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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6040
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6313
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE INSPECTION OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS BY A HOME INSPECTOR AND AN ENG INEER PRIOR TO
THE TRANSFER OF TITLE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) On and after January 1, 2020, 1
any owner of a residential building, as defined in section 8-440 of the 2
general statutes, located in a municipality in which one or more 3
residential buildings have been reassessed pursuant to section 29-265d 4
of the general statutes, shall, prior to transferring title to such 5
residential building, (1) retain, at such owner's expense, a (A) home 6
inspector, as defined in section 20-490 of the general statutes, to 7
perform an inspection of and prepare a report concerning the 8
condition of such residential building, and (B) professional engineer 9
licensed pursuant to chapter 391 of the general statutes, to visually 10
inspect and prepare a report concerning the condition of such 11
residential building, and (2) disclose the reports prepared pursuant to 12
subdivision (1) of this section to any prospective purchaser of such 13
residential building. 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require owners of certain residential buildings to retain a home
inspector and an engineer to prepare inspection reports concerning
such buildings prior to transferring title to such buildings.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.; REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
H.B. 6040