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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 971
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 971
8	6		January Session, 2019
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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14		-	AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MET ROPOLITAN
	19	+	AN ACT CONCERNING AM ENDMENTS TO THE METROPOLITAN
15	20		DISTRICT COMMISSION CHARTER.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19	24		Section 1. Section 19 of number 511 of the special acts of 1929 is 1
20	25		amended to read as follows (Effective from passage): 2
21	26		No bonds, notes or other certificates of debt, except such as are to 3
22	27		mature in six months or less and to be paid from current taxes shall be 4
23		-	issued under authority of [this act] number 511 of the special acts of 5
24		-	1929 if such issue shall bring the total outstanding indebtedness of the 6
25		-	district to an amount in excess of five per centum of the combined 7
26		-	grand lists of said district unless otherwise provided by special act. 8
27		-	The grand lists for the purpose of this section shall be deemed to 9
28		-	include the assessed value of all shares of capital stock the taxes on 10
29		-	which are required by section 1205 of the general statutes, revision of 11
30		-	1918, as amended to be remitted annually to the towns and cities 12
31		-	composing the district by the state. In computing the total outstanding 13
32		-	indebtedness of the district for the purposes of this section, there shall 14
33		-	be deducted the amount of the district's sinking fund, the amount of 15
34		-	bonds issued for the supply of water or for the construction of 16
35		-	subways or underground conduits for cables, wires or pipes, the 17
36		-	principal amount of all such bonds having been refunded or replaced 18
37		-	by other indebtedness the proceeds and projected earnings on which 19 Substitute Bill No. 971
	28	+	issued under authority of this act if such issue shall bring the total 5
	29	+	outstanding indebtedness of the district to an amount in excess of five 6
	30	+	per centum of the combined grand lists of said district unless 7
	31	+	otherwise provided by special act. The grand lists for the purpose of 8
	32	+	this section shall be deemed to include the assessed value of all shares 9
	33	+	of capital stock the taxes on which are required by section 1205 of the 10
	34	+	general statutes, revision of 1918, as amended to be remitted annually 11
	35	+	to the towns and cities composing the district by the state. In 12
	36	+	computing the total outstanding indebtedness of the district for the 13
	37	+	purposes of this section, there shall be deducted the amount of the 14
	38	+	district's sinking fund, the amount of bonds issued for the supply of 15 Raised Bill No. 971
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44		-	or other funds are held in escrow to pay and are sufficient to pay the 20
45		-	principal, interest and any redemption premium until maturity or 21
46		-	earlier planned redemption of such indebtedness and the amount of 22
47		-	such other bonds of the district as may be issued under any act of the 23
48		-	legislature, especially providing that the bonds issued [thereunder] 24
49		-	under any such act shall be deducted in computing the total 25
50		-	outstanding indebtedness of the district. 26
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	44	+	water or for the construction of subways or underground conduits for 16
	45	+	cables, wires or pipes, the principal amount of all such bonds having 17
	46	+	been refunded or replaced by other indebtedness the proceeds and 18
	47	+	projected earnings on which or other funds are held in escrow to pay 19
	48	+	and are sufficient to pay the principal, interest and any redemption 20
	49	+	premium until maturity or earlier planned redemption of such 21
	50	+	indebtedness and the amount of such other bonds of the district as 22
	51	+	may be issued under any act of the legislature, especially providing 23
	52	+	that the bonds issued [thereunder] under any such act shall be 24
	53	+	deducted in computing the total outstanding indebtedness of the 25
	54	+	district. 26
	55	+	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) In any town or city in which The 27
	56	+	Metropolitan District shall furnish water directly to the inhabitants for 28
	57	+	domestic and other purposes and shall maintain a sanitary sewer 29
	58	+	system, the district board of The Metropolitan District may: (1) 30
	59	+	Develop a program for control and abatement of stormwater pollution 31
	60	+	from existing land uses, and the detection and elimination of 32
	61	+	connections to the stormwater system that threaten the public health or 33
	62	+	welfare or the environment; (2) provide public education and outreach 34
	63	+	relating to stormwater management activities and establish procedures 35
	64	+	for public participation; and (3) provide for the administration of such 36
	65	+	stormwater management program. In accomplishing the purposes of 37
	66	+	this section, such program may plan, layout, acquire, construct, 38
	67	+	reconstruct, maintain, supervise and manage stormwater control 39
	68	+	systems. 40
	69	+	Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) For the purpose of providing adequate 41
	70	+	funding to accomplish the goals of section 2 of this act, the district 42
	71	+	board of The Metropolitan District may, in the event that stormwater is 43
	72	+	discharged to a sanitary sewer system located in a town or city 44
	73	+	described in section 2 of this act, impose a stormwater discharge fee 45
	74	+	upon such town or city. The district board may from time to time 46
	75	+	adopt, alter or repeal ordinances for the determination of the nature 47
	76	+	and amount of such stormwater discharge fee and for the adjustment 48
	77	+	of special cases, by measurement or estimation of stormwater 49 Raised Bill No. 971
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	83	+	discharge, where quantity of water used by the inhabitants does not 50
	84	+	properly reflect use of the sanitary sewer system. Such ordinances may 51
	85	+	prescribe the methods of collection, may provide for a penalty and 52
	86	+	may prescribe and limit the purposes for which avails of the 53
	87	+	stormwater discharge fees shall be used. Nothing herein contained 54
	88	+	shall preclude use of other methods of meeting the expense of the 55
	89	+	stormwater management program described in section 2 of this act. 56
51	90		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
52	91		sections:
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54	93		Section 1 from passage Number 511 of the
55	94		special acts of 1929, Sec.
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	96	+	Sec. 2 from passage New section
	97	+	Sec. 3 from passage New section
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58		-	PD Joint Favorable Subst.
	99	+	Statement of Purpose:
	100	+	To amend the charter of The Metropolitan District by permitting the
	101	+	district board to (1) establish a stormwater authority, and (2) impose a
	102	+	stormwater discharge fee.
	103	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	104	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	105	+	not underlined.]
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