Connecticut § 8-208 - State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement.
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§ 8-208. State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement.
Sec. 8-208. State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement. The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance to initiate, expand or improve housing code enforcement programs to promote the preservation or rehabilitation of housing, in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of the cost of the program, as approved by the commissioner, for two years after execution of the state assistance agreement, one-half of such cost for an additional period not to exceed three years and thereafter one-third the cost of the program. To facilitate the effective enforcement of housing codes throughout the state, the commissioner may prepare a model State Housing Code. Any municipality may adopt such code by ordinance.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 11; P.A. 73-338; P.A. 75-368, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 291, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 11; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 73-338 placed three-year limit on additional aid for cost after initial two-year period and placed five-year limit on additional aid for programs under federal Housing Act of 1949; P.A. 75-368 added provision that code enforcement programs promote preservation and rehabilitation of housing, deleted provision placing five-year limit on aid from programs under federal Housing Act and provided for continuing aid after three-year limit expires for one-third of the program's cost; P.A. 77-614 gave contracting authority to commissioner of economic development, “commissioner” previously having referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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