LCO No. 3712 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 808 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3712 Referred to Committee on HOUSING Introduced by: (HSG) AN ACT CONCERNING WO RKFORCE HOUSING. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Housing shall, 1 within available appropriations, conduct a study on methods to 2 increase housing options for municipal employees who wish to reside 3 in the municipalities in which they work. Not later than January 1, 4 2020, the Commissioner of Housing shall submit a report on the results 5 of such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 6 general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 7 Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing. Such 8 report shall include recommendations on methods to increase such 9 housing options and any legislation necessary to implement such 10 recommendations. 11 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Raised Bill No. 808 LCO No. 3712 2 of 2 Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Housing to conduct a study of methods to increase housing options for municipal employees. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]