Bill Text: CT SB01090 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Affordable Housing For Volunteer Firefighters.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Planning and Development [SB01090 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01090-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) In any municipality that has a volunteer fire company, such municipality, acting through its housing authority and in collaboration with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the executive director of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, may establish a project to provide affordable housing, as defined in section 8-39a of the general statutes, for active members of a volunteer fire company who are in good standing and have volunteered for at least one year in the municipality. The municipality may donate land for the purpose of its use as affordable housing for such active members. Any governmental or nongovernmental agency may provide financial assistance and redevelopment grants for the purpose of funding the development of such affordable housing.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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October 1, 2011 |
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Joint Favorable Subst. C/R |
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Joint Favorable C/R |
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