Title 7, Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-251. New and supplementary assessments. If any assessment is not valid or enforceable for any reason, a new assessment may be made. If any assessment is made which is not sufficient to cover the entire cost of the work to be paid for by such assessment, a supplementary ass…

Sec. 7-252. Due date of assessment. Assessments shall be due and payable at such time as is fixed by the water pollution control authority, provided no assessment shall become due until the work or particular portion thereof for which such assessment was levied has been completed…

Sec. 7-253. Installment payment of assessment. In the case of an acquisition, construction or expansion of a sewerage system financed from the general reserves of the municipality or by bonds or notes issued by the municipality, the water pollution control authority may provide f…

Sec. 7-253a. Adjustments in sewer assessment payments for elderly or disabled property owners. Any municipality may, by ordinance, permit any property owner who is eligible for tax relief for (1) elderly taxpayers under the provisions of section 12-129b, section 12-170aa, or a pl…

Sec. 7-254. Delinquent assessments. Liens. Assignment of liens. Powers and rights of assignee. Contract to memorialize assignment required. Notice of assignment. Notice prior to commencing an action to foreclose lien. (a) Any assessment of benefits or any installment thereof, not…

Sec. 7-254a. Waiver of interest. Section 7-254a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 97-215; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 7-255. Charges. Hearing. Appeal. Payment by municipalities of charges upon specified classification of property or users. Optional payment plans. (a) The water pollution control authority may establish and revise fair and reasonable charges for connection with and for the us…

Sec. 7-256. Revision of rates for payment of bonds. Whenever a municipality has pledged revenue to be derived from charges for connection with or for the use of a sewerage system to the payment of the principal or the interest of any bonds or notes, the water pollution control au…

Sec. 7-257. Order to connect. Appeal. The water pollution control authority may order the owner of any building to which a sewerage system is available to connect such building with the system or order the owner to construct and connect the building to an alternative sewage treat…

Sec. 7-258. Delinquent charge for connection or use. Lien. Assignment of liens. Powers and rights of assignee. Contract to memorialize assignment required. Notice of assignment. Notice prior to commencing an action to foreclose lien. (a) Any charge for connection with or for the …

Sec. 7-259. Bonds, notes or other obligations. Whenever a municipality has authorized the acquisition or construction of all or any part of a sewerage system, whether located within or without such municipality and whether constructed or acquired by such municipality acting alone…

Sec. 7-260. Sale of bonds, notes or other obligations. Use of proceeds. Bonds, notes or other obligations issued under authority of this chapter may be sold by the municipality at par, at a discount or at a premium, together with accrued interest. Notwithstanding the terms of any…

Sec. 7-261. Full faith and credit. Bonds or notes issued under the authority of this chapter, except those which are secured only by sewerage system use charges, shall be obligatory upon the municipality and the inhabitants and property thereof according to the tenor and purport …

Sec. 7-262. Signatures of officers on date of execution binding. Any bonds or notes issued under the authority of this chapter, if properly executed and signed by officers of a municipality in office on the date of execution, shall be valid and binding according to their terms no…

Sec. 7-263. Form. Maturity. Bonds, notes or other obligations issued under the authority of this chapter (1) shall be in serial form (A) maturing in annual or semiannual installments of principal that shall substantially equalize the aggregate amount of principal and interest due…

Sec. 7-263a. Bonds to finance portion of sewage system project. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes or other obligations authorized to be issued by a municipality pursuant to this section; (2) “Legislative body” means (A) the board of selectmen in a to…

Sec. 7-264. Temporary notes. Any municipality which has authorized the acquisition or construction of all or of any part of a sewerage system and which has made an appropriation therefor may borrow temporarily upon the credit of the municipality such sum or sums as may be necessa…

Sec. 7-264a. Temporary notes for financing capital projects. Methods of payment. (a) In addition to its other powers described under this chapter, any municipality operating a sewerage system may issue temporary notes for purposes of financing any capital project related to such …

Sec. 7-265. Revenue or guaranteed bonds not included in debt limitation. Bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter and (a) secured solely by a pledge of revenues to be derived from sewerage system use charges or (b) guaranteed, in whole or in part, by state, federal or priv…

Sec. 7-266. Agreement with bondholders. In connection with any bonds or notes issued under the authority of this chapter, the municipality may, by resolution of the body having power to make appropriations for such municipality, covenant and agree with the holders thereof as to (…

Sec. 7-267. Use of funds. All benefit assessments and charges for connection with or use of the sewerage system, whether pledged for payment of bonds or notes or otherwise, shall be kept separate from other funds of the municipality and shall be used for the sewerage system, incl…

Sec. 7-268. Special fund. Any municipality which has issued bonds or notes in accordance with this chapter may by ordinance establish a special fund for payment of all or any part of such bonds or notes or interest thereon, may make and revise necessary rules and regulations not …

Sec. 7-269. Tax exemption. Each bond or note issued in accordance with this chapter shall be exempt, both as to principal and interest, from taxation. (1949, S. 336d.)

