Connecticut § 7-520 - Local emergency relief account established.
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§ 7-520. Local emergency relief account established.
Sec. 7-520. Local emergency relief account established. There is established an account within the General Fund to be known as the “local emergency relief account”. The purpose of the local emergency relief account shall be to provide for the payment of grants to municipalities to relieve or assist in the relieving of a situation certified by the Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 7-521, to be an unusual and serious condition endangering public health and welfare and requiring the immediate expenditure of public funds by a particular municipality or municipalities. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said account for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(P.A. 87-535, S. 1, 6; P.A. 94-95, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-95 changed name of fund from “Local Emergency Relief Fund” to “local emergency relief account”.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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