Sec. 7-109. Destruction of documents. Any official, board or commissioner of a
municipality may, with the approval of the chief administrative officer of such municipality and of the Public Records Administrator, destroy any document in his or its custody relating to any matter which has been disposed of and of which no record is required
by law to be kept, after such document has been held for the period of time specified
in a retention schedule adopted by the Public Records Administrator. The tax collector
may, with like approval, destroy any duplicate record receipt book, duplicate tax receipts
or rate bills, at a time specified by the Public Records Administrator. The provisions of
section 12-151 requiring the retention of duplicate tax receipts as permanent records
shall not apply in the case of such receipts destroyed as provided in this section. The
tax collector may, with like approval, destroy any old age assistance or personal tax
records. The town clerk may, with like approval, destroy any liquor permit, any corporation annual report, any registration list of motor vehicles, any voting check list, any tax
list or abstract, any tax lien, release of tax lien, attachment or any original document
lodged with him for record, of which the proper owner or owners are not known to him,
and which has remained in his office uncalled for, at a time specified by the Public
Records Administrator. In lieu of destroying any document, under any provision of this
section, any official, board or commissioner of a municipality may, with like approval,
deposit the same in the custody of any society incorporated or organized under the laws
of this state exclusively for historical or educational purposes; provided all documents
so deposited shall be maintained and made available by such society for the use of the
public. No original document dated prior to the year 1900 shall be destroyed under the
provisions of this section without the express written approval of the Public Records
Administrator.
(1949 Rev., S. 695; 1953, S. 269d; 1957, P.A. 332; 1959, P.A. 144; 1963, P.A. 7; 1967, P.A. 470; P.A. 73-448; P.A.
80-338, S. 6.)
History: 1959 act added provision for destruction of release of tax lien and copy of writ and added provision regulating
destruction of documents which are recorded in town's land records; 1963 act allowed destruction of any tax list after
fifteen years, former law only permitting destruction of lists dated prior to 1913; 1967 act removed prohibition against
clerk or tax collector destroying records of matters not required by law to be kept, allowed such destruction according to
schedule published by examiner of public records rather than after six years, allowed destruction of duplicate rate bills,
personal tax records, abstracts and uncalled for or unclaimed original documents, deleted provisions for destruction of land
documents, added provisions re disposition of documents for historical and educational purposes and forbade destruction of
original documents dating before 1850; P.A. 73-448 replaced examiner of public records with administrator of public
records, deleted specific time periods after which destruction of various records allowed, leaving their destruction subject
to times set by public records administrator; P.A. 80-338 replaced "administrative head" with "chief administrative officer"
and "state librarian" with "public records administrator" and replaced "1850" with "1900" in prohibition against destruction
of old documents.
See Sec. 7-14 re land records.
See Sec. 9-307 re preservation of election check lists and certified copies of lists.
See Sec. 11-8(b) re appointment of Public Records Administrator.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
Duties of town clerk discussed in re zoning regulations. 155 C. 12, 20. Cited. 216 C. 253, 257, 268. Cited. 240 C. 824.
Cited. 41 CA 641, 644; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 824.
Sec. 7-110. Official publications of towns, cities and boroughs to be filed in
State Library. Files of the official publications of the towns, cities and boroughs of
the state shall be kept in the State Library for reference. The clerk of each such town,
city or borough shall send to the State Library two copies of each such publication as
soon as the same is published, and copies of such previous issues of such publications
as can be spared by such municipality if the same are needed by the State Library to
complete its files.
(1949 Rev., S. 694.)
Sec. 7-111. Proof of claims against municipality. Section 7-111 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 697; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
Sec. 7-112. Rate of wages and citizens' preference in work on public buildings.
The provisions of sections 31-52, 31-53 and 31-54 shall apply to the construction, remodeling or repair of any public building by any political subdivision of this state or any of
its agents.
(1955, S. 270d.)
Sec. 7-113. Marking of bounds of towns, cities and boroughs. Each town, city
and borough shall procure its bounds to be set out by plain and durable marks and
monuments, which shall be either an iron pipe or rod, projecting at least six inches above
the surface of local permanent rocks, or by stone pillars, set at least three feet in and
one foot above the ground, at each angle, and once in each eighty rods in the lines
running from angle to angle. Such rocks or monuments shall be plainly marked with
the initials of the names of the towns adjoining.
