Title 7, Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-130v. Payment by authority of sums in lieu of taxes. Every authority and every municipality in which any property of the authority is located may enter into agreements with respect to the payment by the authority to such municipality of annual sums of money in lieu of taxe…

Sec. 7-130w. Construction of statutes. Consent of other agencies not required. Sections 7-130a to 7-130w, inclusive, shall constitute full and complete authority, without regard to the provisions of any other law, for the doing of the acts and things therein authorized and shall …

Sec. 7-131. Municipal forests. Public shade trees. (a) The legislative body of any town, city or borough may vote to establish a municipal forest for the purpose of raising timber, protecting water supplies, providing opportunities for outdoor recreation or employment of relief l…

Sec. 7-131a. Conservation commissions. (a) Any town, city or borough, by vote of its legislative body, may establish a conservation commission for the development, conservation, supervision and regulation of natural resources, including water resources, within its territorial lim…

Sec. 7-131b. Acquisition of open space land and easements. Revaluation of property subject to easement. (a) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, by purchase, condemnation, gift, devise, lease or otherwise, acquire any land in any area designated as an area of op…

Sec. 7-131c. Open space land. Definitions. Section 7-131c is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (1963, P.A. 649, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 368, S. 1; 574, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 842, S. 1; P.A. 90-239, S. 3; P.A. 92-206, S. 1; P.A. 98-157, S. 14, 15.)

Sec. 7-131d. Protected open space and watershed land acquisition grant program: Purposes; criteria; conditions. Charter Oak open space grant program: Criteria; conditions. (a) There is established the protected open space and watershed land acquisition grant program. The program …

Sec. 7-131e. Decisions of commissioner re grants. Administrative expenses. Review board. Report. Account. (a) Grant award decisions under the protected open space and watershed land acquisition grant program established under section 7-131d or under the Charter Oak open space gra…

Sec. 7-131f. Considerations for approving grants from funds authorized prior to July 1, 1998. In making grants-in-aid for open space land acquisition or development from out of funds authorized before July 1, 1998, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall: (a…

Sec. 7-131g. Grant: Amount, purposes, valuation of land. Issuance of bonds. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may make grants under the open space and watershed land acquisition program to: (1) Municipalities for acquisition of land for open space under …

Sec. 7-131h. Charges by municipality. Reasonable charges may be made by a municipality, when necessary, to aid in the proper maintenance of recreational facilities developed on land acquired under sections 7-131d to 7-131k, inclusive. (1963, P.A. 649, S. 6.) History: (Revisor's n…

Sec. 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 conser…

Sec. 7-131j. Taking of land by state or public service company. If the state or any public service company, as defined in section 16-1, takes any land, for highway or other purposes, which is restricted to conservation or recreation use in accordance with an established open spac…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 commiss…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 agricult…

Sec. 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 ope…

Sec. 7-131q. Agricultural land preservation fund. (a) As used in this section, “municipality” means any city, town, borough, district or association with municipal powers; “agricultural land” means any land in the state suitable by reference to soil types, existing and past use o…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 endi…

Sec. 7-131t. Charter Oak open space grant program: Purposes; criteria. Charter Oak open space grant program account. (a)(1) There is established a Charter Oak open space grant program account, within the General Fund, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The account sha…

Sec. 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 s…

Sec. 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 informati…

Sec. 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 …

Secs. 7-132 and 7-133. Bounty: On bobcat or lynx; on snakes and wild animals. Sections 7-132 and 7-133 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 648, 649; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 16; 1971, P.A. 7, S. 1.)

Sec. 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 bo…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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…

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

Sec. 7-136. Municipal economic development commissions. (a) Any town, city or borough, by ordinance, may accept the provisions of this section and may establish an economic development commission for the promotion and development of the economic resources of such municipality. Th…

Secs. 7-136a to 7-136c. Convention and visitors commissions established by municipalities or municipal districts. Municipalities or municipal districts having coliseum authority or convention and visitors commission to receive a portion of certain state taxes; alternatives. Permi…

Sec. 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 no…

Sec. 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 applicatio…

Sec. 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 Trans…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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 Commissio…

Sec. 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 fo…

Sec. 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 Commiss…

Sec. 7-136n. Joint issuance of bonds by two or more municipalities. (a) Two or more municipalities may jointly issue bonds from time to time at their discretion, subject to the approval of the legislative body of each municipality for the purpose of paying all or any part of the …

Sec. 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, whe…

Sec. 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 t…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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, tr…

Sec. 7-136s. Guarantee of joint bonds by participating municipality. For the purpose of aiding the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction or operation of any project for which bonds have been issued under sections 7-136n to 7-136s, inclusive, any participating municipal…