(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 11; Public Act 1972,
No. 277, § 1; amendment approved 11-5-1985.)
All electors of this state dwelling within the territorial limits
of the First Taxing District are hereby constituted a body politic
and corporate by the name of the First Taxing District of the City
of Norwalk, and by that name shall be capable of suing and being sued,
pleading and being impleaded, purchasing, holding, selling and conveying
any estate, real or personal, and of having a common seal, and as
such corporation shall succeed to and possess all the property, both
real and personal, of the City of Norwalk and all the rights, powers,
franchises, privileges and immunities heretofore granted to the City
of Norwalk and the Water Commissioners of said city in relation to
the taking of water, the construction, maintenance and operation of
waterworks, and supplying water for the use of said City of Norwalk
and the inhabitants thereof, and any other persons or corporations,
and all property, rights and interests heretofore acquired by said
City of Norwalk or the Water Commissioners of said city for the purpose
of supplying water as aforesaid, and the same are hereby vested and
confirmed in said First Taxing District. Said First Taxing District
is hereby authorized to manage, operate and control said water system,
with the same authority, rights and liabilities, and in the same manner
as said former City of Norwalk, and, except as herein otherwise provided,
to care for, maintain and keep in repair all estate, both real and
personal, which said district may acquire, to sell and convey any
of said property, and property held by said former city in trust excepted,
and apply the proceeds to the reduction of the indebtedness of said
district. Said First Taxing District shall succeed to and possess
all the rights and privileges heretofore possessed by said City of
Norwalk in respect to the public library of said city, and shall continue
to support and maintain the same. All the inhabitants and property
within the limits of said First Taxing District shall be liable to
taxation to defray any burdens, expenses and liabilities of the former
City of Norwalk at the passage of this act and such other liabilities
as said taxing district may incur under the provisions of this act.
Said First Taxing District is hereby authorized to use the water of
any stream, lake or pond in whole or in part within the limits of
the Towns of Norwalk, Weston, New Canaan, Wilton and Ridgefield, to
hold, convey and distribute such water to the persons and corporations
whom it may supply by means of any necessary reservoirs, pipes, aqueducts,
pumps and other suitable works, in such quantities as the necessities
of said district may require, to take and hold any lands, property
or privileges, and to exercise any powers that may be necessary or
convenient for said district in order that a satisfactory supply of
water may be obtained, and the same stored and distributed to the
persons and corporations said district may supply. To the extent not
already provided by law, said First Taxing District is authorized
to use the water from any subsurface body of water within the limits
of said towns in order that a satisfactory supply of water may be
obtained. In addition to any rights, franchises, privileges and immunities
granted hereunder, said First Taxing District is hereby authorized
to supply water to any person or corporation within or without the
geographical limits of said district.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 12; amendment approved 11-5-1985.)
The annual meeting of the electors residing in said taxing district
shall be held on the third Wednesday of November[1] for the purpose of hearing the reports of the Commissioners
of said district, making annual appropriations, and action on such
matters as may be properly brought before said meeting. Notice of
the time and place of said meeting shall be given by said Board of
Commissioners by publishing in a newspaper having a circulation in
said district at least 10 days before said meeting, which notice shall
set forth all matters to be considered at such meeting. The Commissioners
shall deliver the proposed budgets for the district and the Water
Department to the office of the District Clerk and make them available
for public inspection at least one week before the annual meeting.
Special meetings of said district may be called in like manner by
said Board, and shall be called upon written petition of 25 electors
of said district, to consider and act upon the matters set forth in
said notice and petition. No appropriation or expenditure of money
may be authorized at a special meeting unless announcement of the
proposed appropriation or expenditure is made in the published notice
of the meeting and the amount authorized is equal to or less than
the amount appearing in said notice. In addition, no authorization
at a special meeting to appropriate or expend more than $25,000 shall
be valid or final until ratified by a majority of electors present
at a second special meeting called for the purpose of ratifying said
authorization. Said second special meeting shall be called by the
Board of Commissioners and held within 30 days of the meeting at which
the authorization was first made.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 13; amendment approved 11-5-1985.)
Said district shall elect a Board of Commissioners and a Treasurer
of said district, all of whom shall be, at the time of their election
and throughout their term, electors of said district and domiciled
therein, and all of whom shall be sworn to a faithful discharge of
their duties, shall hold office as hereinafter provided and shall
receive such compensation as said district shall determine. Said Commissioners
shall appoint a Clerk, who shall receive reasonable compensation as
determined by said Commissioners.[1] It shall be the duty of said Clerk to keep a record of
all transactions of said district and of said Board of Commissioners
and discharge such duties as such Board may prescribe. Said Commissioners
may employ such mechanics and laborers as may be necessary to operate,
manage, control and keep in repair the real, personal and mixed estate
of said district.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 14; Sp. Laws 1931, No.
292, § 1.)
