Senate Bill No. 191
Public Act No. 12-8
AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-119ll of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Annually, the Department of Economic and Community Development in consultation with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall conduct a comprehensive assessment of current and future needs for rental assistance under section 8-119kk for housing projects for the state's elderly and disabled. Not later than April 1, 2006, the results of the first such analysis shall be presented to the [select] joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, in accordance with section 11-4a. Any analyses submitted after April 1, 2006, shall be incorporated into the report required pursuant to section 32-1m.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 8-265h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) An advisory panel shall be established to perform the functions described in subsection (b) of this section consisting of eight members to be selected as follows: Two members shall be appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be an executive director of a nonprofit corporation which provides housing in this state and one of whom shall be a realtor; four members shall be appointed by the cochairpersons of the [select] joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, two of whom may be the cochairpersons of said committee and two of whom may be members of the General Assembly and two members shall be appointed by the ranking member of the House of Representatives of the [select] joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing. Each member of the panel shall serve for a term which is coterminous with the term of his appointing authority. A vacancy shall be filled by the original appointing authority for the balance of the unexpired term.
Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 8-336q of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) There shall be a Housing Trust Fund Program Advisory Committee. Said committee shall meet at least semiannually and shall advise the commissioner on (1) the administration, management and objectives of the Housing Trust Fund program; and (2) the development of regulations, procedures and rating criteria for the program. The committee shall be appointed by the commissioner, in consultation with the Treasurer and the secretary and shall include the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development, and the [select] joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing and representatives from each of the following: (A) The nonprofit housing development community; (B) the for-profit housing development community; (C) a housing authority; (D) a community development financial institution; (E) the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority; (F) a state-wide housing organization; (G) an elected or appointed official of a municipality with a population of less than fifty thousand; (H) an elected or appointed official of a municipality with a population between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand; (I) an elected or appointed official of a municipality with a population in excess of one hundred thousand; and (J) the employers of the state, which may be satisfied by the appointment of a representative from a state business and industry association or regional chambers of commerce.