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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7344
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES FOR
REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL REGULATION S OR
ORDINANCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-12 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) If any building or structure has been erected, constructed, 3
altered, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land 4
has been used, in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any 5
bylaw, ordinance, rule or regulation made under authority conferred 6
hereby, any official having jurisdiction, in addition to other remedies, 7
may institute an action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful 8
erection, construction, alteration, conversion, maintenance or use or to 9
restrain, correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy of 10
such building, structure or land or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, 11
business or use in or about such premises. Such regulations shall be 12
enforced by the officer or official board or authority designated 13
therein, who shall be authorized to cause any building, structure, place 14
or premises to be inspected and examined and to order in writing the 15
remedying of any condition found to exist therein or thereon in 16
violation of any provision of the regulations made under authority of 17
the provisions of this chapter or, when the violation involves grading 18 Substitute Bill No. 7344
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of land, the removal of earth or soil erosion and sediment control, to 19
issue, in writing, a cease and desist order to be effective immediately. 20
The owner or agent of any building or premises where a violation of 21
any provision of such regulations has been committed or exists, or the 22
lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where such 23
violation has been committed or exists, or the owner, agent, lessee or 24
tenant of any part of the building or premises in which such violation 25
has been committed or exists, or the agent, architect, builder, 26
contractor or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in 27
any such violation or who maintains any building or premises in 28
which any such violation exists, (1) shall be fined not less than ten 29
dollars or more than one hundred dollars for each day that such 30
violation continues; but, (2) if the offense is wilful, the person 31
convicted thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or 32
more than two hundred fifty dollars for each day that such violation 33
continues, or imprisoned not more than ten days for each day such 34
violation continues not to exceed a maximum of thirty days for such 35
violation, or both; and the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of all 36
such offenses, subject to appeal as in other cases. 37
(b) Any person who, having been served with an order to 38
discontinue any such violation, fails to comply with such order within 39
ten days after such service, or having been served with a cease and 40
desist order with respect to a violation involving grading of land, 41
removal of earth or soil erosion and sediment control, fails to comply 42
with such order immediately, including any person who initially 43
complies with such order, but who subsequently engages in conduct 44
that constitutes a violation of such order, or continues to violate any 45
provision of the regulations made under authority of the provisions of 46
this chapter specified in such order, shall be subject to a civil penalty 47
not to exceed [two] seven thousand five hundred dollars, payable to 48
the treasurer of the municipality. In any criminal prosecution under 49
this section, the defendant may plead in abatement that such criminal 50
prosecution is based on a zoning ordinance or regulation which is the 51
subject of a civil action wherein one of the issues is the interpretation 52 Substitute Bill No. 7344
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of such ordinance or regulations, and that the issues in the civil action 53
are such that the prosecution would fail if the civil action results in an 54
interpretation different from that claimed by the state in the criminal 55
prosecution. If the court renders judgment for such municipality and 56
finds that the violation was wilful, the court shall allow such 57
municipality its costs, together with reasonable attorney's fees to be 58
taxed by the court. The court before which such prosecution is pending 59
may order such prosecution abated if it finds that the allegations of the 60
plea are true. 61
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 51-164n of the general statutes is 62
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 63
October 1, 2019): 64
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any 65
person who is alleged to have committed (1) a violation under the 66
provisions of section 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 4b-13, 7-13, 7-14, 7-35, 7-41, 7-83, 7-67
