Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05840 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 1709   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5840  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 1709 
 
 
Referred to Committee on HOUSING  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING AUTHORITY JURISDICTION. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That section 8-40 of the general statutes be amended to permit a 1 
housing authority to expand its area of operation to include high and 2 
very high opportunity census tracts, as determined by the Department 3 
of Housing pursuant to section 8-348 of the general statutes, provided 4 
part of any such census tract is located within thirty miles of the 5 
housing authority's area of operation. 6 
Statement of Purpose:   
To allow a housing authority to expand its jurisdiction to include high 
and very high opportunity areas.