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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall use any paint on an interior surface of any tenement house, lodging house or boarding house as defined in chapter 368o 1 nor on or around the interior or exterior surface of any door, window, porch, stairway or railing of any such tenement house, lodging house or boarding house unless such paint conforms to the standards as required in accordance with the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended. 2
(b) No municipality, housing authority, redevelopment agency, community housing development corporation or other public authority shall use any paint on an interior surface of any building owned or being developed by it which serves as living quarters unless such paint conforms to the standards of the American National Standards Institute. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall promulgate standards not less restrictive than standards set by federal law in accordance with the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 21A. Consumer Protection § 21a-82. Use of paint in tenements and municipally-owned buildings - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-21a-consumer-protection/ct-gen-st-sect-21a-82/
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