| 23 | | - | Section 1. Section 8 of number 511 of the special acts of 1929, as 1 |
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| 24 | | - | amended by section 3 of special act 83-31, section 1 of special act 99-12 2 |
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| 25 | | - | and section 3 of special act 14-21, is amended to read as follows (Effective 3 |
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| 26 | | - | July 1, 2023): 4 |
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| 27 | | - | Said board, either directly or under committees consisting of one or 5 |
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| 28 | | - | more members of said board, shall organize bureaus for the convenient 6 |
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| 29 | | - | carrying into effect of the several functions herein committed to said 7 |
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| 30 | | - | board and may define the powers and duties of such bureaus and 8 |
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| 31 | | - | delegate to them such powers and duties by ordinance, by-law or 9 |
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| 32 | | - | otherwise as may, in the judgment of the board, be necessary for the 10 |
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| 33 | | - | convenient operation of the same. No member of the board shall receive 11 |
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| 34 | | - | any pay for his or her services as such member or as a member of a sub-12 |
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| 35 | | - | committee of the board except that a reasonable sum may annually be 13 |
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| 36 | | - | appropriated for the actual expenses of said board. The board may, by 14 |
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| 37 | | - | ordinance, by-law or otherwise, fix the salaries and define the duties of 15 |
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| 38 | | - | all officers and employees or may delegate the fixing of salaries of 16 |
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| 44 | | - | employees and assignment of duties of employees to sub-committees or 17 |
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| 45 | | - | bureau managers. The chairman and vice-chairman of said district and 18 |
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| 46 | | - | of all sub-committees, bureaus, boards and commissions appointed by 19 |
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| 47 | | - | the district board shall, unless otherwise provided in the appointment 20 |
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| 48 | | - | or [herein] in this section, hold office until the end of the fiscal year of 21 |
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| 49 | | - | their appointment and thereafter shall be appointed for terms of two 22 |
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| 50 | | - | years and until their successors shall be appointed and shall have 23 |
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| 51 | | - | qualified. The members of all sub-committees, bureaus, boards and 24 |
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| 52 | | - | commissions appointed by the district board shall, unless otherwise 25 |
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| 53 | | - | provided in the appointment or [herein] in this section, hold such 26 |
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| 54 | | - | membership until the end of the fiscal year of their appointment and 27 |
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| 55 | | - | thereafter shall hold membership for terms of two years and until their 28 |
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| 56 | | - | successors shall be appointed and shall have qualified. The managers of 29 |
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| 57 | | - | the water bureau and of the bureau of public works and such others of 30 |
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| 58 | | - | the officers as by the district board shall be especially so designated shall 31 |
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| 59 | | - | hold office during good behavior and shall be removed only for cause. 32 |
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| 60 | | - | All other officers and employees may be removed at any time by the 33 |
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| 61 | | - | district board at pleasure. All vacancies may be filled by the district 34 |
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| 62 | | - | board. Said district board [shall have power to] may fill any vacancy 35 |
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| 63 | | - | occurring in its number for the unexpired portion of the term and, 36 |
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| 64 | | - | except as otherwise expressly provided, shall act in all cases by a 37 |
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| 65 | | - | majority of those present at any regular or special meeting, duly 38 |
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| 66 | | - | warned. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum and the time, 39 |
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| 67 | | - | place and manner of calling meetings and the holding thereof, including 40 |
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| 68 | | - | the manner of dissolving tie votes, shall be prescribed by said board by 41 |
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| 69 | | - | by-law or otherwise. The district board shall be the final judge of the 42 |
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| 70 | | - | election returns and validity of elections and qualifications of its 43 |
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| 71 | | - | members and shall decide all tie votes in elections. Except as hereinafter 44 |
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| 72 | | - | provided, the district board shall have power to authorize the sale, 45 |
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| 73 | | - | transfer and conveyance of real and personal estate belonging to the 46 |
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| 74 | | - | district, and shall provide by by-law or otherwise for the form and 47 |
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| 75 | | - | manner of execution of the documents and instruments convenient 48 |
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| 76 | | - | therefor. The Auditors of Public Accounts, established under chapter 23 49 |
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| 77 | | - | of the general statutes, shall audit the district accounts annually in 50 |
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| 83 | | - | accordance with the provisions of said chapter. The district board [shall 51 |
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| 84 | | - | make provision for the proper auditing of the district accounts and] may 52 |
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| 85 | | - | cause any officer to execute bonds to the district with surety to the 53 |
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| 86 | | - | acceptance of the district board for the faithful performance of duties. 54 |
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| 87 | | - | The district board shall post the current budget of the district in a 55 |
