Sec. 8-120. Area of operation.
Sec. 8-121a. Issuance of bonds. Hearings.
Sec. 8-123. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Housing.
Sec. 8-119zz. Connecticut Housing Authority established. Board members, appointment, term, procedure. (a) There is established the Connecticut Housing Authority, which shall be a body politic and corporate and shall constitute a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state created for the performance of an essential public and governmental function. The powers of the Connecticut Housing Authority shall be vested in and exercised by a board of directors, which shall consist of the Commissioner of Housing or his designee, the State Treasurer or his designee, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his designee and four members having training or experience in the fields of public housing, public finance or public administration, who shall be appointed by the Governor. Any vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed under section 4-7. The chairperson of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of both houses of the General Assembly. Action may only be taken by the authority by a majority vote of the members of the board of directors. The Connecticut Housing Authority shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state. The authority shall continue as long as it shall have bonds or other obligations outstanding and until its existence is terminated by law. Upon the termination of the existence of the authority, all rights and properties of the authority shall pass to and be vested in the state of Connecticut.
(b) The terms of the present members shall expire on September 30, 1989. On or before October 1, 1989, the Governor shall appoint members of the board of directors as provided in subsection (a) of this section as follows: One member shall serve a term of four years from said October first, one member shall serve a term of three years from said October first, one member shall serve a term of two years from said October first and one member shall serve a term of one year from said October first. Thereafter all members shall be appointed for a term of four years from October first in the year of their appointment.
(c) The board of directors may delegate to three or more of its members such board powers and duties as it may deem proper. At least one of such members shall not be a state employee.
(d) The board of directors of the authority shall adopt written procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, for: (1) Adopting an annual budget and plan of operations, including a requirement of board approval before the budget or plan may take effect; (2) hiring, dismissing, promoting and compensating employees of the authority, including an affirmative action policy and a requirement of board approval before a position may be created or a vacancy filled; (3) acquiring personal property and personal services, including a requirement of board approval for any nonbudgeted expenditure in excess of five thousand dollars; (4) contracting for financial, legal and other professional services, including a requirement that the authority solicit proposals at least once every three years for each such service which it uses; (5) issuing bonds for the purpose of refunding or refinancing existing debt of the authority as required by the terms of such existing debt and retiring bonds, bond anticipation notes and other obligations of the authority; and (6) the use of surplus funds to the extent authorized under this chapter or other provisions of the general statutes.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, except the provisions of section 8-42, it shall not constitute a conflict of interest for a trustee, director, partner or officer of any person, firm or corporation, or any individual having a financial interest in a person, firm or corporation, to serve as a member of the authority, provided such trustee, director, partner, officer or individual shall abstain from deliberation, action or vote by the authority in specific respect to such person, firm or corporation.
(P.A. 86-281, S. 1, 13; P.A. 88-225, S. 6, 14; 88-266, S. 1, 46; P.A. 89-126, S. 2; P.A. 94-56, S. 1, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 88-225 added new Subsec. specifying when a financial interest and membership on the authority do not constitute a conflict of interest; P.A. 88-266 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (a) to insert reference to governmental function, to establish a board of directors as governing body of the authority, to require chairperson to be appointed by governor with advice and consent of general assembly instead of requiring commissioner of housing to serve as chairman, provide that authority is not a department, institution or agency of state, and to add provisions re existence and termination of authority, and added Subsecs. re board member terms, delegation of board powers and duties and adoption of written procedures; P.A. 89-126 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the commissioner of housing or his designee shall serve as a member of the board of directors of the authority; P.A. 94-56 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting authority to acquire real property and underwrite bonds and award grants and limited authority to issue bonds, effective May 25, 1994; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; 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 in Subsec. (a), effective June 19, 2013.
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Sec. 8-120. Area of operation. The area of operation of the Connecticut Housing Authority in regard to housing shall include all of the state, provided said authority shall not, on and after May 25, 1994, initiate or acquire any additional housing projects in any municipality. If the Connecticut Housing Authority has on or before May 25, 1994, undertaken a housing project within a municipality for which a local housing authority is subsequently authorized to transact business and exercise its authority pursuant to chapter 128, the Connecticut Housing Authority may continue to operate any of the state's projects in such municipality theretofore completed and may complete and operate any of such projects theretofore initiated in such municipality, but shall initiate no additional projects in such municipality. The Connecticut Housing Authority may sell, lease or transfer management of any of the state's housing projects within such municipality to such local housing authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 962; 1963, P.A. 54, S. 8; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 75-260, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 83-339, S. 6, 9; P.A. 86-281, S. 3; P.A. 94-56, S. 2, 5.)