Said Commissioners are authorized to purchase and take conveyances in the name of said First Taxing District of all lands, property and privileges necessary or convenient for the purpose of the waterworks of said district; to hold in sufficient quantities the water of any stream, either within or without said district, and in either of the towns as set out in § 1-22 by the construction of suitable dams; to enter upon any lands near such proposed dams and procure earth, stone or other materials for the construction and maintenance thereof, to make suitable wasteways for the surplus water of such streams; to change the location of any road or passway which may be covered by the waters of any reservoirs so formed and take land thereof; to enter upon and use the ground or soil under any railroad, street, private way or public or private grounds; to lay, construct and maintain all necessary pipes, pumps and aqueducts in such manner as least to damage or impede travel thereon; to make contracts for labor and materials for the general purpose of said waterworks; to establish public reservoirs; to erect and maintain hydrants under the direction of the Council of the city; to make rules and regulations regarding the use and distribution of said water and establish the prices to be paid therefor; to collect all water rents and pay the same to the Treasurer of said district; to admit, allow and draw orders on said Treasurer for the payment of all claims against said district on account of said waterworks, including payment of interest on notes issued on account of said works; to attend to the construction, care, supervision and management of said waterworks; to appoint Directors of the public library of said district as vacancies shall occur; to care for, maintain and keep in repair, except as herein otherwise provided, all the property of said district, with power to lease or sell the same or exchange the same for other property; and to execute and deliver on behalf of said district all documents which may be necessary or proper to effectuate any such letting, sale or exchange, delivering the income and proceeds therefrom to the Treasurer of said district and to apply the proceeds therefrom in such manner as said Board may be authorized by said district; and to exercise any powers that may, from time to time, be conferred on them by said district, a majority of said Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Added approved 11-5-1985.)
A.
If a vacancy occurs in any elective office of the First Taxing District,
such vacancy shall be filled by the Commissioners within 60 days following
the occurrence of the vacancy. Said Commissioners shall fill said
vacancy with an elector of the same political party with which the
former incumbent was registered. If the former incumbent was not registered
with a political party, then the Commissioners shall fill said vacancy
with an unaffiliated elector. Upon failure of the Commissioners to
fill the vacancy within said 60 days, the position may be filled with
an elector selected by Town Committee members of the party of the
former incumbent who reside in the district. If the former incumbent
was registered with a party not having a Town Committee, then the
position may be filled with an elector selected by a caucus of the
registered members of said party who reside in the district. Such
appointee shall serve through the remainder of the term of the office
left vacant. No Commissioner serving in office may be appointed to
fill any vacancy on the Board of Commissioners. The procedure provided
under this section shall supersede any vacancy-filling procedure heretofore
existing under any special act.
B.
The term "political party" or "party," as used in this section, shall
mean any political organization whose members appear on the current
list or last official list required to be maintained under § 9-66
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(Added approved 11-5-1985.)
A.
Definitions.
(1)
The phrase "formal notice," as used in this section, shall mean receipt
by the District Clerk of a written instrument issued by any person
having knowledge of the appropriate events attesting to the occurrence
of that event.
(2)
The term "official," as used in this section, shall mean any Commissioners
or Treasurer of the First Taxing District.
B.
Grounds for removal from office. Any official of the district shall
be subject to removal from office upon any of the following grounds:
(1)
Conviction of a felony while he is an official of the district.
(2)
Conviction of a misdemeanor involving misconduct in office while
he is an official of the district.
(3)
A finding of incapability according to Connecticut General Statutes
Section 45-70d.
(4)
Removal of domicile from the First Taxing District of the City of
Norwalk.
C.
Removal Committee; creation and action.
(1)
The Removal Committee shall consist of five electors, excluding Commissioners
and the Treasurer of the district, chosen at the annual meeting of
the electors. Within 30 days of its election, the Removal Committee
shall meet to organize and to elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman and
such other officers as it deems appropriate. The District Clerk shall
act as Secretary to the Committee but shall have no vote.
(2)
Within 30 days after receipt of formal notice of the indictment or
arrest for a felony, or a misdemeanor involving misconduct in office,
or an application for involuntary representation pursuant to C.G.S.
Section 45-70c, or removal of domicile from the First Taxing District
of the City of Norwalk of an official of the district, the Committee
shall hold a meeting to discuss grounds for suspension or removal
as set forth in this section.
(3)
Notice of all meetings held under this section shall be published
in a newspaper having general circulation within the First Taxing
District no more than 15 nor less than five days before the date of
each meeting.
(4)
Should the Committee determine that grounds for suspension or removal
should be considered or examined, it shall hold a second meeting for
purposes of such consideration or examination. Written notice of the
second meeting shall be sent by certified mail to the official who
is the subject of the examination to his address in the First Taxing
District by the Committee not less than five days before the meeting
date. The notice shall specify the grounds for suspension and removal;
the legal consequences thereof; and the time and place of the meeting.