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| 88 | | - | conspicuous location on the district's Internet web site. 56 |
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| 89 | | - | Sec. 2. Section 8 of special act 14-21 is amended to read as follows 57 |
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| 90 | | - | (Effective July 1, 2023): 58 |
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| 91 | | - | The [Metropolitan District Commission] Auditors of Public Accounts 59 |
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| 92 | | - | shall, annually, submit a copy of the audit prepared pursuant to 60 |
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| 93 | | - | [chapter 111 of the general statutes] section 8 of number 511 of the 61 |
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| 94 | | - | special acts of 1929, as amended by section 3 of special act 83-31, section 62 |
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| 95 | | - | 1 of special act 99-1, section 3 of special act 14-21 and this act, to the 63 |
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| 96 | | - | Office of Fiscal Analysis. 64 |
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| 97 | | - | Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 4 of special act 90-27, as amended by 65 |
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| 98 | | - | section 6 of public act 93-380 and section 9 of special act 14-21, is 66 |
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| 99 | | - | amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2023): 67 |
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| 100 | | - | (a) The Metropolitan District in Hartford County created pursuant to 68 |
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| 101 | | - | number 511 of the special acts of 1929, as amended, may issue bonds or 69 |
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| 102 | | - | other obligations, or may enter into leases of real or personal property 70 |
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| 103 | | - | or any interest [therein] in such property, from time to time for the 71 |
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| 104 | | - | purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of designing, acquiring, 72 |
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| 105 | | - | purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, 73 |
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| 106 | | - | financing, refinancing, operating or managing any facility, system, 74 |
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| 107 | | - | program or equipment necessary or desirable in connection with 75 |
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| 108 | | - | carrying out any of its authorized purposes, including payment of 76 |
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| 109 | | - | expenses of administration properly chargeable thereto, including, 77 |
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| 110 | | - | without limitation, legal, architectural and engineering expenses and 78 |
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| 111 | | - | fees, [and costs of audits,] and payment of costs, fees and expenses 79 |
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| 112 | | - | which the district board may deem necessary or advantageous in 80 |
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| 113 | | - | connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of bonds or notes 81 |
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| 114 | | - | or other obligations, including but not limited to, underwriters' discount 82 |
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| 120 | | - | and payment of all other items of expense incurred in connection 83 |
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| 121 | | - | therewith. The district may issue such types of bonds or other 84 |
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| 122 | | - | obligations as the district board by resolution approved by a majority of 85 |
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| 123 | | - | its members may determine, including, without limiting the generality 86 |
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| 124 | | - | of the foregoing, bonds or other obligations payable as to principal and 87 |
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| 125 | | - | interest exclusively from the income and revenues of a particular 88 |
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| 126 | | - | facility, system or program. Bonds or other obligations payable as to 89 |
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| 127 | | - | principal and interest exclusively from the income and revenues of a 90 |
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| 128 | | - | particular facility, system or program shall not constitute an 91 |
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| 129 | | - | indebtedness within the meaning of any statutory limitation on the 92 |
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| 130 | | - | indebtedness of the district or any member municipality. 93 |
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| 131 | | - | Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 23, 24, 25, 26 and 51 of 94 |
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| 132 | | - | number 511 of the special acts of 1929, as amended, any surplus moneys 95 |
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| 133 | | - | not needed in the determination of the district board to meet the 96 |
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| 134 | | - | purposes of funds established pursuant to said sections and any surplus 97 |
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| 135 | | - | revenues in the assessable sewer fund may be pledged as additional 98 |
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| 136 | | - | security for any such bonds or the provider of any credit enhancement 99 |
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| 137 | | - | for any such bonds, which also may be secured by a pledge of any 100 |
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| 138 | | - | income or revenues of the district, or a mortgage on any facility or 101 |
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| 139 | | - | system or the site thereof. Whenever and for so long as the district has 102 |
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| 140 | | - | issued and has outstanding bonds pursuant to this section, the district 103 |
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| 141 | | - | board shall fix, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and other charges in 104 |
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| 142 | | - | accordance herewith. Neither the members of the district nor any person 105 |
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| 143 | | - | executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of 106 |
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| 144 | | - | the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of the district, and 107 |
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| 145 | | - | such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face, shall not be a debt 108 |
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| 146 | | - | of the state or any political subdivision thereof, and no person other than 109 |
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| 147 | | - | the district shall be liable thereon, nor shall such bonds or obligations be 110 |
