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.