The notice shall further state that the official has a right to be
present at the meeting and has a right to be represented by an attorney
at his or her own expense.
(5)
The Committee shall consider the allegations involving each official
so indicted, arrested, subject to incapability hearing or accused
of removing his domicile, separate and apart from the allegations
involving any other official. The Committee shall decide whether there
is sufficient evidence based on the facts adduced at the hearing to
require suspension of said official: the length of said suspension,
if required; and the terms of reinstatement to office. These matters
shall be determined by a simple majority vote of the entire Committee.
(6)
Upon a decision by the Committee to suspend an official, said official
shall be forthwith suspended from all duties, authority and compensation
relating to his or her office until reinstatement. Upon reinstatement,
all compensation due said official that he would have earned had he
or she not been suspended shall become due and payable. No term of
office shall be extended by any action of the Committee.
(7)
Within 10 days of receipt of formal notice of a plea of guilty, an
entry of a plea of nolo contendere or verdict finding said official
guilty of a felony or misdemeanor involving misconduct in office or
upon a finding by court of competent jurisdiction that said official
is incapable of managing his or her affairs or incapable of caring
for himself or herself pursuant to C.G.S. Section 45-70d or upon a
finding by the Special Committee that said official has removed his
or her domicile from the First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk,
the Committee shall declare the office of said official vacant and
so notify the official. After the vacancy has been declared, it shall
be filled as provided in this Charter.
(8)
Within seven days of receipt of notice of a verdict finding said
official not guilty or upon the entering of a nolle prosequi by the
state's Attorney or dismissal of a felony or misdemeanor involving
misconduct in office or upon the dismissal of the application to appoint
a conservator or similar petition or upon a finding that said official
has not removed his or her domicile from the First Taxing District
of the City of Norwalk, the Special Committee shall be reconvened
by its Chairman for the purpose of declaring the suspension revoked
and the official reinstated to his or her office.
(9)
The Committee may hold as many meetings is it deems appropriate during
its consideration of grounds for suspension or removal. The Committee
may employ an attorney of its choice, whose reasonable fee shall be
paid out of district funds.
D.
Each paragraph, subparagraph and each provision of each paragraph
and subparagraph of this section shall be separable, and the invalidity
of any portion of any paragraph or subparagraph shall not affect the
validity or enforcement of any other portion. Should any provision
be found to be invalid as to any circumstance, such provision shall
apply to all other circumstances to which such provision may lawfully
apply.
(Added approved 11-5-1985)
A.
Disclosure and use of confidential material. No member of the Board
of Commissioners, Treasurer or employee of said district shall improperly
disclose confidential information concerning the property, government
or affairs of the district, nor shall be knowingly use such information
to advance the financial or other private interests of himself or
others.
B.
Conflict of interest.
(1)
No member of the Board of Commissioners, Treasurer or employee of
said district shall participate in hearings, deliberations or decisions
connected with his office, commission or department upon any matter
in which he is directly or indirectly interested in a personal or
financial sense.
(2)
No member of the Board of Commissioners, Treasurer or employee of
said district shall have any financial interest, direct or indirect,
in any contract with the district or in the sale to the district of
any supplies, materials, services, land, buildings or equipment unless
he shall have filed with the District Clerk, at least seven days prior
to entering upon such contract or selling such item, a written statement
setting forth fully the nature and extent of his interest therein.
To comply with this provision, it shall be the duty of any member
of the Board of Commissioners, Treasurer or employee of said district
owning stock in a corporation engaged or seeking to be engaged in
any financial transaction between such corporation and the district
to make a full disclosure of the amount of stock owned by him by filing
a written statement thereof with the District Clerk at least seven
days prior to the commencement of the financial transaction; provided,
however, that such filing shall be unnecessary for shareholders of
a publicly held corporation engaged in any of the aforementioned transactions
within the district in the usual course of said corporation's
business. It shall also be the duty of any member of the Board of
Commissioners, Treasurer or employee of said district having any interest
in a proprietorship or partnership engaged or seeking to be engaged
in any financial transaction between such entity and the district
to make a full disclosure of the nature and degree of his interest
in such entity by filing a written statement thereof with the District
Clerk at least seven days prior to the commencement of the financial
transaction.
C.
Committee of Ethics.
(1)
The administration of this code shall be charged to the members of
the Removal Committee elected at the annual meeting, who shall act
as a Committee of Ethics for purposes of this section. Any member
of the Committee shall disqualify himself and not participate in Committee
functions where a complaint or investigation under this section pertains
to any employee or official who is a relative of such Committee member.
(2)
The principal duties of the Committee of Ethics shall be as follows:
(a)
To receive and initiate complaints regarding violations of the
code of ethics.
(b)
To conduct investigations and/or hearings regarding alleged
violations of this code. In conducting its investigation, the Commission
shall have complete access to all necessary and relevant district
agencies, officers, officials and employees.
