Chapter 128

CHAPTER 128 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING:
MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROJECTS

Sec. 8-71. Payments in lieu of taxes, assessments and use charges. Municipal waiver of payment. Exception.

Sec. 8-119f. Program design and oversight.

PART II

MODERATE RENTAL HOUSING

Sec. 8-71. Payments in lieu of taxes, assessments and use charges. Municipal waiver of payment. Exception. (a) In lieu of real property taxes, special benefit assessments and sewerage system use charges otherwise payable to such municipality, except in such municipalities as, by special act or charter, on May 20, 1957, had a sewer use charge, an authority shall pay each year to the municipality in which any of its moderate rental housing projects are located a sum to be determined by the municipality, with the approval of the Commissioner of Housing, not in excess of twelve and one-half per cent of the shelter rent per annum for each occupied dwelling unit in any such housing project; except that the amount of such payment shall not be so limited in any case where funds are made available for such payment by an agency or department of the United States government, but no payment shall exceed the amount of taxes which would be paid on the property were the property not exempt from taxation.

(b) Each municipality that received a grant-in-aid pursuant to section 8-216 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, shall waive any payment that becomes payable, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, during any fiscal year in which no grant-in-aid for such amount is made, pursuant to section 8-216, except that no waiver shall be required in any case where funds are made available for such payment by an agency or department of the United States government.

(1949 Rev., S. 951; 1949, S. 446d; 1957, P.A. 395, S. 3; 1963, P.A. 232; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 76-67, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 93-309, S. 14, 29; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-93, S. 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 207; P.A. 19-117, S. 69.)

History: 1963 act changed maximum to be paid from a sum not in excess of 10% of the shelter rent per annum to a sum not in excess of 12.5%; 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 76-67 added exception to 12.5% limit in cases where federal funds available and provided that no payment exceed amount of taxes due were property not tax-exempt; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 93-309 added provision requiring payments be made for rental or quasi-ownership units of housing development receiving financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 removed references to repealed section; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 designated existing provisions re payment to municipality for each occupied dwelling unit in housing project as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re municipal waiver of payment and exception, effective June 2, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “June 30, 2018” with “June 30, 2019”, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (b) to add “during any fiscal year in which no grant-in-aid for such amount is made, pursuant to section 8-216,”, delete reference to period commencing June 2, 2016 and ending June 30, 2019, and make technical and conforming changes.

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PART VII

CONGREGATE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

Sec. 8-119f. Program design and oversight. The Commissioner of Housing shall design, implement, operate and monitor a program of congregate housing. For the purpose of this program, the Commissioner of Housing shall consult with the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services for the provision of services for persons with physical disabilities in order to comply with the requirements of section 29-271.

(P.A. 77-582, S. 3, 10; 77-614, S. 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 85, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 85-444, S. 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-94, S. 6; P.A. 13-125, S. 2; 13-234, S. 26; P.A. 17-202, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 281; P.A. 18-169, S. 7; P.A. 19-157, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 85-444 made commissioner of housing only, instead of both commissioner of housing and commissioner on aging, responsible for program, required commissioner of housing to consult with commissioner on aging for provision of services for physically disabled and required report every even-numbered year to general assembly; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner of social services for commissioner on aging, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 99-94 deleted requirement of submission of a biennial report on congregate housing; P.A. 13-125 replaced references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development with references to Commissioner of Housing and added reference to Commissioner on Aging, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” and substituted “Commissioner on Aging” for “Commissioner of Social Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-202 replaced “the physically disabled” with “persons with physical disabilities”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “Commissioner on Aging” with “Commissioner of Social Services”, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-169 replaced “Commissioner of Social Services” with “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services”, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” with “Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services”.