For the purposes of sections 16a-40a to 16a-40c, inclusive, and this section:

1. (a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing;
2. (b) “Alternative energy device” means a wood-burning stove for space heating and any system or mechanism which uses wood, solar radiation, wind, water or geothermal resources as a source for space heating, water heating, cooling or generation of electrical energy. Such alternative energy device may be a new source or system, a replacement of an existing source or system or a supplement to an existing source or system; and
3. (c) “Residential structure” means any building in which at least two-thirds of the usable square footage is used for dwelling purposes.

(P.A. 79-509, S. 1, 5; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-10, S. 1, 4; P.A. 82-369, S. 5, 28; P.A. 83-427, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-10 replaced commissioner of economic development with commissioner of housing and redefined “alternative energy device” to include devices using wood and to clarify fact that device may be new, replacement or supplemental source or system; P.A. 82-369 eliminated definition of “residential dwelling”, relettered former Subdiv. (c) as Subdiv. (b) and made technical corrections; P.A. 83-427 added Subdiv. (c), defining “residential structure”; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing in Subdiv. (a), effective June 19, 2013.