(c)
To transmit the findings of such investigations and/or hearings
to the Board of Commissioners, to the district and/or to individuals
directly involved.
(d)
To render advisory opinions to the officers, employees, officials
and Board of Commissioners or any of its committees pursuant to written
request or upon its own initiative.
D.
Responses to the Committee of Ethics. The Board of Commissioners,
upon receiving any finding indicating a violation of the code of ethics
by the Committee of Ethics, shall, within 30 days, take action on
the finding of the Committee and give written notification of such
action to the Committee of Ethics.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 15.)
Said district shall be liable to pay all damages that shall
be sustained by any person or corporation by the taking of any land
or estate as aforesaid or by the construction or laying of any reservoirs,
pipes, pumps, aqueducts or other works for the purposes of said waterworks.
If at any time it shall appear that any damage has occurred or may
be likely to occur to any person or corporation by reason of taking
or using their land or estate for the purposes of said waterworks
or in the construction of said waterworks, and said Board or Commissioners
cannot agree with the owners of such property or privileges as to
the amount of compensation or damages to be paid to them, such compensation
or damages may be assessed by three disinterested persons under oath,
to be appointed by a Judge of the Superior Court, on application by
either party, upon such notice as said Judge shall prescribe. Said
appraisers shall report their doings and the amount of their assessments
to the Superior Court for Fairfield County. Said court may set aside
such report for any irregular or improper conduct and may appoint
another committee, but, if said report is accepted, it shall be recorded,
and such assessments shall be a final adjustment of said compensation
and damages between said parties, and payment thereof or a deposit
of the amount thereof with the Treasurer of said county for the use
of such owner shall release said district from liability to further
claims for compensation or damages.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 16; Sp. Laws 1957, No.
362.)
All income from water rents shall be applied to defraying the
current expenses of said waterworks and to paying the principal of
and interest on notes, bonds or certificates of indebtedness incurred
in relation to said waterworks. If there shall be a surplus, said
Commission shall make report thereof to the next annual or special
meeting of said district, which may direct the same to be applied
to the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds, notes, certificates
or other indebtedness of said district or to any other lawful purpose
for which said district is authorized to appropriate money.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 17; Sp. Laws 1921, No.
189, § 1.)
In case the income from water rents is inadequate to meet the
current expenses of said waterworks and the interest of said notes,
bonds, or certificates, a tax on all property and persons liable to
taxation in said district shall be laid to supply such deficiency
by the Board of Estimate and Taxation of the city at any meeting called
for that purpose upon application of said Board of Commissioners,
and said tax shall be collected in the same manner as other city taxes.
Said Board of Estimate and Taxation may lay and collect taxes for
the purpose of paying the debts of said district or any part thereof
and of establishing a sinking fund for that purpose. The avails of
such taxes shall be paid to the Treasurer of the district for application
for said purposes only. The Board of Estimate and Taxation shall lay
a tax to defray the expenses of the public library of said district
to the amount appropriated by said district at any annual or special
meeting.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: As to appropriations for libraries see
Art. XIX.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 18; Sp. Laws 1933, No.
340, § 1.)
Any claim of said district for the use of water, or for rent
of hydrants, shall be a lien upon the real estate or property wherein
or in connection with which such water was used, or on which such
rent was assessed and such lien shall have the same effect as a lien
for taxes under the provisions of the general statutes and shall have
precedence over any prior encumbrance on such property except a tax
lien. Such lien may be foreclosed by said district before any court
having jurisdiction in the same manner as a mortgage may be foreclosed.
The Board of District Commissioners shall have power to issue warrants
for the collection of all such claims in the form prescribed by law
for the collection of taxes, which warrants shall be signed by said
Commissioners and directed to the Collector of city taxes, or to some
indifferent person named therein, who shall have the same power to
levy and collect as have Collectors of town taxes.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 19.)
It shall be the duty of said Board of Commissioners to keep
a record of its proceedings and an accurate account of its receipts
and disbursements appertaining to said waterworks, and a like account
of its receipts and disbursements in connection with all other properties
of said district, verified by proper vouchers, which accounts shall
be open at all reasonable times to inspection by any taxpayer of said
district. Said Board shall annually render to said district a statement
of said accounts, which shall be sworn to by a majority of said Commissioners
and recorded in the records of said district. Said Board shall include
in its annual report a statement of its doings, and a general statement
of the condition of the waterworks and the property of said district,
with an estimate of all sums required for said works and other purposes
of said district, and a detailed statement of all claims outstanding
against said district. The Treasurer of said district shall render
annually to said district a statement of his account as a part of
the report of said Board of Commissioners, and said Treasurer shall
render at all times such statements and reports as said district may
require.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 20.)
Said Board of Commissioners may, with the consent of the district,
supply water from the waterworks of said district to person or corporation.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 21.)
