General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 564
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3123
*03123*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. REP. PAOLILLO, 97th Dist. SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 564
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3123
*03123*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
REP. PAOLILLO, 97th Dist.
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.
REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING EMERGENCY GENERATORS IN CERTAIN HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require owners of housing complexes with more than one hundred units and a high proportion of elderly residents to install emergency generators for power outages.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect vulnerable senior citizens from being displaced or needing daily emergency services for health needs during power outages.