(a) Whenever the trustee of any trust for the use or benefit of any town or county or for the citizens of any town or county, as such, dies or becomes incapacitated or resigns or refuses to act, and no provision is made for such contingency by the instrument creating such trust, the treasurer of such town on behalf of the town or the State Treasurer on behalf of the county shall thereupon become such trustee, and such treasurer and his successors in office shall act as such trustee, provided the town treasurer shall secure such bond as the selectmen from time to time prescribe.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-475

  • banks: shall include all incorporated banks. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, statutory or business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, court, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
  • Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, whether real or personal and whether legal or equitable, or any interest therein. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and includes an Indian tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: includes an original, additional and successor trustee and a cotrustee. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c

(b) (1) When any town treasurer acts as such trustee, he shall include in his annual statement a report in detail of his account as such trustee, including a list of the securities on hand, the price and date of purchase of all securities purchased since his last statement, the amount, date and source of each item of income received and the names of all banks and depositaries where such trust money is deposited with the amount on deposit in each bank or depositary. (2) Such trust funds held by a town treasurer shall be invested only in the manner prescribed by § 45a-203, unless otherwise directed by vote of a town meeting. (3) All property so held in trust by a town treasurer shall at all times be open to the inspection of the selectmen and to the inspection of the person or persons appointed under the provisions of § 7-392 to audit the accounts of the town.

(c) The provisions of § 45a-474 shall not apply to the trusts specified in this section.