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 Bristol
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER

  § 52. Corporation counsel.  

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  • (a)

    The corporation counsel shall be nominated by the mayor and appointed by the city council to serve during the term of said mayor. The corporation counsel shall appear for and protect the rights of the City in all actions, suits and proceedings affecting it or any of its departments, officers, agencies, boards or commissions. The corporation counsel shall be the legal advisor of the city council, the mayor, and all city officers, boards and commissions in all matters affecting the City and shall upon written request furnish it with a written opinion on any question of law involving their respective powers and duties. Upon written request the corporation counsel shall prepare or approve forms of contracts or other instruments to which the City is a party or in which it has an interest. The corporation counsel shall have power, with the approval of the city council, to appeal from orders, decisions and judgments and, subject to approval from the city council, to compromise or settle any claims by or against the city.

    (b)

    A full time assistant corporation counsel shall be nominated by the mayor and appointed by the city council for a term of five years. Additional full time assistant corporation counsels may be nominated by the mayor and appointed by the city council for a term of five years. The corporation counsel with the written consent of the mayor, may employ additional assistant corporation counsels for assistance in the conduct of special cases or proceedings in which the city is interested.

    (c)

    The mayor shall nominate and the city council appoint one or more assistants to the corporation counsel whenever in its opinion the quantity of legal work, the disability or disqualification of the corporation counsel or the importance of any case requires.

    (d)

    No person shall be eligible for the office of corporation counsel unless such person is a member in good standing of the Connecticut Bar.

    (Amend. eff. 11-4-92; Amend. eff. 12-4-03; Amend. eff. 12-8-11)

    Legislative history— Sp. No. 352, §§ 34—36, 1911; Sp. No. 201, 1913; Sp. No. 434, §§ 147—149, 1931; Sp. No. 489, § 55, 1939; Sp. No. 151, § 7, 1943; Sp. No. 200, § 2, 1947.