Connecticut § 25-97 - Joint projects of two or more municipalities.
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§ 25-97. Joint projects of two or more municipalities.
Sec. 25-97. Joint projects of two or more municipalities. When any such improvement or protection project or system is located within two or more municipalities, such municipalities, acting by their individual or joint flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control boards, as applicable, are authorized to undertake jointly any such action as is authorized by sections 25-94 and 25-95, and the cost to each board shall be determined by mutual agreement of the municipalities involved.
(1949 Rev., S. 4771; 1955, S. 2397d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 28; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 120; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-115, S. 11.)
History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 21-115 added “individual or joint” re boards, changed “flood and erosion control boards” to “flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control boards”, replaced reference to Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection with mutual agreement of municipalities re determination and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2021.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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