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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138h - Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity Program › Section 8-401. - Grants-in-aid or deferred loans to rental housing projects financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority first mortgages.

Upon preliminary approval by the State Bond Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 3-20, the state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a developer, the authority or mortgagor of the authority for state financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid or deferred loans to housing projects financed by the authority through the means of a loan secured by a first mortgage. Such grants or deferred loans made to a developer or mortgagor of the authority under this section shall be for construction or rehabilitation of developments containing rental units. The total amount of such grants or deferred loans awarded to a single project shall not exceed an amount equal to one-half of the cost of the project divided by the number of rental units in the project multiplied by the number of low-income units in the project. The total number of low-income units in any project receiving financial assistance under this section shall be not less than twenty per cent and shall not be more than forty per cent of the total number of rental units in the project. No project receiving financial assistance under this section shall contain less than twenty-five rental units. Any grant or deferred loan awarded under this section shall be used to reduce the cost of the project. Loan repayments shall be paid to the State Treasurer and deposited in the General Fund.
(P.A. 88-261, S. 2, 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 33, 42; 95-309, S. 7, 11, 12; P.A. 96-69, S. 2; P.A. 12-161, S. 2; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 substituted “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” for “Commissioner of Housing” and added provisions re financial assistance from the proceeds of bonds approved by public or special acts effective on or after July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-309 changed the reference to “proceeds of bonds approved by public or special acts” to “proceeds of bonds authorized by public or special acts” and changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; P.A. 96-69 added provision requiring loan repayment be paid to State Treasurer and deposited in General Fund; P.A. 12-161 added language authorizing financial assistance contracts with a developer or mortgagor of the authority, deleted provision authorizing grant-in-aid to authority to extend state financial assistance to a developer or mortgagor of the authority and deleted provisions re bonds authorized by acts effective on or after, and acts effective prior to, July 1, 1995, and projects receiving assistance prior to October 1, 1995, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138h - Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity Program › Section 8-402. - Rental subsidy certificates.

The state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with the authority, developer, or mortgagor of the authority and the authority may enter into a contract with a developer or mortgagor of the authority to provide state financial assistance in the form of rental subsidy certificates for each low-income unit in the project. Any commitment to provide such subsidy shall be an obligation of the state or the authority, as the case may be, for a period of not less than fifteen years, and the amount of such subsidy shall be equal to the difference between the amount of rent plus an allowance for heat and utilities not included in the rent approved by the commissioner or the authority, as the case may be, and thirty per cent of the annual aggregate family income of the tenant residing in the low-income unit for each such unit on an annual basis. The rent charged for a low-income unit may not be increased without the approval of the commissioner or the authority, as the case may be. The annual aggregate family income of a tenant for the year prior to the occupancy of a low-income unit by the tenant shall not exceed fifty per cent of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as determined by the commissioner or the authority, as the case may be. If such annual aggregate family income after occupancy exceeds seventy per cent of the area median income, adjusted for family size, the unit occupied by the tenant will no longer be considered a low-income unit and the next available unit will be rented to a tenant with an aggregate family income of less than fifty per cent of the area median income, adjusted for family size. No tenant residing in a project will receive financial assistance through a rental subsidy certificate under this section if the aggregate family income of the tenant in the prior year exceeds sixty per cent of the area median income, adjusted for family size.
(P.A. 88-261, S. 3, 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 34, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 12-161, S. 3; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 substituted “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” for “Commissioner of Housing” and authorized authority to enter into contracts with developers or mortgagors; P.A. 95-309 changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; P.A. 12-161 changed “Department” to “Commissioner” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138h - Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity Program › Section 8-403. - Second mortgage loans to rental housing projects financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority first mortgages.

