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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-276 (2025)

(Formerly Sec. 19-524ii). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Condemnation by authority

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(a) Before instituting any condemnation proceedings to obtain necessary real property, the authority shall have made diligent efforts to obtain said property by purchase or other means satisfactory to the authority and shall have ruled, by resolution, that in its judgment the property is not otherwise obtainable save through condemnation proceedings.

(b) Before instituting condemnation proceedings in any municipality the authority shall first advise and consult with the municipal authority having jurisdiction.

(c) Unless the property to be condemned is located in an area zoned industrial, or in an area at or contiguous to an existing solid waste facility or waste disposal area, the authority shall, before proceeding with condemnation, first receive the written consent of the municipal authority having jurisdiction.

(d) The authority shall not have the power to establish in any municipality, by condemnation proceedings or otherwise, a solid waste disposal area to be used for the deposit of solid wastes that have not received prior processing in a resources recovery facility until and unless it has first obtained the written consent of the municipal authority concerned.

(e) Any condemnation proceedings of the authority shall be brought in accordance with section 48-12, except such proceedings shall in all cases be brought before the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.

(f) Where a person entitled to an award in proceedings to condemn any real property for any of the purposes of this chapter remains in possession of said property after title is vested in the condemnor, the reasonable value of his use and occupancy of such property after title has been vested, or after any other time as fixed by agreement or by a determination of the court, shall be a lien against such award subject only to such other liens of record at the time title is vested in the condemnor.

(P.A. 73-459, S. 20, 26; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-364, S. 39, 123; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 23-170, S. 25.)

History: P.A. 78-280 replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; Sec. 19-524ii transferred to Sec. 22a-276 in 1983; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 88-364 made technical change in Subsec. (e); P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; 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; P.A. 23-170 repealed section, effective July 1, 2025.

Cited. 193 C. 506.

Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.

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Cited in 3 cases, 1984–1989 · leading case: City of Shelton v. Comm'r, 479 A.2d 208 (Conn. 1984).
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City of Shelton v. Comm'r, 479 A.2d 208 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 12× “CRRA? the city sought to enjoin the defendant CRRA from operating the landfill on the grounds that the proposed expansion of the landfill violated the city’s zoning regulations and that the CRRA had failed to obtain the city’s consent as required by General Statutes § 22a-276. 4…”
Town of Beacon Falls v. Posick, 563 A.2d 285 (Conn. 1989). · cites it 3× “concerning the right of any local body to regulate, through zoning, land usage for solid waste disposal and section 22a-276 . . . the Connecticut resources recovery authority may use and operate as a solid waste disposal area, pursuant to a permit .”
Town of Beacon Falls v. Posick, 549 A.2d 656 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988). “concerning the right of any local body to regulate, *31 through zoning, land usage for solid waste disposal and section 22a-276 of the general statutes [for written consent of the municipal authority], the Connecticut resources recovery authority may use and operate as a solid…”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-276(d): 1 case
City of Shelton v. Comm'r, 479 A.2d 208 (Conn. 1984). “CRRA? the city sought to enjoin the defendant CRRA from operating the landfill on the grounds that the proposed expansion of the landfill violated the city’s zoning regulations and that the CRRA had failed to obtain the city’s consent as required by General Statutes § 22a-276. 4…”
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