Any person who shall willfully injure the water of any reservoir,
aqueduct, hydrant, pipe, pump, or other portion of said waterworks,
or destroy or injure any portion of such works, or any material or
property used in connection therewith, shall be fined not more than
$500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Such district
shall have power to enact by-laws at any annual or special meeting
imposing penalties and forfeitures for the violation of any of the
rules and regulations of the Board of Commissioners of said district,
provided such penalties or forfeitures shall not exceed $20 for each
offense. Said by-laws shall not become effective until published in
a newspaper having a circulation in said district.
(Sp. Laws 1947, No. 432, §§ 1, 2.)
The New Canaan Water Company is authorized to purchase water
from or to sell water to the First Taxing District of the City of
Norwalk.
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk is authorized
to purchase water from or sell water to the New Canaan Water Company.
(Sp. Laws 1955, No. 40.)
Section three Number 408 of the Public Acts of 1955 is inapplicable
to the First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk so far as said
section may prevent said taxing district from participating in the
Federal Old Age and Survivor's Insurance System while said taxing
district is participating in the Connecticut Municipal Employees'
Retirement Fund.
(Sp. Laws 1917, No. 337, § 1.)
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk is authorized
to issue bonds, notes or other certificates of indebtedness, to an
amount not exceeding $250,000 for the purpose of funding any floating
debt of the district, refunding at their maturity any bonds, notes
or other certificates of indebtedness issued by said district or by
the former City of Norwalk or providing moneys to pay any expenses
incurred in increasing and extending the water supply or system of
said district.
(Sp. Laws 1917, No. 337, § 2.)
Said district, at a special meeting called for that purpose,
shall determine the several and aggregate amounts of such bonds, notes
or other certificates which may be issued for any of the foregoing
purposes, the annual rate of interest, the time and place of payment
of the principal and interest, the dates and times of issue and maturity
of the same, the manner in which such bonds, notes or other certificates
shall be issued and the person or persons by whom such bonds, notes
or other certificates shall be executed, sold and delivered for and
in behalf of the district.
(Sp. Laws 1917, No. 337, § 3.)
Such bonds, notes or other certificates, when executed and delivered
by said district, or its officers duly authorized, shall be obligatory
upon said district and the inhabitants thereof according to the tenor
and purport of the same, provided the bonds, notes or other certificates
issued to provide moneys for the increase of the water supply or system
shall not exceed in amount $250,000.
(Sp. Laws 1917, No. 337, § 4.)
No bonds shall be so issued under the provisions of this act[1] as to permit the net bonded indebtedness of said district
at any time to exceed 5% of the grand list of said district as the
same may be compiled for the year of such issue, provided in computing
the debt limitation, bonds issued or to be issued for the construction
or maintenance of municipal waterworks or lighting plants shall not
be included.
(Sp. Laws 1929, No. 220, § 1.)
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk is authorized
to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness to an amount
not exceeding $350,000, in coupon form or otherwise and registered
or not registered, bearing interest at a rate not greater than 5%
per annum, payable semiannually, which bonds shall be sold at not
less than par and accrued interest, and shall be serial in form, payable
in substantially equal annual installments, beginning not more than
two years from the date of issue, in such sums that the entire amount
thereof shall be paid within a period not more than 40 years from
their date. It may be stipulated therein that the principal and interest
shall be payable in gold coin of the present standard of weight and
fineness. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used for refunding $200,000
of City of Norwalk refunding gold bonds maturing July 1, 1929, for
reimbursing the district sinking fund, the sum of $46,000 advanced
therefrom for the payment of $46,000 of City of Norwalk water bonds
which matured June 1, 1928, and $104,000 for payment of water department
floating debt and extensions, enlargements and improvements of the
water system of the district.
(Sp. Laws 1929, No. 220, § 2.)
Said district, at any meeting called for that purpose, shall
determine, subject to the foregoing limitations, the amount and date
of maturity of such bonds and the maximum annual rate of interest.
Other particulars of the form of such bonds and the manner of issuance
not determined hereby or by district vote may be determined by the
District Commissioners and the Treasurer.
(Sp. Laws 1929, No. 220, § 3.)
Said district shall, at the time of authorizing such bonds, provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 1-39 and, when a vote to that effect shall have been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating the waterworks and interest as it accrues on such bonds and other water debt of the district and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under § 1-39 to § 1-43, shall be assessed upon said district annually until the debt incurred by such bonds shall be paid.
(Sp. Laws 1929, No. 220, § 4.)
Such bonds, when executed and delivered, shall be obligatory
upon said district and the inhabitants thereof according to the tenor
and purport of the same.
(Sp. Laws 1929, No. 220, § 5.)
Such bonds shall be deemed to be issued for water purposes and
to be outside all statutory debt limits.
(Sp. Laws 1931, No. 237, § 1.)
