Sec. 7-495. Municipal default or noncompliance. Appointment of trustee.
Sec. 7-495. Municipal default or noncompliance. Appointment of trustee. (a)
In the event that a municipality shall default in the payment of principal of or interest
on any issue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or
upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or
in the event that a municipality shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this
chapter, or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes
or bonds, the holders of twenty-five per cent in aggregate principal amount of the notes
or bonds of such issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the office
of the clerk of such municipality and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a
deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes or
bonds for the purposes herein provided.
(b) Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of twenty-five per
cent in principal amount of such notes or bonds then outstanding shall, in his or its own
name: (1) By suit, action or proceeding in accordance with the general statutes enforce all
rights of the noteholders or bondholders, including the right to require the municipality to
carry out any agreement with such holders and to perform its duties under this chapter;
(2) bring suit upon such notes or bonds; (3) by action or suit, require the municipality
to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or
bonds; (4) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in
violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds; (5) declare all such notes
or bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good, then, with the consent
of the holders of twenty-five per cent of the principal amount of such notes or bonds
then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.
(c) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or proceeding by
the trustee on behalf of such noteholders or bondholders. The venue of any such suit,
action or proceeding shall be laid in the municipality against which any such remedy
is sought.
(d) Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, the trustee
shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the municipality.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-2, S. 16, 25.)