Upon preliminary approval by the State Bond Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 3-20, the state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a developer, the authority or a mortgagor of the authority for state financial assistance in the form of a loan secured by a second mortgage for any housing project for which the authority has provided financial assistance in the form of a loan secured by a first mortgage. Such loan shall be made for the purpose of providing additional financing for the project. Any loan made under this section shall bear interest payable quarterly on the first days of January, April, July and October for the preceding calendar quarter, or at such other times as are determined by the commissioner or the authority, as the case may be, at a rate determined by the State Bond Commission under subsection (t) of section 3-20 and shall be repayable in such installments as may be determined by the commissioner or the authority, as the case may be, within fifty years from the date of completion of the project. Loan repayments shall be paid to the State Treasurer and deposited in the General Fund.
(P.A. 88-261, S. 4, 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 35, 42; 95-309, S. 8, 11, 12; P.A. 96-69, S. 1; P.A. 12-161, S. 4; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 substituted “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” for “Commissioner of Housing” and added provisions re financial assistance funded from the proceeds of bonds approved by public or special acts effective on or after July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-309 changed the reference to “proceeds of bonds approved by public or special acts” to “proceeds of bonds authorized by public or special acts” and changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; P.A. 96-69 added provision requiring loan repayments be paid to State Treasurer and deposited in the General Fund; P.A. 12-161 changed “Department” to “Commissioner”, authorized financial assistance contracts with a developer or mortgagor of the authority, deleted provision authorizing grant-in-aid to authority to extend state financial assistance to a developer or mortgagor of the authority, replaced “authority” with “commissioner or the authority, as the case may be” and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138h - Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity Program › Section 8-404. - Equity interest in exchange for state financial assistance.

Any contract for financial assistance awarded under sections 8-400 to 8-405, inclusive, shall contain the requirement that the state or the authority, as the case may be, shall receive, in exchange for any such assistance, a financial participation in the project. Such financial participation shall be in a proportion which shall not be less than the proportion that the number of low-income units in the project bears to the total rental units in the project. Any sale of the project, any interest in the project or any of its units shall require the approval of the Commissioner of Housing or the authority, as the case may be, and shall be made upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner or the authority, as the case may be, may approve.
(P.A. 88-261, S. 5, 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 36, 42; 95-309, S. 9, 11, 12; P.A. 12-161, S. 5; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 substituted “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” for “Commissioner of Housing” and “financial participation” for “equity interest” and made technical changes; P.A. 95-309 made further technical changes and changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; P.A. 12-161 required financial participation for all financial assistance contracts and deleted provision re assistance funded by bonds authorized by acts effective prior to July 1, 1995, or funded prior to October 1, 1995, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138h - Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity Program › Section 8-405. - Deposits to and payments from the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued for the purposes of sections 8-401 and 8-403, issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made after July 1, 2012, and of any notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be required for such purposes shall be applied to the payment of the principal of any such notes then outstanding and unpaid, and the remaining proceeds of any such sale shall be deposited in the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund established pursuant to section 8-37qq. Payments to the developer, the authority or the mortgagor of the authority shall be made from said fund by the State Treasurer on certification of the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with the contract for financial assistance between the state and the authority, the developer or the mortgagor of the authority. All payments of state service charges for any housing project as authorized by the commissioner financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made after July 1, 2012, shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in said fund. Subject to the approval of the Governor, any expense incurred by the state in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter, including the hiring of necessary employees and entering upon necessary contracts, may be paid from the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.
(P.A. 88-261, S. 6, 8; P.A. 89-300, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-238, S. 24, 32; P.A. 94-95, S. 6; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 12-161, S. 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 89-300 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that state expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of chapter shall be paid from the private rental investment mortgage and equity fund; P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re state service fees and allocation of moneys to various housing funds; P.A. 94-95 deleted former Subsec. (b) which had authorized investment of fund moneys in direct obligations of the United States; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 12-161 changed “prior to July 1, 1990” to “after July 1, 2012”, replaced provisions re Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity Fund with provisions re Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund, authorized payments from fund to be made to a mortgagor of the authority and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138h - Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity Program › Section 8-406. - Regulations.

Section 8-406 is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
(P.A. 88-261, S. 7, 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 41, 42; 95-309, S. 10–12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138i - Assistance for Housing Predevelopment Costs › Section 8-411. - Financial assistance for predevelopment costs.

