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CT Gen Stat § 7-131i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131i - Municipal use of open space land.

 Land acquired or developed by any municipality, for which a state grant was awarded under sections 7-131d to 7-131k, inclusive, shall not be conveyed other than to another municipality or to the state for use for recreation or conservation or converted to any use other than recreation or conservation, except with the approval of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, provided a municipality may use such land for a subsurface sewage disposal system if such system is adjacent to a municipally-owned building. If such grant was awarded for acquisition of land, such approval by said commissioner shall be conditioned on the agreement of the municipality to provide comparable land to be devoted to recreation or conservation, the full proceeds of any sale of land to be applied to such purpose and, if such proceeds exceed the amount required for such land acquisition, the balance shall revert to the state General Fund. If the municipality is unable to acquire comparable land, it shall pay to the state (1) if the land is sold, the same percentage of the proceeds of the sale as that granted by the state for the purchase of the land, or (2) if the land is not sold, such percentage of the fair market value of the land at the time of conversion to another use.(1963, P.A. 649, S. 7; February, 1965, P.A. 369, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 408; P.A. 78-359, S. 3, 8; P.A. 92-206, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1965 act specified that land shall not be conveyed “other than to another municipality or to the state for use for recreation or conservation”; 1971 act substituted commissioner of environmental protection for council on agriculture and natural resources; P.A. 78-359 included land developed through grant; P.A. 92-206 authorized use of land acquired or developed by a municipality under Secs. 7-131c to 7-131k, inclusive, for subsurface sewage disposal systems under certain circumstances; (Revisor's note: In 1999 a reference to Sec. 7-131c was changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 7-131d, since Sec. 7-131c was repealed by P.A. 98-157); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and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 § 7-131k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131k - Acceptance of federal funds.

 Any municipality may accept federal funds for open space land acquisitions or development.(1963, P.A. 649, S. 9; P.A. 78-359, S. 4, 8.)History: P.A. 78-359 authorized acceptance of federal funds for “development”.See Sec. 22a-22(c) re receipt and disbursement of federal funds for planning, acquisition and development of state forest, park, fish and game facilities and for acquisition and development of lands by municipalities.
CT Gen Stat § 7-131l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131l - Development of watershed areas for recreation and fish and wildlife sites.

 Any town, city or borough may enter into agreements with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any federal or state agency concerned with watershed protection projects for the purposes of developing, maintaining and operating recreation and fish and wildlife sites in the watershed areas of projects provided for in sections 22a-318 to 22a-322, inclusive. Any town, city or borough may appropriate funds, receive gifts of land or money and allocate funds as its share of the cost of such recreational or fish and wildlife site development, maintenance and operation.(1963, P.A. 350; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 409; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act substituted commissioner of environmental protection for council on agriculture and natural resources; 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 § 7-131m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131m - Combined conservation and recreational commission.

 (a) Unless otherwise provided by special act, any town may by ordinance or vote of its legislative body designate its conservation commission or its recreational authority as the conservation and recreational commission for such town, and such commission shall thereupon have all the powers and duties of both a conservation and a recreational authority and shall supersede any previous conservation commission or recreational authority, as the case may be. Such ordinance or vote shall establish the number of members to comprise such conservation and recreational commission which shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members who shall be appointed in accordance with section 7-130c.(b) Any town which has designated its conservation commission or recreational authority as the conservation and recreation commission in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may, by ordinance or by vote of its legislative body, reverse such designation and do anything to conform to the provisions of sections 7-130a to 7-130w, inclusive, and 7-131a, provided no such reversal, unless otherwise stated, shall be construed to affect the continuity of conservation or recreation programs in such town.(1969, P.A. 284, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-271, S. 3, 24.)History: P.A. 90-271 corrected an internal reference.
CT Gen Stat § 7-131n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131n - Taking of land previously intended for use as park or for other recreational or open space purposes.

 If any municipality takes any land, for highway or other purposes, which land was purchased for park or other recreational or open space purposes, or for which bonds were issued for such purposes, or which had been dedicated for such purposes, such municipality shall provide comparable replacement land at least equal in value and per unit area size to the value and per unit area size of the land taken; provided before such municipality takes such land for highway or other purposes it shall hold a public hearing in addition to any public hearing required by section 13a-58 or by any other section of the general statutes or by any special act or city charter. At such public hearing and in the notice thereof, the municipality shall set forth the description of the land proposed to be taken and the proposed use of such land, any reasons for the proposed taking of the parkland rather than other land and the description of the replacement land to be provided. The municipality shall give notice of the time and place of such hearing by publication in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in such municipality, such notice to be given at least twice, at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days and the second not less than two days before such hearing and such hearing shall be held within a period of not more than thirty and not less than fifteen days after any other public hearing required by section 13a-58 or by any other section of the general statutes. For purposes of this section “municipality” means any town, city or borough, or other political subdivision of the state.(P.A. 75-534; P.A. 77-172.)History: P.A. 77-172 required that description of replacement land be provided at public hearing.
CT Gen Stat § 7-131o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131o - Taking of active agricultural land by eminent domain. Purchase of agricultural conservation easement or development rights. Notice to Commissioner of Agriculture.