(1949 Rev., S. 627.)
Cited. 10 CA 80-82, 84, 85.
Sec. 7-114. Renewal of boundary lines. Section 7-114 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 628; 1955, S. 259d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 3; P.A. 79-218.)
Sec. 7-115. Establishment of disputed boundaries. When the selectmen of adjoining towns, or of a town and the warden and burgesses of a borough or the mayor
and clerk of a city therein or adjoining, do not agree as to the place of the division line
between their respective communities, the Superior Court, upon application of either,
shall appoint a committee of three to fix such disputed line and establish it by suitable
monuments and report their doings to said court. When such report has been accepted
by said court and, together with the record of acceptance, has been lodged for record in
the records of both the communities interested therein, the line so fixed and established
shall thereafter be the true division line between them, and said court may allow costs
at its discretion. Before such committee proceeds to fix such line or monuments as
aforesaid, the members thereof shall be sworn and give notice to the parties interested
of the time and place of their meeting to attend to the duties of their appointment, at
least twenty days previous to the time of such meeting, by serving the same upon a
majority of the selectmen of such towns, the mayor and the clerk of such city and the
warden and a majority of the burgesses of the communities interested, and also by setting
the same on a signpost in each of such communities, if any, or at some other exterior
place near the office of the clerk of each community. All parties interested shall be
entitled to be heard before such committee.
(1949 Rev., S. 629; P.A. 84-146, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 84-146 included a reference to posting of notice on a place other than a signpost.
The report is final, except for fraud, misconduct or irregularity of committee. 52 C. 180.
Cited. 10 CA 80, 84, 85.
Secs. 7-116 to 7-118. Street and curb lines. Sidewalks. Construction, maintenance and use of sidewalks. Sections 7-116 to 7-118, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 630-632; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 11; 1959, P.A. 67; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
See Sec. 7-148.
Sec. 7-118a. Curbs and sidewalks to be designed with cuts at pedestrian crosswalks. (a) All curbs and sidewalks constructed or replaced on or after January 1, 1980,
shall be designed with cuts at all pedestrian crosswalks to provide adequate and reasonable access for the safe and convenient movement of physically handicapped persons.
Such cuts shall meet the following specifications: (1) The cut shall have a surface that
is textured and nonslip; (2) the cut shall be at least thirty-six inches wide, but not more
than forty inches wide; and (3) the cut shall have a slope not greater than four degrees
fifty minutes and shall blend to a common surface with the next level without use of a
lip. Such cuts shall be positioned so as not to cause a safety hazard for blind pedestrians.
(b) Any curb or sidewalk not constructed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be brought into compliance with the provisions of said
subsection by the person, partnership or corporation which constructed such curb or
sidewalk within ninety days from the time such person, partnership or corporation knows
of such noncompliance. In the event such person, partnership or corporation fails to act
in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, the state or any political subdivision
thereof wherein such curb or sidewalk is located or which is responsible for the construction or replacement of such curb or sidewalk, shall bring such curb or sidewalk into
compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section within ninety days from
the termination of the period of time provided herein for such person, partnership or
corporation to bring such curb or sidewalk into compliance with the provisions of said
subsection and shall be entitled to reimbursement from such person, partnership or
corporation for expenses incurred in correcting such construction.
(P.A. 75-295, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-385; P.A. 78-64; P.A. 79-77, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-483, S. 18, 186.)
History: P.A. 77-385 required curb cuts after October 1, 1977, rather than after July 1, 1975, and added Subsec. (b)
concerning compliance; P.A. 78-64 added specification that cuts not exceed forty inches in width; P.A. 79-77 included
sidewalks under provisions, changed date to January 1, 1980, required cuts to blend with next level without lip and that
they not cause hazard for the blind and provided for reimbursement to towns for reconstruction made necessary by noncompliance of constructor; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes.
Secs. 7-119 and 7-120. Hearing; appeal. Assignment of street numbers. Sections 7-119 and 7-120 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 633; 1953, S. 279d; P.A. 76-436, S. 255, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
See Sec. 7-148 re municipal powers.
Sec. 7-121. Making of specific appropriations. Each city, by its common council
when so authorized by its charter or by its electors in legal meeting assembled, and each
town, borough or school district, by legal meeting of its voters, shall make appropriations
of specific sums of money for all purposes authorized by law and provided for in the
warnings of the meetings at which the appropriations are made.