The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with nonprofit corporations, housing authorities or municipal developers, or with partnerships which include a nonprofit corporation, housing authority or municipal developer, to provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans for predevelopment costs incurred in connection with the construction, rehabilitation or renovation of housing for low and moderate income persons and families. Such predevelopment costs may include: (1) Feasibility studies, (2) appraisals, (3) legal fees, (4) financial consulting expenses, and (5) other planning expenses authorized by the commissioner. Any grant-in-aid awarded under this section shall not exceed five thousand dollars. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.
(P.A. 88-268, S. 2, 6; P.A. 92-166, S. 27, 31; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 92-166 amended the section to make loans and deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and to further provide that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138i - Assistance for Housing Predevelopment Costs › Section 8-412. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 8-410 to 8-412, inclusive. Such regulations shall include provisions to establish eligibility requirements for financial assistance under said sections, criteria which the commissioner shall use for awarding such assistance and the terms and conditions of such assistance.
(P.A. 88-268, S. 3, 6; P.A. 90-230, S. 13, 101; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 90-230 corrected internal references; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138j - Residential Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Repair Program › Section 8-415 to 8-419. - Residential subsurface sewage disposal system repair program established. Regulations. Termination of program. Report. Bond authorization.

Sections 8-415 to 8-419, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 88-343, S. 27–32; P.A. 91-346, S. 7, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 155.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138j - Residential Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Repair Program › Section 8-420. - Residential subsurface sewage disposal system established.

(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop a program of loans to homeowners for costs incurred in the repair, replacement or enlargement of subsurface sewage disposal systems that have been determined to be a nuisance in accordance with the Public Health Code. As used in this section, “costs” include technical and installation expenses and stabilization of topsoil but does not include landscaping. Any loan provided pursuant to this section shall bear interest at a rate to be determined in accordance with subsection (t) of section 3-20. Repayment of any loan made to a person with physical disability or a person sixty-two years of age or older may be deferred until such person transfers the property.
(b) No loan shall be made to repair, replace or enlarge a subsurface sewage disposal system on a parcel with more than two dwelling units. Eligibility for loans shall be limited to owners residing in dwelling units served by systems needing repair, replacement or enlargement. Payments of principal and interest on such loans shall be paid to the Treasurer for deposit to the credit of the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.
(c) Each applicant shall submit to the commissioner on a form prescribed by him the following: (1) Certification from the district or local director of health that the repair, replacement or enlargement is required pursuant to the Public Health Code and is feasible and that the cost is consistent with the cost of similar repairs, replacements or enlargements in the district or municipality, (2) two itemized estimates of the cost prepared by a subsurface sewage disposal system installer licensed under section 20-341f or a registered professional engineer, and (3) certification by a lending institution regulated by the laws of this state that a loan for the repair, replacement or enlargement of the system has been denied.
(P.A. 91-346, S. 5, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 17-202, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subsec. (a), effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 17-202 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to person who is handicapped with reference to person with physical disability and adding “or older”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138j - Residential Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Repair Program › Section 8-421. - Regulations.

The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of section 8-420. Such regulations may establish additional terms and conditions for loans and may include provisions for giving priority to loans for low or moderate income persons.
(P.A. 91-346, S. 6, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138j - Residential Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Repair Program › Section 8-423. - Loans or grants to municipalities for the repair or reconstruction of faulty residential subsurface sewage disposal systems.

The Commissioner of Housing may make loans or grants to municipalities which shall be used by such municipalities to make grants to homeowners for costs incurred in the repair or reconstruction of faulty residential subsurface sewage disposal systems which were installed pursuant to improper municipal approvals. As used in this section, “costs” includes technical and installation expenses and stabilization of topsoil but does not include landscaping. As a condition of any such grant, the homeowner shall assign to the municipality any claims the homeowner may have against any party for the improper installation of the subsurface sewage disposal system. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section.
(S.A. 90-34, S. 35, 290; P.A. 93-332, S. 19, 42; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 93-332 authorized the housing commissioner to make grants to municipalities, effective June 25, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138k - Consolidated Housing Construction, Acquisition and Related Rehabilitation Program › Section 8-430 to 8-438. - Definitions. Provision of financial assistance to eligible developers. Eligible costs. Contracts for financial assistance. Inclusion in housing developments of units for very low, low, and moderate income families and market-rate housing units. Review of site and budget of housing developments; notice to municipalities of proposed housing developments; administrative oversight charge; inspection of reports, books and records; false statements. Terms and conditions of financial assistance; transfer of housing development to eligible developer. Regulations. Report to select committee on housing.