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| 148 | | - | payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the district. 111 |
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| 149 | | - | Bonds of the district issued under the provisions of sections 2 and 13 of 112 |
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| 150 | | - | number 511 of the special acts of 1929, as amended, and sections 2 and 113 |
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| 151 | | - | 4 of special act 90-27, as amended by public act 93-380 and this act, are 114 |
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| 152 | | - | declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose. 115 |
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| 153 | | - | In anticipation of the sale of such bonds the district may issue negotiable 116 |
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| 159 | | - | bond anticipation notes and may renew the same from time to time, but 117 |
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| 160 | | - | the maximum maturity of any such note including renewals thereof, 118 |
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| 161 | | - | shall not exceed five years from the date of issue of the original note. 119 |
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| 162 | | - | Such notes shall be paid from any revenues of the district available 120 |
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| 163 | | - | therefor and not otherwise pledged, or from the proceeds of sale of the 121 |
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| 164 | | - | bonds of the district in anticipation of which they were issued. Such 122 |
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| 165 | | - | notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the same may 123 |
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| 166 | | - | contain any provisions, conditions or limitations which a bond 124 |
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| 167 | | - | resolution of the district may contain. 125 |
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| 168 | | - | Sec. 4. Subsection (c) of section 2-90 of the general statutes is repealed 126 |
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| 169 | | - | and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 127 |
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| 170 | | - | (c) Said auditors shall audit, on a biennial basis if deemed most 128 |
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| 171 | | - | economical and efficient, or as frequently as they deem necessary, the 129 |
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| 172 | | - | books and accounts, records of operations and activities, systems and 130 |
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| 173 | | - | data of each officer, department, commission, board and court of the 131 |
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| 174 | | - | state government, all institutions supported by the state and all public 132 |
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| 175 | | - | and quasi-public bodies, politic and corporate, created by public or 133 |
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| 176 | | - | special act of the General Assembly and not required to be audited or 134 |
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| 177 | | - | subject to reporting requirements, under the provisions of chapter 111, 135 |
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| 178 | | - | except that said auditors shall, on an annual basis, or as frequently as 136 |
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| 179 | | - | they deem necessary, audit the books and accounts of the Metropolitan 137 |
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| 180 | | - | District of Hartford County. Each such audit may include an 138 |
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| 181 | | - | examination of any relevant information concerning the department, 139 |
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| 182 | | - | commission, board or court of state government being audited that is in 140 |
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| 183 | | - | the possession or control of a private entity that has a contract with such 141 |
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| 184 | | - | department, commission, board or court, and such information shall be 142 |
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| 185 | | - | provided upon demand in a format prescribed by the auditors at no cost 143 |
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| 186 | | - | to the auditors or the department, commission, board or court. Each 144 |
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| 187 | | - | such audit may include an examination of performance in order to 145 |
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| 188 | | - | determine effectiveness in achieving expressed legislative purposes. 146 |
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| 189 | | - | The auditors shall report their findings and recommendations to the 147 |
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| 190 | | - | Governor, the State Comptroller and the joint standing committee of the 148 |
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| 191 | | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 149 |
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| 197 | | - | appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. 150 |
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| 198 | | - | Sec. 5. Section 7-391 of the general statutes is repealed and the 151 |
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| 199 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 152 |
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| 200 | | - | When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the 153 |
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| 201 | | - | following terms shall have the meanings herein specified: "Secretary" 154 |
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| 202 | | - | means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; 155 |
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| 203 | | - | "municipality" includes each town, consolidated town and city, 156 |
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| 204 | | - | consolidated town and borough, city and borough; "audited agency" 157 |
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| 205 | | - | includes each district, as defined in section 7-324, or other municipal 158 |
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| 206 | | - | utility, [the Metropolitan District of Hartford County], each regional 159 |
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| 207 | | - | council of governments, any other political subdivision of similar 160 |
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| 208 | | - | character which is created and any other agency created or designated 161 |
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| 209 | | - | by a municipality to act for such municipality whose annual receipts 162 |
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| 210 | | - | from all sources exceed one million dollars, excluding the Metropolitan 163 |
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| 211 | | - | District of Hartford County; "reporting agency" includes each district, 164 |
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| 212 | | - | as defined in section 7-324, or other municipal utility, each regional 165 |
