CT HB05540

Amends the charter of the Civic Association of Short Beach to expand membership from property owners who are state electors to all natural persons over 18 years of age owning fee property interests within the district, with non-elector members able to appoint elector proxies to vote.

Restructures the Civic Association's governance by establishing an annual meeting on the first Friday in June, requiring a nine-member executive board with three members elected each year for three-year terms, and creating an eight-member zoning board of appeals (five regular members and three alternates).

Grants the executive board expanded powers including appointing police officers, managing association funds and property, enacting bylaws and zoning ordinances by two-thirds vote, and assessing property owners up to $100 per dwelling unit annually with a maximum 10% annual increase.

Amends the Mattabassett District charter to allow the city of Middletown to join the district upon payment of $13 million and provides for population-based representation on the board of directors, with each municipality receiving a minimum of three representatives plus additional seats based on population calculations.

Requires the Mattabassett District to pay Cromwell $100,000 annually following Middletown's admission and repeals several outdated provisions of the Civic Association's original 1921 charter.