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      Sec. 8-218h. Task force on building accessibility. Annual report to General Assembly. (a) There is established a task force consisting of the cochairmen and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety; the State Building Inspector or his designee; the assistant director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities; four representatives of the Home Builders Association, one of whom shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one by the minority leader of the Senate, one by the speaker of the House of Representatives and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and four members of the public having physical disabilities, two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, one by the majority leader of the Senate and one by the majority leader of the House of Representatives. On and after July 1, 1990, the task force shall also consist of the Commissioner of Social Services, or his designee; an additional representative of the Home Builders Association, who shall be appointed jointly by the ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety; and an additional member of the public having a physical disability, who shall be appointed jointly by the cochairpersons of said joint standing committee. On and after June 26, 1991, the task force shall also consist of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or his designee, and a representative of each community housing development corporation administering the program established under subsection (d) of section 8-218, appointed by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

      (b) The task force shall report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, pursuant to this subsection, to the General Assembly and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety on or before January first annually.

      (c) The task force shall: (1) Advise the housing development corporation administering the program established under subsection (d) of section 8-218; (2) study the feasibility of other funding sources for grants for the conversion of adaptable living units into units accessible to persons with disabilities and for conversion of such units back to adaptable living units; and (3) develop a plan to establish and maintain the registry of adaptable units prepared by said task force.

      (P.A. 88-315, S. 4, 5; S.A. 89-4; P.A. 90-300, S. 7, 8; P.A. 91-338, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: S.A. 89-4 extended deadline for report from December 1, 1988, to December 1, 1989; P.A. 90-300 amended Subsec. (a) by expanding the task force to include the commissioner of human resources and an additional member of the Home Builders Association and the public and added Subsec. (c) re a study of the availability of information on funding to assist persons with disabilities with the cost of converting adaptable units into units accessible to and usable by such persons; P.A. 91-338 amended Subsec. (a) by expanding the membership of the task force to include the commissioner of housing and an additional representative of the Home Builders Association and the general public, amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to modification of the building code formula specified in Sec. 29-273 and delete the December 1, 1989, due date for the report and to substitute in lieu thereof a report due January first annually and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting prior language and substituting in lieu thereof provisions re advising on the program established under Subsec. (d) of Sec. 8-218, study of funding sources and development of a plan for establishment and maintenance of a registry of adaptable units; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.