and the standards set forth in section 25-102d. In addition to its other powers and duties, the zoning board of appeals shall determine if the action requested in such application is consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the standards set forth in subsection (b) of section 25-102g. Said commission and such conservation commission shall be deemed aggrieved parties at any hearing on any such application before the zoning board of appeals and for the purpose of taking an appeal pursuant to section 8-8.(P.A. 73-349, S. 7, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 5, 10; P.A. 79-319, S. 3, 5.)History: P.A. 74-103 replaced previous provisions re discretionary submission of matters by zoning board of appeals to Commission for advisory opinions with provisions requiring zoning board of appeals to submit applications received concerning land within conservation zone to town conservation commission and Gateway Commission before hearing and setting out role of those commissions in application proceedings; P.A. 79-319 authorized zoning board of appeals to determine if request contained in the application is consistent with purposes of the chapter and standards under Sec. 25-102g.
CT Gen Stat § 25-102i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone|Section 25-102i - Appeals from zoning boards of appeals to commission.

 Section 25-102i is repealed.(P.A. 73-349, S. 8, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 9, 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 25-102j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control|Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone|Section 25-102j - Withdrawal of town by referendum. Reinstatement by referendum.

 (a) Any town which has voted to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-102g, 25-102h and this section may, by referendum, vote not to be so governed and, effective six months thereafter, the provisions of said sections shall not apply to such town. Upon the filing of a petition of not less than ten per cent of the voters of such town circulated as provided in section 7-9 and section 7-9a, such referendum shall be held, subject to the provisions of section 7-9b and section 7-9c, at a regular or special town meeting to be held within sixty days after such filing.(b) Notwithstanding any decision of a town not to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-102g, 25-102h and this section, taken pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such town may vote to again be so governed by petition and referendum as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.(P.A. 73-349, S. 9, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 6, 10.)History: P.A. 74-103 added Subsec. (b) re subsequent votes.