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| 213 | | - | council of governments, any other political subdivision of similar 166 |
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| 214 | | - | character which is created and any other agency created or designated 167 |
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| 215 | | - | by a municipality to act for such municipality whose annual receipts 168 |
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| 216 | | - | from all sources do not exceed one million dollars; "appointing 169 |
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| 217 | | - | authority" means the legislative body of a municipality or the board, 170 |
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| 218 | | - | committee or other governing body of such audited agency, except in 171 |
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| 219 | | - | any town where the authority to adopt a budget rests with a town 172 |
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| 220 | | - | meeting or a representative town meeting "appointing authority" means 173 |
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| 221 | | - | the board of finance or other board, committee or body charged with 174 |
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| 222 | | - | preparing the budget, or in a town that has no board of finance or other 175 |
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| 223 | | - | such board, committee or body, means the board of selectmen or the 176 |
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| 224 | | - | town council; "audit report" means the report of the independent 177 |
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| 225 | | - | auditor and the annual financial statements of the municipality or 178 |
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| 226 | | - | audited agency; "independent auditor" means a public accountant who 179 |
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| 227 | | - | is licensed to practice in the state of Connecticut and who meets the 180 |
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| 228 | | - | independence standards included in generally accepted government 181 |
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| 229 | | - | auditing standards; "public accountant" means an individual who meets 182 |
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| 235 | | - | standards included in generally accepted government auditing 183 |
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| 236 | | - | standards for personnel performing government audits and the 184 |
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| 237 | | - | licensing requirements of the State Board of Accountancy; "receipts" 185 |
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| 238 | | - | means amounts accrued or received by a municipality, audited agency 186 |
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| 239 | | - | or reporting agency and reportable as revenues in accordance with 187 |
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| 240 | | - | generally accepted accounting principles; "municipal utility" means 188 |
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| 241 | | - | every Connecticut municipality or department or agency thereof, or 189 |
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| 242 | | - | Connecticut district, manufacturing, selling or distributing gas or 190 |
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| 243 | | - | electricity to be used for light, heat or power or water. 191 |
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| 244 | | - | Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) There is established a task force to 192 |
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| 245 | | - | examine the organization and operations of the Metropolitan District of 193 |
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| 246 | | - | Hartford County. The task force's examination shall include, but not be 194 |
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| 247 | | - | limited to, a review of the (1) district's charter provisions and 195 |
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| 248 | | - | recommendations for revisions to such provisions, and (2) feasibility, 196 |
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| 249 | | - | advantages and disadvantages of permitting members of the district's 197 |
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| 250 | | - | board of commissioners appointed from nonmember municipalities to 198 |
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| 251 | | - | vote with regard to the approval of rates for the use of water established 199 |
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| 252 | | - | by the water bureau appointed by such board. 200 |
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| 253 | | - | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 201 |
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| 254 | | - | (1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 202 |
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| 255 | | - | who is a member of the administrative staff of the Capitol Region 203 |
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| 256 | | - | Council of Governments; 204 |
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| 257 | | - | (2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is 205 |
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| 258 | | - | a representative of an organization that advocates for environmental 206 |
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| 259 | | - | protection and conservation; 207 |
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| 260 | | - | (3) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 208 |
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| 261 | | - | Representatives, who is an officer of an engineering or consulting firm 209 |
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| 262 | | - | involved in infrastructure improvements to the wastewater system of 210 |
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| 263 | | - | the Metropolitan District of Hartford County to achieve the goals of the 211 |
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| 264 | | - | federal Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1251 et seq.; 212 |
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| 270 | | - | (4) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is an 213 |
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| 271 | | - | officer of an investor-owned public water supply company operating in 214 |
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| 272 | | - | the state; 215 |
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| 273 | | - | (5) The Independent Consumer Advocate, selected pursuant to 216 |
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| 274 | | - | section 7-334a of the general statutes; 217 |
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| 275 | | - | (6) The Consumer Counsel, appointed pursuant to section 16-2a of 218 |
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| 276 | | - | the general statutes, or his or her designee; 219 |
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| 277 | | - | (7) The chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, 220 |
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| 278 | | - | elected pursuant to section 16-2 of the general statutes, or his or her 221 |