(1949 Rev., S. 624.)
See Sec. 4-100 re penalty for exceeding appropriations.
Scope of section. 89 C. 562. Cited. 212 C. 338, 341.
Sec. 7-121a. Municipal loans to nonpublic schools for construction or renovation. (a) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, borrow funds on the faith
and credit of such municipality for the purpose of lending such funds to any financially
responsible nonpublic school located in such municipality for construction or renovation
of physical facilities for educational purposes, provided the obligor in such loan is a
person or persons, the board of trustees or similar body legally authorized to contract
for such obligations on behalf of such school. No municipality shall, as a result of such
borrowing, incur indebtedness for this purpose in excess of ten per cent of its annual
receipts from taxation. No such loan shall exceed thirty per cent of the appraised fair
market value of the buildings and real property of such school or forty per cent of the
assessed value of the capital assets of such school, whichever is less.
(b) Any such loan shall be used exclusively for purposes of construction or renovation of physical facilities of such school for educational purposes. Such loan shall be
secured by a first mortgage on school real estate owned by said obligor and further
secured by security interest or lien with respect to (1) all capital assets of said obligor
held for school purposes, (2) current income on such school's endowment funds to the
extent that such interest or lien may be exercised with respect to such income, (3) the
proceeds of any fund raising efforts on behalf of such school by such person or persons,
board of trustees or similar body. The interest rate on any such loan shall be one per
cent in excess of the current borrowing rate paid by such municipality. Such loan shall
be amortized in equal semiannual installments of interest and principal over not more
than thirty years.
(c) In the event of default on any installment for a period of ninety days, the entire
outstanding principal balance with interest and all costs of collection including a reasonable attorney's fee shall become due and payable. In such event, such municipality shall
commence and continue legal proceedings to collect the amount due such municipality.
(P.A. 74-287, S. 1-3.)
Sec. 7-121b. Contracts with regional water authorities. Any municipality
served by a regional water authority may enter into long-term contracts with such authority whereby such municipality agrees that it will appropriate and pay to the authority
such funds as may be necessary from time to time to make up all or an agreed-upon
percentage of any deficit in a special capital reserve fund established by such authority
to secure bonds issued by the authority to construct or improve its water supply system.
(P.A. 75-151; 75-567, S. 44, 80.)
History: P.A. 75-567 substituted "municipality" for "town".
Sec. 7-121c. Municipal guarantee of notes and bonds issued by water authority
re water distribution system. (a) Whenever any water authority incurs an indebtedness
whether by the issuance of bonds, notes or otherwise by reason of the installation, enlargement or maintenance of a water distribution system within any member town, and
the authority determines that the revenues and assessments reasonably anticipated by
reason of such installation, enlargement or maintenance are insufficient to permit the
payment of such indebtedness, the town in which such distribution system is located
may, by appropriate action, guarantee the payment of definitive notes and bonds issued
by the authority and thereafter from time to time lend to the authority such funds as may
be required to retire such notes and bonds as the same become due together with such
amounts as may from time to time be needed to satisfy interest and other charges upon
such notes and bonds. Such amounts with interest at such rates per annum, not exceeding
statutory limitations thereon, borrowed by the authority from such town shall be an
obligation of the authority provided, such revenues and assessments as may be received
by reason of the water service supplied to such town, after the payment of reasonable
operating costs, shall be segregated in a separate account from other funds of the authority. Such funds shall be paid to such town from time to time in accordance with the
terms of the loan until the entire amount due to such town is fully satisfied and shall be
used for no other purpose. Operating costs are defined as those costs incurred in the
maintenance and operation of the water distribution system including, but not limited
to, the costs of physical maintenance of the installations, bookkeeping costs, the costs
of surveys, soundings and examinations, employee wages and servicing of the bonds
or debts of the authority other than those funds borrowed from the town in which the
water distribution system is located, as the same becomes due together with such
amounts as may from time to time be needed to satisfy interest and other charges upon
such indebtedness.
(b) Any funds so loaned by a town to the authority shall be evidenced by such
notes or other evidences of indebtedness as may be appropriate. Any member town is
authorized to enter into an agreement to lend such funds as may be required upon complying with such procedures as may be prescribed by such town for the issuance of general
obligation bonds of such town provided, any such town may lend such funds as part of
its general operating budget. Such funds as may be received by such town from the
authority shall be used by the town as it shall determine in its budget.
