Title 7 — Title 7: Municipalities

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 …

Sec. 7-273ii. 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 the operation of a resource facility or (b) guaranteed, in whole or in part, by state, fede…

Sec. 7-273j. Collective bargaining. Each transit district shall have power to engage in collective bargaining with duly appointed representatives of an employee labor organization and may enter into labor contracts concerning wages, salaries, hours, sick leave, working conditions…

Sec. 7-273jj. 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. 7-273k. Contracts for mass passenger transportation service. Grants. Borrowing powers. Any transit district established under this chapter may contract with any person, group of persons or corporation, including but not limited to any common carrier or any agency of the stat…

Sec. 7-273kk. Use of funds. All revenues derived from the operation of a resource recovery facility, 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 facility, including the payment o…

Sec. 7-273l. Application for state funds. Distribution formula. Conditions for receiving funds. Municipal transit service. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, “urbanized area” has the same meaning as provided in 49 USC 5302(24), as amended from time to time, and “rural area…

Sec. 7-273ll. 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 no…

Sec. 7-273m. Distribution formula exception. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Total system revenues” means passenger fares and other revenues incidental to a state-subsidized fixed-route bus system during a fiscal year ending June thirtieth, not including local, regional, state …

Sec. 7-273mm. Exemptions from taxes. Payments in lieu of taxes. (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect…

Sec. 7-273n. State matching grants for elderly and handicapped demand responsive transportation programs. Section 7-273n is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-28, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-428, S. 9, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 99-265, S. 5.)

Sec. 7-273nn. Anticipation notes. In addition to its other powers under this chapter any municipality operating a resource recovery facility may issue temporary notes to be paid from anticipated income from such facility and may renew such notes annually for not more than fifteen…

Sec. 7-273o. Political advertising at transit district and parking authority facilities. (a) As used in this section, “political advertising” means any advertising for the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to any legislative, administrative or electoral decision …

Sec. 7-273oo. 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. (P.A. 81-213, S. 17, 18.)

Sec. 7-273p. Mobile application concerning transit services provided by transit districts and trip planning services. On and after October 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Transportation shall develop and maintain a mobile application for the purpose of (1) integrating real-time info…

Sec. 7-273pp. Investment in bonds. Negotiability. Liens. (a) Bonds issued by an authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit un…

Secs. 7-273q to 7-273z. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 7-274. Establishment by ordinance of town police commissions; adoption by ordinance of special act provisions when police commission established thereby. (a) Any town may, by ordinance, establish a board of police commissioners to be elected, in accordance with the provision…

Sec. 7-275. Meetings of commissioners. Vacancies. The board of police commissioners shall elect one of its number to be chairman and one member to be clerk and shall hold regular meetings and keep records of the same. Meetings shall be held upon the call of the chairman or of a m…

Sec. 7-276. Powers of commissioners. Such boards shall have all of the powers given by the general statutes to boards of police commissioners, shall have general management and supervision of the police department of such town and of the property and equipment used in connection …

Sec. 7-277. Town to bear expense. The expenses, salaries and all costs of maintenance and equipment for such police department shall be paid by such town in the same manner as other expenses of the town government. (1949 Rev., S. 660.)

Sec. 7-277a. Police assistance agreements and requests for aid. (a)(1) Any municipality, upon the approval of the chief executive officer and, where required by charter or ordinance, the governing body of such municipality, may enter into an agreement with any other municipality …

Sec. 7-277b. Reimbursement for body-worn or electronic defense weapon recording equipment, data storage devices or services and dashboard cameras with a remote recorder. (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available resources, administer a grant program to provi…

Sec. 7-277c. Grants to municipalities for purchase of body-worn recording equipment, digital data storage devices or services and dashboard cameras with a remote recorder. (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available resources, administer a grant program to pro…

Sec. 7-278. Hearing prior to dismissal of municipal police head. Just cause requirement. Appeal. No active head of any police department of any town, city or borough shall be dismissed unless there is a showing of just cause by the authority having the power of dismissal and such…

Sec. 7-279. Subpoena to appear before municipal police commissioners. The chief executive officer of any municipality, the clerk of the board of police commissioners in any municipality or any justice of the peace may sign and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses…

Sec. 7-280. Witness fees. The same fees as provided by law for witnesses in civil causes shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipality to any witnesses, except policemen, who attend and testify under the provisions of section 7-279, the amount of such fees to be certified…

Sec. 7-281. Execution of criminal process in towns, cities and boroughs. Execution of arrest warrants. Active members of any legally organized police force in a town, city or borough shall have the same authority to execute criminal process in their respective towns, cities or bo…

Sec. 7-281a. Free use of COLLECT system. Each municipal police department shall have access to, and use of, the Connecticut On-Line Law Enforcement Communications Teleprocessing System without charge. (P.A. 87-427, S. 1, 2.)

Sec. 7-282. Municipal accident and police records. The police department of any city, town or borough having or receiving any memoranda, sketches, charts, written statements, reports or photographs made in the investigation of any accident wherein any person has been injured or p…

Sec. 7-282a. Reporting of bomb incidents. Section 7-282a is repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (P.A. 76-89; P.A. 85-613, S. 86, 154; P.A. 97-162, S. 5.)

Sec. 7-282b. Automatic telephone alarms. No person shall install or connect any telephone device in his residence or place of business which device is capable of automatically calling and relaying recorded messages to a Division of State Police, or municipal police or fire depart…

Sec. 7-282c. Filing and dissemination of reports re missing children, missing youths and certain missing persons. Any municipal police department which receives a report of a missing child or missing youth under eighteen years of age or a missing person who is eligible for assist…

Sec. 7-282d. Imposition of pedestrian citation or traffic ticket quotas prohibited. No municipal police department may impose any quota with respect to the issuance of citations to pedestrians or summonses for motor vehicle violations upon any policeman in such department. Nothin…

Sec. 7-282e. Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Records of incidents of use of physical force, discharge of a firearm or engagement of a pursuit. Review and reporting of use of force incidents. (a)(1) Any polic…

Sec. 7-282f. Firearm incident reports. Annual compilation and report. (a) For purposes of this section, “police officer” and “law enforcement unit” have the same meanings as provided in section 7-294a, and “firearm” has the same meaning as provided in section 53a-3. (b) On and af…

Sec. 7-283. Employment of private detectives. No municipal corporation shall employ private detectives in the investigation or detection of crime at an expense of more than five hundred dollars unless a specific appropriation therefor has been made, nor unless the authorities the…

Sec. 7-284. Police protection at places of amusement. When police protection is necessary or required at any boxing bout or wrestling match, place of public amusement, sport contest or hockey, baseball or basketball game, or any other exhibition or contest, which is being held or…

Sec. 7-285. Sale of unclaimed goods by police departments. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the board of police commissioners, the chief of police, superintendent of police or other authority having charge of a police department may sell by public auc…

Sec. 7-286. Police matrons in certain cities. In each city of this state having a population of twenty thousand or more, as shown by the last-preceding United States census, the board of police commissioners or police committee shall appoint a police matron, whose duty it shall b…

Sec. 7-287. Female prisoners under care of police matron. The board of police commissioners or the police committee in each such city shall assign a certain part of the central police station of the city for female prisoners, which part shall be under the care and control of the …