Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 98 · 111 active provisions
(a) Definitions. Whenever used in this section, “municipality” means any town, city or borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough. (b) Ordinances. Powers granted to any municipality under the general statutes or by any charter or special act, unless the charter or special act provides to the c…
Each town, city and borough in this state shall print and publish all amendments to its ordinances, all new ordinances and all special acts adopted after June 1, 1962, on or before March first of each even-numbered year as a cumulative supplement to the compilation of its ordinances and special acts. Such compilation a…
(a) For purposes of this section and sections 7-148c to 7-148f, inclusive, “seasonal basis” means housing accommodations rented for a period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred twenty days in any one calendar year, “rental charge” includes any fee or charge in addition to rent that is imposed or sought to…
In determining whether a rental charge or a proposed increase in a rental charge is so excessive, with due regard to all the circumstances, as to be harsh and unconscionable, a fair rent commission shall consider such of the following circumstances as are applicable to the type of accommodation: (1) The rents charged f…
(a) If a commission determines, after a hearing, that the rental charge or proposed increase in the rental charge for any housing accommodation is so excessive, based on the standards and criteria set forth in section 7-148c, as to be harsh and unconscionable, it may order that the rent be limited to such an amount as…
Any person aggrieved by any order of the commission may appeal to the superior court for the judicial district in which the town, city or borough is located. Any such appeal shall be considered a privileged matter with respect to the order of trial.
Any person who violates any order of rent reduction or rent suspension by demanding, accepting or receiving an amount in excess thereof while such order remains in effect, and no appeal pursuant to section 7-148e is pending, or violates any other provision of sections 7-148b to 7-148e, inclusive, and section 47a-20, or…
Any town, city or borough may, through its legislative body, create a fair housing commission to make studies and receive complaints relative to discrimination in dwellings within its jurisdiction, which term shall include mobile manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home park lots, in order to control and elimina…
(a) Any town, city, district, as defined in section 7-324, or borough may, by charter provision or ordinance, establish a board, commission, council, committee or other agency to investigate allegations of unethical conduct, corrupting influence or illegal activities levied against any official, officer or employee of…
Any town, city or borough, by charter or ordinance, may adopt a code of prohibited discriminatory practices and may establish or designate a board, commission, council, committee or other agency to investigate any allegation of discriminatory practice. For the purposes of sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subpa…
Any board, commission, council, committee or other agency established or designated pursuant to sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, may be given the following powers: (1) The power to issue subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum, enforceable upon…
Any complaint filed pursuant to sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 shall be made under oath. No finding of a violation of a local code of prohibited discriminatory practices shall be made except after a hearing conducted in person or by means…
Any person aggrieved by any order of the board, commission, council, committee or other agency established or designated pursuant to sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inclusive, and subparagraph (B) of subdivision (9) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 may appeal to the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Any…
Any action by the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities which involves the same parties and subject matter as an action filed with a local commission on equal rights and opportunities shall supersede the action brought with the local commission, except that the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportun…
Any board, commission, council, committee or other agency which has been established or designated to investigate allegations of discriminatory practices by the charter or an ordinance of any town, city or borough prior to May 23, 1980, may assume the powers granted to such agencies under sections 7-148i to 7-148n, inc…
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person who, after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to remediate blighted conditions, wilfully violates any regulation adopted pursuant to subparagraph (H)(xv) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 concerning the prevention and reme…
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Land bank authority” means a charitable nonstock corporation established by a municipality, or by two or more municipalities, for the purposes of acquiring real property, maintaining any such real property and disposing of any such real property within such municipality or municipaliti…
(a) Any municipality that maintains an electric or gas utility may establish a corporation under chapter 601 for the purposes of engaging in the manufacture, distribution, purchase or sale, or any combination thereof, of compressed natural gas, for the sole purpose of providing compressed natural gas to vehicles or con…
Any municipality may by ordinance impose a reasonable fee for public access to its computer database developed pursuant to section 12-62f for the purpose of revaluation.
Any municipality may by ordinance impose a reasonable fee for the use of its geographic information system.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or municipal charter and in addition to any provisions of sections 8-11, 8-21 and subsection (c) of section 22a-42, no member of any municipal commission or board having any jurisdiction or exercising any power over any municipal land use or purchasing decisions shall a…
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Small contractor” means any contractor, subcontractor, manufacturer or service company (A) which has been doing business and has maintained its principal place of business in the state for a period of at least one year prior to the date of application for certification under this secti…
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter or any special act to the contrary, any municipality may, by ordinance, establish requirements for competitive bidding for the award of any contract or the purchase of any real or personal property by the municipality. Such ordinance may provide that, except a…
(a) As used in this section, the term “contractor” means any person, firm or corporation which has contracted or seeks to contract with a municipality, or to participate in such a contract, in connection with any public works of the municipality, including professional consultants. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of…
For the purposes of sections 7-148j, 7-148k, 7-148bb, 7-148ii and 7-152b, “electronic equipment” means any technology that facilitates real-time communication between two or more individuals, including, but not limited to, telephonic, video and other conferencing platforms.