{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13a-48","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-48","heading":"Acceptance of highways by municipalities.","body":"Any municipality whose duty it is to maintain the highways within its limits may, at any annual or special meeting held for that purpose, accept as a public highway any proposed highway situated in such municipality, provided any municipality in which a town meeting is the legislative body may by ordinance or resolution delegate the power to accept public highways to the board of selectmen in accordance with such procedures as the municipality may establish in the ordinance or resolution, and any municipality may, by charter, provide an alternative means for the acceptance of public highways.","path":["TITLE 13a. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES","CHAPTER 238. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE","PART II. ACCEPTANCE AND ABANDONMENT OF HIGHWAYS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_238.htm#sec_13a-48","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:00Z","sha256":"7392649bfb7029031d5a2d533f2a5ae4bbabeb7e7e2a38caeaf63e8edc712d73","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13a-47","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13a-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}