(P.A. 78-129.)
Sec. 7-121d. Municipality may request state review of contract with engineering consultant re waste water. Upon the request of a municipality or municipal
agency the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall review any contract between such municipality or municipal agency and an engineering consultant which concerns waste water treatment or study, if such contract involves a grant for design or
construction for which state moneys will be allocated or for which the state will disburse
any federal funds.
(P.A. 78-45.)
Sec. 7-121e. Sewage treatment facility improvement trust fund. Any town, city
or borough, and any district in which a sewage treatment facility is or may be located,
may, by action of its legislative body, create a sewage treatment facility improvement
trust fund. Such fund may contain any amounts authorized to be transferred to the fund
by the town, city, borough or district, any moneys obtained from the state, the federal
government or any other unit of government and any private contributions. Such fund
shall be used for the financing of any construction, reconstruction or acquisition carried
out for the improvement of a sewage treatment facility.
(P.A. 89-318.)
Secs. 7-121f to 7-121l. Reserved for future use.
Sec. 7-121m. Notice of actions concerning real property in other municipalities. Whenever any municipality, pursuant to the general statutes or any special act,
takes any action on or makes any assessment against any real property in any other
municipality, the acting municipality shall be subject to all notice requirements in the
same manner and to the same extent as the municipality in which the property is located
would be if it were the acting municipality.
(P.A. 83-513, S. 6.)
Sec. 7-122. Sites for armories. Appropriations. Any city may, acting by its legislative body, purchase or acquire land for the purpose of conveying the same to the state
as the site for a state armory, whenever the General Assembly has voted to erect an
armory in such city, and may appropriate sufficient funds therefor from the treasury of
such city and authorize an officer of such city to execute a conveyance of such land to
the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 638.)
Sec. 7-122a. Municipal fallout shelters and civil preparedness facilities. Any
town or city, acting by its legislative body, may provide for the acquisition, construction
and installation of fallout shelters and other civil preparedness facilities and may appropriate sufficient funds therefor and may finance such acquisition, construction and installation by the issuance of bonds as provided in chapter 109.
(1967, P.A. 371; P.A. 73-544, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 73-544 made reference to "civil preparedness" facilities rather than "civil defense" facilities.
Sec. 7-122b. Allocation of funds for art work in construction or remodeling
of municipal buildings. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings: "Municipal building" means any building or facility owned or
leased by a municipal government in the state of Connecticut and open to the public or
intended for such use, exclusive of any shed, warehouse, garage or building of a temporary nature; "work of art" means art work which is to be an integrated part of such
municipal building, including but not limited to, fresco, mosaic, sculpture and other
architectural embellishment or functional art created by a professional artist, artisan or
craftsperson, and any work of visual art which is not to be an integrated part of such
municipal building, including but not limited to, a drawing, painting, sculpture, mosaic,
photograph, work of calligraphy or work of graphic art or mixed media. Work of art as
used in this section shall not include landscape architecture or landscape gardening.
(b) Any municipality may, in the allocation of funds for purposes of construction,
reconstruction or remodeling of any municipal building, allocate for work of art, with
respect to each such project, an amount of such funds equal to one per cent or more of
the total estimated cost of such construction, reconstruction or remodeling, exclusive
of (1) the cost of any land acquisition, (2) any nonconstruction costs including the cost
of such work of art, (3) any augmentations to such cost and (4) the amount of such costs
paid for with funds derived from grants or loans from the state or the federal government.
No funds derived from a grant or loan from the state or the federal government shall be
allocated for work of art unless such grant or loan specifically provides for such use.
(c) The municipality shall designate the officer or agency which shall, with respect
to work of art in any such project, be responsible for selection of and contractual arrangements with any artist, artisan or craftsperson, review of any design or plan, execution
and completion of such work of art and acceptance and placement of such work of art.
(P.A. 81-164, S. 1, 2.)
Secs. 7-123 to 7-125. Appropriations for: Military organizations, hospitals,
health care facilities and public health nursing organizations; insect and plant
disease control; Memorial Day and Old Home Week. Sections 7-123 to 7-125, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 639, 650, 651; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 17; 1971, P.A. 56; P.A. 76-92; 76-435, S. 67, 82; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
See Sec. 7-148.