Sections 8-430 to 8-438, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2006.
(P.A. 93-309, S. 1–9, 29; P.A. 94-156, S. 2, 3, 5; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 13, 14, 130; P.A. 95-250, S. 1, 25, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 96-180, S. 13, 166; 96-189, S. 2, 3; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-256, S. 181, 209; 96-271, S. 154, 155, 254; P.A. 06-93, S. 22; 06-196, S. 50.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 138m - Healthy Homes Fund › Section 8-446a. - Funds allocated for lead removal, remediation and abatement.

All funding expended pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 8-446 shall be allocated for lead removal, remediation and abatement.
(P.A. 18-179, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 18-179 effective January 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-1a. - “Municipal clerk” defined.

As used in this title, “municipal clerk” or “clerk of the municipality” means the town clerk in or for the municipality to which reference is made, unless otherwise provided by charter or special act.
(1969, P.A. 704, S. 1; P.A. 14-122, S. 82.)
History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-1b. - “Tabulator” substituted for “machine”. “Ballot” substituted for “ballot label”.

On and after May 24, 2011, (1) “tabulator” shall be substituted for “machine” and “tabulators” shall be substituted for “machines”, and (2) “ballot” shall be substituted for “ballot label” and “ballots” shall be substituted for “ballot labels” in the following sections of the general statutes: 2-18, 7-171, 7-292, 7-295, 7-304, 7-328c, 7-344, 7-407, 9-4, 9-7b, 9-135b, 9-150a, 9-150b, 9-150d, 9-168a, 9-188, 9-229, 9-234, 9-235d, 9-236a, 9-239, 9-240, 9-247a, 9-250a, 9-251, 9-256, 9-267, 9-308, 9-311a, 9-323, 9-324, 9-328, 9-329a, 9-329b, 9-330, 9-332, 9-353, 9-354, 9-363, 9-366, 9-369d, 9-371b, 9-372, 9-400, 9-426, 9-428, 9-434, 9-440, 9-446, 9-453d, 9-476, 10-45, 10-51, 10-63n, 11-36 and 13a-11.
(P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-20 effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-2. - Calculation of period of time.

In this title and the sections listed in section 9-1, when a period of time is prescribed for the doing of any act, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be included in computing such period, except that, if the last day of such period is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, such day shall not be counted, and the last day shall be the day following such Saturday, Sunday or holiday.
(1949 Rev., S. 1031; 1953, S. 504d; 1963, P.A. 393, S. 1; P.A. 84-319, S. 2, 49; P.A. 87-382, S. 1, 55.)
History: 1963 act added provision for including day of publication, Sundays and holidays in computing time lapse required between warning or notice and day of holding meeting or election; P.A. 84-319 eliminated provision requiring that date of publication and intervening Sundays and holidays be counted in publication period; P.A. 87-382 provided that Saturdays be treated in same manner as Sundays and holidays in calculations of time periods.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-2a. - Notice and warning requirements.

(a) Whenever in this title newspaper publication of any notice or warning is required to be given by a municipal clerk, it may be given by an assistant clerk.
(b) Any provision of any special act contrary to the notice or warning requirements of this title is repealed.
(1963, P.A. 393, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-4. - Duties of secretary.

The Secretary of the State, in addition to other duties imposed by law, shall, as such commissioner, (1) advise local election officials in connection with proper methods of conducting elections and referenda as defined in subsection (n) of section 9-1, and, upon request of a municipal official, matters arising under chapter 99; (2) prepare regulations and instructions for the conduct of elections, as designated by law; (3) provide local election officials with a sufficient number of copies of election laws pamphlets and materials necessary to the conduct of elections; (4) distribute all materials concerning proposed laws or amendments required by law to be submitted to the electors; (5) recommend to local election officials the form of registration cards and blanks; (6) determine, in the manner provided by law, the forms for the preparation of voting tabulators, for the recording of the vote and the conduct of the election and certification of election returns; (7) prepare the ballot title or statement to be placed on the ballot for any proposed law or amendment to the Constitution to be submitted to the electors of the state; (8) certify to the several boards the form of official ballots for state and municipal offices; (9) provide the form and manner of filing notification of vacancies, nomination and subsequent appointment to fill such vacancies; (10) prescribe, provide and distribute absentee voting forms for use by the municipal clerks; (11) examine and approve nominating petitions filed under section 9-453o; and (12) distribute corrupt practices forms and provide instructions for completing and filing the same.
(1953, S. 506d; 1957, P.A. 222; 1971, P.A. 806, S. 18; P.A. 77-32, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act made technical changes; P.A. 77-32 under Subdiv. (1) added referenda and matters arising under chapter 99 on request of municipal official, effective January 1, 1978; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machines” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulators” in Subdiv. (6), effective May 24, 2011.
The Secretary of the State as Commissioner of Elections is charged with advising local election officials. 31 CS 447.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-4a. - Voter guide for state elections.

