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CT Gen Stat § 7-493 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-493 - Bonds and notes to be special obligation of municipality. Applicability of statutory debt limitation.

 Bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter shall be special obligations of the municipality and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues pledged to the payment thereof, nor shall the municipality issuing the same be subject to any liability thereon except to the extent of such pledged revenues. No holder or holders of any bonds or notes shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the municipality to pay any bonds or notes or the interest thereon, nor to enforce payment thereon against any property of the municipality except the development property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of this chapter. The bonds and notes shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the municipality, except the development property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of this chapter. The substance of such limitation shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond and note, with appropriate modification in the case of bonds and notes secured by the covenant and pledge of a municipality to restore the capital reserve fund to the maximum capital reserve fund requirement. The foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 7-492 when applicable, including particularly the provisions of said section with respect to notes and bonds secured by such covenant and pledge of a municipality, and all bonds and notes so secured shall be disclosed and listed in all reports made or required in connection with any indebtedness of the municipality which is subject to any statutory limitation. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 7-492, bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the municipality and such bonds and notes when issued shall not be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the municipality in respect to and to the extent of any such limitation.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 14, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-494 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-494 - Municipal moneys to be deposited in separate accounts. Annual audits.

 (a) All moneys of a municipality derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this chapter, shall be deposited as soon as practicable in a separate account or accounts in banks or trust companies organized under the laws of the state or in national banking associations doing business in the state. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on checks signed by such officer or employee of the municipality as the municipality shall authorize. All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the municipality, be secured by obligations of the United States of America or of the state or of the municipality of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a municipality shall have power to contract with the holders of any of its notes or bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any moneys of the municipality derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter and of any moneys held in a trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds, and to carry out such contract. Moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds or in any way to secure notes or bonds and deposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of the municipality, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits.(b) Subject to the provisions of any contract with noteholders and bondholders, a municipality issuing notes or bonds pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe a system of accounts. All such accounts shall be kept separate from other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the purposes of this chapter and for no other purpose.(c) All accounts of a municipality established in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter shall be annually audited by an independent certified public accountant, and a report of such audit and the books and records of the municipality kept with respect to any action taken or account established under this chapter, including books and records pertaining to its receipts, disbursements, contracts, reserve funds, sinking funds and investments, shall be open to public inspection.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 15, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-495 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-495 - Municipal default or noncompliance. Appointment of trustee.

 (a) In the event that a municipality shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in the event that a municipality shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds, the holders of twenty-five per cent in aggregate principal amount of the notes or bonds of such issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the clerk of such municipality and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes or bonds for the purposes herein provided.(b) Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of twenty-five per cent in principal amount of such notes or bonds then outstanding shall, in his or its own name: (1) By suit, action or proceeding in accordance with the general statutes enforce all rights of the noteholders or bondholders, including the right to require the municipality to carry out any agreement with such holders and to perform its duties under this chapter; (2) bring suit upon such notes or bonds; (3) by action or suit, require the municipality to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or bonds; (4) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds; (5) declare all such notes or bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good, then, with the consent of the holders of twenty-five per cent of the principal amount of such notes or bonds then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.(c) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or proceeding by the trustee on behalf of such noteholders or bondholders. The venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the municipality against which any such remedy is sought.(d) Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, the trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the municipality.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 16, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-496 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-496 - Notes and bonds made securities.

 The notes and bonds of municipalities are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The notes and bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities for any purpose of which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 17, 25; P.A. 80-483, S. 22, 186.)History: P.A. 80-483 deleted reference to building and loan associations.
CT Gen Stat § 7-497 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-497 - Income from notes and bonds tax-exempt; exception.

 It is hereby determined that the powers conferred upon municipalities by this chapter are in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, comfort and security, and that the purposes of this chapter are public purposes and that municipalities will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by this chapter. The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by a municipality, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the notes and bonds, that the notes and bonds of the municipality issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation, except for estate and gift taxes and taxes on transfers. Municipalities are authorized to include this covenant of the state in any agreement with the holder of such notes or bonds.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 18, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-498 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-498 - Development property may be tax-exempt.

 Any development property may be exempted from any property tax imposed by the municipality; provided any municipality may enter into an agreement, approved by resolution, providing for a payment or payments in lieu of taxes with respect to any such property, or providing that any such property is subject to all or any portion of local property taxes. In no case shall development property be exempt in whole or in part from such property tax for a period or periods, in the aggregate, in excess of twenty years. This section shall not affect, modify, alter or invalidate any agreement entered into by any municipality prior to August 8, 1975, relating to local property taxes to be paid on any municipally owned property.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 19, 25; P.A. 84-428, S. 3, 4.)History: P.A. 84-428 amended the description of development property, which may be exempt from property tax, by deleting the condition that such property must be owned by a municipality to be so exempted.
CT Gen Stat § 7-499 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-499 - Agreement with bond holders.

 The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any notes or bonds that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in a municipality to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with said holders thereof, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders until such notes and bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. A municipality is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of such notes or bonds.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 20, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-500 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-500 - Exclusive procedure for issuance of bonds.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general statute, special act, municipal charter or ordinance to the contrary, no proceedings, notice or approval shall be required for the issuance of any bonds or notes or any instrument as security therefor, except as provided by sections 7-491 to 7-499, inclusive.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 21, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-501 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-501 - Competitive or public bidding requirements.

