Sec. 8-220a. Municipal powers re: Social and supplementary services and projected rehabilitation and improvement programs under Sec. 8-44a; redevelopment and urban renewal under Sec. 8-154a; housing c
Sec. 8-220a. Municipal powers re: Social and supplementary services and projected rehabilitation and improvement programs under Sec. 8-44a; redevelopment
and urban renewal under Sec. 8-154a; housing code enforcement programs under
Sec. 8-208; demolition of unsafe structures and urban beautification under Sec. 8-209; housing for low and moderate income persons or families under Sec. 8-216;
community housing development corporations under Sec. 8-218; municipal plans
of development under Sec. 8-220; and rent receivership programs under Sec. 47a-56j. Administration. Joint action. Combining contracts. Limitation on aid. Regulations. (a) In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law,
any municipality or any two or more municipalities acting jointly may request, contract
for, receive and expend state financial assistance as authorized for a municipality by
sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j for any of the
purposes specified therein and may initiate and carry out any of the programs, projects,
functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized for a municipality
therein and do all things necessary to secure such state financial assistance and carry
out such programs, projects, functions or activities.
(b) The chief executive officer of any municipality with the approval of the governing body thereof may designate any agency, department, board or commission thereof,
or housing authority to administer any of the programs, projects, functions or activities
for which state financial assistance is authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j where such authority and responsibility for such
administration is not otherwise provided for. In addition to and without limiting any
other powers granted under any law, such agency, department, board or commission or
housing authority may administer and carry out any such programs, projects, functions
or activities and do all things necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including
contracting with the state and the United States, private organizations or professional
consultants, or with any one or more of them, for the purposes of this chapter and said
sections.
(c) Any action authorized by sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209, 8-216, 8-218,
8-220 and 47a-56j to be taken by a municipality, or any agency, department, board or
commission thereof, or any housing authority may be taken jointly by, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may enter into any contract authorized by this chapter and said sections with any two or more such municipalities or
agencies, departments, boards or commissions thereof, or housing authorities.
(d) Any municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or
any housing authority may request, and the commissioner may provide or require, that
contracts for two or more programs, projects or activities under this chapter and said
sections may be combined in one contract.
(e) In each fiscal year no municipality may receive more than fifteen per cent of
the amount authorized for the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-114a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209,
8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j provided, if any portion of such authorized amount is
not committed at the end of the first six months of the fiscal year, by virtue of an executed
assistance agreement or a reservation of state funds approved by the Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development, the commissioner may allocate such portion
without regard to such limitation.
(f) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make and
enforce regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 8-44a, 8-154a, 8-208, 8-209,
8-216, 8-218, 8-220 and 47a-56j and to determine the allocation of the state financial
assistance authorized in said sections among the municipalities of the state on the basis
of their respective needs.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 603-605, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 20; P.A. 88-280, S. 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 79-598 replaced "8-154f" with "8-154a" throughout section, substituted commissioner of housing for
commissioner of economic development throughout section and in Subsec. (b) substituted "commission" for "commissioner"; P.A. 88-280 deleted references to repealed Sec. 8-214; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and
Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.