(a) Not later than October first in each year in which a state election, as defined in section 9-1, is to be held, the Secretary of the State, in consultation with the State Elections Enforcement Commission and within available appropriations, shall prepare a voter guide for such state election and shall publish such voter guide on the Internet.
(b) The voter guide shall contain:
(1) The date of the state election and the hours the polls will be open;
(2) The name, party affiliation and contact information of each candidate who is nominated or qualifies as a petitioning candidate for election to the office of President of the United States, Vice-President of the United States, senator in Congress, representative in Congress, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State, state senator or state representative at the state election. As used in this section, “contact information” means any or all of the following information received by the Secretary of the State in the course of the secretary's elections duties or by the Federal Election Commission: A candidate's campaign mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address and web site. The voter guide may provide contact information for a candidate for the office of President of the United States, Vice-President of the United States, senator in Congress or representative in Congress by an electronic link to such information on the Federal Election Commission's web site;
(3) The following three maps produced pursuant to the most recent decennial reapportionment of General Assembly and Connecticut congressional districts: One map showing the boundaries of state senatorial districts, one map showing the boundaries of state house of representatives districts and one map showing the boundaries of state congressional districts;
(4) A description of each office to be filled at the state election;
(5) An absentee ballot application in printable format;
(6) Instructions regarding voting by absentee ballot;
(7) Information on the procedure for registering to vote;
(8) A voter registration application in printable format;
(9) The full text of each proposed constitutional amendment that will appear on the ballot at the state election;
(10) The explanatory text as to the content and purpose of each such proposed constitutional amendment, which is prepared by the Office of Legislative Research pursuant to section 2-30a; and
(11) The text of the Voter's Bill of Rights set forth in section 9-236b.
(c) The Secretary of the State, in consultation with the State Elections Enforcement Commission, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations shall not authorize the inclusion of any information in the voter guide in addition to that required in subsection (b) of this section.
(P.A. 05-188, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 05-188 effective January 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-4b. - Elections training unit.

The Secretary of the State shall establish an elections training unit to coordinate all training for registrars of voters, deputy registrars of voters and poll workers. Such unit shall employ at least one person having field experience in the conduct of elections.
(P.A. 05-235, S. 23; P.A. 15-224, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-235 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 15-224 deleted reference to permanent assistant registrars of voters re training, effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-4c. - System for submitting electronic signature for purposes of signing elections forms and applications.

(a) The Secretary of the State shall develop and implement a system or systems through which the Secretary may permit any person to submit an electronic signature for the purpose of signing any form or application to be filed pursuant to chapters 141 to 154, inclusive. The Secretary may include in, or exclude from, such system any such form or application. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any such form or application on which any such electronic signature appears shall be deemed to have been signed in the original.
(b) A state agency, upon the request of the Secretary of the State, shall provide any information to the Secretary that the Secretary deems necessary to maintain the system or systems described in subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary shall not use the information obtained from any state agency except for the purpose of allowing any person to sign any form or application to be filed pursuant to chapters 141 to 154, inclusive.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 92.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-5. - Copies of instructional materials for moderators.

At least one week prior to each state or municipal election, the Secretary of the State shall send to the registrars of voters of each municipality in which such election is to be held a copy of such instructional materials as the secretary deems necessary for use by the moderator in each voting district. At the time when the moderator or moderators are appointed, such registrars shall give to each such moderator such materials as they have received from the secretary.
(1953, S. 507d; P.A. 80-274; P.A. 97-67, S. 7, 9.)
History: P.A. 80-274 substituted “instructional materials” for more specific language; P.A. 97-67 substituted “registrars of voters” for “clerk”, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-5a. - Towns to supply registrars with office space and supplies. Records.

