Connecticut § 8-196 Joint projects.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 8-196 — Joint projects.

Connecticut § 8-196

Title 8Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development

Ch. 132Municipal Development Projects

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-196 (2026).

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Any two or more municipalities by vote of their respective legislative bodies may, through their respective development agencies, jointly initiate a development project where the project area is to be located in one or more of such towns, and after approval by the commissioner of the project plan therefor if any state aid is to be requested under section 8-190 or 8-195, enter into, and thereafter amend, an agreement for the purposes of jointly carrying out the project plan through their respective development agencies, which agreement may include provisions for furnishing municipal services to, and sharing costs of, and revenues, including property tax and rental receipts, from, the development project. A proposed form of the agreement to be entered into by such towns shall be included as 

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Any two or more municipalities by vote of their respective legislative bodies may, through their respective development agencies, jointly initiate a development project where the project area is to be located in one or more of such towns, and after approval by the commissioner of the project plan therefor if any state aid is to be requested under section 8-190 or 8-195, enter into, and thereafter amend, an agreement for the purposes of jointly carrying out the project plan through their respective development agencies, which agreement may include provisions for furnishing municipal services to, and sharing costs of, and revenues, including property tax and rental receipts, from, the development project. A proposed form of the agreement to be entered into by such towns shall be included as part of the project plan. In furtherance of its obligations under such an agreement, each town which is a party thereto may make appropriations and levy taxes in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes and may issue bonds in accordance with section 8-192.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 760, S. 11; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 7; P.A. 74-184, S. 8, 10; P.A. 75-480, S. 7, 8; P.A. 77-410, S. 3, 5.) History: 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 74-184 substituted commissioner of commerce for Connecticut development commission; P.A. 75-480 deleted requirement that municipalities jointly initiating project be contiguous and simply required approval by commissioner rather than “final approval”; P.A. 77-410 required approval of commissioner “if any state aid is to be requested under section 8-190 or 8-195”; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of economic development for commissioner of commerce, effective January 1, 1979. Cited. 184 C. 51.