Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05892 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5892
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 848
Referred to Committee on Housing
Introduced by:
REP. GIULIANO, 23rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5892 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 848

Referred to Committee on Housing 

Introduced by:

REP. GIULIANO, 23rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING INTEREST ON SECURITY DEPOSITS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 47a-21 of the general statutes be amended to repeal the requirement that landlords pay one and one-half per cent interest on security deposits and to instead provide that such interest shall be at a rate equal to the standard savings interest rate for banks in the state.

Statement of Purpose: 

To bring the interest rate on security deposits in line with current interest rates.