§ 47a-56j — (Formerly Sec. 19-347i). State financial assistance for rent receivership programs.

Connecticut § 47a-56j

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 47a: Landlord and Tenant
• Ch. 833a: Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings

Text

The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance in an amount determined by the commissioner for a rent receivership program undertaken pursuant to sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i, inclusive. Such contract shall provide for financial assistance in the form of a state advance-in-aid to initiate and operate a tenement house operating fund pursuant to said section 47a-56i for the purposes authorized in said sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i, inclusive. Such advance-in-aid shall be repayable solely from funds received by the receiver or the municipality pursuant to said sections at such times and in such manner as the commissioner may determine. See Sec. 8-220(c) re state grants-in-aid for cost of housing surveys, planning and research. See Sec. 8-220a re municipal powers with respect to rent receivership programs. See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 23; P.A. 77-614, S. 607, 610; P.A. 79-571, S. 92; 79-598, S. 24; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.) History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of community affairs with commissioner of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-571 added reference to new sections which became Secs. 47a-56b and 47a-56c; P.A. 79-598 replaced commissioner of economic development with commissioner of housing; Sec. 19-347i transferred to Sec. 47a-56j in 1981 and references to other transferred sections within provisions revised to reflect their transfer; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.