Connecticut General Statutes 7-233g – Filing of bond resolution. Notice. Action challenging validity of bond resolution to be brought within twenty days or forever barred
Any municipal cooperative may cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of the appropriate public official of the governing body of each of its members and may thereupon cause to be published in a newspaper or newspapers published or circulating in the area of operation a notice stating the fact and date of such adoption and the places where such bond resolution has been so filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such notice and also that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contract provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within twenty days after the first publication of such notice. If any such notice shall at any time be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in said notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by said bond resolution shall be commenced or instituted within twenty days after the first publication of said notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the area of operation and users of the project and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceedings, questioning the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 7-233g
- Area of operation: means the geographic area served by a municipal electric utility at the time it becomes a member of a municipal electric energy cooperative pursuant to this chapter and such other areas as the municipal electric energy cooperative may serve pursuant to contract entered into under the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- Bonds: means bonds issued by a municipal electric energy cooperative pursuant to this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Governing body: means the board of commissioners of a municipal electric utility or such other duly elected or appointed officials charged by law with managing the affairs of a municipal electric utility. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- municipal cooperative: means a separate legal entity hereafter created by concurrent resolutions of two or more municipal electric utilities to exercise any of the powers as provided in this chapter in connection with the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, repair, extension or improvement of electric power generation or transmission facilities, or the acquisition of any interest therein or of any capacity thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- Project: means any plant or plants, hydro plants, works, system, facilities, or real or personal property, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in connection with the generation, production, transmission, purchase, sale, exchange or interchange of electric power or energy, or any interest therein or right to capacity thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b