Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-188
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Sec. 7-188. Initiation of action for adoption, amendment or repeal of charter or home rule ordinance.
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(b) Any action pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be initiated by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of the appointing authority of such municipality, or by petition filed with the clerk of such municipality for submission to the appointing authority and signed by not less than ten per cent of the electors of such municipality, as determined by its last-completed registry list; provided, in the case of a consolidated town and city having a town clerk and a city clerk, such petition shall be filed with the city clerk.
(c) No signature on any petition filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be valid unless it has been obtained within ninety days of the filing of the page of the petition on which it appears. Any elector signing such a petition may cause his signature to be removed at any time prior to the filing of such petition with the clerk. The clerk with whom the petition is filed shall proceed forthwith to determine its sufficiency by comparing the signatures thereon with those contained in said registry list and shall certify its sufficiency or insufficiency to the appointing authority.
(d) After a resolution has been so adopted by the appointing authority or a petition has been so certified as sufficient, as the case may be, the appointing authority shall not adopt any resolution initiating such action and the clerk shall not accept any petition for the initiation of such action until such time as the commission appointed pursuant to such original resolution or petition has been terminated.
See Sec. 7-328a re home rule action.
Cited. 140 C. 517. Home rule, so far as it relates to charter changes, may be exercised only in accordance with general statutes. 150 C. 24. Purpose behind act is to enable municipalities to draft or amend charters without necessity of action by General Assembly; as to method or procedure of assessment, the Home Rule Act, being later in time, takes precedence over any inconsistent provisions in the Waterbury charter. 152 C. 423. Act exhibits legislative intent to add a new power to those which municipalities already had without affecting existing powers. Id., 424. Cited. 178 C. 81; 180 C. 243; 182 C. 253; 188 C. 276; 190 C. 736; 193 C. 1; 216 C. 112; 234 C. 513.
Cited. 37 CA 348.
Adoption of municipal charter does not invalidate special acts prior thereto establishing special districts. 28 CS 413. A charter provision cannot repeal or nullify the general statutes. 31 CS 392.
(c) No signature on any petition filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be valid unless it has been obtained within ninety days of the filing of the page of the petition on which it appears. Any elector signing such a petition may cause his signature to be removed at any time prior to the filing of such petition with the clerk. The clerk with whom the petition is filed shall proceed forthwith to determine its sufficiency by comparing the signatures thereon with those contained in said registry list and shall certify its sufficiency or insufficiency to the appointing authority.
(d) After a resolution has been so adopted by the appointing authority or a petition has been so certified as sufficient, as the case may be, the appointing authority shall not adopt any resolution initiating such action and the clerk shall not accept any petition for the initiation of such action until such time as the commission appointed pursuant to such original resolution or petition has been terminated.
See Sec. 7-328a re home rule action.
Cited. 140 C. 517. Home rule, so far as it relates to charter changes, may be exercised only in accordance with general statutes. 150 C. 24. Purpose behind act is to enable municipalities to draft or amend charters without necessity of action by General Assembly; as to method or procedure of assessment, the Home Rule Act, being later in time, takes precedence over any inconsistent provisions in the Waterbury charter. 152 C. 423. Act exhibits legislative intent to add a new power to those which municipalities already had without affecting existing powers. Id., 424. Cited. 178 C. 81; 180 C. 243; 182 C. 253; 188 C. 276; 190 C. 736; 193 C. 1; 216 C. 112; 234 C. 513.
Cited. 37 CA 348.
Adoption of municipal charter does not invalidate special acts prior thereto establishing special districts. 28 CS 413. A charter provision cannot repeal or nullify the general statutes. 31 CS 392.
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