Sec. 10-289e. Private academy project proposal, public hearing, referendum vote.
Sec. 10-289e. Private academy project proposal, public hearing, referendum
vote. Any private academy may propose to undertake a school building project to be
financed by a loan of the proceeds of bonds or notes of a qualifying municipality and
to have such bonds or notes guaranteed by one or more qualifying municipalities as
provided in sections 10-289d to 10-289g, inclusive. Any such proposal shall describe
generally the school building project, the maximum amount of the loan, the maximum
amount of any bonds or notes to be issued, the name of the qualifying municipality
which will issue such bonds or notes and the name of each qualifying municipality
which will guarantee the payment of such bonds or notes. The private academy shall
submit any such proposal to the board of selectmen of each qualifying municipality
named in the proposal which has a board of selectmen or to the town council in each
qualifying municipality named in the proposal which has a town council. The board of
selectmen or town council to which such a proposal is submitted may, and upon the
recommendation of the board of education of such qualifying municipality shall, hold
a public hearing and a referendum vote on such proposal. The referendum shall be held
no later than ninety days after the private academy submits such a proposal to a qualifying
municipality. A copy of the proposal shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of each
qualifying municipality named in the proposal and shall be made available for public
inspection during the period beginning at least five days prior to the public hearing and
ending on the day of such referendum. Notice of the public hearing shall be posted and
published in a newspaper which has a substantial circulation in the qualifying municipality at least five days prior to such public hearing. Notice of the referendum and the
question to be proposed shall be posted and published in a newspaper which has a
substantial circulation in the qualifying municipality at least thirty days prior to such
referendum. The referendum shall be held between the hours of six a.m. and eight p.m.
The vote shall be taken and the results of the vote canvassed and declared in the same
manner as is provided for an election of officers of a town, except that any person entitled
to vote under section 7-6 may vote. If, in each qualifying municipality named in the
proposal, the majority of those persons voting vote in favor of the proposal, the proposal
shall be approved.
(P.A. 87-461, S. 2, 7; 87-499, S. 28, 34.)
History: P.A. 87-499 deleted the provision that absentee voting not be permitted in the referendum.