(a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may enter into a contract with a municipality with a population of fifty thousand or less as shown in the most recent federal decennial census, for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of the cost of developing or updating municipal plans of development. The secretary shall assure that any planning performed by any municipality with state financial assistance under this section shall be adequate to meet the standards and criteria of the federal Urban Planning Assistance Program administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and such other federal planning criteria for such other federal programs as may be appropriate. No state financial assistance shall be made under this section unless federal funds for the purposes described herein are not available, as determined by the secretary, at the time of application for such state financial assistance; provided, if federal funds subsequently become available for the same purpose for which state financial assistance had been granted, the municipality shall repay the secretary from such federal funds an amount equal to such state financial assistance, if, under federal law, such federal funds may be so used, or the secretary may apply to the United States for and accept such funds as reimbursement for such state financial assistance.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing may in his discretion make advances of funds to any municipality, housing authority or human resource development agency as defined in section 17b-852 for up to seventy-five per cent of the costs, as approved by the commissioner, of surveys and planning in preparation of any project, program or activity for which state financial assistance is provided under this chapter and sections 8-44a, 8-154a and 47a-56j and the contracts for such advances of funds shall require that such advances shall be credited against any subsequent grants-in-aid of such project, program or activity, or shall be repaid to the state if funds for the purposes of this subsection are received from a source other than the state.

(c) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a housing authority or two or more housing authorities acting jointly for technical assistance and financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid not to exceed two-thirds of the cost of conducting housing surveys and research as approved by the commissioner and as authorized in chapter 128.

(1967, P.A. 522, S. 25; 1969, P.A. 415; P.A. 77-614, S. 298, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 19; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (b) to require approval of community development action plan agency before advancement of funds made, allowed advances to housing authorities and human resource development agencies as well as municipalities; P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of economic development, previously “commissioner” referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-598 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of economic development in Subsec. (a) and commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development in Subsec. (b); 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, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.

See chapter 50 re Office of Policy and Management.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.