Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05733 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5733
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1010 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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1414 REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT REQUIRING THE PAYMENT OF DISPUTED RENT
1919 PAYMENTS TO A COURT REGISTRY.
2020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2121 Assembly convened:
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2323 That section 47a-26b of the general statutes be amended to: (1) 1
2424 Allow a court to make an initial determination as to the amount of 2
2525 disputed rent payments that a tenant is required to make to a court 3
2626 registry, and (2) permit a landlord, upon demonstrating to the court 4
2727 that he or she is in actual danger of loss of the rental premises or 5
2828 suffering other hardship resulting from the loss of rental income, to 6
2929 seek full or partial disbursement of the disputed rent payments paid to 7
3030 the court registry. 8
3131 Statement of Purpose:
3232 To require that disputed rent payments in a landlord-tenant action be
3333 deposited with a court registry and to permit the court to disburse
3434 such payments, in whole or in part, to the landlord when the landlord
3535 demonstrates to the court that a hardship has been created as a result
3636 of the loss of rental income.