Sec. 7-339t. Provisions of ordinance creating special services district.
Sec. 7-339t. Provisions of ordinance creating special services district. The provisions of any municipal charter or of any general statute or special act to the contrary
notwithstanding, an ordinance establishing a special services district may provide: (a)
That the municipality in which such district is located is excused from providing within
such district, or within some or all of the subdistricts, if any, within such district, some
or all of the services which such district is authorized to provide pursuant to subsection
(g) of section 7-339n, provided such ordinance shall also provide that thenceforth it shall
be the obligation of such district to provide such services as to which the municipality has
been excused; (b) that the municipality within which such district is located may enter
into a contract with such district in which the city is excused from providing within such
district, or within some or all of the subdistricts, if any, within such district, some or all
of the services which such district is authorized to provide pursuant to subsection (g)
of section 7-339n, and in which such district agrees to provide all such services as to
which the municipality has been excused; (c) that, if such ordinance contains a provision
excusing the municipality from the performance of any services pursuant to subsection
(a) of this section, the municipality shall make an annual grant to such district, in a
fixed amount or based upon a formula set forth in such ordinance, for the purpose of
compensating such district for the services from which the municipality is excused and
for which such district is to become responsible; (d) that, if such ordinance contains a
provision authorizing the municipality and such district to enter into a contract pursuant
to subsection (b) of this section excusing the municipality from the performance of
certain services and obligating such district to provide such services, the municipality
may also agree, in such contract, to make an annual grant to such district, in a fixed
amount or based upon a formula set forth in such contract, for the purpose of compensating such district for the services from which the municipality is excused and for which
such district is to become responsible; (e) that, as to any services which the municipality
is excused from performing and which such district is to become responsible for performing, whether by the terms of such ordinance itself or by the terms of a contract
entered into pursuant to authority granted in such ordinance, the municipality and such
district may enter into a contract or contracts having a fixed term or extending for the
life of such district in which such district is given the right to elect to purchase, at
intervals stated in such contract and for periods of time stated in such contract, from the
municipality, some or all of such services either at prices fixed in such contract or at
prices to be determined in accordance with a formula set forth in such contract, or at
prices determined by a combination of these methods; (f) that all or certain of the interests
in real property held by such district are not subject to the municipal property tax; (g)
that all or certain of the personal property owned by such district is not subject to the
municipal property tax; and (h) that interests in real property held by such district, and
personal property owned by such district, are subject to the municipal property tax but
that any such tax may be abated prospectively by the legislative body of the municipality.
(P.A. 73-621, S. 8.)