Sec. 7-125a. Appropriations to improvement associations for road maintenance. Any town which has appropriated funds to any body politic incorporated by
special act as an improvement association within such town, which funds were used for
the repair or maintenance of roads within the limits of such association, may continue
to make such payments, if the legislative body of such town deems it in the public interest
to do so.
(1961, P.A. 412.)
Secs. 7-125b to 7-125d. Appropriations for assistance to nonprofit museums.
Cultural commissions. Appropriations for drug abuse and dependency programs.
Sections 7-125b to 7-125d, inclusive, are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 105; 1971, P.A. 202, S. 1; 329; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
See Sec. 7-148.
Sec. 7-126. Transportation of crippled children and children with defective
eyesight. Each city, town, borough or school district is authorized to transport crippled
children and children having such defective eyesight as to require transportation, from
within their residences to places where medical, surgical or other treatment is to be given
them, and to retransport such children from within such places to within their residences,
and such transportation is declared to be in the line of governmental duty.
(1949 Rev., S. 640.)
Secs. 7-127 and 7-127a. Municipal advisory welfare boards. Committees on
needs of the aging. Sections 7-127 and 7-127a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 641; 1963, P.A. 540; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
Sec. 7-127b. Municipal agents for elderly persons. Responsibilities of Department of Social Services. (a) The chief elected official or the chief executive officer if
by ordinance of each municipality shall appoint a municipal agent for elderly persons.
Such agent shall be a member of the municipality's commission on aging, if any, a
member of another agency that serves elderly persons, an elected official of the state
or the municipality or a responsible resident of the municipality who has demonstrated
an interest in the elderly or has been involved in programs in the field of aging.
(b) Each municipal agent shall (1) disseminate information to elderly persons and
assist such persons in learning about the community resources available to them and
publicize such resources and benefits; (2) assist elderly persons in applying for federal
and other benefits available to such persons; (3) submit written reports at least annually
to the chief elected official, chief executive officer, legislative body and committee or
commission on aging of the municipality, if any, and to the Department of Social Services on the services they have provided, the needs and problems of the elderly and any
recommendations for municipal action with regard to elderly persons.
(c) Each municipal agent shall serve for a term of two or four years, at the discretion
of the appointing authority of each municipality, and may be reappointed. If more than
one agent is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, the appointing authority,
in the discretion of such appointing authority, may appoint one or more assistant agents.
The town clerk in each municipality shall notify the Department of Social Services
immediately of the appointment of a new municipal agent. Each municipality may provide to its municipal agent resources sufficient for such agent to perform the duties of
the office.
(d) The Department of Social Services shall be responsible for assuring that the
provisions of this section are being carried out by municipalities, and shall adopt and
disseminate to municipalities guidelines as to the role and duties of municipal agents
and such informational and technical materials to assist such agents in performance of
their duties. Said department shall provide training for municipal agents in accordance
with their needs and the resources of the department and in cooperation with area agencies on aging. The department shall sponsor at least one training session in each of the
planning and service areas of the Department of Social Services. Such training shall
include, but not be limited to, information, from updated lists, on the availability of
housing. Each municipal agent shall attend at least one such session. Said department
shall assist such agents to develop and maintain simple records about the needs of elderly
persons and the services provided to them, which records shall be confidential and used
only to provide data that is useful to the Department of Social Services and the area
agencies on aging in the preparation of the annual state and area plans.
(1972, P.A. 70; P.A. 77-447; P.A. 85-459, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-206, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-77; P.A. 01-195,
S. 105, 181.)
History: P.A. 77-447 replaced all former provisions re municipal agents for disseminating information to elderly with
more detailed provisions of Subsecs. (a) to (d), inclusive; P.A. 85-459 amended Subsec. (b) to require written reports to
be submitted to the state department on aging and amended Subsec. (c) to require the town clerk to notify the state department
on aging of the appointment of a new municipal agent; P.A. 88-206 gave the chief elected official the authority to appoint
a municipal agent and provided that the chief executive officer may also appoint if by ordinance he is given such authority
in Subsec. (a), made a technical change in Subsec. (b) and required the department on aging to sponsor at least one training
session and specified that the training shall include information re the availability of housing and required each municipal
agent to attend at least one session in Subsec. (d); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of department of social services for
department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-77 amended Subsec. (c) to allow a municipal agent to serve a term
of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority, where previously terms were two years only; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
Sec. 7-127c. Municipal agents for children. (a) The chief elected official or the
chief executive officer of each municipality may appoint a municipal agent for children.
