Title 7 — Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-324. Definition. Continuation of former districts. For the purposes of sections 7-324 to 7-329, inclusive, “district” means any fire district, sewer district, fire and sewer district, lighting district, village, beach or improvement association and any other district or as…

Sec. 7-325. Organization. Boundary changes. Reports. Statements. (a) Upon the petition of fifteen or more voters, as defined by section 7-6, of any town, specifying the limits of a proposed district for any or all of the purposes set forth in section 7-326, the selectmen of such …

Sec. 7-326. Purposes. At such meeting, the voters may establish a district for any or all of the following purposes: To extinguish fires, to light streets, to plant and care for shade and ornamental trees, to construct and maintain roads, sidewalks, crosswalks, drains and sewers,…

Sec. 7-327. Meetings and referenda. Officers. Fiscal year. (a) At the meeting called for the purpose of establishing a district, as provided in section 7-325, the voters shall, by ordinance, fix the date of the annual meeting of the voters for the election of district officers an…

Sec. 7-327a. Petition for vote. Form. Statement by and qualification of circulator. In any case in which an action for a vote by the voters of a district is to be initiated by the petition of such voters, in addition to such other requirements as the general statutes or any speci…

Sec. 7-328. Taxation. Bonds. (a) The territorial limits of the district shall constitute a separate taxing district, and the assessor or assessors of the town shall separate the property within the district from the other property in the town and shall annually furnish the clerk …

Sec. 7-328a. Home rule action. (a) Any district, as defined by section 7-324, established by special act may, by a two-thirds vote of the voters present at a district meeting, elect to make its charter, including any amendments thereto adopted by special act, subject to amendment…

Sec. 7-328b. District may exempt motor vehicles from property tax. Any district established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may by vote of its legislative body provide that motor vehicles shall be exempt from any tax levied by such district on the assessed value…

Sec. 7-328c. Districts established in 1839. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or sections 7-324 to 7-329, inclusive, any district established in 1839 by special act may, by majority of the voters present at the annual meeting or any special meeting of the district…

Sec. 7-329. Termination of district. Whenever the officers of such district vote to terminate its corporate existence and whenever a petition signed by ten per cent of the total number of persons qualified to vote in the meeting of such district or twenty of the voters of such di…

Sec. 7-329a. Establishment of port district and port authority. Jurisdiction. Any town may, by vote of its legislative body, establish a port district which shall embrace such town. The affairs of any such district shall be administered by a port authority, comprising not fewer t…

Sec. 7-329b. Definitions. As used in sections 7-329a to 7-329u, inclusive: (1) “District” means a port district established pursuant to section 7-329a, or if any such district is terminated, the entity accorded the powers and duties of sections 7-329a to 7-329u, inclusive; (2) “P…

Sec. 7-329c. Powers and duties of port authority. With the exception of state or federally owned properties, each port authority shall have power over the survey, development and operation of port facilities in its district as hereinafter specifically set forth, and the coordinat…

Sec. 7-329d. Regulations by port authority. Each port authority may make and enforce any reasonable regulations that it may determine to be necessary for the proper development, maintenance and use of the port facilities, relating to the construction, equipment, repair, maintenan…

Sec. 7-329e. Investigations. Each port authority may make any investigation which it may deem necessary to enable it effectually to carry out the provisions of sections 7-329a to 7-329f, inclusive. The port authority may enter upon any lands as in its judgment may be necessary fo…

Sec. 7-329f. Property necessary for development. The port authority may lease or acquire title to real and personal property, may encumber and pledge such property and may condemn real property located within the district which it deems necessary for the development of port facil…

Sec. 7-329g. Issuance of bonds. (a) The port authority may issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, subject to the approval of the legislative body when required by the provisions of sections 7-329a to 7-329u, inclusive, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the co…

Sec. 7-329h. Securing of bonds. In the discretion of the port authority any bonds issued under the provisions of sections 7-329a to 7-329u, 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 p…

Sec. 7-329i. Rates, rents, fees and charges. The port authority is authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by each project and to contract with any person, partnership, associati…

Sec. 7-329j. Receipts to be trust funds. All moneys received pursuant to the authority of sections 7-329a to 7-329u, inclusive, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in said sections …

Sec. 7-329k. Rights of bondholders. Any holder of bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of borrowing issued under the provisions of sections 7-329a to 7-329u, inclusive, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust indenture or agreement,…

Sec. 7-329l. Tax exemption. The exercise of the powers granted by sections 7-329a to 7-329u, 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…

Sec. 7-329m. Bonds to be legal investments. Bonds issued by the port authority under the provisions of sections 7-329a to 7-329u, inclusive, shall be securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, tr…

Sec. 7-329n. Municipal powers to aid port authority. For the purpose of aiding a port authority and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction or operation of any port facility, any municipality may (1) acquire real property in its name for such port faci…

Sec. 7-329o. Provision of property to port authority. Any municipality, by ordinance, and any other governmental unit is empowered, without any referendum or public or competitive bidding, and any person is empowered, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to any port authority, o…

