(a) The chief elected official or the chief executive officer if by ordinance of each municipality shall appoint a municipal agent for elderly persons. Such agent shall be a staff member of a senior center, a member of an agency that serves elderly persons in the municipality or a responsible resident of the municipality who has demonstrated an interest in the elderly or has been involved in programs in the field of aging.
(b) The duties of the municipal agent may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) Disseminating information to elderly persons, assisting such persons in learning about the community resources available to them and publicizing such resources and benefits; (2) assisting elderly persons to apply for federal and other benefits available to such persons; and (3) reporting to the chief elected official or chief executive officer of the municipality and the Department of Aging and Disability Services any needs and problems of the elderly and any recommendations for action to improve services to the elderly.
(c) Each municipal agent shall serve for a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority of each municipality, and may be reappointed. If more than one agent is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, the appointing authority, in its discretion, may appoint one or more assistant agents. The town clerk in each municipality shall notify the Department of Aging and Disability Services immediately of the appointment of a new municipal agent. Each municipality may provide to its municipal agent resources sufficient for such agent to perform the duties of the office.
(d) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall adopt and disseminate to municipalities guidelines as to the role and duties of municipal agents and such informational and technical materials as may assist such agents in performance of their duties. The department, in cooperation with the area agencies on aging, may provide training for municipal agents within the available resources of the department and of the area agencies on aging.
(1972, P.A. 70; P.A. 77-447; P.A. 85-459, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-206, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-77; P.A. 01-195, S. 105, 181; P.A. 12-119, S. 3; P.A. 13-125, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 288; P.A. 18-169, S. 14; P.A. 19-157, S. 14; P.A. 21-7, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-447 replaced all former provisions re municipal agents for disseminating information to elderly with more detailed provisions of Subsecs. (a) to (d), inclusive; P.A. 85-459 amended Subsec. (b) to require written reports to be submitted to the state department on aging and amended Subsec. (c) to require the town clerk to notify the state department on aging of the appointment of a new municipal agent; P.A. 88-206 gave the chief elected official the authority to appoint a municipal agent and provided that the chief executive officer may also appoint if by ordinance he is given such authority in Subsec. (a), made a technical change in Subsec. (b) and required the department on aging to sponsor at least one training session and specified that the training shall include information re the availability of housing and required each municipal agent to attend at least one session in Subsec. (d); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of department of social services for department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-77 amended Subsec. (c) to allow a municipal agent to serve a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority, where previously terms were two years only; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 12-119 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions re commission on aging members and elected officials as potential agents and make technical changes, amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes, replace provisions re annual written reports on services provided by the agent with provisions re reporting agent's recommendations to improve services to the elderly, made a technical change in Subsec. (c), and amended Subsec. (d) to delete requirement that department ensure municipalities carry out provisions of section, make technical changes, make agent training discretionary rather than mandatory, delete provisions re training requirements and records re elderly persons and add provision re training within available resources of department and area agencies, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-125 replaced references to Department of Social Services with references to Department on Aging, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “Department on Aging” with “Department of Social Services” in Subsecs. (b) to (d), effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-169 replaced “Department of Social Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services” in Subsecs. (b) to (d) and made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-157 amended Subsecs. (b) to (d) by replacing “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; P.A. 21-7 amended Subsec. (a) by adding senior center staff to persons who may be municipal agents and made a technical change in Subsec. (b).
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions
Section 7-103. - Resignation of municipal officers.
Section 7-104. - Refusal of elected official to accept or perform duties.
Section 7-105. - Oath of assessors, board of assessment appeals and tax collectors.
Section 7-105a. - Office of grand juror abolished.
Section 7-106. - Oath of grand jurors.
Section 7-107. - Vacancy appointments by selectmen.
Section 7-108. - City or borough liable for damage done by mobs.
Section 7-109. - Destruction of documents.
Section 7-111. - Proof of claims against municipality.
Section 7-112. - Rate of wages and citizens' preference in work on public buildings.
Section 7-113. - Marking of bounds of towns, cities and boroughs.
Section 7-114. - Renewal of boundary lines.
Section 7-115. - Establishment of disputed boundaries.
Section 7-118a. - Curbs and sidewalks to be designed with cuts at pedestrian crosswalks.
Section 7-119 and 7-120. - Hearing; appeal. Assignment of street numbers.
Section 7-121. - Making of specific appropriations.
Section 7-121a. - Municipal loans to nonpublic schools for construction or renovation.
Section 7-121b. - Contracts with regional water authorities.
Section 7-121e. - Sewage treatment facility improvement trust fund.
Section 7-121f. - Municipal Electric Consumer Advocate.
