Sec. 8-169l. Discretionary funds. Planning advances.
Sec. 8-169l. Discretionary funds. Planning advances. (a) The state, acting by
the commissioner, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance in order to assist such municipality to apply for discretionary funds provided under
Title I of said Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time
amended. Such contract may provide advances in an amount not in excess of that amount
which the commissioner deems sufficient for the preparation of plans and surveys specifically required by the United States government for application under said Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, and for the
preparation of any other application for federal financial assistance. Such contract may
be entered into only if, in the discretion of the commissioner, sufficient funds or noncash
assistance for the purpose of this section are not otherwise readily available.
(b) Advances provided pursuant to this section shall be repayable to the state out
of the grants received by it under said Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 as a result of an application assisted under this section or out of grants-in-aid
provided by the state pursuant to this section. The commissioner may, at his discretion,
forego recovery of an advance under this section if no federal funds are obtained as a
result of it by the municipality.
(c) The commissioner may set up a revolving fund for planning advances to be
provided pursuant to this section. Such fund shall consist of any General Fund appropriations, bond authorizations, grants of federal funds, or grants from any other source
received for the purpose of this section as well as any advances recovered pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section.
(P.A. 75-443, S. 12, 15; P.A. 78-373, S. 6; P.A. 88-280, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 78-373 made provisions applicable to any municipality not just to "nonentitlement" municipalities and
added phrase "as from time to time amended" to references to "Housing and Community Development Act of 1974"; P.A.
88-280 made technical change in Subsec. (b), deleting reference to repealed Sec. 8-169k.