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk is authorized
to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness to an amount
not exceeding $40,000 in coupon form or otherwise, and registered
or not registered, bearing interest at a rate not greater than 5%
per annum, payable semiannually, which bonds shall be sold at not
less than per and accrued interest, and shall be in serial form, payable
in substantially equal annual installments, beginning not more than
two years from the date of issue, in such sums that the entire amount
thereof shall be paid within a period of not more than 20 years from
their date. It may be stipulated therein that the principal and interest
may be payable in gold coin of the present standard of weight and
fineness. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used for the payment
of lands acquired by the First Taxing District, in condemnation proceedings
for water purposes, and for extensions, enlargements and improvements
of the water system of the district.
(Sp. Laws 1931, No. 237, § 2.)
Said district, at any meeting called for that purpose, shall
determine, subject to the foregoing limitations, the amount and date
of maturity of such bonds and the maximum annual rate of interest.
Other particulars of the form of such bonds and the manner of issuance
not determined hereby or by district vote may be determined by the
District Commissioners and the Treasurer.
(Sp. Laws 1931, No. 237, § 3,)
Such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, when executed
and delivered, shall be obligatory upon said district and the inhabitants
thereof according to the tenor and purport of the same.
(Sp. Laws 1931, No. 238, § 1.)
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk is authorized
to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness to an amount
not exceeding $40,000, in coupon form or otherwise and registered
or not registered, bearing interest at a rate not greater than 5%
per annum, payable semiannually, which bonds shall be sold at not
less than par and accrued interest, and shall be in serial form, payable
in substantially equal annual installments, beginning not more taken
two years from the date of issue, in such sums that the entire amount
thereof shall be paid within a period of not more than 15 years from
their date. It may be stipulated therein that the principal and interest
may be payable in gold coin of the present standard of weight and
fineness. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used for refunding paving
bonds in the amount of $40,000, due July 1, 1931.
(Sp. Laws 1931, No. 238, § 2.)
Said district, at any meeting called for that purpose, shall
determine, subject to the foregoing limitations, the amount and date
of maturity of such bonds and the maximum annual rate of interest.
Other particulars of the form of such bonds and the manner of issuance
not determined hereby or by district vote may be determined by the
District Commissioners and the Treasurer.
(Sp. Laws 1931, No. 238, § 3.)
Such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, when executed
and delivered, shall be obligatory upon said district and the inhabitants
thereof according to the tenor and purport of the same.
(Sp. Laws 1931, No. 238, § 4.)
The amount of bonds issued the provisions of § 1-47 to § 1-50, together with the amount of the aggregate outstanding indebtedness of the consolidated town and city, the area of which consolidated town and city is occupied in part by said First Taxing District and of each independent and dependent political or territorial division or subdivision coterminous with or within said consolidated town and city, shall not exceed, exclusive of the amount of bonds issued for the supply of water, gas or electricity or the construction of subways or underground conduits for cables, wires and pipes and exclusive of the value of bonds, notes and other intangible assets placed in the sinking fund of said consolidated town and city and placed in the sinking fund of each such political or territorial division or subdivision, 5% of the last completed grand list of said consolidated town and city as "grand list" is defined in Section 470 of the General Statutes.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 382, § 1.)
A new fire house and appurtenances in the First Taxing District
of the City of Norwalk in substitution for the present leased buildings
of the former City of Norwalk used as fire houses by the present City
of Norwalk is declared to be of public convenience and necessity.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 382, § 2.)
The Commissioners of the First Taxing District of the City of
Norwalk are authorized to erect and construct a fire house and appurtenances
in said district, and the powers of the former City of Norwalk for
that purpose are continued and vested in said First Taxing District
and its Commissioners, any provisions in the laws or charter of the
present City of Norwalk notwithstanding, until the fire house and
appurtenances herein provided for shall be acquired and taken over
by the City of Norwalk or a Fourth Taxing District thereof, if the
same shall be authorized.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 382, § 3.)
For the purposes aforesaid, the First Taxing District of the
City of Norwalk by its Commissioners is authorized to borrow in the
name of said district not exceeding the sum of $65,000 and to issue
bonds or other evidences of indebtedness therefor. Such bonds shall
be designated "Fire House Bonds," shall be in coupon form or otherwise
and registered or not registered, bearing interest at a rate not greater
than 6% per annum, payable semiannually, which bonds shall be sold
at not less than par and accrued interest, and shall be in serial
form, payable in substantially equal annual installments, beginning
not more than two years from the date of issue, in such sums that
the entire amount thereof shall be paid within a period of not more
than 15 years from their date. Said district, at any meeting called
for that purpose, shall determine, subject to the foregoing limitations,
the amount and date of maturity of such bonds and the maximum annual
rate of interest. Other particulars of the form of such bonds and
the manner of issuance not determined hereby or by district vote may
be determined by the District Commissioners and the Treasurer.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 383, § 1.)
