SB 284

General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 284
  February Session, 2026  LCO No. 1616
 Referred to Committee on AGING
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 AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY POWER GENERATOR
 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
 PROJECTS.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Section 29-453a of the general statutes is repealed and the
2     following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
3(a) Any privately owned multifamily housing project, within a
4     municipality with a population of at least one hundred thirty thousand
5     but less than one hundred [thirty-five] forty thousand, shall install and
6     maintain one or more emergency power generators capable of
7     providing a minimum of four to twelve hours of sufficient electrical
8     power to (1) each unit for heating, water, lighting and critical medical
9     equipment, and (2) each passenger elevator.
10      (b) For purposes of this section, "privately owned multifamily
11    housing project" means real property that (1) consists of, or
12    encompasses, a building not less than fifteen stories in height that
13    contains dwelling units whose occupancy is restricted by age, and (2) is
14    subject, in whole or in part, to a mortgage insured under the National
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15 Housing Act, 12 USC 1701 et seq.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1      October 1, 2026  29-453a
 AGE  Joint Favorable
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