Bill Text: CT SB00355 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Elderly Housing To Have An Automated, Handicapped-accessible Door To Common Facilities And Community Rooms.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-02 - Public Hearing 03/06 [SB00355 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00355-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 355
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 1130
		*01130_______HSG*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT REQUIRING ELDERLY HOUSING TO HAVE AN AUTOMATED, HANDICAPPED-ACCESSIBLE DOOR TO COMMON FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY ROOMS.

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

Section 1. Section 8-116a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

The following provisions shall be applicable to housing for elderly persons: (1) There shall be no requirement that the occupants of such housing constitute families and housing may be provided in separate dwelling units for elderly persons living alone; (2) housing for elderly persons shall conform to standards established by the Commissioner of Housing and shall be designed so as to alleviate the infirmities characteristic of the elderly; (3) the authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Housing, shall fix maximum standard income and asset limits for admission to such housing; (4) each housing authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership shall provide a receipt to each applicant for admission to its housing projects stating the time and date of application and shall maintain a list of such applications, which shall be a public record as defined in section 1-200 and which shall be created, maintained and revised in a manner which the Commissioner of Housing shall, by regulation, provide; [and] (5) any person who makes a false statement concerning the income of the elderly person for whom application for admission to a project under this part is made may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and (6) each common area intended to primarily serve the residents of such housing, including, but not limited to, a community room, laundry room or computer center, shall include, in at least one of the primary entrances to such area, doors that are automatically activated to provide access to persons with physical disabilities.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	8-116a

Statement of Purpose:

To allow residents of elderly housing to easily access common facilities and community rooms.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]