Funds borrowed by an authority, municipal developer or nonprofit corporation, or a partnership which includes a housing authority, municipal developer or nonprofit corporation, to pay for options on sites, engineering and architectural services and other preliminary expenses incident to the construction of a low income rental housing project under the provisions of sections 8-119bb to 8-119jj, inclusive, may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Housing, be included as part of the cost of such project to be financed by the issuance of notes and bonds guaranteed by the state pursuant to the provisions of sections 8-119dd and 8-119ee. As used in this section, preliminary expenses include the complete cost of purchase of land.

(P.A. 86-362, S. 5, 10; P.A. 87-436, S. 12, 23; P.A. 88-180, S. 3, 6; P.A. 90-257, S. 7, 17; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 87-436 added reference to municipal developers; P.A. 88-180 added provisions re funds borrowed by certain housing partnerships; P.A. 90-257 added provision including the complete cost of the purchase of land as a preliminary expense; 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.