Sec. 7-223. Ordinances.
Sec. 7-223. Ordinances. If any municipality operates a plant under the provisions
of this chapter, such municipality may adopt ordinances regulating the production, control and use of its plant, fixtures and appurtenances; the character and quality of, and
the method and plan of installing, piping, wiring and fixtures; the use and inspection of
the same, including the use of the product of such plant for the protection of persons
and property and the appointment, term and salary of an inspector or inspectors, as the
case may be, of gas and electric piping, wiring, fixtures and appliances, which inspector
or inspectors shall be appointed by a board of gas commissioners, board of electrical
commissioners or board of gas and electrical commissioners, as the case may be, as
provided in section 7-216, which ordinances may provide a penalty not exceeding fifty
dollars for any violation thereof. No provision hereof shall affect the authority of the
Department of Public Utility Control over such plants.
(1949 Rev., S. 720; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 31; P.A. 75-486, S. 23, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 9, 348.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted public utilities control authority for public utilities commission; P.A. 77-614 substituted
division of public utility control within the department of business regulation for public utilities control authority, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 substituted department of public utility control for the division and deleted reference to
abolished department of business regulation.
See Sec. 16-29 re reports concerning municipally owned, leased, operated or managed public utility plants required by
Public Utility Control Department.