(a) Construction of any facility or, if the construction of the facility is to be completed in stages, construction of any stage of the facility shall not begin until (1) fifty per cent of all the living units within the planned facility, or fifty per cent of any designated part or parts thereof determined by the commissioner have been presold, (2) a minimum deposit of ten thousand dollars per unit for all presold units has been received by the provider, and (3) the thirty-day rescission period set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 17b-523 has expired.
(b) A provider shall give a resident, individually or through a residents council, not less than one hundred twenty days' advance written notice of any major construction, modification, renovation or expansion project. Such notice shall include, but not be limited to, (1) a project schedule and areas to be impacted, (2) funding needed for the project, (3) financing plans, (4) the expected amount of debt to be incurred, and (5) projected income from the project. If the provider plans to use any incurred debt to fund a project at a location other than the facility, the provider shall hold at least one meeting with residents to discuss the project and advise residents in writing of any impact on the resident's monthly service fee. The notice provisions in this section shall not apply to immediate renovation or construction necessary to address a public safety or health issue or issue related to a natural disaster, provided reasonable written notice of such project is provided to the residents council or to each resident.
(P.A. 86-252, S. 7, 17; P.A. 90-159, S. 4; P.A. 15-115, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 90-159 replaced prior provisions with Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c) re preconstruction requirements incorporating requirements for facilities to be completed in stages; Sec. 17-541 transferred to Sec. 17a-366 in 1991; Sec. 17a-366 transferred to Sec. 17b-526 in 1995; P.A. 15-115 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions re financial feasibility and deposit of 5 per cent of entrance fee, deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re documentation of financial feasibility, and added new Subsec. (b) re project notice.
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