Such agent shall be an elected official of the state or the municipality, a member of an
agency that serves children, a youth service bureau in the municipality or a responsible
resident of the municipality who has demonstrated an interest in children or has been
involved in programs in the field of child development.
(b) The duties of a municipal agent may include, but not be limited to, (1) annually
determining the capacity of the municipality to provide services beneficial to children
and families living in the municipality and coordinating such services provided by the
state, the municipality and community-based organizations; (2) disseminating information to families with children and assisting such families in learning about the resources
available to them; (3) assisting families with children in applying for available child
day care subsidies; and (4) annually submitting a written report to the chief elected
official, chief executive officer and legislative body of the municipality, on the services
he has provided, his findings concerning the needs and problems of children in the
municipality and recommendations for improving services for such children.
(c) Each municipal agent shall serve for a term of two years and may be reappointed.
If more than one agent is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, the appointing authority, in his discretion, may appoint one or more assistant agents. The town
clerk in each municipality shall notify the Commissioner of Education immediately of
the appointment of a municipal agent. Each municipality may provide to its municipal
agent resources sufficient for such agent to perform the duties of the office.
(d) The Department of Education may adopt and disseminate to municipalities
guidelines as to the role and duties of municipal agents and such informational and
technical materials as may assist such agents in the performance of their duties. The
department, in collaboration with the Commission on Children, may provide training for
municipal agents within the available resources of the department and the commission.
(P.A. 92-247; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-339, S. 5, 8.)
History: P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department
of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-339 amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) to substitute Commissioner
and Department of Education for Commissioner and Department of Children and Families, effective July 1, 1995.
Sec. 7-127d. Neighborhood youth center grant program. (a) There is established a neighborhood youth center grant program which shall be administered by the
Office of Policy and Management, except that operation of the program shall be suspended for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005.
(b) Grants may be made to city and nonprofit agencies serving the cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, New Britain, Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury for the
purpose of supporting neighborhood centers for youths between twelve and seventeen
years of age. Agencies serving each eligible city may receive from the funds authorized
for the program an amount that is proportionate to the population of the city between
twelve and seventeen years of age whose families have incomes below the federal poverty level determined from 1990 data of the United States Bureau of the Census as a
percentage of the aggregate population of such ages and family income level in all
eligible cities in the state, except that the cities of Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford
shall receive grants in equal amounts based on the average of the funds otherwise allocated among the three cities from such formula.
(c) Seventy-five per cent of all grants made (1) pursuant to sections 7-127d to 7-127g, inclusive, and (2) to municipalities which, in the aggregate, receive seventy-five
thousand dollars or more, shall be made to cities and nonprofit agencies providing on-site athletic or recreational programs.
(d) Neighborhood youth center programs shall include the following components:
(1) A neighborhood center, at a location convenient for youths within the neighborhood
to be served, that is open regular hours including, but not limited to, evenings, weekends,
school vacations and the summer and where all the other program components could
be delivered; (2) athletic and recreational opportunities; (3) enrichment or tutoring activities; (4) skills training in areas such as problem-solving, decision-making, conflict
resolution, peer counseling and life skills; (5) parent involvement in planning the grant
initially and on an ongoing basis; (6) youth involvement, including, but not limited to,
input into the planning and management of the program and youth leadership development activities; and (7) maximum use of existing neighborhood services for youths.
(e) Neighborhood youth center programs may include the following components:
(1) Matching youths on a one-to-one basis with positive adult role models; (2) vocational
training and job placement; (3) preventive and interventive services for youths and their
families; and (4) cultural opportunities.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 5, 28; P.A. 95-351, S. 23, 30; P.A. 96-226, S. 1, 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 185.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-351 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring Bridgeport,
New Haven and Hartford to receive grants in equal amounts, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-226 amended Subsec. (b) to
eliminate schools from eligibility for grants, inserted new Subsec. (c) re percentage of grants for on-site athletic or recreational activities, relettering former Subsec. (c) as Subsecs. (d) and (e) and amended Subsecs. (d) and (e) to require such
programs to be at only one location within the neighborhood being served and to make certain activities mandatory and
certain activities optional in such programs, effective July 1, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (a) to
suspend operation of program for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003.
