Connecticut § 7-577 - Attorney General to apply for writ of mandamus.
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§ 7-577. Attorney General to apply for writ of mandamus.
Sec. 7-577. Attorney General to apply for writ of mandamus. (a) The Attorney General may apply for a writ of mandamus on behalf of the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission or the Municipal Accountability Review Board, requiring any official, employee or agent of the municipality to carry out and give effect to any determination of such commission or board authorized by sections 7-560 to 7-579, inclusive, and any obligation by a municipality to repay to the state any amounts the state pays into a special capital reserve fund and compliance by a municipality with any agreements or indenture pertaining to a special capital reserve fund or tax intercept procedure or debt service payment fund related thereto. Each such application shall be filed in superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.
(b) The superior court for the judicial district of Hartford may, by application of the secretary, the commission, the board or the Attorney General, enforce, by appropriate decree or process, any provisions of sections 7-560 to 7-579, inclusive, or any act or determination of the commission or board rendered pursuant to sections 7-560 to 7-579, inclusive, as applicable.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 93-421, S. 19, 22; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 373.)
History: P.A. 93-421 effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, P.A. 90-98 and P.A. 93-142 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in public acts of the 1993 session of the general assembly, to take effect September 1, 1996); P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “commission, acting through its chairperson” with “Municipal Finance Advisory Commission or the Municipal Accountability Review Board,”, deleted references to Sec. 7-394b(a), and made technical and conforming changes, effective October 31, 2017.
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