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Home » US Law » 2022 Connecticut General Statutes » VOLUME 2 » Title 7 - Municipalities » Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems

Section 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 treatment system. No such order shall be issued until after a public hearing with respect […]

Section 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 use of a sewerage system, not paid within thirty days of the due date, shall thereupon be delinquent and shall bear interest from the due date at the rate and in the manner provided by the general statutes for delinquent property taxes. Each addition of interest […]

Section 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 or jointly with one or more other municipalities, and has made an appropriation or has incurred debt therefor, or has […]

Section 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 resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds bearing a single rate of interest prior to October 1, 1977, the […]

Section 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 of the same and the full faith and credit of the municipality shall be pledged to […]

Section 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 notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor such officers have ceased to be officers of the […]

Section 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 in each annual period, commencing with the first annual period in which an installment of principal […]

Section 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 town that does not have a charter, special act or home rule ordinance relating to its government, (B) […]

Section 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 necessary for such acquisition or construction and may issue temporary notes for any […]

Section 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 system, and such municipality may renew such notes for not more than fifteen years, provided in the first year immediately following completion of such […]

Section 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 (1) the rates or charges to be imposed upon the users of such sewerage system, including […]

Section 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, including the payment of debt incurred for the sewerage system and interest thereon, […]

Section 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 contrary to this chapter for the management of such special fund […]

Section 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.)

Section 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. (1959, P.A. 583; 1963, P.A. 342; 1967, P.A. 413; P.A. 76-375, S. 1, 2.) History: […]

Section 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 of a sewerage system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such special taxes shall be based upon annual budget appropriations and […]

Section 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 provided, to pay the cost of operation of such sewerage system or for the payment of all or […]

Section 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 in addition to and not in derogation of powers already granted to […]

Section 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 portion or portions of the sewerage system to be jointly acquired, constructed or operated, (b) the […]