Section 8-37ww - Demonstration program for energy-efficient and environmentally safe housing(a) As used in this section, "eligible building" means a two to six-family building that was built prior to 1950 and has wooden windows, and "commissioner" means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.(b) The commissioner may establish a demonstration program in one or more municipalities to promote energy efficiency and environmentally safe housing by providing matching grants to owners of eligible buildings to repair or replace wooden windows in such buildings. Such demonstration program may be funded from moneys allocated to the program established by section 8-37pp or from any moneys available to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development from other sources. Of the first three municipalities in which such demonstration program is established, at least two shall have a population of one hundred thousand or more and at least one shall have a population of less than one hundred thousand. No such grant shall exceed one hundred dollars for each window to be repaired or replaced. The commissioner may contract with one or more entities to operate the program.(c) The demonstration program shall end on June 30, 2008. On or before February 1, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing as to the number of eligible buildings for which assistance was provided, the costs involved, the effectiveness of the demonstration program and the commissioner's recommendation as to whether the demonstration program should be expanded and made permanent.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-37ww
( May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 18; P.A. 05-132, S. 1; P.A. 06-93, S. 21.)