General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6474
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3191
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6474
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3191
*_____HB06474HSG___031313____*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HOUSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-42 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) No commissioner or [an] executive or managerial employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If any commissioner or executive or managerial employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, he shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office. Occupancy of a dwelling unit owned by the housing authority or enrolled in a program of housing authority assistance to low-income families in private accommodations shall not be deemed an interest in any project or in a contract for materials or services or in property included in any project for the purposes of this section.
(b) No person who has served as a commissioner of an authority shall be employed by such authority for a period of two years after leaving office. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a commissioner who has served for more than twenty years for a housing authority which does not have an executive director.
Sec. 2. Section 8-45a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
A housing authority, as defined in subsection (b) of section 8-39, in determining eligibility for the rental of public housing units, may establish criteria and consider relevant information concerning (1) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's history of criminal activity involving: (A) Crimes of physical violence to persons or property, (B) crimes involving the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or use of, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, use or distribute, a controlled substance, as defined in section 21a-240, or (C) other criminal acts [which] that would adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of other tenants, (2) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of abuse, of alcohol when the housing authority has reasonable cause to believe that such applicant's or proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of abuse, of alcohol may interfere with the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents, and (3) an applicant or any proposed occupant who is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under section 54-252 on account of being convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a sexually violent offense. In evaluating any such information, the housing authority shall give consideration to the time, nature and extent of the applicant's or proposed occupant's conduct and to factors [which] that might indicate a reasonable probability of favorable future conduct such as evidence of rehabilitation and evidence of the willingness of the applicant, the applicant's family or the proposed occupant to participate in social service or other appropriate counseling programs and the availability of such programs.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 8-42
Sec. 2 October 1, 2013 8-45a
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
8-42
Sec. 2
October 1, 2013
8-45a
HSG Joint Favorable
HSG
Joint Favorable