Sec. 10-241a. Taking of site by eminent domain.
Sec. 10-241a. Taking of site by eminent domain. Any local or regional school
district may take, by eminent domain, land which has been fixed upon as a site, or
addition to a site, of a public school building, and which is necessary for such purpose
or for outbuildings or convenient accommodations for its schools, upon paying to the
owner just compensation, provided such taking is with the approval of the legislative
body of the town, and in the case of regional school districts, subject to the provisions
of section 10-49a, and in each case in accordance with the provisions of sections 8-129
to 8-133, inclusive. The board, committee or public officer empowered to acquire school
sites in such school district shall perform all duties and have all rights prescribed for
the redevelopment agency in said sections with respect to such taking. No school district
or municipality shall take for school purposes the land of any ecclesiastical society,
upon any part of which a church building has already been erected, without the consent
of such ecclesiastical society, or any land devoted to or used for cemetery or burial
purposes.
(1967, P.A. 720, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 176; P.A. 93-353, S. 22, 52.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted "local" for "town" school districts, "school building" for "schoolhouse" and "municipality" for "city or town"; P.A. 93-353 corrected an internal reference, effective July 1, 1993.
Town, after complying with this section, could delegate its power to condemn to board of education which had authority
to exercise it. 168 C. 135.
Where referendum question stated that some property proposed to be acquired by eminent domain for a school project
would be used for open space and general government, provisions of Sec. 48-6 requiring commencement of compensation
process within six months of referendum apply. 103 CA 369.