Bill Text: CT SB01047 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Amending The Charter Of The Borough Of Fenwick Within The Town Of Old Saybrook.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-02 - Senate Recommitted to Planning and Development [SB01047 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-SB01047-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 1047 | ||
January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 4489 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE BOROUGH OF FENWICK WITHIN THE TOWN OF OLD SAYBROOK.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 1 of number 271 of the special acts of 1899, as amended by section 11 of number 23 of the special acts of 2013, is amended to read as follows (Effective from passage):
That [all of] the electors [of this state, who own real estate located in and who have been domiciled for two months during the year last past in the town of Old Saybrook and within] described in section 2 of this act in relation to the territory included within the following limits, to wit: Bounded north by the South Cove, so called; east by Connecticut River; south by Long Island sound; and west by the east line of land of Daniel C. Spencer, said east line running about south from said South Cove to Long Island sound, the territory comprised within said boundaries being situated on the peninsula of Lynde's Point, and known as New Saybrook and so designated on a map thereof on file in the office of the town clerk of Old Saybrook; are hereby declared to be, and shall forever continue to be, a body politic and corporate within said town of Old Saybrook, by the name of the borough of Fenwick; and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, and shall be a person in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all courts of whatsoever nature; and also of purchasing, holding, and conveying any estate, real or personal; and shall have a common seal and may change and alter the same at pleasure.
Sec. 2. Section 2 of number 271 of the special acts of 1899 is amended to read as follows (Effective from passage):
[All of the electors aforesaid, domiciled within said limits for two months during the year last past, and owners of real estate located within said limits, and all] Electors of the borough of Fenwick shall include (1) all electors of the town of Old Saybrook who actually reside within the limits of the said borough, [shall be freemen at the first election of officers under this act and for the year next ensuing; and every elector of this state who shall thereafter have been domiciled within the limits of said borough for a period of two months during any year and who shall have owned real estate located in said borough during said time shall be a freeman of said borough for the year during which he has so owned real estate and been so domiciled for two months and for the year ensuing and all electors of the town of Old Saybrook who actually reside within the limits of said borough shall also be freemen of said borough] (2) every citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more who is liable to the borough for taxes assessed against him on an assessment of not less than one thousand dollars on the last-completed grand list used in connection with the assessment of taxes by the borough, or who would be so liable if not entitled to a statutory exemption, and (3) any person, as defined in section 1-1 of the general statutes, who is designated as the official representative of any trust or other entity, existing under the laws of the United States or any other state thereof, which is liable to the borough for taxes assessed against it on an assessment of not less than one thousand dollars on the last-completed grand list used in connection with the assessment of taxes by the borough, or who would be so liable if not entitled to a statutory exemption, provided that no such person may cast multiple votes by virtue of otherwise being an elector. Any [freeman] elector of said borough who votes in the said borough under the provisions of this act, but whose permanent residence is not within the limits of the town of Old Saybrook, may vote at all elections in any town in this state where he permanently resides, and the fact that any person is registered as [a voter] an elector in the borough of Fenwick shall not deprive him of the right to register and vote in any town in this state where he has a permanent residence.
Sec. 3. Section 3 of number 271 of the special acts of 1899, as amended by section 1 of number 256 of the special acts of 1943, section 1 of number 325 of the special acts of 1951 and number 28 of the special acts of 1957, is amended to read as follows (Effective from passage):
A meeting of the [legal voters] electors of said borough of Fenwick shall be held on the first Saturday of July in the year 1957, and biennially thereafter, for the election from their numbers by a plurality of votes of a warden, six burgesses, a clerk, a treasurer and a collector. All of said officers of said borough shall be sworn faithfully to perform the duties of their several offices, and shall hold office until the next meeting and until others shall be chosen and qualified in their stead. Notice of any meeting shall be signed by the warden or any three burgesses, and shall designate the time and place of such meeting, the officers to be elected, and other business to be transacted thereat; and such notice shall be posted at least five days before the date of such meeting on the public signpost in said borough.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
Number 271 of the special acts of 1899, Sec. 1 |
Sec. 2 |
from passage |
Number 271 of the special acts of 1899, Sec. 2 |
Sec. 3 |
from passage |
Number 271 of the special acts of 1899, Sec. 3 |
Statement of Purpose:
To amend the charter of the borough of Fenwick to broaden the definition of electors who are able to vote and hold office in said borough.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]