Connecticut 2018 2018 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05137 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/14/2018

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5137
February Session, 2018  LCO No. 749
 *00749*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5137 

February Session, 2018

LCO No. 749

*00749*

Referred to Committee on HOUSING 

Introduced by:

REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENTER'S REBATE PROGRAM.

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

That section 12-170f of the general statutes be amended to (1) eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management withhold or reduce state financial assistance provided to a municipality in an amount equal to fifty per cent of any grant payments made to renters in such municipality under the renter's rebate program, or, in the alternative, (2) require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to withhold or reduce state financial assistance from each municipality in this state, including municipalities in which no renter received a grant payment under the renter's rebate program.

Statement of Purpose: 

To eliminate the requirement that the Office of Policy and Management withhold or reduce state financial assistance provided to municipalities whose renters received grant payments under the renter's rebate program, or, in the alternative, require the Office of Policy and Management to withhold or reduce such state financial assistance from each municipality in this state.