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk is authorized
to issue, without vote of its electors, but by and through the action
of the Commissioners and the Treasurer of said district, bonds, notes
or certificates of indebtedness to an amount not exceeding $140,000,
in coupon form or otherwise, and registered or not registered, bearing
interest at a rate not greater than 6% per annum, payable semiannually,
which bonds shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest,
and shall be in serial form, payable in substantially equal annual
installments, beginning not more than two years from date of issue,
in such sums that the entire amount thereof shall be paid within a
period of not more than 20 years from their date. The proceeds of
such bonds shall be used for the payment for lands and rights-of-way
to be acquired by the district for water purposes, by condemnation
proceedings or otherwise, and for extensions, reinforcements, enlargements
and improvements of the water system of the district. Such bonds may
be issued from time to time and nothing herein contained shall require
the whole amount of such bonds to be issued or prevent their issuance
in amount less than the total authorized issue as may be deemed expedient,
in which case each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan
and each such loan shall be payable in annual installments and within
the period of time specified herein from its date.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 383, § 2.)
The Commissioners and Treasurer of said district shall determine,
subject to the foregoing limitations, the amount and date of maturity
of such bonds and the annual rate of interest and other particulars
of the form of such bonds and the manner of issuance not determined
hereby.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 383, § 3.)
Said district, by its Commissioners, shall, at the time of authorizing such bonds, provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 1-54, and, when a vote to that effect shall have been passed, a sum which, with income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating the waterworks and interest as it accrues on such bonds and other water debt of the district and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under § 1-54 to § 1-58, shall be assessed upon said district annually until the debt incurred by such bonds shall be paid.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 383, § 4.)
Such bonds, when executed and delivered, shall be obligatory
upon said district and the inhabitants thereof according to the tenor
and purport of the same.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 383, § 5.)
Such bonds shall be deemed to be issued for water purposes and
to be exempt from any limitations imposed by Statute.
(Sp. Laws 1945, No. 91, § 1.)
The electors of the First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk
having, on September 19, 1944, authorized the issuance of bonds in
an amount not to exceed $750,000 for the purpose of financing the
construction of a dam and reservoir in the Town of New Canaan, and
suitable connections to said dam and reservoir, as a part of the waterworks
system of said district, said district is authorized to issue, without
a further vote of its electors, bonds of said district in an amount
not exceeding $750,000 for the purpose of extending and enlarging
the waterworks system of said district by constructing, installing,
erecting and completing a dam and reservoir in the Town of New Canaan,
and suitable connections to said dam and reservoir as part of the
waterworks system of said district, including the acquisition of any
and all real estate and flowage or other rights therein necessary
or suitable for such purpose. Said bonds shall be issued in the name
of the First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk and shall be signed
by the Commissioners of said district and by the Treasurer of said
district. Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4%
per annum, and shall be payable, as to principal, serially in annual
installments commencing four years from the date of the bonds in amounts
as follows: $5,000 bonds in each of the first three years, $15,000
bonds in the fourth year, $20,000 bonds in each of the fifth and sixth
years, $25,000 bonds in each of the seventh and eighth years, $30,000
bonds in each of the ninth through 14th years, $35,000 bonds in each
of the 15th through 18th years, $40,000 bonds in each of the 19th
through 22nd years and $50,000 bonds in each of the 23rd through 25th
years, of such maturities. Said bonds shall be authorized by a resolution
to be adopted by the Commissioners of said district and shall be sold
in such manner as said Commissioners shall determine, at either public
or private sale, but none of said bonds shall be sold for less than
the par value thereof and accrued interest to date of delivery. In
the event that less than the total amount of bonds authorized to be
issued shall be sold at any one time, said Commissioners shall, by
resolution, designate the particular bonds of the maturities aforesaid
which shall be sold at any one time.
(Sp. Laws 1945, No. 91, § 2.)
Said bonds shall be payable, both principal and interest, from
the revenues derived from the operation of the waterworks system of
said district, and if such revenues are insufficient for that purpose,
taxes shall be levied upon all the taxable property of said district
without limitation as to rate or amount, sufficient for the payment
of the principal of and interest on said bonds.
(Sp. Laws 1945, No. 91, § 3.)
The Commissioners of said district are authorized to fix rates
for water which shall be sufficient for the maintenance and operation
of the water system of said district and the payment of the principal
of and interest on the indebtedness of the district, including said
bonds.
(Sp. Laws 1945, No. 91, § 4.)
Said bonds when executed and delivered, shall be the general
obligations of said district and obligatory upon said district and
the inhabitants thereof according to the tenor and purport of the
same.
(Sp. Laws 1945, No. 91, § 5.)
Said bonds shall be deemed to be issued for water purposes and
shall be exempt from any limitation of indebtedness imposed by statute.
(Sp. Laws 1945, No. 91, § 6.)
(Sp. Laws 1951, No. 108, § 1.)