Sec. 7-329p. Lease of facilities. Any municipality, governmental unit or person is empowered to enter into and perform any lease or other agreement with any port authority for the lease to or use by such municipality, governmental unit or person of all or any part of any port fac…

Sec. 7-329q. Financial aid by municipality. For the purpose of aiding a port authority and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction or operation of any port facility, any municipality, by ordinance or by resolution of its legislative body, shall have po…

Sec. 7-329r. Municipal guarantee of port authority bonds. For the purpose of aiding a port authority in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction or operation of any port facility, any participating municipality may, pursuant to resolution adopted by its legislative bo…

Sec. 7-329s. Pledge or assignment of lease to secure bonds. Any lease or other agreement, and any instruments making or evidencing the same, may be pledged or assigned by the port authority to secure its bonds and thereafter may not be modified except as provided by the terms of …

Sec. 7-329t. Exemption of property from levy and sale by virtue of execution. All property of a port authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against a por…

Sec. 7-329u. Payment by port authority of sums in lieu of taxes. Every port authority and every municipality in which any property of the port authority is located may enter into agreements with respect to the payment by the port authority to such municipality of annual sums of m…

Sec. 7-329v. Port authority report. Not later than January 1, 2025, and quarterly thereafter, the Connecticut Port Authority shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of ma…

Sec. 7-330. Formation of municipal district. Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs may, by vote of their legislative bodies, vote to form a district for the performance of any municipal function which the constituent municipalities of such district may, under any provision of…

Sec. 7-331. Payment of expenses. The proportional share of each constituent municipality of the indebtedness and current expenditures of the district for its projects under the provisions of sections 7-330 to 7-332, inclusive, shall be determined by the board, which board shall h…

Sec. 7-332. Admission to or withdrawal from district. Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, after the formation of a district in accordance with the provisions of section 7-330, elect to apply for admission to such district and the board of such district may admi…

Sec. 7-333. Metropolitan districts. Definitions. Whenever used in sections 7-334 to 7-339, inclusive, “metropolitan area” means any area in which there is a city having a population according to the last-completed federal census of twenty-five thousand or more, designated hereaft…

Sec. 7-334. Formation of metropolitan district. Jurisdiction. The central city and any one or more towns, cities or boroughs within a metropolitan area may join to form a metropolitan district for the performance of any one or more functions, services or works which any of such t…

Sec. 7-334a. Metropolitan District of Hartford County. Independent Consumer Advocate. Duties. Qualifications. Reports. (a) There is established an Independent Consumer Advocate to act as an independent advocate for consumer interests in all matters which may affect Metropolitan D…

Sec. 7-335. Powers of districts. The central city and any one or more towns, cities or boroughs, in addition to such powers as each has under any provision of the general statutes or any special act, may adopt and amend a charter for the metropolitan district, which charter shall…

Sec. 7-336. Petition to establish district. Any action to establish a metropolitan district shall be initiated by a two-thirds vote of the legislative body of the central city and of any one or more towns, cities or boroughs in the metropolitan area, or by petition filed with the…

Sec. 7-337. Charter commission. Within sixty days after action to establish a metropolitan district has been initiated by vote of the legislative bodies or by petition, the legislative bodies of the central city and any towns, cities or boroughs which have indicated an intention …

Sec. 7-338. Preparation of charter. Such charter commission shall prepare a district charter providing for the administration of the property and affairs of the metropolitan district. The functions, services or works to be performed by such district shall be determined after an i…

Sec. 7-339. Vote on charter. Not less than ninety days nor more than one year after the first meeting of the metropolitan charter commission, a proposed district charter shall be submitted to the electors of each town, city or borough to be included in such metropolitan district …

Sec. 7-339a. Interlocal agreements. Definitions. As used in sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: “Public agency” means any municipality, as defined in section 7-148cc, of the state of Connecticut, and any local governm…

Sec. 7-339b. Subjects of interlocal agreements. (a) Any public agency of this state may participate in developing and implementing interlocal agreements with any public agency or agencies of this state or any other state or states providing for any of the following: (1) The joint…

Sec. 7-339c. Procedure for entering agreements. (a) Interlocal agreements shall be negotiated and shall contain all provisions on which there is mutual agreement between the participating public agencies. Such agreements shall establish a process for amendment, termination and wi…

Sec. 7-339d. Advisory board. Each participating public agency of this state shall be represented on any interlocal advisory board established by an interlocal agreement to which it is a party. Its representatives shall be appointed by the legislative body of the participating pub…

Sec. 7-339e. Reimbursement of expenses of advisory board. In addition to paying such compensation as may be prescribed pursuant to section 7-339d, a participating public agency of this state may reimburse its representatives on an interlocal advisory board for expenses for travel…

Sec. 7-339f. Provisions required in agreements. Section 7-339f is repealed, effective July 8, 2011. (1961, P.A. 429, S. 6; P.A. 95-308, S. 6; P.A. 11-99, S. 6.)

Sec. 7-339g. Financing of activities. All costs and expenses which a participating public agency of this state incurs in connection with the receiving, obtaining, providing or furnishing of services, personnel, facilities, equipment, other property or resources, or the engaging i…