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      Sec. 8-220a. Municipal powers re: Social and supplementary services and projected rehabilitation and improvement programs under Sec. 8-44a; redevelopment and urban renewal under Sec. 8-154a; housing code enforcement programs under Sec. 8-208; demolition of unsafe structures and urban beautification under Sec. 8-209; housing for low and moderate income persons or families under Sec. 8-216; community housing development corporations under Sec. 8-218; municipal plans of development under Sec. 8-220; and rent receivership programs under Sec. 47a-56j. Administration. Joint action. Combining contracts. Limitation on aid. Regulations. (a) In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, any municipality or any two or more municipalities acting jointly may request, contract for, receive and expend state financial assistance as authorized for a municipality by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j for any of the purposes specified therein and may initiate and carry out any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized for a municipality therein and do all things necessary to secure such state financial assistance and carry out such programs, projects, functions or activities.

      (b) The chief executive officer of any municipality with the approval of the governing body thereof may designate any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or housing authority to administer any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j where such authority and responsibility for such administration is not otherwise provided for. In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, such agency, department, board or commission or housing authority may administer and carry out any such programs, projects, functions or activities and do all things necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including contracting with the state and the United States, private organizations or professional consultants, or with any one or more of them, for the purposes of this chapter and said sections.

      (c) Any action authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j to be taken by a municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may be taken jointly by, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may enter into any contract authorized by this chapter and said sections with any two or more such municipalities or agencies, departments, boards or commissions thereof, or housing authorities.

      (d) Any municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may request, and the commissioner may provide or require, that contracts for two or more programs, projects or activities under this chapter and said sections may be combined in one contract.

      (e) In each fiscal year no municipality may receive more than fifteen per cent of the amount authorized for the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-114a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j provided, if any portion of such authorized amount is not committed at the end of the first six months of the fiscal year, by virtue of an executed assistance agreement or a reservation of state funds approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the commissioner may allocate such portion without regard to such limitation.

      (f) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make and enforce regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j and to determine the allocation of the state financial assistance authorized in said sections among the municipalities of the state on the basis of their respective needs.

      (P.A. 77-614, S. 603-605, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 20; P.A. 88-280, S. 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 79-598 replaced "8-154f" with "8-154a" throughout section, substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development throughout section and in Subsec. (b) substituted "commission" for "commissioner"; P.A. 88-280 deleted references to repealed Sec. 8-214; 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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Statutes > Connecticut > Title8 > Chap133 > Sec8-220a

      Sec. 8-220a. Municipal powers re: Social and supplementary services and projected rehabilitation and improvement programs under Sec. 8-44a; redevelopment and urban renewal under Sec. 8-154a; housing code enforcement programs under Sec. 8-208; demolition of unsafe structures and urban beautification under Sec. 8-209; housing for low and moderate income persons or families under Sec. 8-216; community housing development corporations under Sec. 8-218; municipal plans of development under Sec. 8-220; and rent receivership programs under Sec. 47a-56j. Administration. Joint action. Combining contracts. Limitation on aid. Regulations. (a) In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, any municipality or any two or more municipalities acting jointly may request, contract for, receive and expend state financial assistance as authorized for a municipality by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j for any of the purposes specified therein and may initiate and carry out any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized for a municipality therein and do all things necessary to secure such state financial assistance and carry out such programs, projects, functions or activities.

      (b) The chief executive officer of any municipality with the approval of the governing body thereof may designate any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or housing authority to administer any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j where such authority and responsibility for such administration is not otherwise provided for. In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, such agency, department, board or commission or housing authority may administer and carry out any such programs, projects, functions or activities and do all things necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including contracting with the state and the United States, private organizations or professional consultants, or with any one or more of them, for the purposes of this chapter and said sections.

      (c) Any action authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j to be taken by a municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may be taken jointly by, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may enter into any contract authorized by this chapter and said sections with any two or more such municipalities or agencies, departments, boards or commissions thereof, or housing authorities.

      (d) Any municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may request, and the commissioner may provide or require, that contracts for two or more programs, projects or activities under this chapter and said sections may be combined in one contract.

      (e) In each fiscal year no municipality may receive more than fifteen per cent of the amount authorized for the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-114a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j provided, if any portion of such authorized amount is not committed at the end of the first six months of the fiscal year, by virtue of an executed assistance agreement or a reservation of state funds approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the commissioner may allocate such portion without regard to such limitation.

      (f) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make and enforce regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j and to determine the allocation of the state financial assistance authorized in said sections among the municipalities of the state on the basis of their respective needs.

      (P.A. 77-614, S. 603-605, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 20; P.A. 88-280, S. 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 79-598 replaced "8-154f" with "8-154a" throughout section, substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development throughout section and in Subsec. (b) substituted "commission" for "commissioner"; P.A. 88-280 deleted references to repealed Sec. 8-214; 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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Statutes > Connecticut > Title8 > Chap133 > Sec8-220a

      Sec. 8-220a. Municipal powers re: Social and supplementary services and projected rehabilitation and improvement programs under Sec. 8-44a; redevelopment and urban renewal under Sec. 8-154a; housing code enforcement programs under Sec. 8-208; demolition of unsafe structures and urban beautification under Sec. 8-209; housing for low and moderate income persons or families under Sec. 8-216; community housing development corporations under Sec. 8-218; municipal plans of development under Sec. 8-220; and rent receivership programs under Sec. 47a-56j. Administration. Joint action. Combining contracts. Limitation on aid. Regulations. (a) In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, any municipality or any two or more municipalities acting jointly may request, contract for, receive and expend state financial assistance as authorized for a municipality by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j for any of the purposes specified therein and may initiate and carry out any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized for a municipality therein and do all things necessary to secure such state financial assistance and carry out such programs, projects, functions or activities.

      (b) The chief executive officer of any municipality with the approval of the governing body thereof may designate any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or housing authority to administer any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j where such authority and responsibility for such administration is not otherwise provided for. In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, such agency, department, board or commission or housing authority may administer and carry out any such programs, projects, functions or activities and do all things necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including contracting with the state and the United States, private organizations or professional consultants, or with any one or more of them, for the purposes of this chapter and said sections.

      (c) Any action authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j to be taken by a municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may be taken jointly by, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may enter into any contract authorized by this chapter and said sections with any two or more such municipalities or agencies, departments, boards or commissions thereof, or housing authorities.

      (d) Any municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or any housing authority may request, and the commissioner may provide or require, that contracts for two or more programs, projects or activities under this chapter and said sections may be combined in one contract.

      (e) In each fiscal year no municipality may receive more than fifteen per cent of the amount authorized for the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-114a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j provided, if any portion of such authorized amount is not committed at the end of the first six months of the fiscal year, by virtue of an executed assistance agreement or a reservation of state funds approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the commissioner may allocate such portion without regard to such limitation.

      (f) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make and enforce regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j and to determine the allocation of the state financial assistance authorized in said sections among the municipalities of the state on the basis of their respective needs.

      (P.A. 77-614, S. 603-605, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 20; P.A. 88-280, S. 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 79-598 replaced "8-154f" with "8-154a" throughout section, substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development throughout section and in Subsec. (b) substituted "commission" for "commissioner"; P.A. 88-280 deleted references to repealed Sec. 8-214; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.