Section 7-576d. – Municipal Accountability Review Board. Established. Membership. Terms. Vacancies. Alternates. Expenses. Responsibilities and authorities. Requirement to supply financial reports and records to board. Collective bargaining negotiations with municipal or board of education employees for certain tier III municipalities.

(a) There is established a Municipal Accountability Review Board, which shall be in the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only and which shall be comprised of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, who shall be the chairperson of such board, the State Treasurer, or the […]

Section 7-576e. – Application by municipality to Secretary of Office of Policy and Management for designation as tier IV municipality. Approval. Notice to municipal legislative body. Approval or rejection by municipal legislative body. Designation by Municipal Accountability Review Board. Ex-officio members of board. Additional board authorities and responsibilities. Timing for designation by board.

(a)(1) The chief elected official of a tier III municipality or the legislative body of such municipality, by a majority vote, may apply to the secretary to request designation as a tier IV municipality. The secretary may approve the request if the secretary determines that such designation is necessary to ensure the fiscal sustainability of […]

Section 7-576f. – Retention of designation as tier I, II, III or IV municipality. Requirements for ending designation. Municipal Finance Advisory Commission authority to end tier I designation.

(a) A municipality designated as a tier I municipality in accordance with section 7-576a, tier II municipality in accordance with section 7-576b, tier III municipality in accordance with section 7-576c, or tier IV municipality in accordance with section 7-576e, shall retain such designation, notwithstanding any positive changes in the factors leading to its current designation, […]

Section 7-576g. – Retention of designation as tier III or IV municipality. Requirements for ending designation.

Section 7-576g is repealed, effective October 1, 2022. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 371; P.A. 22-35, S. 15.)

Section 7-576h. – Property tax levy by tier II, III or IV municipality. Limitation. Exception.

A designated tier IV municipality shall not enact a property tax levy in its annual budget that is more than three per cent greater than the property tax levy contained in its annual budget for the prior fiscal year. The secretary shall develop such procedures and guidelines as may be needed to assist in the […]

Section 7-576i. – Municipal Restructuring Fund. Eligibility for funds. Submission of restructuring plan. Board monitoring of use of funds. Guidance development by secretary. Board approval of budgets. Exception.

(a) Any designated tier II, III, or IV municipality shall be eligible to receive funding from the Municipal Restructuring Fund, which fund shall be nonlapsing. A designated tier II, III or IV municipality seeking such funds shall submit, for approval by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, a plan detailing its overall […]

Section 7-576j. – Contract with designated tier III or IV municipality for contract assistance. Limits. Provisions. Prohibition. Uses. Other credit support.

(a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Treasurer may enter the state into a contract with any designated tier III or tier IV municipality for the provision of contract assistance to such municipality in accordance with the provisions of this section. Any such contract assistance shall be limited to […]

Section 7-577. – Attorney General to apply for writ of mandamus.

(a) The Attorney General may apply for a writ of mandamus on behalf of the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission or the Municipal Accountability Review Board, requiring any official, employee or agent of the municipality to carry out and give effect to any determination of such commission or board authorized by sections 7-560 to 7-579, inclusive, […]

Section 7-578. – Municipal comprehensive economic development plan to increase tax base.

Within one year of initial participation as a certified tier I or tier II municipality, a participating municipality may develop a comprehensive economic development plan designed to increase the tax base of the municipality to a level that will allow the municipality to provide an adequate level of municipal services. The plan shall be approved […]

Section 7-579. – Definition of deficit obligation re town and city of New Haven.

For the purposes of sections 7-560 to 7-578, inclusive, deficit obligation, as defined in section 7-560, with respect to the town and city of New Haven, means such obligation issued on or after July 1, 1993. (P.A. 93-421, S. 21, 22; P.A. 14-122, S. 76; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 375.) History: P.A. 93-421 […]

Section 7-579a. – Determination of cumulative excess of expenditures and excess of estimated expenditures for certain fiscal years.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6) of section 7-560, for purposes of determining the cumulative excess of expenditures under said subdivision for any fiscal year ending on or after July 7, 2017, and on or before June 30, 2022, such excess shall not include the impact of any refunding bonds issued pursuant to section 7-370c. […]