Section 7-121m. - Notice of actions concerning real property in other municipalities.
Section 7-121n. - Sustainable energy program.
Section 7-122. - Sites for armories. Appropriations.
Section 7-122a. - Municipal fallout shelters and civil preparedness facilities.
Section 7-125a. - Appropriations to improvement associations for road maintenance.
Section 7-127 and 7-127a. - Municipal advisory welfare boards. Committees on needs of the aging.
Section 7-127c. - Municipal agents for children.
Section 7-127d. - Neighborhood youth center grant program.
Section 7-127f. - Annual reports. Audit.
Section 7-127g. - Annual reports to the General Assembly.
Section 7-128 and 7-129. - Public squares and parks. Gifts for parks.
Section 7-129a. - Park and recreation capital and nonrecurring expense fund.
Section 7-130. - Playgrounds and recreation centers.
Section 7-130a. - Public recreational facilities authorities. Definitions.
Section 7-130b. - Creation of authority. Joining and withdrawal.
Section 7-130d. - Powers of authority.
Section 7-130e. - Municipalities may grant property and money to authority.
Section 7-130f. - Operation of projects.
Section 7-130g. - Bond issues.
Section 7-130h. - Securing of bonds.
Section 7-130i. - Rates, rents, fees and charges.
Section 7-130j. - Use of receipts.
Section 7-130k. - Enforcement of rights of bondholders and trustees.
Section 7-130l. - Tax exemption.
Section 7-130m. - Bonds to be legal investments.
Section 7-130n. - Liberal construction. Consent of other bodies not required.
Section 7-130o. - Municipal powers to aid authority.
Section 7-130p. - Provision of property to authority.
Section 7-130q. - Lease of facilities.
Section 7-130r. - Financial aid by municipality.
Section 7-130s. - Municipal guarantee of authority bonds.
Section 7-130t. - Pledge or assignment of lease to secure bonds.
Section 7-130u. - Exemption of property from levy and sale by virtue of execution.
Section 7-130v. - Payment by authority of sums in lieu of taxes.
Section 7-130w. - Construction of statutes. Consent of other agencies not required.
Section 7-131. - Municipal forests. Public shade trees.
Section 7-131a. - Conservation commissions.
Section 7-131c. - Open space land. Definitions.
Section 7-131f. - Considerations for approving grants from funds authorized prior to July 1, 1998.
Section 7-131g. - Grant: Amount, purposes, valuation of land. Issuance of bonds.
Section 7-131h. - Charges by municipality.
Section 7-131i. - Municipal use of open space land.
Section 7-131j. - Taking of land by state or public service company.
Section 7-131k. - Acceptance of federal funds.
Section 7-131l. - Development of watershed areas for recreation and fish and wildlife sites.
Section 7-131m. - Combined conservation and recreational commission.
Section 7-131p. - Establishment of municipal land acquisition and development authority.
Section 7-131q. - Agricultural land preservation fund.
Section 7-131r. - Land acquisition fund.
Section 7-131s. - Charter Oak open space trust account.
Section 7-131v. - Local and regional agricultural councils.
Section 7-131w. - Municipal sale of certain real property; appraisal required.
Section 7-132 and 7-133. - Bounty: On bobcat or lynx; on snakes and wild animals.
Section 7-135. - Use of municipal lockup and community correctional center in another town.
Section 7-135a. - Reimbursement of towns for keeping prisoners.
Section 7-135b. - Payment for intoxication tests.
Section 7-136. - Municipal economic development commissions.
Section 7-136d. - Ordinance authorizing establishment of foreign trade zone.
Section 7-136f. - Submission of application to operate foreign trade zone.
Section 7-136g. - Applicability of local planning and zoning regulations.
Section 7-136n. - Joint issuance of bonds by two or more municipalities.
Section 7-136o. - Securing of bonds.
Section 7-136p. - Enforcement of rights of bondholders and trustees.
Section 7-136q. - Tax exemption.
Section 7-136r. - Bonds to be legal investments.
Section 7-136s. - Guarantee of joint bonds by participating municipality.
Section 7-137. - Regional economic development commissions.
Section 7-137b. - Establishment of industrial park.
Section 7-137d. - Lien for benefits assessed for water main extension.
Section 7-139. - Notice of assessment of benefits.
Section 7-140. - Assessment a lien; foreclosure.
Section 7-141. - Notice of hearing on municipal assessments.
Section 7-142. - Appeal from municipal assessments.
Section 7-143. - Completion of improvement pending appeal from appraisal of damages.
Section 7-144. - Assessment on estate of decedent.
Section 7-145. - Correction of assessments.
Section 7-146. - Clearing of waterways. Assessment of cost. Appeal.