Sec. 17a-283a. Moratorium on sale, lease or transfer of state property used for residential purposes by persons with mental retardation or psychiatric disabilities.
Sec. 17a-283a. Moratorium on sale, lease or transfer of state property used
for residential purposes by persons with mental retardation or psychiatric disabilities. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes concerning the sale, lease
or transfer of real property by or on behalf of the state, during the period commencing
on July 1, 2007, and ending on June 30, 2009, no state-owned real property that is being
used for residential purposes by persons with mental retardation may be sold, leased or
transferred by or on behalf of the state. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply
to any agreement for the sale, lease or transfer of any state-owned property entered into
before June 2, 2005.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall only apply to any state-operated community-based residential facility, boarding house, group home or halfway house meeting the
criteria set forth in subsection (a) of this section and occupied by persons with mental
retardation, persons with psychiatric disabilities, alcohol-dependent persons or drug-dependent persons.
(P.A. 01-154, S. 1, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 52, 58; P.A. 05-70, S. 1; P.A. 07-238, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 01-154 effective July 6, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 amended Subsec. (a) by adding exception for
transfers to the Department of Mental Retardation or the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for purposes
of section, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-70 amended Subsec. (a) to extend prohibition on sale, lease or transfer of state-owned property used for residential purposes for persons with mental retardation to June 30, 2007, to eliminate same
prohibition for residences for persons with psychiatric disabilities, to eliminate prior exceptions to prohibition and to
exclude agreements entered into before June 2, 2005, from provisions of subsection, effective June 2, 2005; P.A. 07-238
amended Subsec. (a) to extend prohibition on sale, lease or transfer of state-owned real property used for residential
purposes by persons with mental retardation, effective July 11, 2007.