General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6132
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5061
*05061HB06132HSG*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6132
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5061
*05061HB06132HSG*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY POWER IN PUBLIC HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) Any public housing project consisting of not less than one hundred units for elderly persons shall install and maintain one or more emergency power generators capable of providing a minimum of four to twelve hours of sufficient electrical power to each unit for heating, water, lighting and any other critical mechanical equipment. For purposes of this section, "public housing project" means dwelling accommodations operated as a state subsidized housing project by a housing authority, nonprofit corporation or municipal developer, as defined in section 8-39 of the general statutes, pursuant to chapter 128 of the general statutes or by the Connecticut Housing Authority pursuant to chapter 129 of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide emergency backup electrical power in public housing for the elderly.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.; REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.; REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.; REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.; REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.
REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.; REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.; REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
H.B. 6132