Sec. 25-32f. Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals.
Sec. 25-32f. Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals. The
Commissioner of Public Health or his designee may submit written testimony to any
municipal board or commission and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before
such municipal board or commission concerning any proposed municipal plan of conservation and development or zoning regulations or changes thereto affecting a public
water supply or a municipal approval, permit or license for a building, use or structure
affecting a public water supply and said commissioner may appeal, or appear as a party
to any appeal of, a municipal decision concerning such matters whether or not he has
appeared as a party before the municipal board or commission. If the decision of such
board or commission is upheld by a court of competent jurisdiction, the state shall
reimburse the municipality within three months for all costs incurred in defending the
appeal.
(P.A. 85-279, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-335, S. 23, 26.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction
Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-335 amended section to
change "plan of development" to "plan of conservation and development", effective July 1, 1995.