Connecticut § 8-284 - Definitions.
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§ 8-284. Definitions.
Sec. 8-284. Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Eligible family or person” means a family or person who lacks the amount of income necessary, to purchase safe and adequate housing without special financial assistance;
(b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing;
(c) “Authority” means the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority; and
(d) “Department” means the Department of Housing.
(P.A. 77-612, S. 2; 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 26, 42; 95-309, S. 5, 11, 12; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 substituted Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for Commissioner of Housing and added definition of “authority” and “department”; P.A. 95-309 made a technical change in definition of “department” and changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing and Department of Housing, respectively, effective June 19, 2013.
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