Each town shall provide the registrars of voters with office space, supplies and equipment, including facilities for the safe storage of the official records of such registrars. Such records shall be accessible to all registrars of voters in such town and they shall be jointly responsible for their safekeeping.
(1961, P.A. 71.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-5b. - Retention of records by registrars.

When the registrars of voters are required by law to maintain, have on file or retain any document, record, list or other paper, the same shall be kept in their office or, if they do not have a permanent office, in the office space provided under section 9-5a.
(1963, P.A. 201, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-6. - Conferences of municipal clerks, registrars and Secretary.

Each registrar of voters or, in the absence of a registrar, the deputy registrar of voters, and each municipal clerk or, in the absence of a municipal clerk, one of the assistant municipal clerks shall be compensated by the municipality which the clerk represents, as provided for in this section, for attending two conferences a year for town clerks and registrars of voters which may be called by the Secretary of the State for the purpose of discussing the election laws, procedures or matters related thereto. Each such official shall be compensated by the municipality at the rate of thirty-five dollars per day for attending each such conference, plus mileage to and from such conference at a rate per mile determined by the municipality, but not less than twenty cents per mile, computed from the office of such official or, if he has no office, from his home to the place where such conference is being held.
(1957, P.A. 480; 1959, P.A. 51; 1961, P.A. 198; 1969, P.A. 97, S. 1; P.A. 79-384; P.A. 83-475, S. 3, 43; P.A. 95-171, S. 1, 14; P.A. 11-173, S. 27.)
History: 1959 act provided compensation for deputy registrar or assistant town clerk attending conference in the absence of a registrar or town clerk, and changed destination for computing mileage to the place where the conference is being held; 1961 act deleted requirement that conference be state-wide; 1969 act changed compensation from $10 to $25 per day; P.A. 79-384 changed compensation to $35 per day and changed mileage rate from $0.10 per mile to the same rate as that paid to state employees; P.A. 83-475 amended section by establishing minimum mileage rate of $0.20 per mile or such greater rate as determined by municipality; P.A. 95-171 added “two” re towns divided into voting districts, effective January 8, 1997; P.A. 11-173 deleted language re towns with 2 voting districts that elect registrars for each district and made technical changes, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-6a. - Conference for voting machine examiners.

Section 9-6a is repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(1969, P.A. 31; P.A. 83-475, S. 4, 43; P.A. 11-20, S. 39; 11-173, S. 69.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-6b. - Assistance to blind persons in the signing of petitions.

(a) Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, a circulator of any petition shall, without subjecting himself to the penalties of false statement, accept the signature of an authorized agent, in the form and manner provided for in this section, who signs a petition which is authorized pursuant to any provision of the general statutes or any special act on behalf of a blind person, provided there is compliance with the procedures prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Any person who is blind, as defined in section 1-1f, may cause his name to be affixed to a petition which is authorized pursuant to any provision of the general statutes, or any special act, provided an authorized agent reads aloud the full text of the petition in the presence of the circulator, and the blind person consents to having his name appear thereon. In the event a blind person is unable to write, his authorized agent may write the name of such blind person followed by the word “by” and his own signature. Any provision of the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, no authorized agent who complies with the provisions of this subsection shall be prosecuted or subjected to criminal liability. No circulator shall act as an authorized agent.
(P.A. 79-355.)
See Sec. 9-453a re petition for nomination for elective office.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-6c. - Agreements between municipalities re performance of functions.

(a) Two or more municipalities may jointly perform any function that each municipality is required to perform individually under this title by entering into an agreement pursuant to this section. Any such agreement shall be negotiated and shall contain all provisions upon which each participating municipality agrees. Any such agreement shall establish a process for amendment of, termination of and withdrawal from such agreement. Any proposed agreement shall be submitted to the legislative body of each participating municipality for a vote to ratify or reject such agreement. The legislative body of each participating municipality shall provide an opportunity for public comment prior to any such vote. For purposes of this section, providing an opportunity for public comment does not require a legislative body to conduct a public hearing.
(b) For any municipality in which the legislative body is the town meeting, such legislative body may, by resolution, vote to delegate its authority to ratify or reject a proposed agreement to the board of selectmen, provided such board of selectmen provides an opportunity for public comment in accordance with this section.
(c) A copy of any such agreement entered into by two or more municipalities pursuant to this section shall be filed with the municipal clerk of each participating municipality and the Secretary of the State not later than seven days after the legislative body of the last participating municipality to ratify such agreement so ratifies such agreement.
(P.A. 15-224, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 15-224 effective July 7, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-7. - Charter provisions not affected.

