Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319b - Department of Developmental Services
Section 17a-236. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467f). - Appointment of receiver. Accounting by receiver.

(a) The court may name any responsible person to act as a receiver, including an employee of the Department of Developmental Services. The court may remove such receiver in accordance with section 52-513. A receiver, other than an employee of the Department of Developmental Services, appointed pursuant to this section shall be entitled to a reasonable receiver's fee as determined by the court. The receiver shall be liable only in his or her official capacity for injury to person and property by reason of the conditions of the residential facility. Such receiver shall not be personally liable, except for acts or omissions constituting gross, wilful or wanton negligence.

(b) The court, in its discretion, may require a bond of such receiver in accordance with section 52-506.
(c) Each receiver shall, during the first week of January, April, July and October in each year, sign, swear to and file with the clerk of the court by which such receiver was appointed a full and detailed account of the receiver's doings for the previous three months together with a statement of all court orders issued during such three months and the present condition and prospects of the facility in the receiver's charge, and cause a motion for a hearing and approval of the same to be filed with the court.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-39, S. 12; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); P.A. 18-32, S. 15.)
History: Sec. 19a-467f transferred to Sec. 17a-236 in 1991; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 18-32 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by making technical changes, effective July 1, 2018.

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