Section 8-219e - Financial assistance for the abatement of lead-based paint and asbestos. Regulations(a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with an eligible developer, as defined in section 8-39, a community housing development corporation, as defined in section 8-217, or any other person approved by the commissioner for state financial assistance in the form of a grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan for technical assistance and the abatement of lead-based paint, asbestos and asbestos-containing material from a residential dwelling unit. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due and payable but that payments on principal may be deferred to a time certain. Such grant-in-aid, loan or deferred loan, or combination thereof, shall not exceed the cost of such abatement, including expenses incurred in obtaining technical assistance for such abatement, and shall be awarded upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.(b) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations shall provide the terms and conditions of grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the eligibility and application requirements for such financial assistance. In determining such eligibility requirements, the commissioner shall consider establishing priorities for low and moderate income families and households having a child suffering from lead-paint poisoning.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-219e
(P.A. 87-541, S. 1-3; P.A. 92-166, S. 20, 31; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 6, 203; P.A. 95-22, S. 1, 2; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-173, S. 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 45; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
Amended by P.A. 13-0234, S. 2 of the the 2013 Regular Session, eff. 6/19/2013. Cited. 31 CA 359.