General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6479
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3478
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6479
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3478
*03478_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY DAMAGES IN A SMALL CLAIMS ACTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 51-15 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(d) The procedure for the hearing and determination of small claims as the same may be prescribed, from time to time, by the judges of the Superior Court shall be used in all small claims sessions of the court. The small claims procedure shall be applicable to all actions, except actions of libel and slander, claiming money damages not in excess of [five] ten thousand dollars, and to no other actions. If an action is brought in the small claims session by a tenant pursuant to subsection (g) of section 47a-21 to reclaim any part of a security deposit which may be due, the judicial authority hearing the action may award to the tenant the damages authorized by subsection (d) of said section and, if authorized by the rental agreement or any provision of the general statutes, costs, notwithstanding that the amount of such damages and costs, in the aggregate, exceeds the jurisdictional monetary limit established by this subsection. If a motion is filed to transfer a small claims matter to the regular docket in the court, the moving party shall pay the fee prescribed [by] in section 52-259. The Attorney General or an assistant attorney general, or the head of any state agency or his or her authorized representative, while acting in his or her official capacity shall not be required to pay any small claims court fee. There shall be no charge for copies of service on defendants in small claims matters.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 51-15(d)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
51-15(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the maximum amount of money damages in a small claims action from five thousand dollars to ten thousand dollars.
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