(a) In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, any municipality or any two or more municipalities acting jointly may request, contract for, receive and expend state financial assistance as authorized for a municipality by sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853, for any of the purposes specified therein may initiate and carry out any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized for a municipality therein and do all things necessary to secure such state financial assistance and carry out such programs, projects, functions or activities.

(b) The chief executive officer of any municipality with the approval of the governing body thereof may designate any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or human resource development agency as defined in subsection (2)(b) of section 17b-852 to administer any of the programs, projects, functions or activities for which state financial assistance is authorized by sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853, where such authority and responsibility for such administration is not otherwise provided for. In addition to and without limiting any other powers granted under any law, such agency, department, board or commission, or human resource development agency may administer and carry out any such programs, projects, functions or activities and do all things necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including contracting with the state and the United States, private organizations or professional consultants, or with any one or more of them, for the purposes of this chapter and said sections.

(c) Any action authorized by sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853, to be taken by a municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or human resource development agency may be taken jointly by, and the Commissioner of Social Services may enter into any contract authorized by said sections with, any two or more such municipalities or agencies, departments, boards or commissions thereof, or human resource development agencies.

(d) Any municipality, or any agency, department, board or commission thereof, or human resource development agency as defined in subsection (2)(b) of section 17b-852, may request, and the commissioner may provide or require, that contracts for two or more programs, projects or activities under this chapter and said sections may be combined in one contract.

(e) In each fiscal year no municipality may receive more than fifteen per cent of the amount authorized for the purposes of sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853; provided, if any portion of such authorized amount is not committed at the end of the first six months of the fiscal year, by virtue of an executed assistance agreement or a reservation of state funds approved by the Commissioner of Social Services, the commissioner may allocate such portion without regard to such limitation.

(f) The Commissioner of Social Services may make and enforce regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 8-210, 17b-752 and 17b-853; and to determine the allocation of the state financial assistance authorized in said sections among the municipalities of the state on the basis of their respective needs.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 600–602, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993.