Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-208
The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance to initiate, expand or improve housing code enforcement programs to promote the preservation or rehabilitation of housing, in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of the cost of the program, as approved by the commissioner, for two years after execution of the state assistance agreement, one-half of such cost for an additional period not to exceed three years and thereafter one-third the cost of the program. To facilitate the effective enforcement of housing codes throughout the state, the commissioner may prepare a model State Housing Code. Any municipality may adopt such code by ordinance.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-208
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 11; P.A. 73-338; P.A. 75-368, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 291, 610; P.A. 79-598, S. 11; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.