Connecticut § 7-374b Issuance of debt obligations for funding of judgments, property or casualty losses and costs of municipal projects to abate deleterious conditions re residential building concrete foundations.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 7-374b — Issuance of debt obligations for funding of judgments, property or casualty losses and costs of municipal projects to abate deleterious conditions re residential building concrete foundations.

Connecticut § 7-374b

Title 7Municipalities

Ch. 109Municipal Bond Issues

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-374b (2026).

Text

(a)A municipality, as defined in section 7-369, and any regional school district, may authorize the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of funding a judgment, a compromised or settled claim against it or an award or sum payable by it pursuant to a determination by a court, or an officer, body or agency acting in an administrative or quasi-judicial capacity, other than an award or sum arising out of an employment contract, in any case in which the amount of such judgment, claim, award or sum exceeds five per cent of the total annual receipts from taxation, as computed for the purposes of subsection (b) of section 7-374 or subsection (b) of section 10-56, as applicable, or two hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichev

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(a) A municipality, as defined in section 7-369, and any regional school district, may authorize the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of funding a judgment, a compromised or settled claim against it or an award or sum payable by it pursuant to a determination by a court, or an officer, body or agency acting in an administrative or quasi-judicial capacity, other than an award or sum arising out of an employment contract, in any case in which the amount of such judgment, claim, award or sum exceeds five per cent of the total annual receipts from taxation, as computed for the purposes of subsection (b) of section 7-374 or subsection (b) of section 10-56, as applicable, or two hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever is less, provided that the last principal installment of such bonds, notes or other obligations shall mature no later than twenty years from the date of original issue of such bonds, notes or other obligations issued for such purposes. The temporary borrowing periods provided by sections 7-378 and 7-378a shall apply to the computation of the maximum maturity permitted by this section. This section shall not be applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations to fund judgments, settlements, awards or sums payable in connection with construction projects. (b) Any municipality may authorize the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes of (1) funding a reserve fund for property or casualty losses established pursuant to section 7-403a , or (2) funding for all or part of the cost of any project undertaken by such municipality to abate an actual or potential deleterious condition on real property that, if left unabated, would cause the collapse of a concrete foundation of a residential building due to the presence of pyrrhotite and damage the housing stock in such municipality to such an extent that a negative impact on such municipality's economy would result.

Legislative History

(P.A. 86-350, S. 2, 28; P.A. 92-172, S. 3; P.A. 93-332, S. 17, 42; P.A. 06-79, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 71; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 344.) History: P.A. 92-172 made technical changes in Subsec. (b) adding language re retiree benefits, consistent with 1992 Public Acts; P.A. 93-332 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing the dollar amount of a claim or judgment which can be paid through the issuance of bonds from $1,000,000 to $250,000, effective June 25, 1993; P.A. 06-79 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “loss and retiree benefits reserve fund” with “reserve fund for property or casualty losses”, effective July 1, 2006; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 amended Subsec. (a) to extend term of bonds, notes or other obligations from 15 years to 20 years, effective September 25, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions re funding a reserve fund as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re funding for cost of municipal project to abate deleterious condition that would cause collapse of concrete foundation of residential building due to presence of pyrrhotite and damage to housing stock in such municipality, and making a technical change, effective October 31, 2017.