 A municipality, town, city, borough or district, as defined in section 7-324, that takes active agricultural land by eminent domain shall: (1) Purchase an agricultural conservation easement on an equivalent amount of active agricultural land of comparable or better soil quality in such municipality, town, city, borough or district; or (2) if no comparable active agricultural land is available for an agricultural conservation easement as provided in subdivision (1) of this section, pay a fee for the purchase of development rights to an equivalent amount of active agricultural land of comparable or better soil quality elsewhere in the state. Such purchase amount shall be paid to the General Fund and credited to the state program for the preservation of agricultural land established pursuant to chapter 422a. The municipality, town, city, borough or district shall notify the Commissioner of Agriculture of its intent to comply with the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2) of this section. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall determine the amount of the payment to be made by such municipality, town, city, borough or district for the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement or the purchase of development rights pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of this section. The municipality, town, city, borough or district shall not proceed unless the Commissioner of Agriculture approves the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement pursuant to subdivision (1) of this section. Such agricultural conservation easement shall be jointly and severally held by the municipality, town, city, borough or district and the state.(P.A. 04-189, S. 1; 04-222, S. 4; P.A. 05-288, S. 213.)History: P.A. 04-222 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189, effective June 1, 2004, repealed Secs. 146 to 148, inclusive, of June 6 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 which had created a single Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection from separate Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, necessitating substitution of “Commissioner of Agriculture” for “Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection” in this section; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 7-131p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131p - Establishment of municipal land acquisition and development authority.

 Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, establish a land acquisition and development authority to assist the municipality to acquire or develop any agricultural, recreational or open space land or to assist the municipality to acquire any easements, interest or rights therein and to enter into covenants and agreements with owners of such land or interests therein to acquire, maintain, improve, protect, limit the future use of or otherwise conserve such land.(P.A. 05-228, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 113.)History: P.A. 05-228 effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 changed effective date of P.A. 05-228 to October 1, 2005, effective June 30, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 7-131r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131r - Land acquisition fund.

 Any municipality, by vote of its legislative body, may establish a special fund, which shall be known as the land acquisition fund. There shall be deposited in said fund, annually, an amount, not to exceed the amount which would be generated by the imposition of a tax of two mills against the property subject to tax in such municipality pursuant to chapter 203, as may be appropriated by the municipality. Such fund shall be used by the municipality for the acquisition of land to be used for open space, recreation or housing. Such fund shall not lapse at the close of the municipal fiscal year.(P.A. 89-370, S. 5, 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-131s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131s - Charter Oak open space trust account.

 (a) There is established a Charter Oak open space trust account, within the General Fund, which shall be nonlapsing and shall be separate from bond funds provided for any similar programs or purposes.(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, disbursements from the Charter Oak open space trust account shall be made as follows: (1) Sixty per cent of the funds shall be deposited into the Charter Oak open space grant program account established pursuant to section 7-131t; and (2) forty per cent of the funds shall be deposited in the Charter Oak state parks and forest account established pursuant to section 7-131u.(P.A. 00-203, S. 1, 11.)History: P.A. 00-203 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 7-131u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131u - Charter Oak state parks and forests program: Purposes; criteria. Charter Oak state parks and forests account.

 (a) There is established a Charter Oak state parks and forests account, within the General Fund, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The account shall consist of any funds required or allowed by law to be deposited into the account including, but not limited to, funds from the Charter Oak open space trust account established pursuant to section 7-131s, gifts or donations received for the purposes of this section. Investment earnings credited to the assets of the account shall become part of the assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding. Payments from the account shall be made upon authorization by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Neither the proceeds of any general obligation bonds of the state nor the investment earnings of any such proceeds shall be deposited in the account. Funds in the state parks and forests account shall be expended to acquire land as set forth in subsection (b) of this section.(b) There is established the Charter Oak state parks and forests program to enable the state to acquire land for open space and watershed protection. All land acquired by the state under this program shall be preserved in perpetuity predominantly in its natural scenic and open condition for the protection of natural resources while allowing for recreation consistent with such protection as specified in subsection (b) of section 7-131d.(c) When ranking lands to be acquired under the Charter Oak state parks and forests program, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall give priority first to open space land to be permanently preserved that is located in municipalities with population densities of at least one thousand five hundred persons per square mile, and second to open space land to be permanently preserved that is owned by an electric distribution company or electric supplier, as defined in section 16-1, and to open space land to be permanently preserved that is designated as class I, class II or class III land, as defined in section 25-37c.(d) The Charter Oak state parks and forests program shall expire when the state and municipal open space goal is achieved as provided in subsection (b) of section 23-8. Any moneys remaining in the Charter Oak open space grant program account at the time the program expires shall revert to the recreation and natural heritage trust program established under section 23-74.(P.A. 00-203, S. 5, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 00-203 effective July 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 7-131v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131v - Local and regional agricultural councils.

