Bill Text: CT HB05317 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Elderly Housing To Have An Automated, Handicapped-accessible Door To Common Facilities And Community Rooms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-03 - Public Hearing 02/07 [HB05317 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05317-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5317
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 3
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING ELDERLY HOUSING TO HAVE AN AUTOMATED, HANDICAPPED-ACCESSIBLE DOOR TO COMMON FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY ROOMS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require all elderly housing that receives funding from the Connecticut Housing Authority to have at least one automated, handicapped-accessible door providing access to the common facilities and community rooms located within such housing.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow handicapped residents of elderly housing to easily access common facilities and community rooms.