Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06105 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6105
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1534
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
REP. O'BRIEN T., 24th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6105 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1534

Referred to Committee on Planning and Development 

Introduced by:

REP. O'BRIEN T., 24th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PERSONAL PROPERTY OF EVICTED TENANTS.

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

That section 47a-42 of the general statutes be amended to permit a landlord to take possession of a tenant's personal property after a court-ordered eviction and expiration of any stay of execution, and permit the landlord to store the tenant's personal property at the landlord's own place of storage rather than at the place of storage designated by the chief executive officer of the municipality, provided a state marshal itemizes and photographs the tenant's personal property prior to its being stored. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To permit a landlord to store an evicted tenant's property at the landlord's own place of storage rather than at the place of storage designated by the chief executive officer of the municipality, provided a state marshal itemizes and photographs the property prior to its being stored.