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk, acting through
the Commissioners and Treasurer of said district, is authorized to
issue, upon approval by the electors of said district at a meeting
of the district, bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of said
district to an amount not exceeding $175,000, in coupon form, or otherwise,
with privilege of registration and reconversion into coupon form,
bearing interest at a rate or rates not greater than 6% per annum,
payable semiannually, which bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest and shall
be in serial form payable in substantially equal installments, beginning
not more than two years from the date of issue, in such sums that
the entire amount thereof shall be paid within a period of not more
than 15 years from their date. The proceeds of such bonds, notes,
or certificates of indebtedness shall be used for the cost of lands
and rights-of-way to be acquired by the district for water purposes,
by condemnation proceedings or otherwise and for extensions, additional
installations, reinforcements, enlargements and improvements of the
water system of the district. Such bonds, notes, or certificates of
indebtedness may be issued from time to time, and nothing herein contained
shall require the whole amount of such bonds, notes or certificates
of indebtedness to be issued or prevent their issuance in amounts
less than the total authorized issue as may be deemed expedient, in
which case each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan
and each loan shall be payable in annual installments and within the
period of time specified from the date of issue.
(Sp. Laws 1951, No. 108, § 2.)
The Commissioners and Treasurer of said district shall determine,
subject to the foregoing limitations, the amount and date of maturity
of such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, and the annual
rate of interest and other particulars of the form of such bonds,
notes or certificates of indebtedness and the manner of issuance not
determined hereby.
(Sp. Laws 1951, No. 108, § 3.)
The Commissioners of the district are authorized to fix rates
for water which shall be sufficient for the maintenance and operation
of the water system of the district and the payment of the principal
of and interest on the indebtedness of the district, including the
obligations authorized hereby. The bonds, notes or certificates of
indebtedness authorized shall be general obligations of the district,
and for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds, notes
or certificates of indebtedness, taxes may be levied upon all of the
taxable property in the district without limitation as to rate or
amount; provided, to the extent revenues derived from the operation
of the water system of the district are available, sufficient for
the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, notes or
certificates of indebtedness when the same become due, it shall not
be necessary that taxes be levied for that purpose.
(Sp. Laws 1951, No. 108, § 4.)
Such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, when executed
and delivered shall be obligatory upon said district and the inhabitants
thereof according to the tenor and purport of the same.
(Sp. Laws 1951, No. 108, § 5.)
Such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be deemed
to be issued for water purposes and to be exempt from any limitations
imposed by statute.
(Sp. Laws 1955, No. 136, § 1.)
The First Taxing District of the City of Norwalk, acting through
the Commissioners and Treasurer of said district, is authorized to
issue, upon approval by the electors of said district at a meeting
of the district, bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of said
district, to an amount not exceeding $250,000, in coupon form, or
otherwise, with privilege of registration and reconversion into coupon
form, bearing interest at a rate or rates not greater than 6% per
annum, payable semiannually, which bonds, notes or certificates of
indebtedness shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest
and shall be in serial form payable in substantially equal installments
beginning not more than two years from the date of issue, in such
sums that the entire amount thereof shall be paid within a period
of not more than 15 years from their date. The proceeds of such bonds,
notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be used for the cost of
lands and rights-of-way to be acquired by the district for water purposes,
by condemnation proceedings or otherwise and for extensions, additional
installations, reinforcements, enlargements and improvements of the
water system of the district. Such bonds, notes or certificates of
indebtedness may be issued from time to time, and nothing herein contained
shall require the whole amount of such bonds, notes or certificates
of indebtedness to be issued or prevent their issuance in amounts
less than the total authorized issue as may be deemed expedient, in
which case each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan
and each loan shall be payable in annual installments and within the
period of time specified from the date of issue.
(Sp. Laws 1955, No. 136, § 2.)
The Commissioners and Treasurer of said district shall determine,
subject to the foregoing limitations, the amount and date of maturity
of such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, and the annual
rate of interest and other particulars of the form of such bonds,
notes or certificates of indebtedness and the manner of issuance not
determined thereby.
(Sp. Laws 1955, No. 136, § 3.)
The Commissioners of the district are authorized to fix rates
for water which shall be sufficient for the maintenance and operation
of the water system of the district and the payment of the principal
of and interest on the indebtedness of the district, including the
obligations authorized hereby. The bonds, notes or certificates of
indebtedness authorized hereby shall be general obligations of the
district, and for the payment of principal of and interest on the
bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, taxes may be levied
upon all of the taxable property in the district without limitation
as to rate or amount, provided, to the extent revenues derived from
the operation of the water system of the district are available, sufficient
for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, notes
or certificates of indebtedness when the same become due, it shall
not be necessary that taxes be levied for that purpose.
(Sp. Laws 1955, No. 136, § 4.)
Such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness when executed
and delivered shall be obligatory upon said district and the inhabitants
thereof according to the tenor and purport of the same.
(Sp. Laws 1955, No. 136, § 5.)
Such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be deemed
to be issued for water purposes and to be exempt from any limitations
imposed by statute.
