2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 834 - Court Proceedings on Housing Matters
Section 47a-71a - Connecticut Advisory Council on Housing Matters.

There is hereby created the Connecticut Advisory Council on Housing Matters consisting of eighteen members. The members of the advisory council shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years, from July first of the year of their appointment. The advisory council shall consist of representatives of tenants, landlords, and others concerned with housing and shall reflect a balance of the interests of tenants and landlords. The members of the advisory council shall elect their own chairperson. Five members shall be residents of the judicial districts of Hartford or New Britain; five members shall be residents of the judicial districts of New Haven, Waterbury or Ansonia-Milford; five members shall be residents of the judicial districts of Fairfield or Stamford-Norwalk; and three members shall be residents of the judicial districts of Danbury, Litchfield, Middlesex, New London, Tolland or Windham. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office. Any vacancy in the membership of the advisory council shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.

(P.A. 83-497, S. 2; P.A. 87-249; P.A. 88-230, S. 5, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P. A. 93-142, S. 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 13-299, S. 35; P.A. 14-4, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 87-249 increased membership from 27 to 36 persons, established residency requirement for the 9 additional members and added attendance requirement for all members; P.A. 88-230 replaced requirement that nine members be residents of “the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with requirement that they be residents of the “judicial districts of Hartford or New Britain” to reflect the division of the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain into two separate judicial districts, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 13-299 replaced provisions re Citizens Advisory Council for Housing Matters with provisions re Advisory Council to the Superior Court Housing Session, decreased membership from 36 to 12 members, added provision re term to commence July first of the year of appointment, decreased number of members from each judicial district from 9 to 3, added provision re vacancies to be filled by Governor for unexpired portion of term, and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-4 replaced reference to Advisory Council to the Superior Court Housing Session with reference to Connecticut Advisory Council on Housing Matters, increased membership from 12 to 18 members, increased number of members from 3 of the judicial districts from 3 to 5, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014.