Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-20 (2026)

Establishment. Gifts. Pensions

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Any town, city, borough, fire district or incorporated school district may, by ordinance, establish a public library and may expend such sums of money as may be necessary to purchase land for a suitable site and to provide and maintain such suitable rooms or buildings as may be necessary for such library or for any library which is the property of any corporation without capital stock or for any public library established in such municipality, provided the use of such library shall be free to its inhabitants under such regulations as its trustees prescribe. Any such municipality may receive, hold and manage any devise, bequest or gift for the establishment, increase or maintenance of any such library within its limits and may retire with a pension or other reward any employee of any such library.

(1949 Rev., S. 1657; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 67; P.A. 07-227, S. 21.)

History: P.A. 07-227 deleted reference to directors, effective July 1, 2007.

See Sec. 7-403 re deposit of funds in custodian account.

See Sec. 11-32 re power of city councils to establish and maintain public libraries.

Devise to city, with discretionary power as to its application, sustained, although at the time of testator's death there was no public library. 60 C. 32.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1998–2020 · leading case: Rosado v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., 884 A.2d 981 (Conn. 2005).

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Rosado v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., 884 A.2d 981 (Conn. 2005). · cites it 6× “"Practice Book § 11-20 provides, in general terms, that the public may not be excluded from judicial proceedings, and that records of court proceedings may not be sealed, unless the court identifies, on the record and in open court, `an interest which is determined to override…”

Doe v. Connecticut Bar Examining Comm., 818 A.2d 14 (Conn. 2003). · cites it 5× “Practice Book § 11-20 18 provides, in gen *68 eral terms, that the public may not be excluded from judicial proceedings, and that records of court proceedings may not be sealed, unless the court identifies, on the record and in open court, “an interest which is determined to…”

Preston v. O'Rourke, 811 A.2d 753 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “Thereafter, the plaintiff filed a motion to seal portions of the file pursuant to Practice Book § 11-20 (b), 8 claiming that the attached award should be sealed because it contained information that had been previously erased pursuant to General Statutes § 54-142a 9 and…”

Rosado v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., 825 A.2d 153 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 4× “The court referred to Practice Book §§ 11-20 (e) and 77-1. Section 11-20 (e) provides: “With the exception of orders concerning the confidentiality of records and other papers, issued pursuant, to General Statutes § 46b-ll or any other provision of the general statutes under…”

Perricone v. Perricone, 972 A.2d 666 (Conn. 2009). “’ Practice Book § 11-20 (b).” Doe v. Connecticut Bar Examining Committee, supra, 68.”

Doe v. Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., 721 A.2d 154 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998). · cites it 10× “97-178, 1 and Practice Book § 11-20 (d). 2 *289 The plaintiff, an adult female, alleges that when she was a minor she was abused by the defendant Peter Ziska.”

Hartford Courant Co. v. Pellegrino, 290 F. Supp. 2d 265 (D. Conn. 2003). “See Connecticut Rules of Court § § 11-20, 11-20A, 25-59, and 25-59A. 2 . Section 46b-l 1 provides: Any case which is a family relations matter may be heard in chambers or, if a jury case, in a courtroom from which the public and press have been excluded, if the judge hearing the…”

Hartford Courant Co., LLC v. Carroll (D. Conn. 2020). “§§ 11-20, 11-20A (courtroom closure and record sealing procedures for civil cases); id.”

— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-20(e) — 1 case

Rosado v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., 884 A.2d 981 (Conn. 2005). “"Practice Book § 11-20 provides, in general terms, that the public may not be excluded from judicial proceedings, and that records of court proceedings may not be sealed, unless the court identifies, on the record and in open court, `an interest which is determined to override…”

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