 (a) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting, by vote of the board of selectmen, establish a local agricultural council to: (1) Provide information to local farmers and to municipal boards and commissions about the benefits of a balance between agriculture and other land uses; (2) educate municipal officials about agricultural laws and safety issues; (3) identify grant sources for farmers and municipalities; (4) enable a common understanding of agriculture among all municipal departments; (5) provide information and guidance about zoning issues relating to agriculture; (6) support local, regional and state vocational agricultural programs concerning agricultural matters; (7) provide conflict resolution and advisory services; (8) identify innovative opportunities for agriculture; and (9) create a climate that supports the economic viability of agriculture in the municipality.(b) Any two or more municipalities may form a regional agricultural council for the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section by vote of the legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting, by vote of the board of selectmen, of each municipality.(P.A. 11-188, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-131w (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-131w - Municipal sale of certain real property; appraisal required.

 For the purposes of this section, “municipality” means any town, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough. Prior to the sale of any real property (1) owned by a municipality, (2) with an assessed value of more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or whose value has not been assessed by the town, and (3) that includes or is part of a watershed or encompasses a well or reservoir, such municipality shall cause an appraisal of the fair market value of such real property to be completed. Not later than sixty days prior to such sale, such municipality shall make such appraisal public on such municipality's Internet web site, or if no such Internet web site exists, through other practicable means as determined by such municipality.(P.A. 17-238, S. 13.)History: P.A. 17-238 effective July 1, 2017 and applicable to sales occurring on and after September 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 7-134 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-134 - Lockup.

 The selectmen of any town and the warden and burgesses of any borough may erect or lease a suitable building or apartments within their respective communities for a lockup in which persons awaiting trial or examination for offenses committed in such town or borough may be confined until their cases are disposed of according to law.(1949 Rev., S. 654.)Expense of hospitalization of an arrestee not placed upon city; statute applies to a town and/or borough, but not a city. 166 C. 113.
CT Gen Stat § 7-135 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-135 - Use of municipal lockup and community correctional center in another town.

 As used in this section and section 7-135a, “lockup” means any municipal jail, lockup or place of detention of prisoners. Subject to the provisions of section 54-63c, any officer authorized to make arrests in any town in which there is no suitable lockup, or in which the facilities of such lockup are exhausted or inadequate, shall procure a suitable lockup in an adjoining or nearby town or shall make arrangements with the nearest available community correctional center or the York Correctional Institution, as the case may be, and shall remove thereto and cause to be detained therein any person under arrest pending arraignment before the court having jurisdiction, and any municipal lockup, community correctional center or the York Correctional Institution, as the case may be, to which request is made for the detention of any such person, which lockup, center or institution has suitable available facilities, may receive, provide for and feed such person, taking from such officer a temporary surrender statement, in such form as the Commissioner of Correction shall prescribe, and giving to such officer a receipt for such persons.(1949 Rev., S. 655; 1961, P.A. 1, S. 1; 566, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 136; P.A. 73-246, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-436, S. 143, 681; P.A. 79-497, S. 2, 6; P.A. 80-313, S. 59, 60, 62; P.A. 15-14, S. 25.)History: 1961 acts authorized making arrangements with state jail as well as another municipality, required the state jail or municipal lockup to receive and provide for arrested person if facilities were available, made arresting officer or his deputy responsible for such person to, from and at the place of arraignment and at the place of trial and removed provision for payment of fees for keeping such person; 1971 act replaced state jail administrator with commissioner of correction and “state jail” with reference to community correctional centers and Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic; P.A. 73-246 added provision concerning pilot demonstration project; P.A. 76-436 added proviso concerning proceedings held in geographical area courthouse, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 79-497 deleted proviso concerning proceedings in geographical area courthouses and provision concerning pilot project, effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-313 replaced reference to repealed Sec. 54-64 with reference to Sec. 54-63c; P.A. 15-14 made technical changes.Expense of hospitalization of arrestee not placed upon city; statute applies only to a town. 166 C. 113. Cited. 201 C. 115.
CT Gen Stat § 7-135a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-135a - Reimbursement of towns for keeping prisoners.

 The town operating any lockup wherein prisoners are detained for arraignment before, or trial by, the Superior Court shall be reimbursed by the town where the offense took place for keeping, providing for and feeding such prisoners at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents for each twenty-four hours or fraction thereof of detention until the prisoner has been arraigned and thereafter such town shall be so reimbursed by the state. Each town entitled to reimbursement from the state under the provisions of this section shall make claim for such reimbursement on forms to be provided by the Comptroller.(1961, P.A. 1, S. 2; 566, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 194, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 49, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 165, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 144, 681; P.A. 79-497, S. 3, 6.)History: 1967 act provided for transportation of persons writs of habeas corpus; 1971 act deleted provision re transportation added by 1967 act; P.A. 74-183 substituted court of common pleas for circuit court; P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas and specified that if person is sentenced to community correction center, town where court held provides transportation from geographical area courthouse, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 79-497 deleted provision concerning transportation from geographical area courthouse to community correction center.Expense of hospitalization of arrestee not placed upon city; statute applies only to a town. 166 C. 113.
CT Gen Stat § 7-135b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-135b - Payment for intoxication tests.

 Section 7-135b is repealed.(1961, P.A. 566, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 4.)