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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2232 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6678 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2232 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HOUSING | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. DIMASSA, 116th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF LANDLORDS FOR | |
19 | 19 | CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. | |
20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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23 | 23 | That chapter 833a and section 53a-58 of the general statutes be 1 | |
24 | 24 | amended to elevate the penalty for criminally negligent homicide for a 2 | |
25 | 25 | landlord whose violation of the building and housing code 3 | |
26 | 26 | requirements of chapter 833a of the general statutes results in the 4 | |
27 | 27 | death of a tenant to a class E felony. 5 | |
28 | 28 | Statement of Purpose: | |
29 | 29 | To elevate the level of criminal liability of a landlord whose failure to | |
30 | 30 | maintain the rental property to applicable building and housing code | |
31 | 31 | requirements results in the death of a tenant. |