Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05317 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/06/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5317
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 3
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5317 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 3

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Referred to Committee on HOUSING 

Introduced by:

REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING ELDERLY HOUSING TO HAVE AN AUTOMATED, HANDICAPPED-ACCESSIBLE DOOR TO COMMON FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY ROOMS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require all elderly housing that receives funding from the Connecticut Housing Authority to have at least one automated, handicapped-accessible door providing access to the common facilities and community rooms located within such housing.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow handicapped residents of elderly housing to easily access common facilities and community rooms.