Sec. 7-269a. Anticipation notes. In addition to its other powers under this chapter, any municipality operating a sewerage system may issue temporary notes to be paid from anticipated income from sewer assessments and may renew such notes annually for not more than fifteen years.…

Sec. 7-269b. Special municipal taxing districts for sewerage system purposes. Any town may, by ordinance, establish a special taxing district for the purpose of defraying, by taxes levied solely upon properties within such district, any of the costs of acquisition or construction…

Sec. 7-270. Application to existing systems. Any municipality, for all or any part of any existing sewerage system, may exercise any authority of this chapter pertaining to the operation of a sewerage system and may establish sewerage use charges, in the manner hereinbefore provi…

Sec. 7-271. Power to be additional. Any power granted by this chapter shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any power granted to any municipality under the provisions of any special act or of any general statute. (1949, S. 339d.) Any powers granted under statute are …

Sec. 7-272. Joint operation of sewerage system. Any two or more municipalities may enter into and revise from time to time, and may fulfill, contracts jointly to acquire, construct or operate all or any part of a sewerage system. Any such agreement shall particularize (a) the por…

Sec. 7-273. Contract for use of sewerage system. Any town, city, borough or fire or sewer district, maintaining a sewerage system, may contract with any adjoining town or property owner therein for connection with and the use of such sewerage system. (1949 Rev., S. 635.)

Sec. 7-273a. Charges when no assessment made. In all cases in which any municipality or any sewer commission or authority established in accordance with law has constructed or caused to be constructed a public sanitary sewer or sewers through any public highway or highways within…

Sec. 7-273aa. Municipal resource recovery authority. Definitions. Designation. Regional authorities. Withdrawal. (a) As used in sections 7-273aa to 7-273oo, inclusive, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates another meaning or …

Sec. 7-273b. Legislative finding. Definitions. Formation of district. Withdrawal. (a) It is hereby found and declared that the development, maintenance and improvement of systems for the transportation of people and goods within the state, and particularly within the metropolitan…

Sec. 7-273bb. Powers. (a) Any municipal or regional resource recovery authority created pursuant to this chapter shall have the power to: (1) Employ a staff and to fix their duties; (2) Establish offices where necessary in the municipality or the region; (3) Retain by contract or…

Sec. 7-273c. Board of directors. Bond required of officers and employees. The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of directors chosen from among the electors of the constituent municipalities as follows: Each municipality shall have at least one director. Municipa…

Sec. 7-273cc. Bonds and notes. (a) Whenever a municipality has adopted the provisions of this chapter, it may issue bonds which are secured as to both principal and interest by (1) the full faith and credit of the municipality, (2) a pledge of revenues to be derived from the oper…

Sec. 7-273d. Assumption of Transportation Department powers relative to transit system within district. Appeals. Upon written notice to the Department of Transportation, to the chief executive officer of a private transit system, and to the elected chief executive officer of each…

Sec. 7-273dd. Sale of bonds or notes. Use of proceeds. Bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be sold by the municipality or the authority, at public or private sale at a price determined by the issuer thereof. The bonds may bear a single or variable rate of interest …

Sec. 7-273e. Acquisition or establishment of transit districts and transportation centers. Eminent domain. (a) If the directors deem it necessary to preserve or to develop a transit system, the district may establish, operate and maintain a transit system within the district or b…

Sec. 7-273ee. Security of bonds of municipality and of authority. Contracts and agreements. Payments. (a) Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter by a municipality, except those which are secured only by a pledge of revenues to be derived from the operation of a facility…

Sec. 7-273f. District budget. Audit of accounts. Annually the board of directors shall hold a public meeting at which itemized estimates of the expenditures of the district for the ensuing fiscal year shall be presented and at which all persons within the district shall be heard …

Sec. 7-273ff. Signatures of officers on date of execution binding. Any bonds or notes issued under the authority of this chapter, if properly executed and signed by officers of a municipality in office on the date of execution, shall be valid and binding according to their terms …

Sec. 7-273g. Bond issues. Temporary notes. State guarantee. (a) Whenever a district has made an appropriation or incurred a debt, to purchase, acquire, construct, improve or extend any transit facility or transit system or to refund outstanding bonds or notes, it may issue in the…

Sec. 7-273gg. Form. Maturity. Investment of proceeds. Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be executed and delivered in such manner and at such times, may be in such form and denominations, bear such date or dates, be sold at such prices and mature at such time …

Sec. 7-273h. Liability of district. Joint assumption of liability imposed upon district officer, agent or employee. (a) Any district operating a transit service pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be responsible for any injury or damage to persons or property, happen…

Sec. 7-273hh. Temporary notes. Any municipality which has authorized the acquisition or construction of all or of any part of a resource recovery facility and which has made an appropriation therefor may borrow temporarily upon the credit of the municipality such sum or sums as m…

Sec. 7-273i. Transfer of employees when company acquired by district. Whenever a transit district acquires the property and franchises of any company or companies operating a transit service within its district all employees of such company or companies who are necessary for the …