Connecticut § 8-55 - Additional remedies conferrable by authority.
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§ 8-55. Additional remedies conferrable by authority.
Sec. 8-55. Additional remedies conferrable by authority. An authority shall have power, by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract, to confer upon any trustee or any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights otherwise conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit or other proceeding in the Superior Court: (a) To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee; (b) to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of such authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom, and, if such receiver is appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues or other charges thereafter arising therefrom and keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of such authority as the court directs; and (c) to require such authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were trustees of an express trust.
(1949 Rev., S. 937.)
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-55 ("Additional remedies conferrable by authority.") is part of the Connecticut General Statutes, the codified statutory law of Connecticut. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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