Sec. 25-32f. Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 25-32f. Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals. The Commissioner of Public Health or his designee may submit written testimony to any municipal board or commission and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before such municipal board or commission concerning any proposed municipal plan of conservation and development or zoning regulations or changes thereto affecting a public water supply or a municipal approval, permit or license for a building, use or structure affecting a public water supply and said commissioner may appeal, or appear as a party to any appeal of, a municipal decision concerning such matters whether or not he has appeared as a party before the municipal board or commission. If the decision of such board or commission is upheld by a court of competent jurisdiction, the state shall reimburse the municipality within three months for all costs incurred in defending the appeal.

      (P.A. 85-279, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-335, S. 23, 26.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner 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; P.A. 95-335 amended section to change "plan of development" to "plan of conservation and development", effective July 1, 1995.