Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-169ll: Member municipalities; joint member entities.

(a)(1) Any municipality, except the city of Hartford or the town of East Hartford, may, by certified resolution of the legislative body of the municipality, or by the board of selectmen in a municipality where the legislative body is the town meeting, opt to join the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority as a member municipality, provided such municipality holds a public hearing or otherwise provides for public comment prior to any vote on such certified resolution.

(2) Any municipality that opts to join the authority as a member municipality or that is deemed a member municipality pursuant to this subsection shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the authority for the establishment of one or more development districts.

(b) (1) Any two or more municipalities, except for the city of Hartford or the town of East Hartford, may, by certified concurrent resolutions of the legislative bodies of each such municipality, or by the board of selectmen in a municipality where the legislative body is the town meeting, together opt to join the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority as a joint member entity, provided each such municipality holds a public hearing or otherwise provides for public comment prior to any vote on the certified resolution from such municipality. The concurrent resolutions shall set forth an agreement of such municipalities as to authority for decisions concerning projects in development districts within such municipalities.

(2) Any two or more municipalities that together opt to join the authority as a joint member entity shall jointly enter into a memorandum of agreement with the authority for the establishment of one or more development districts.