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      Sec. 8-81a. Housing project adaptable for use and occupancy by disabled persons. Pilot program. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, shall establish, within available appropriations, a pilot program requiring that a multifamily housing project built or substantially rehabilitated with the use of any state financial assistance on and after July 1, 1988, shall be fully adaptable for use and occupancy by persons having physical or mental disabilities or by persons without such disabilities.

      (b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

      (c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit a report to the General Assembly containing an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program authorized under this section not later than six months following the completion of the project.

      (P.A. 88-268, S. 5, 6; P.A. 89-144, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 89-144 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting the office of protection and advocacy for persons with disabilities for the office of protection and advocacy for handicapped and developmentally disabled persons; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.

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      Sec. 8-81a. Housing project adaptable for use and occupancy by disabled persons. Pilot program. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, shall establish, within available appropriations, a pilot program requiring that a multifamily housing project built or substantially rehabilitated with the use of any state financial assistance on and after July 1, 1988, shall be fully adaptable for use and occupancy by persons having physical or mental disabilities or by persons without such disabilities.

      (b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

      (c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit a report to the General Assembly containing an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program authorized under this section not later than six months following the completion of the project.

      (P.A. 88-268, S. 5, 6; P.A. 89-144, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 89-144 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting the office of protection and advocacy for persons with disabilities for the office of protection and advocacy for handicapped and developmentally disabled persons; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.

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      Sec. 8-81a. Housing project adaptable for use and occupancy by disabled persons. Pilot program. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, shall establish, within available appropriations, a pilot program requiring that a multifamily housing project built or substantially rehabilitated with the use of any state financial assistance on and after July 1, 1988, shall be fully adaptable for use and occupancy by persons having physical or mental disabilities or by persons without such disabilities.

      (b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

      (c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit a report to the General Assembly containing an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the pilot program authorized under this section not later than six months following the completion of the project.

      (P.A. 88-268, S. 5, 6; P.A. 89-144, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 89-144 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting the office of protection and advocacy for persons with disabilities for the office of protection and advocacy for handicapped and developmentally disabled persons; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.