Sec. 7-127e. Application. Matching funds. Advisory committee for grant application review. (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall solicit competitive
proposals under this program for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1996, and July 1,
1999, and every two years thereafter, except that no competitive proposals shall be
solicited for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005. The Office of
Policy and Management shall notify the eligible agencies of the amount of funds provided for each city in accordance with section 7-127d. Eligible agencies may file a grant
application with the Office of Policy and Management on such form and at such time
as that office may require.
(b) Grant funds made available for the provisions of sections 7-127d to 7-127g,
inclusive, shall not be used to supplant existing services. A minimum of twenty-five
per cent of the total program costs for each neighborhood youth center program shall
be supported with local funds or in-kind contributions which may include federal, local
and private funds which support existing services.
(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall review all grant applications received and make the decisions concerning which applications shall be funded and at
what funding levels. Criteria for such decisions shall include (1) documentation of need
for the program through crime and poverty statistics for the neighborhood to be served;
(2) responsiveness to program component requirements; (3) reasonableness of costs;
(4) soundness of program plan; (5) experience of the applicant agency in providing
youth recreational services; and (6) evidence of collaboration and coordination with
other children's services providers in the neighborhood. The Office of Policy and Management shall convene and chair an advisory committee to assist in grant application
review. Such committee shall include representatives of the Office of Policy and Management, the Judicial Department, and the Departments of Children and Families, Education, Public Health and Social Services.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 6, 28; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-226, S. 2-4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 186.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public
Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-226
amended Subsec. (a) to require the solicitation of competitive proposals for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1996, and
July 1, 1999, and every two years thereafter and allowed the Office of Policy and Management to designate when agencies
may file a grant application, replacing provision which had specified application date, and amended Subsec. (c) to add
Subdiv. (6) including evidence of collaborations and coordinations with other children's services providers in the neighborhood as criteria for funding, effective July 1, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit solicitation
of competitive proposals for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003.
Sec. 7-127f. Quarterly reports. Audit. Grantees shall submit to the Office of Policy and Management on a quarterly basis program and financial reports on such forms
as the office may require. In accordance with the provisions of sections 4-230 to 4-236,
inclusive, and regulations adopted thereunder, each grantee shall file an appropriate
audit of grant funds with the Office of Policy and Management on or before December
first of the fiscal year following the grant year.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 7, 28.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective July 1, 1994.
Sec. 7-127g. Annual reports to the General Assembly. Each municipality which
receives a grant pursuant to sections 7-127d to 7-127f, inclusive, for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1995, shall submit a report to the General Assembly, in accordance
with the provisions of section 11-4a, which sets forth all funds received by such municipality from state, local, federal or private sources for youth centers and after-school
programs. Such report shall be submitted on or before February 15, 1995. Any municipality which receives a grant pursuant to sections 7-127d to 7-127f, inclusive, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, or any subsequent fiscal year, shall submit such report
not later than February fifteenth of the fiscal year in which such grant is received.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 8, 28; P.A. 96-180, S. 5, 166.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 96-180 made technical changes re section cites, effective
June 3, 1996.
Secs. 7-128 and 7-129. Public squares and parks. Gifts for parks. Sections 7-128 and 7-129 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 644, 645; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 14; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
See Sec. 7-148.
Sec. 7-129a. Park and recreation capital and nonrecurring expense fund. (a)
As used in this section, "municipality" means any city, town, borough, district or association with municipal powers which has within its jurisdiction and subject to its authority,
holds or acquires any land or facilities for park or recreational use; "recreation authority"
means the committee or commission within the government of a municipality responsible for the administration or supervision of parks or recreation, the legislative body of
any municipality which has no such committee or commission, or the board of selectmen
of any town which has no such committee or commission and the legislative body of
which is the town meeting or representative town meeting.
(b) Any municipality, by vote of its legislative body, may establish a special fund,
which shall be known as the park and recreation capital and nonrecurring expense fund.
