Bill Text: CT SB00167 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Study Of Emergency Power Needs In Public Housing For The Elderly.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-11 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations [SB00167 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00167-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 167
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 847
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF EMERGENCY POWER NEEDS IN PUBLIC HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.

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

Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2016) (a) The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner on Aging and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, shall conduct a study of the need for emergency power generators at public housing for the elderly in the state. For purposes of this section, "public housing for the elderly" means any building where fifty per cent or more of the units are rented to persons sixty-two years of age and older under any program created or financed pursuant to chapter 128 of the general statutes.

(b) The study shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) An inventory of public housing for the elderly in each municipality that includes (A) the total number of housing units, (B) the location of each housing unit, (C) a description of the type of each housing unit, and (D) an indication as to whether emergency power generators are provided for such housing units; (2) recommendations for the provision of emergency power generators; (3) the estimated cost to provide the recommended emergency power generators; and (4) the availability of grants for emergency power generators through the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any other state or federally funded grant source.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner on Aging and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, housing and public safety concerning the results of the study.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2016	New section

AGE

Joint Favorable