Connecticut § 7-371a Sale of municipal bonds by negotiation. Consolidated maturity schedule.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 7-371a — Sale of municipal bonds by negotiation. Consolidated maturity schedule.

Connecticut § 7-371a

Title 7Municipalities

Ch. 109Municipal Bond Issues

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-371a (2026).

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(a)For purposes of this section:

(1)“Bonds” means bonds, notes or other obligations of a municipality, including loans obtained from state or federal agencies;

(2)“Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, any metropolitan district, any district as defined in section 7-324 , a regional school district or any other municipal corporation having the power to levy taxes and to issue bonds, notes or other obligations;

(3)“Revenue bonds” means bonds secured by project or system revenues, including water, sewer, electric or other revenue sources, and that are not secured by the full faith and credit of ad valorem taxing power; and (4) “Legislative body” means (A) the board of selectmen in a town that does not have a charter, specia

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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Bonds” means bonds, notes or other obligations of a municipality, including loans obtained from state or federal agencies; (2) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, any metropolitan district, any district as defined in section 7-324 , a regional school district or any other municipal corporation having the power to levy taxes and to issue bonds, notes or other obligations; (3) “Revenue bonds” means bonds secured by project or system revenues, including water, sewer, electric or other revenue sources, and that are not secured by the full faith and credit of ad valorem taxing power; and (4) “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) the council, board of aldermen, representative town meeting, board of selectmen or other elected legislative body described in a charter, special act or home rule ordinance relating to government in a city, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough or a town having a charter, special act, consolidation ordinance or home rule ordinance relating to its government, (C) the board of burgesses or other elected legislative body in a borough, (D) the district committee or other elected legislative body in a district, metropolitan district or other municipal corporation, or (E) the regional board of education. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of any special act or charter requiring that bonds be sold at public bid, a municipality may, upon approval by its legislative body, sell by negotiation (1) tax credit bonds, including those described under Section 54 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, or (2) an issue of bonds, any portion of which is an advance refunding issue as defined in 26 CFR 1.150-1. (c) The maturity schedule of an issue of tax credit bonds and bonds the interest of which is excluded from taxation pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, when issued no more than fifteen days apart, may be consolidated for purposes of compliance with section 7-371 . (d) The validity of any bonds issued by a municipality and sold by negotiation prior to September 25, 2009, and described in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of this section or with a consolidated maturity schedule pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall not be affected by their manner of sale or consolidated maturity schedule.