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| 279 | | - | designee; 222 |
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| 280 | | - | (8) One from the city of Hartford, appointed by the mayor thereof; 223 |
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| 281 | | - | (9) One from the city of East Hartford, appointed by the mayor 224 |
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| 282 | | - | thereof; 225 |
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| 283 | | - | (10) One from the town of Wethersfield, appointed by the town 226 |
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| 284 | | - | manager thereof; 227 |
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| 285 | | - | (11) One from the town of Newington, appointed by the town 228 |
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| 286 | | - | manager thereof; 229 |
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| 287 | | - | (12) One from the town of Windsor, appointed by the town manager 230 |
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| 288 | | - | thereof; 231 |
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| 289 | | - | (13) One from the town of West Hartford, appointed by the mayor 232 |
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| 290 | | - | thereof; 233 |
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| 291 | | - | (14) One from the town of Bloomfield, appointed by the town 234 |
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| 292 | | - | manager thereof; 235 |
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| 293 | | - | (15) One from the town of Rocky Hill, appointed by the town 236 |
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| 294 | | - | manager thereof; 237 |
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| 295 | | - | (16) One from the town of Glastonbury, appointed by the town 238 |
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| 301 | | - | manager thereof; 239 |
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| 302 | | - | (17) One from the town of East Granby, appointed by the first 240 |
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| 303 | | - | selectman thereof; 241 |
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| 304 | | - | (18) One from the town of South Windsor, appointed by the town 242 |
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| 305 | | - | manager thereof; and 243 |
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| 306 | | - | (19) One from the town of Farmington, appointed by the town 244 |
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| 307 | | - | manager thereof. 245 |
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| 308 | | - | (c) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 246 |
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| 309 | | - | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 247 |
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| 310 | | - | be filled by the appointing authority. 248 |
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| 311 | | - | (d) The Independent Consumer Advocate shall serve as chairperson 249 |
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| 312 | | - | of the task force and shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, 250 |
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| 313 | | - | which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of 251 |
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| 314 | | - | this section. 252 |
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| 315 | | - | (e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 253 |
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| 316 | | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 254 |
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| 317 | | - | and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 255 |
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| 318 | | - | (f) Not later than January 1, 2025, the task force shall submit a report 256 |
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| 319 | | - | on its examination to the joint standing committee of the General 257 |
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| 320 | | - | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and 258 |
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| 321 | | - | development, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 259 |
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| 322 | | - | general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 260 |
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| 323 | | - | submits such report or January 1, 2025, whichever is later. 261 |
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| 324 | | - | Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2023) Not later than January 1, 2025, the board 262 |
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| 325 | | - | of commissioners of the Metropolitan District of Hartford County shall 263 |
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| 326 | | - | adopt, administer and enforce the model code of ethics for 264 |
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| 327 | | - | municipalities and special districts developed by the State Ethics 265 |
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| 328 | | - | Commission, pursuant to public act 94-172, and as revised from time to 266 |
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| 329 | | - | time by the Office of State Ethics. 267 |
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| 338 | | - | Section 1 July 1, 2023 Number 511 of the |
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| 339 | | - | special acts of 1929, Sec. |
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| 341 | | - | Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 SA 14-21, Sec. 8 |
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| 342 | | - | Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 SA 90-27, Sec. 4(a) |
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| 343 | | - | Sec. 4 July 1, 2023 2-90(c) |
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| 344 | | - | Sec. 5 July 1, 2023 7-391 |
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| 345 | | - | Sec. 6 July 1, 2023 New section |
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| 346 | | - | Sec. 7 July 1, 2023 New section |
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| 23 | + | That the general statutes be amended to (1) require annual audits of 1 |
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| 24 | + | the Metropolitan District Commission by the Auditors of Public 2 |
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| 25 | + | Accounts, (2) establish a task force to examine the organization and 3 |
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| 26 | + | operation of the Metropolitan District Commission, (3) require the 4 |
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| 27 | + | board of commissioners of the Metropolitan District Commission to 5 |
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| 28 | + | adopt, administer and enforce a model code of ethics for municipalities 6 |
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| 29 | + | and special districts, and (4) permit commissioners from nonmember 7 |
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| 30 | + | municipalities to vote on water rates applicable to nonmember 8 |
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| 31 | + | municipalities. 9 |
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