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CT Gen Stat § 7-136d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136d - Ordinance authorizing establishment of foreign trade zone.

 The legislative body of any municipality, may, by ordinance, authorize any existing agency, authority, board, commission, stock or nonstock corporation, or create a new agency, authority, board or stock or nonstock corporation to apply for a grant of the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone as permitted pursuant to the federal Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934, 19 USC Sections 81a to 81u, inclusive, as from time to time amended, provided such ordinance shall be submitted to the electors of such municipality for approval or rejection at a regular election or a special election warned and held for that purpose. Such vote shall be taken in the manner prescribed by section 9-369. Any municipality having once rejected such an ordinance shall not vote again on the question within one year from the previous vote thereon.(P.A. 76-160, S. 1, 5; P.A. 00-148, S. 1.)History: P.A. 00-148 provided that an authority may establish a foreign trade zone and made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 7-136e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136e - Review by regional council of governments and certain state departments of application to operate foreign trade zone.

 (a) A municipality which, pursuant to section 7-136d, has authorized the establishment of a foreign trade zone, shall submit a copy of the application for the privilege of operating such foreign trade zone to the regional council of governments for the area of operation within which such municipality is located and the Departments of Economic and Community Development, Energy and Environmental Protection and Transportation for their comments on the advisability of establishment of such zone. Such comments shall be prepared within ninety days of receipt of the application from the municipality.(b) The Departments of Economic and Community Development, Energy and Environmental Protection and Transportation shall submit their advisory comments to the municipality and to the board established by said federal Foreign-Trade Zones Act.(P.A. 76-160, S. 2, 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-247, S. 268.)History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for department of commerce, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “council of governments” for “planning agency”, effective January 1, 2015 (Revisor's note: In Subsecs. (a) and (b), references to Department of Environmental Protection were changed editorially by the Revisors to Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for accuracy).
CT Gen Stat § 7-136f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136f - Submission of application to operate foreign trade zone.

 Upon compliance with the provisions of sections 7-136d and 7-136e and after receipt of the advisory comments prepared by the Departments of Economic and Community Development, Environmental Protection and Transportation, a municipality may apply to the board, established by said federal Foreign-Trade Zones Act for a grant of the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone.(P.A. 76-160, S. 3, 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for department of commerce, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.
CT Gen Stat § 7-136g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136g - Applicability of local planning and zoning regulations.

 Nothing in sections 7-136d to 7-136g, inclusive, shall be construed to permit the override of local planning and zoning regulations.(P.A. 76-160, S. 4, 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-136h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136h - Preliminary review of municipal petitions, applications or requests by Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

 Notwithstanding any provision of title 22a, when a municipality submits a formal petition, application or request for a permit to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, pursuant to a requirement of the general statutes, the commissioner shall, within available appropriations, not later than sixty days after the date on which the commissioner receives such petition, application or request, make a preliminary review of the petition, application or request for the sole purpose of determining whether such petition, application or request is acceptable for filing. The commissioner shall notify the municipality of the results of such preliminary review. Nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner from requesting additional information from the municipality subsequent to such notification.(P.A. 09-190, S. 1; 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 § 7-136i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136i - Preliminary review of municipal petitions, applications or requests by Commissioner of Transportation or Office of the State Traffic Administration.

 Notwithstanding any provision of title 13b or 14, in all matters in which a formal petition, application or request for a permit is required to be submitted to the Commissioner of Transportation or the Office of the State Traffic Administration, and such petition, application or request is submitted by a municipality, the commissioner or office shall, within available appropriations, not later than sixty days after the date on which the commissioner or office receives such petition, application or request, make a preliminary review of the petition, application or request for the sole purpose of determining whether such petition, application or request is acceptable for filing. The commissioner or office shall notify the municipality of the results of such preliminary review. Nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner or office from requesting additional information from the municipality subsequent to such notification.(P.A. 09-190, S. 2; P.A. 10-152, S. 1; P.A. 12-132, S. 2.)History: P.A. 10-152 made a technical change; P.A. 12-132 replaced references to State Traffic Commission with references to Office of the State Traffic Administration, effective July 1, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 7-136j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136j - Preliminary review of municipal petitions, applications or requests by Commissioner of Public Health.