History: 1963 act substituted “initiate a housing project” for “exercise the powers set forth in subsection (a) of section 8-121” in the first sentence and eliminated requirement municipality or local authority have applied for federal funds, substituted same phrase in second sentence and eliminated after native requirement in Subdiv. (b) of that sentence that authority have contracted to sell its projects to the state; 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 75-260 empowered commissioner to initiate housing project under certain circumstances; 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. 83-339 inserted definition of “initiating a housing project” and provided that no resolution would be required for rehabilitation projects; P.A. 86-281 replaced commissioner of housing with Connecticut housing authority and amended reference to Sec. 8-121; P.A. 94-56 prohibited acquisition of projects after May 25, 1994, effective May 25, 1994.
See Sec. 8-82 re authority of Commissioner of Housing to purchase and sell units, to insure and make mortgage loans, etc. in name of state.
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Sec. 8-121. Connecticut Housing Authority a successor to housing authority powers of Commissioner of Housing. Powers of Connecticut Housing Authority. (a) The Connecticut Housing Authority shall, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39, constitute a successor to the functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Housing relating to the exercise by the Commissioner of Housing of the powers of a housing authority pursuant to chapter 128 and this chapter.
(b) The Connecticut Housing Authority shall have the same rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities and limitations as local housing authorities established pursuant to chapter 128, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes.
(c) Without limiting any other powers of the Connecticut Housing Authority, the authority shall have power: (1) To sell or lease, with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, and provide for the management of any of the state's housing projects upon terms and conditions which the authority deems appropriate, provided preference in the sale of a one-family or two-family dwelling unit in any such housing project, or any part thereof, or of shares in a cooperative or condominium association purchasing a project or part of a project, shall be given to buyers in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 8-76; and provided further that the sale of one or more multifamily dwelling units in any such housing project, or any part thereof, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 8-76. The proceeds of the sale of any such project, or part thereof, the cost of which was financed by notes or bonds issued or guaranteed by the state, or of any agency thereof, after payment of all necessary expenses incident to such sale, shall be applied so far as practicable to the redemption of all such outstanding notes or bonds. If such proceeds are more than sufficient to redeem all such outstanding notes and bonds, the balance remaining shall be deposited in the Housing Mortgage Fund designated pursuant to section 8-87; (2) to finance the sale of any of the state's housing projects pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, by a purchase money note providing for its complete amortization within a period not exceeding fifty years from its date, bearing interest at a rate to be set by the commissioner as provided in subsection (c) of section 8-76, but not below the minimum rate determined by the State Bond Commission and secured by a first mortgage on the premises purchased; (3) to do any and all acts or things necessary or appropriate to service purchase money notes and mortgages originated pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection, including entering into agreements with banks, mortgage service agencies and other institutions to service such notes and mortgages for service fees payable from collections of principal and interest on such notes, and upon default in the repayment of any such purchase money note, to acquire title to the premises mortgaged to secure the same in the name of the state by foreclosure or otherwise, and, upon acquisition by the state of title to any premises mortgaged to secure any such purchase money note, to dispose of the same for such price and upon such terms as the authority deems proper with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; (4) to receive and accept aid or contributions, including money, property, labor and other things of value, from any source; and (5) to invest any funds not needed for immediate use or disbursement, including any funds held in reserve, in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or the state of Connecticut and in other obligations which are legal investments for savings banks in this state.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, if the Connecticut Housing Authority is designated as the redevelopment agency of a municipality, pursuant to section 8-126, the Connecticut Housing Authority shall have all the rights, duties, privileges, immunities and limitations as redevelopment agencies established pursuant to chapter 130.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes, on and after May 25, 1994, the Connecticut Housing Authority shall not initiate or acquire any additional housing projects or provide financing, except refunding or refinancing of existing debt of the Connecticut Housing Authority if required by the terms of such existing debt, for any housing project through the issuance of bonds or otherwise, whether or not such housing project was initiated, acquired or financed by the Connecticut Housing Authority on or before May 25, 1994, except that the Connecticut Housing Authority may supplement or amend the terms of bonds issued or assumed by the Connecticut Housing Authority prior to May 25, 1994, and, in connection therewith, may give such notice and hold such public hearings as may be required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended. The Connecticut Housing Authority shall exercise the powers and authority granted pursuant to the general statutes only to (1) administer or otherwise transact with respect to housing projects initiated, acquired, or financed, including through the issuance or assumption of bonds or otherwise on or before May 25, 1994, and (2) complete and perform obligations of the Connecticut Housing Authority incurred prior to or existing on or before May 25, 1994, including obligations under any bonds issued or assumed by the authority before said date.
