Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings
Section 47a-56j. (Formerly Sec. 19-347i). - State financial assistance for rent receivership programs.

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 in an amount determined by the commissioner for a rent receivership program undertaken pursuant to sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i, inclusive. Such contract shall provide for financial assistance in the form of a state advance-in-aid to initiate and operate a tenement house operating fund pursuant to said section 47a-56i for the purposes authorized in said sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i, inclusive. Such advance-in-aid shall be repayable solely from funds received by the receiver or the municipality pursuant to said sections at such times and in such manner as the commissioner may determine.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 23; P.A. 77-614, S. 607, 610; P.A. 79-571, S. 92; 79-598, S. 24; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of community affairs with commissioner of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-571 added reference to new sections which became Secs. 47a-56b and 47a-56c; P.A. 79-598 replaced commissioner of economic development with commissioner of housing; Sec. 19-347i transferred to Sec. 47a-56j in 1981 and references to other transferred sections within provisions revised to reflect their transfer; 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. 8-220(c) re state grants-in-aid for cost of housing surveys, planning and research.
See Sec. 8-220a re municipal powers with respect to rent receivership programs.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant

Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings

Section 47a-50. - Definitions.

Section 47a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-343). - Sanitary regulations.

Section 47a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-88). - Abatement of conditions in rented dwelling other than tenement house constituting danger to life or health.

Section 47a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-344). - Orders of enforcement agency. Municipal lien for expenses in executing order.

Section 47a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-345). - Communicable diseases; unfit for habitation; order to vacate.

Section 47a-54a. (Formerly Sec. 19-346). - Overcrowding in tenement and lodging houses.

Section 47a-54b. - Water in tenement and lodging houses.

Section 47a-54c. - Toilets and bathrooms.

Section 47a-54d. - Public halls.

Section 47a-54e. - Bedrooms.

Section 47a-54f. - Paint.

Section 47a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-347). - Enforcement. Penalties.

Section 47a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-347a). - Passage of ordinance for abatement of nuisances. Appointment of authority.

Section 47a-56a. (Formerly Sec. 19-347b). - Appointment of receiver of rents: Application.

Section 47a-56b. - Appointment of receiver of rents: Service.

Section 47a-56c. - Appointment of receiver of rents: Determination by court.

Section 47a-56d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347c). - Receiver: Bond required. Powers and duties.

Section 47a-56e. (Formerly Sec. 19-347d). - Liability of owner.

Section 47a-56f. (Formerly Sec. 19-347e). - Payment of expenses. Liability of receiver. Assistance of municipal personnel. Costs and attorney's fees.

Section 47a-56g. (Formerly Sec. 19-347f). - Discharge of receiver.

Section 47a-56h. (Formerly Sec. 19-347g). - Rights of mortgagee or lienor remedying nuisance and paying expenses.

Section 47a-56i. (Formerly Sec. 19-347h). - Housing Receivership Revolving Fund. Source of funds for expenses of a receiver in remedying certain tenement conditions.

Section 47a-56j. (Formerly Sec. 19-347i). - State financial assistance for rent receivership programs.

Section 47a-56k. - Authorization of state bonds for purposes of the Housing Receivership Revolving Fund.

Section 47a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-347r). - Certificate of occupancy required for lawful occupation. Penalty for allowing occupancy without certificate.

Section 47a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-347s). - Notice of violation. Penalty. Injunctive relief. Municipal lien for unpaid penalty.

Section 47a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-347t). - Enforcement actions. Defenses.

Section 47a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-347u). - Stay of penalty. Violation contested by owner.

Section 47a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-347v). - Precedence in trial order.