Bill Text: CT SB00113 | 2014 | General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: An Act Making Technical Corrections To Statutes Concerning Housing.

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Status: (Passed) 2014-05-16 - Signed by the Governor [SB00113 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00113-Chaptered.html

Senate Bill No. 113

Public Act No. 14-26

AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING HOUSING.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (14) of subsection (a) of section 32-1m of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(14) A summary of the total social and economic impact of the department's efforts and activities in the areas of economic [, community and housing] and community development, and an assessment of the department's performance in terms of meeting its stated goals and objectives.

Sec. 2. Section 8-37rrr of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

Not later than January 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and [the Department of] Developmental Services, shall submit a report, in accordance with the requirements of section 11-4a, on the number of departmental clients and the number who have been recipients of rental assistance certificates to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, housing, human services and public health. Such report shall detail the utilization of the rental assistance vouchers issued pursuant to sections 17b-811a to 17b-815, inclusive, and establish targets to ensure that rental assistance program resources are allocated in accordance with legislative intent.

Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 8-37ll of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(a) No state financial assistance shall be provided by the Commissioner of Housing for any housing or community development project or by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for any economic development project under any program administered by such commissioners unless the commissioner responsible for administering the program has first approved a residential antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan submitted under subsection (b) of this section by the applicant seeking such financial assistance. The Commissioner of Housing and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall ensure that any such plan is properly implemented for each project for which a plan is submitted.

Sec. 4. Subsection (b) of section 12-170bb of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(b) In addition to the information described in subsection (a) of this section, said report pertaining to the state programs of tax reduction for elderly homeowners shall include statistics related to distribution of benefits, applicable to the preceding calendar year, as follows:

(1) With respect to each of the [bracket] brackets of tax reduction benefits in the following schedules, the total number of persons in the state program of tax reduction for homeowners under section 12-170aa who received benefits within the limits of each such bracket, including the number of persons receiving the maximum and the minimum amounts of tax reduction:

 

Amount of Tax Reduction Allowed

 

Married Homeowners

Unmarried Homeowners

 

Over

Not Exceeding

Over

Not Exceeding

 

$

$ 100 (Minimum)

$

$ 100 (Minimum)

 

100

200

100

200

 

200

300

200

300

 

300

400

300

400

 

400

500

400

500

 

500

600

500

600

 

600

700

600

700

 

700

800

700

800

 

800

900

800

900

 

900

1,000

900

999

 

1,000

1,100

 

1,000 (Maximum)

 

1,100

1,249

   
   

1,250 (Maximum)

   

(2) With respect to each of the brackets of benefits in the following schedule, the total number of persons in the state tax-freeze program for elderly homeowners under section 12-129b who received benefits in tax reduction within the limits of each such bracket:

 

Amount of Tax Reduction Benefit Allowed

 

Over

Not Exceeding

 

$

$ 300

 

300

600

 

600

900

 

900

1,200

 

1,200

1,500

 

1,500

 
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