 Notwithstanding any provision of title 19a, in all matters in which a formal petition, application or request for a permit is required to be submitted to the Commissioner of Public Health, and such petition, application or request is submitted by a municipality, the commissioner shall, within available appropriations, not later than sixty days after the date on which the commissioner receives such petition, application or request, make a preliminary review of the petition, application or request for the sole purpose of determining whether such petition, application or request is acceptable for filing. The commissioner shall notify the municipality of the results of such preliminary review. Nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner from requesting additional information from the municipality subsequent to such notification.(P.A. 09-190, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-136o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136o - Securing of bonds.

 In the discretion of the municipalities any bonds issued under sections 7-136n to 7-136s, inclusive, may be secured by a trust indenture by way of conveyance, deed of trust or mortgage of any project or any other property of the municipalities, whether or not financed in whole or in part from the proceeds of such bonds, or by a trust agreement by and between the municipalities and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state or by both such conveyance, deed of trust or mortgage and indenture or trust agreement. Such trust indenture or agreement may pledge or assign any or all fees, rents and other charges to be received or proceeds of any contract or contracts pledged, and may convey or mortgage any property of the municipalities. Such trust indenture or agreement may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including particularly such provisions as have hereinabove been specifically authorized to be included in any resolution or resolutions of the municipalities authorizing the issue of bonds. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state may act as depository of the proceeds of such bonds or of revenues or other moneys and may furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by the municipalities. Such trust indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, such trust indenture or agreement may contain such other provisions as the municipalities may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of such trust indenture or agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of a project.(P.A. 98-237, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-136p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136p - Enforcement of rights of bondholders and trustees.

 Any holder of bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of borrowing issued under the provisions of sections 7-136n to 7-136s, inclusive, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust indenture or agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust indenture or agreement, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, injunction, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the provisions of the general statutes or granted by said sections or under such trust indenture or agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, notes or certificates, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by said sections or by such trust indenture or agreement or resolution to be performed by the municipalities or by any officer or agent thereof, including the fixing, charging and collection of fees, rents and other charges.(P.A. 98-237, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-136q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136q - Tax exemption.

 The exercise of the powers granted by sections 7-136n to 7-136s, inclusive, shall be in all respects for the benefit of the inhabitants of the state, for the increase of their commerce and for the promotion of their safety, health, welfare, convenience and prosperity, and as the operation and maintenance of any project which the municipalities may undertake constitute the performance of an essential governmental function, no municipalities shall be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any project acquired and constructed by it under the provisions of said sections; and the bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of debt issued under the provisions of said sections, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free and exempt from taxation by the state and by any political subdivision thereof but the interest on such bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of debt shall be included in the computation of any excise or franchise tax.(P.A. 98-237, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-136r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-136r - Bonds to be legal investments.

 Bonds issued by the municipalities under the provisions of sections 7-136n to 7-136s, inclusive, shall be securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies and executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds shall be securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.(P.A. 98-237, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-137 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-137 - Regional economic development commissions.

 Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs having economic development commissions may, by ordinance adopted by each of them, join in the formation of a regional economic development commission. The area of jurisdiction of the regional commission shall be coterminous with the area of the municipalities so joining. Any municipality which has joined in the formation of a regional commission may thereafter withdraw by the adoption of an ordinance to that effect. The economic development commissions of the municipalities comprising the regional commission shall jointly determine the membership of the regional commission. A regional commission shall have the same duties and authority, in respect to its area of jurisdiction, as a municipal commission has in respect to the municipality. Each municipality may annually appropriate to a regional commission a sum which, in addition to any amount appropriated to its municipal commission, will not exceed one-twentieth of one per cent of its last-completed grand list of taxable property.(1955, S. 264d; February, 1965, P.A. 245, S. 2.)History: 1965 act changed title of commissions from development and industrial commissions.See Sec. 8-139 re joint action by two or more municipalities.
CT Gen Stat § 7-137a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-137a - Powers and duties of development and industrial commissions created prior to October 1, 1965.

 Any municipal or regional development and industrial commission established under the general statutes prior to October 1, 1965, shall continue in existence and shall have all the powers and duties granted municipal or regional economic development commissions, as the case may be, under sections 7-136 and 7-137.(February, 1965, P.A. 245, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-137b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-137b - Establishment of industrial park.

