Sec. 7-192. Existing provisions not affected. Amendments to charters. Amendment or revision of home rule ordinance. Supersedence of certain special acts by municipal ordinance. Termination of certain
Sec. 7-192. Existing provisions not affected. Amendments to charters. Amendment or revision of home rule ordinance. Supersedence of certain special acts by
municipal ordinance. Termination of certain parking authorities and boards of
health. (a) Every charter, special act and home rule ordinance in effect on October 1,
1982, shall continue in effect until repealed or superseded by the adoption of a charter,
charter amendments or home rule ordinance amendments in accordance with this chapter, the provisions in any charter in existence on said date governing revision or amendment to the contrary notwithstanding. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the adoption
of a revised home rule ordinance or home rule ordinance amendments by any method
established in such home rule ordinance if the provisions concerning such method were
in effect on July 15, 1959. Any municipality administering its local affairs under the
provisions of the general statutes or special acts adopted prior to said date may continue
to so administer its local affairs until the electors of such municipality avail themselves
of the provisions of this chapter. Any municipality having as its organic law a home
rule ordinance or a revised or amended home rule ordinance shall after any revision or
amendment of such ordinance publish, in a single document, any such home rule ordinance and shall make such ordinance available at a nominal cost to any member of the
public.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the provisions
of any special act relative to the number of holders of an office, or members of a board,
commission, department or agency of a municipality (1) which does not administer its
affairs under a charter, and (2) for which the legislative body, as defined in section 1-1, is a town meeting may be superseded by adoption of a municipal ordinance that is
not otherwise inconsistent with the Constitution of the state or the general statutes.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any consolidated town and city which (1) was consolidated in 1902, (2) has a mayor and board of
aldermen form of government, and (3) has a population of more than one hundred thousand may terminate a parking authority established by special act in such consolidated
town and city upon majority vote of the board of aldermen. The clerk of any such
consolidated town and city shall notify the Secretary of the State of such termination
not more than ten days after such vote.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any municipality which (1) was incorporated in 1784, (2) administers its affairs under a charter and
for which the legislative body is a town meeting, and (3) has a population of less than
twelve thousand may terminate a board of health established in the municipality by
special act by adoption of an ordinance that is not otherwise inconsistent with the Constitution of the state or the general statutes.
(1957, P.A. 465, S. 6; P.A. 81-451, S. 7, 10; P.A. 85-253, S. 6, 10; P.A. 92-172, S. 1; P.A. 03-256, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 81-451 transferred former provision concerning imposition of taxes to Sec. 7-192a and added provisions
concerning revision of home rule ordinance by methods in effect prior to July 15, 1959, and to publication of home rule
ordinances, effective October 1, 1982; P.A. 85-253 amended section to refer to amendment of charters and home rule
ordinances rather than to their revision; P.A. 92-172 amended section by designating Subsec. (a) and adding Subsec. (b)
re supersedence of special acts by municipal ordinance not inconsistent with the state constitution or general statutes; P.A.
03-256 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), added Subsec. (c) re termination of a parking authority in a consolidated
town or city and added Subsec. (d) re termination of a board of health in a municipality, effective June 26, 2003.
Legislature intended procedure outlined in home rule act to be a complete, self-contained method, not involving action
by general assembly, of amending charter of a city, irrespective of any existing charter provision. Act confers no power
on mayor to exercise a veto. A construction which would import into these amendatory proceedings the power of veto
conferred on mayor by charter would be inconsistent with procedure provided for in section 7-191. 150 C. 24. Cited. 155
C. 579. Cited. 171 C. 74. Retention of surplus was not an unauthorized exercise of taxing power in violation of statute.
178 C. 81. Charter provisions regarding consolidation prevail over parallel provisions in home rule act. 179 C. 589. Cited.
188 C. 276. Cited. 193 C. 1. Cited. 196 C. 623.