There shall be deposited in said fund (1) all moneys received by the municipality, from
whatever source and by whatever means, as gifts for park or recreation purposes; (2)
all moneys received by the municipality, from whatever source and by whatever means,
as governmental grants or loans for park or recreational purposes; (3) all moneys received by the municipality from the sale or voluntary or involuntary conveyance of land
used for park or recreational purposes, and (4) all moneys appropriated to said fund by
the municipality.
(c) Said fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer or other officer in charge of
funds of the municipality. All or any part of the moneys in said fund may, from time to
time, be invested in any securities in which public funds may lawfully be invested. All
income derived from such investments shall be paid into the fund and become a part
thereof. The moneys so invested shall at all times be subject to withdrawal from such
investment for use as provided in subsection (e).
(d) Annually, the treasurer or other officer having custody of said fund shall submit
to the recreation authority and to the legislative body of the municipality a complete
and detailed report of the condition of said fund, which report shall be made a part of
the annual municipal report.
(e) Upon authorization of the body in such municipality having the power of appropriation, the moneys in said fund may be used for capital and nonrecurring expenditures
incurred in any of the following: (1) Acquisition, development, improvement, maintenance and expansion of park and recreation lands; (2) acquisition, erection, installation,
maintenance, improvement, repair and replacement of park or recreation facilities and
equipment; (3) development, establishment and improvement of park or recreation programs; (4) any other capital or nonrecurring expenditure incurred for park or recreational
purposes.
(f) No budget proposed or approved or appropriation made for park or recreational
purposes in any municipality shall be reduced, ratably or otherwise, in consideration of
any moneys in said fund.
(1967, P.A. 438, S. 1-7.)
Sec. 7-130. Playgrounds and recreation centers. Section 7-130 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 646; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
Sec. 7-130a. Public recreational facilities authorities. Definitions. As used in
sections 7-130a to 7-130w, inclusive, the following words and terms shall have the
following meanings unless the context indicates another meaning or intent:
(a) "Authority" means an authority created under the provisions of sections 7-130a
to 7-130w, inclusive, or, if any such authority is abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by said
sections to such authority shall be given by law.
(b) "Municipality" means any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated.
(c) "Federal agency" means and includes the United States of America or any department, bureau, agency or instrumentality thereof.
(d) "Project" or "projects" or "public facility" or "public facilities" means any one
or more of the following: Public golf courses, bathing beaches, swimming pools, marinas
or small craft harbors, tennis courts, facilities for camping, fishing and hunting, playgrounds, gymnasiums, playing fields, indoor recreation centers, auditoriums, exhibition
halls, museums, aquariums, shipbuilding and other maritime arts and trades demonstration facilities, stadiums, hockey rinks and ski tows and other skiing facilities, as such
terms are generally used, and parking facilities and other facilities for the public convenience in connection with any of the foregoing, including all buildings, structures and
other facilities for the public convenience, including but not limited to restaurants and
other concessions, and appurtenances thereto which the authority may deem necessary
and desirable, together with all property, real or personal, rights, easements and interests
which may be acquired by the authority or any person contracting with the authority,
for the construction, improvement and operation of any of the foregoing.
(e) "Cost" as applied to any project shall include the cost of acquisition or construction, the cost of any subsequent additions thereto or expansion thereof, the cost of the
acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property rights, easements and interests acquired
by the authority for such construction, additions or expansion, the cost of demolishing
or removing any building or structure on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring
any lands to which such building or structures may be moved, the cost of dredging and
filling underwater areas, the cost of all equipment, financing charges, insurance, interest
prior to and during such construction, and during the construction of any addition or
expansion, and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for a period not exceeding one
year after completion of such construction, addition or expansion, the cost of surveys,
engineering and architectural expenses, borings, plans and specifications and other engineering and architectural services, legal expenses, administrative expenses and such
other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the construction of the project, and
of such subsequent additions thereto or expansion thereof, and the cost of financing
such construction, additions or expansion and placing the project and such additions or
expansion in operation.
(f) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to sections 7-130a to 7-130w, inclusive.
(February, 1965, P.A. 460, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 810, S. 1; P.A. 85-543, S. 1, 7.)
History: 1967 act extended definition in Subsec. (d) to cover public facilities; P.A. 85-543 amended Subsec. (d) to
include museums, aquariums, shipbuilding and other maritime arts and trades demonstration facilities in the definition of
project, to include restaurants and other concessions and to add reference to persons contracting with an authority.