 Section 7-137b is repealed; provided, that in any case where any municipality, on or before July 6, 1967, had established an industrial park under said section 7-137b, or had otherwise taken substantial action under said section, then such municipality, the state and any other interested person shall continue to be subject to said section and be eligible for state financial assistance thereunder but only insofar as said section relates to those industrial parks that have been planned or commenced thereunder and such municipality, the state or such other interested person may make application to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make grants for the purposes of such industrial park from the funds available for the purposes of chapter 133, but subject to the provisions of section 8-154f.(February, 1965, P.A. 176, S. 1–5; 1967, P.A. 760, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 1; P.A. 73-599, S. 25; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)History: 1967 act repealed section with proviso that industrial parks established prior to July 6, 1967 continued to be eligible for funds; 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 73-599 substituted department of commerce for Connecticut development commission; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for department of commerce and by virtue of Sec. 587 of the act and provisions of P.A. 78-303 change was made to commissioner of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.
CT Gen Stat § 7-137d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-137d - Lien for benefits assessed for water main extension.

 Whenever assessments of benefits for any extension of water mains have been lawfully made by any town and such extension has been completed and certificates of lien have been signed by the duly constituted authorities, describing the premises upon which any such lien is claimed and stating the amount claimed as a lien thereon, and have been lodged with the town clerk, such assessments of benefits shall be and remain a lien upon the land upon which the same have been made, and no such town shall be required to lodge for record any further certificate of any such lien. Such liens may be foreclosed in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of tax liens.(1969, P.A. 147, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-138 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-138 - Assessment of railroad property for public improvements. Maintenance of sidewalks and public places.

 All real estate, except railroad rights-of-way, belonging to any railroad corporation in this state, shall be subject to the same obligations as real estate belonging to individuals and private corporations concerning assessments of benefits and damages for municipal or public works and improvements, and the fact that any such real estate is held and used for railroad purposes shall not exempt it from assessment for special benefits on account of such municipal or public works and improvements. All such railroad corporations shall conform and be subject to the provisions and requirements of municipal charters and ordinances concerning the maintenance and repair of sidewalks and public places abutting their stations, whether passenger or freight, and concerning the removal of snow and ice from such sidewalks and public places.(1949 Rev., S. 686.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-139 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-139 - Notice of assessment of benefits.

 In any case in which an assessment of benefits has been made upon any land by any city or borough to defray the cost, or any part thereof, of any public work or improvement, and the owner or owners of such land have not been properly named or designated in the schedule, report or notice forming any part of the proceedings for the laying of such assessment, such city or borough may cause a notice signed by its clerk, describing the land assessed and stating the amount of the assessment thereon, to be left with or at the usual place of abode of the owner or owners of such land, if within the town in which such city or borough is located. If such owner or owners do not reside within such town, such notice shall be published at least twice consecutively in a newspaper having a general circulation in such city or borough and a copy of such notice shall be mailed to such owner or owners at the last- known address of such owner or owners. Upon the completion of such notice, such city or borough may proceed to collect such assessment in the manner provided by law.(1949 Rev., S. 687; P.A. 83-513, S. 1.)History: P.A. 83-513 amended provisions concerning notice to persons residing outside the town to include notice by publishing in a newspaper having “general” circulation in such city or borough and notice by mail.
CT Gen Stat § 7-140 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-140 - Assessment a lien; foreclosure.

 Whenever assessments of benefits for any public work or improvement have been lawfully made by any city or borough and such public work or improvement has been completed and certificates of lien have been signed by the duly constituted authorities, describing the premises upon which any such lien is claimed and stating the amount claimed as a lien thereon, and have been lodged with the town clerk, such assessments of benefits shall be and remain a lien upon the land upon which the same have been made, and no such city or borough shall be required to lodge for record any further certificate of any such lien. Such liens may be foreclosed in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of tax liens.(1949 Rev., S. 688.)See Secs. 12-164, 12-181 et seq. and 13a-85 re municipal tax liens.Lien holds until assessment paid in absence of special limitation. 79 C. 40. Lien does not lie against land of state; school fund mortgage has priority over it. 81 C. 11. Cited. 153 C. 457.
CT Gen Stat § 7-141 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions|Section 7-141 - Notice of hearing on municipal assessments.

 In any case of appraisal of benefits or assessment of damages because of any public work or improvement, notice of the time and place for a hearing upon such appraisal or assessment shall be given to the persons to be affected thereby, if known, at least ten days before the time of hearing. Such notice may be given by depositing in the post office, postage paid, a notice of the pendency of the proceedings, signed by the clerk of the municipality in interest and addressed to such persons. In the case of an estate of a deceased person in process of settlement, notice to the administrator or executor having charge thereof shall be deemed to be notice to the owner.(1949 Rev., S. 689.)