No provision of this title or the sections listed in section 9-1 shall be construed to repeal any charter provision in existence on May 14, 1953, relative to the election, term of office or powers or duties of any municipal officer or to the manner of warning or conducting any municipal meeting or any election, but the powers and duties of such officers shall remain as provided in such charter.
(1953, S. 508d.)
Section construed in light of intent of legislature in enacting Sec. 9-167a; charter provision superseded by Sec. 9-167a. 28 CS 403.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-7c. - Recommended appropriations. Allotments.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the executive director of the commission and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said executive director to the Office of Policy and Management.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Governor shall not reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force concerning the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
(P.A. 04-204, S. 10; P.A. 11-48, S. 76; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 74.)
History: P.A. 04-204 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by adding language re separate line item within the budget for Office of Governmental Accountability, by replacing language re director of commission with language re administrator of Office of Governmental Accountability and by making technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to Office of Governmental Accountability and separate line item within budget of said office, replacing references to executive administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability with references to executive director of the commission and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 141 - General Provisions › Section 9-8. - Penalty for false statement.

Any person who makes a false statement in any statement required to be signed under the penalties of false statement under this title and, except as otherwise provided by law, any person who signs the name of another to any such statement shall be guilty of false statement, which shall be deemed to have been committed in the town where such statement is filed and shall be subject to the penalties provided for false statement.
(1949, Rev., S. 1149; 1953, 1955, S. 639d; 1955, S. 621d; 1957, P.A. 442, S. 12; 517, S. 10; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 64.)
History: 1971 act substituted “false statement” for “perjury” where appearing and following “penalties provided” replaced “in section 53-143” with “for false statement”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 142 - Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly Districts › Section 9-9. - Representatives in Congress. Districts.

For the purpose of representation in the Congress of the United States, there shall be elected in the manner provided by law one representative from each of the five congressional districts.
(1949 Rev., S. 989; 1953, S. 509d; April, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 1; P.A. 03-170, S. 2.)
History: 1964 act provided for six congressional districts instead of five congressional districts and one representative at large; P.A. 03-170 changed number of congressional districts from six to five and deleted “into which the state shall be divided, as follows”, effective June 26, 2003.
Cited. 14 CS 421.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 142 - Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly Districts › Section 9-10a. - State senators. Senatorial districts.

The Senate shall consist of thirty-six senators, and the state shall be divided into thirty-six districts, in each of which one senator shall be elected as follows:
(Districts omitted.*)
(November, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 3.)
*Note: See Article XXVI., and Article XXX., Sec. 2, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut re reapportionment.
History: 1964 act set forth boundaries of thirty-six senatorial districts, effective November, 1966.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 142 - Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly Districts › Section 9-10b to 9-10d. - State representatives. Assembly districts. Boundaries of local voting districts.

Obsolete.
(November, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 1, 2, 6; December, 1965, P.A. 2, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-12b. - Admission of electors not prohibited on Sundays.

The provisions of section 53-302a shall not apply to activities conducted for the purpose of admitting electors.
(P.A. 76-128, S. 1, 11; P.A. 79-363, S. 3, 38.)
History: P.A. 79-363 substituted “sections 53-302a” for “sections 53-300 and 53-302”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-13. - Blind persons.

No applicant, otherwise qualified to be an elector in this state, shall be ineligible by reason of blindness or defective sight.
(1949 Rev., S. 992; 1953, S. 514d; P.A. 76-128, S. 3, 11.)
History: P.A. 76-128 deleted requirements for reading or submission of proof of previous admission as elector in any Connecticut town.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 143 - Electors: Qualifications and Admission › Section 9-14. - Electors residing in state institutions.

No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence in any town by reason of his absence therefrom in any institution maintained by the state. No person who resides in any institution maintained by the state shall be admitted as an elector in the town in which such institution is located, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the admitting official that he is a bona fide resident of such institution.
(1949 Rev., S. 1000; 1953, S. 515d; P.A. 82-247, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-247 changed “board for admission of electors” to “admitting official” and “permanent” resident to “bona fide” resident.