(1949 Rev., S. 963; 1963, P.A. 54, S. 9; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 288; P.A. 73-191, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 80-238, S. 2, 3; P.A. 81-436, S. 5, 6; P.A. 83-339, S. 7, 9; P.A. 86-281, S. 2; P.A. 88-266, S. 2, 46; P.A. 94-56, S. 3, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-180, S. 8, 166; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 5.)
History: 1963 act added phrase beginning “notwithstanding” to Subsec. (a); 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; 1969 act added Subsec. (b)(5) to (8) re selling, leasing and managing of projects; P.A. 73-191 amended Subsec. (b)(6) and (7) to distinguish between sales involving one or two-family units and sales involving cooperatives or condominium associations and made commissioner of community affairs responsible for setting interest rates within limitation that they not be lower than minimum set by bond commission; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of finance and control and, effective January 1, 1979, substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 80-238 amended Subsec. (a) to delete phrase “with respect to the management and disposition of state property” and added Subsec. (c); P.A. 81-436 added reference to purchases from the consolidated supply program to Subsec. (c); P.A. 83-339 added Subsec. (d) concerning designation of commissioner as redevelopment agency; P.A. 86-281 replaced commissioner of housing with Connecticut housing authority throughout section, added new Subsec. (a), making Connecticut housing authority successor to housing authority functions, powers and duties of commissioner, relettered existing Subsecs. (a) and (b) as (b) and (c), respectively, and, in new Subsec. (c), repealed Subdivs. (1) to (5), inclusive, re powers of commissioner re collection of information, studies and acceptance of federal funds, and renumbered remaining Subdivs. accordingly, and repealed previously existing Subsec. (c) re master contracts and waiver of bidding requirement and fiscal limits of Sec. 8-44; P.A. 88-266 added Subdivs. (4) and (5) to Subsec. (c), re receipt and acceptance of aid or contributions and investment of funds; P.A. 94-56 added Subsec. (e) prohibiting initiation or acquisition of projects or the provision of financing on and after May 25, 1994, effective May 25, 1994; 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. 96-180 amended Subsec. (c) by making technical changes, effective June 3, 1996; (Revisor's note: In 2003 a reference in Subsec. (a) to “chapters 128 and 129” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “chapter 128 and this chapter”); P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”, effective July 1, 2013.
See Sec. 8-57 re commissioner's power to contract with federal government for assistance.
See Sec. 8-68 re commissioner's authority to conduct housing research and studies.
See Sec. 8-82 re commissioner's authority to purchase and sell units, to insure and make mortgage loans, etc. in name of state.
See Sec. 8-244b, 8-244c, 8-244d re State Housing Authority, successor agency to Connecticut Housing Authority.
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Sec. 8-121a. Issuance of bonds. Hearings. Section 8-121a is repealed, effective May 25, 1994.
(P.A. 83-339, S. 8, 9; P.A. 86-281, S. 4; P.A. 89-211, S. 14; P.A. 94-56, S. 4, 5.)
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Sec. 8-122. Applicable laws. The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or inconsistent therewith, all provisions of law applicable to local housing authorities and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to the Connecticut Housing Authority and members of the board of directors of said authority; provided, for such purpose, the rights and duties granted to and imposed upon mayors, clerks and local housing authorities by chapter 128 are herein granted to and imposed upon the Governor, the Secretary of the State and the Connecticut Housing Authority, respectively. As used in this chapter “housing projects” means any projects developed or administered pursuant to chapter 128. Any bonds or other obligations issued by the state shall be issued pursuant to chapter 128.
(1949 Rev., S. 966; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 86-281, S. 5; P.A. 88-266, S. 3, 46.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; 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. 86-281 replaced commissioner of housing with Connecticut housing authority; P.A. 88-266 inserted reference to the board of directors.
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Sec. 8-123. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Housing. Section 8-123 is repealed.
(March, 1950, S. 481d; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 35.)
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