 This chapter shall not supersede any provision of any general statute, special act, municipal charter or ordinance with regard to competitive or public bidding for the sale, lease or other disposition of property or for the award of contracts for demolition, construction or rehabilitation, except that any contract or agreement for the disposition of any interest by a municipality, or a governmental unit or nonprofit corporation to which a municipality has delegated powers under the provisions of section 7-486, in development property and any contract or agreement relative to the improvement of development property, the construction of improvements thereon or the rehabilitation thereof, which is entered into by a municipality, or a governmental unit or nonprofit corporation to which a municipality has delegated powers under the provisions of section 7-486, with a sponsor who is going to use or occupy such development property, may be entered into without regard to any such requirement.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 22, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-502 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-502 - Applicability of payment bond, prevailing wage and other employee benefit laws.

 (a) The provisions of section 31-53 shall apply to contractual arrangements for the construction, reconstruction or rehabilitation of development property.(b) The provisions of sections 49-41 to 49-43, inclusive, shall apply to any construction, reconstruction or rehabilitation of development property undertaken by a municipality or a governmental unit or nonprofit corporation to which a municipality has delegated powers pursuant to section 7-486.(c) The provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-473c, inclusive, 7-474 to 7-477, inclusive, and of chapter 561 and any provisions of any special act, municipal charter or ordinance granting to employees rights of organization, representation and collective bargaining shall apply to any powers exercised or actions undertaken pursuant to this chapter by a municipality or a governmental unit or nonprofit corporation to which a municipality has delegated powers pursuant to section 7-486.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 23, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-503 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 114 - Connecticut City and Town Development Act|Section 7-503 - Chapter grants no authority for municipality to acquire, own, develop or improve real property outside its borders.

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give authority to a municipality to proceed under this chapter to acquire, own, develop or otherwise improve real property outside of its own borders.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 24, 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-504 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 115 - State Grants to Municipalities|Section 7-504 - Definitions.

 As used in section 7-505:(1) “Density” means the population of a municipality divided by the number of square miles of the municipality;(2) “Population” means the number of persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, except that, in intervening years between such censuses, “population” means the number of persons according to the most recent estimate of the Department of Public Health;(3) “Public housing rooms” means rooms contained in publicly or privately owned dwelling units which are assisted by the United States under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and dwelling units which are assisted by or owned or leased by the state under chapter 128 or 129; and(4) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.(P.A. 85-516, S. 2, 8; P.A. 86-263, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 14-122, S. 73.)History: P.A. 86-263 added Subdiv. (4) defining “municipality”; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subdivs. (2) and (3).
CT Gen Stat § 7-506 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 115 - State Grants to Municipalities|Section 7-506 - Annual appropriation for purposes of Sec. 7-505.

 Section 7-506 is repealed.(P.A. 85-516, S. 3, 8; P.A. 89-324, S. 3, 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-510 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 115 - State Grants to Municipalities|Section 7-510 - State grants to municipalities based on housing units. Distribution formula.

 (a) As used in this section:(1) “Federal housing units” means public housing units assisted by the United States under the United States Housing Act, as amended, that are owned by a local housing authority and listed in the 1994 Catalogue of Public Assisted Housing prepared by the Connecticut Department of Housing;(2) “State housing units” means governmentally assisted housing units as reported on the 1996 Affordable Housing Appeals Procedure List, not including federal units; and(3) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish a grant program to municipalities, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, based on the number of federal and state housing units in each municipality. The amount of each grant shall be determined as follows: (1) Seventy-five per cent of the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section shall be distributed pro rata on the basis of the number of federal housing units in each municipality; and (2) twenty-five per cent of such amount shall be distributed on the basis of the number of state housing units in each municipality.(c) On or before September 1, 1999, the secretary shall calculate the amount due each municipality in accordance with the formula prescribed in subsection (b) of this section and shall certify to the State Comptroller the amount due to each municipality.(P.A. 98-263, S. 15, 21.)History: P.A. 98-263 effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b) the Revisors editorially inserted a semicolon before the phrase “and (2) twenty-five per cent”, and in Subsec. (c) changed an incorrect reference to “subsection (a) of this section” to “subsection (b) of this section”).
CT Gen Stat § 7-520 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 116 - Local Emergency Relief Account|Section 7-520 - Local emergency relief account established.

 There is established an account within the General Fund to be known as the “local emergency relief account”. The purpose of the local emergency relief account shall be to provide for the payment of grants to municipalities to relieve or assist in the relieving of a situation certified by the Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 7-521, to be an unusual and serious condition endangering public health and welfare and requiring the immediate expenditure of public funds by a particular municipality or municipalities. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said account for the fiscal year next succeeding.(P.A. 87-535, S. 1, 6; P.A. 94-95, S. 1.)History: P.A. 94-95 changed name of fund from “Local Emergency Relief Fund” to “local emergency relief account”.
CT Gen Stat § 7-521 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 116 - Local Emergency Relief Account|Section 7-521 - Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee established.

 (a) There is established a Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee comprised of: The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Adjutant General of the Military Department, or their designees; the president pro tempore of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, or their designees; a member of the Senate who shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and a member of the House of Representatives who shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall serve as the chairperson of the Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee. The committee may adopt such bylaws and guidelines and shall adopt such eligibility standards as it deems advisable to carry out the purposes of sections 7-520 to 7-522, inclusive. The Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee shall not be deemed to be an agency for the purposes of chapter 54.(P.A. 87-535, S. 2, 6; P.A. 88-135, S. 1; P.A. 99-190, S. 5, 9; P.A. 04-219, S. 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 153.)History: P.A. 88-135 substituted office of “emergency management” for office of “civil preparedness” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 99-190 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the Adjutant General of the Military Department as a member, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 04-219 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to substitute Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for director of the Office of Emergency Management and for Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, respectively, effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and by making a technical change, effective July 1, 2011.