Sec. 7-504. Definitions.
Sec. 7-504. Definitions. As used in section 7-505:
(1) "Density" means the population of a municipality divided by the number of
square miles of the municipality;
(2) "Population" means the number of people according to the most recent federal
decennial census, except in intervening years between such censuses when it shall mean
the number according to the most recent estimate of the Department of Public Health;
(3) "Public housing rooms" means rooms contained in publicly or privately owned
dwelling units which are assisted by the United States under the United States Housing
Act of 1937, as amended, and dwelling units which are assisted by or owned or leased
by the state under chapter 128 or chapter 129; and
(4) "Municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or
consolidated town and borough.
(P.A. 85-516, S. 2, 8; P.A. 86-263, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 86-263 added Subdiv. (4) defining "municipality"; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services
with department 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.