Title 7 — Title 7: Municipalities

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. 7-339cc. Definitions. As used in sections 7-339cc to 7-339kk, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Captured assessed value” means the amount, as a percentage or stated sum, of increased assessed value that is utilized from year to year to finance project co…

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. 7-339dd. Establishment. Powers. Dissolution. (a) A municipal legislative body may establish a tax increment district located wholly within the boundaries of such municipality in accordance with the requirements of sections 7-339cc to 7-339kk, inclusive. If the municipality h…

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. 7-339ee. Criteria for establishment. Prior to the establishment of a tax increment district and approval of a district master plan for such tax increment district, the municipal legislative body or the board of selectmen in the case of a municipality in which the legislative…

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. 7-339ff. Adoption and amendment of district master plan. (a) In connection with the establishment of a tax increment district, the legislative body of a municipality shall adopt a district master plan for each tax increment district and a statement of the percentage or state…

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…

Sec. 7-339gg. Tax increment revenues. Assessment. District master plan fund. (a) In the district master plan, the municipality may designate all or part of the tax increment revenues generated from the increased assessed value of a tax increment district for the purpose of financ…

Sec. 7-339h. State and federal aid. (a) If the function or activity to be performed under an interlocal agreement is by the law of this state entitled to state aid, the participating public agency of this state may claim state aid. Such state aid shall be computed, apportioned an…

Sec. 7-339hh. Costs authorized for payment from a district master plan fund. Costs authorized for payment from a district master plan fund, established pursuant to section 7-339gg are limited to: (1) Costs of improvements made within the tax increment district, including, but not…

Secs. 7-339i and 7-339j. Conditions precedent to effecting agreement. Powers of Attorney General. Sections 7-339i and 7-339j are repealed. (1961, P.A. 429, S. 9, 10; 1967, P.A. 516, S. 4.)

Sec. 7-339ii. Benefit assessments. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, whenever the municipality constructs, improves, extends, equips, rehabilitates, repairs, acquires or provides a grant for any public improvements within a tax increment district or fi…

Sec. 7-339jj. Bonds. (a) For the purpose of carrying out or administering a district master plan or other functions authorized under sections 7-339cc to 7-339kk, inclusive, a municipality is authorized, subject to the limitations and procedures set forth in this section, to issue…

Sec. 7-339k. Agreement to have status of compact. Parties in event of controversy. An interlocal agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact. In any case of controversy involving the performance or interpretation of the interlocal agreement or liability thereunder, t…

Sec. 7-339kk. Advisory board. The legislative body of a municipality is encouraged to create an advisory board, whose members include owners or occupants of real property located in or adjacent to the tax increment district they serve. The advisory board may advise the legislativ…

Sec. 7-339l. Authority to be in addition to other powers. The authorization in sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, to receive, obtain, provide or furnish any services, facilities, personnel, equipment, property or other resources, or perform or engage in any functions or activi…

Sec. 7-339m. Purpose of special services districts. Any municipality may establish by ordinance of its legislative body as provided in this chapter, within its confines, a special services district or special services districts to promote the economic and general welfare of its c…

Sec. 7-339n. Powers of special services district. A special services district shall constitute a body politic and corporate and the ordinance establishing such a district shall confer upon such district such of the following powers as are provided in the ordinance: (1) To sue and…

Sec. 7-339o. Powers regarding motor vehicle parking. In addition to the powers enumerated in section 7-339n, an ordinance establishing a special services district may confer upon such district some or all of the following powers: (a) To construct, acquire, or obtain leasehold int…

Sec. 7-339p. Referendum on ordinance establishing special services district. (a) An ordinance establishing a special services district shall not take effect unless, within sixty days of the adoption of such ordinance: (1) If such district is not divided into subdistricts pursuant…