Bill Text: CT SB00379 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 379 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Affordable Housing For Volunteer Firefighters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security [SB00379 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00379-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 379*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 1944

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that any municipality that has a volunteer fire company may establish a project to provide affordable housing, as defined in section 8-39a of the general statutes, for active members of a volunteer fire company who are in good standing and have volunteered for at least one year in the municipality.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish firefighter villages in order to facilitate the participation of members of volunteer fire departments in providing fire response services in a municipality.