283, 7-325, 7-393, [8-12] subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 8-12, 68
as amended by this act, 8-25, 8-27, 9-63, 9-322, 9-350, 10-193, 10-197, 10-69
198, 10-230, 10-251, 10-254, 12-52, 12-170aa, 12-292, 12-314b or 12-326g, 70
subdivision (4) of section 12-408, subdivision (3), (5) or (6) of section 71
12-411, section 12-435c, 12-476a, 12-476b, 12-487, 13a-71, 13a-107, 13a-72
113, 13a-114, 13a-115, 13a-117b, 13a-123, 13a-124, 13a-139, 13a-140, 13a-73
143b, 13a-247 or 13a-253, subsection (f) of section 13b-42, section 13b-74
90, 13b-221, 13b-292, 13b-336, 13b-337, 13b-338, 13b-410a, 13b-410b or 75
13b-410c, subsection (a), (b) or (c) of section 13b-412, section 13b-414, 76
subsection (d) of section 14-12, section 14-20a or 14-27a, subsection (e) 77
of section 14-34a, subsection (d) of section 14-35, section 14-43, 14-49, 78
14-50a or 14-58, subsection (b) of section 14-66, section 14-66a or 14-79
67a, subsection (g) of section 14-80, subsection (f) of section 14-80h, 80
section 14-97a, 14-100b, 14-103a, 14-106a, 14-106c, 14-146, 14-152, 14-81
153 or 14-163b, a first violation as specified in subsection (f) of section 82
14-164i, section 14-219 as specified in subsection (e) of said section, 83
subdivision (1) of section 14-223a, section 14-240, 14-250 or 14-253a, 84
subsection (a) of section 14-261a, section 14-262, 14-264, 14-267a, 14-85 Substitute Bill No. 7344
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269, 14-270, 14-275a, 14-278 or 14-279, subsection (e) or (h) of section 86
14-283, section 14-291, 14-293b, 14-296aa, 14-300, 14-300d, 14-319, 14-87
320, 14-321, 14-325a, 14-326, 14-330 or 14-332a, subdivision (1), (2) or (3) 88
of section 14-386a, section 15-25 or 15-33, subdivision (1) of section 15-89
97, subsection (a) of section 15-115, section 16-44, 16-256e, 16a-15 or 90
16a-22, subsection (a) or (b) of section 16a-22h, section 17a-24, 17a-145, 91
17a-149, 17a-152, 17a-465, 17b-124, 17b-131, 17b-137, 19a-30, 19a-33, 92
19a-39 or 19a-87, subsection (b) of section 19a-87a, section 19a-91, 19a-93
105, 19a-107, 19a-113, 19a-215, 19a-219, 19a-222, 19a-224, 19a-286, 19a-94
287, 19a-297, 19a-301, 19a-309, 19a-335, 19a-336, 19a-338, 19a-339, 19a-95
340, 19a-425, 19a-502, 20-7a, 20-14, 20-158, 20-231, 20-249, 20-257, 20-96
265, 20-324e, 20-341l, 20-366, 20-597, 20-608, 20-610, 21-1, 21-38, 21-39, 97
21-43, 21-47, 21-48, 21-63 or 21-76a, subsection (c) of section 21a-2, 98
subdivision (1) of section 21a-19, section 21a-21, subdivision (1) of 99
subsection (b) of section 21a-25, section 21a-26 or 21a-30, subsection (a) 100
of section 21a-37, section 21a-46, 21a-61, 21a-63 or 21a-77, subsection 101
(b) of section 21a-79, section 21a-85 or 21a-154, subdivision (1) of 102
subsection (a) of section 21a-159, subsection (a) of section 21a-279a, 103
section 22-12b, 22-13, 22-14, 22-15, 22-16, 22-26g, 22-29, 22-34, 22-35, 22-104
36, 22-38, 22-39, 22-39a, 22-39b, 22-39c, 22-39d, 22-39e, 22-49 or 22-54, 105
subsection (d) of section 22-84, section 22-89, 22-90, 22-98, 22-99, 22-106
100, 22-111o, 22-167, 22-279, 22-280a, 22-318a, 22-320h, 22-324a, 22-326 107
or 22-342, subsection (b), (e) or (f) of section 22-344, section 22-359, 22-108
366, 22-391, 22-413, 22-414, 22-415, 22a-66a or 22a-246, subsection (a) of 109
section 22a-250, subsection (e) of section 22a-256h, section 22a-363 or 110
22a-381d, subsections (c) and (d) of section 22a-381e, section 22a-449, 111
22a-461, 23-37, 23-38, 23-46 or 23-61b, subsection (a) or subdivision (1) 112
of subsection (c) of section 23-65, section 25-37 or 25-40, subsection (a) 113
of section 25-43, section 25-43d, 25-135, 26-18, 26-19, 26-21, 26-31, 26-40, 114
26-40a, 26-42, 26-49, 26-54, 26-55, 26-56, 26-58 or 26-59, subdivision (1) 115
of subsection (d) of section 26-61, section 26-64, subdivision (1) of 116
section 26-76, section 26-79, 26-87, 26-89, 26-91, 26-94, 26-97, 26-98, 26-117
104, 26-105, 26-107, 26-117, 26-128, 26-131, 26-132, 26-138 or 26-141, 118
subdivision (1) of section 26-186, section 26-207, 26-215, 26-217 or 26-119
224a, subdivision (1) of section 26-226, section 26-227, 26-230, 26-232, 120 Substitute Bill No. 7344
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26-244, 26-257a, 26-260, 26-276, 26-284, 26-285, 26-286, 26-288, 26-294, 121
28-13, 29-6a, 29-25, 29-143o, 29-143z or 29-156a, subsection (b), (d), (e) 122
or (g) of section 29-161q, section 29-161y or 29-161z, subdivision (1) of 123
section 29-198, section 29-210, 29-243 or 29-277, subsection (c) of section 124
29-291c, section 29-316, 29-318, 29-381, 30-48a, 30-86a, 31-3, 31-10, 31-125
11, 31-12, 31-13, 31-14, 31-15, 31-16, 31-18, 31-23, 31-24, 31-25, 31-32, 31-126
36, 31-38, 31-40, 31-44, 31-47, 31-48, 31-51, 31-52, 31-52a or 31-54, 127
subsection (a) or (c) of section 31-69, section 31-70, 31-74, 31-75, 31-76, 128
31-76a, 31-89b or 31-134, subsection (i) of section 31-273, section 31-288, 129
subdivision (1) of section 35-20, section 36a-787, 42-230, 45a-283, 45a-130
450, 45a-634 or 45a-658, subdivision (13) or (14) of section 46a-54, 131
section 46a-59, 46b-22, 46b-24, 46b-34, 47-34a, 47-47, 49-8a, 49-16, 53-132
133, 53-199, 53-212a, 53-249a, 53-252, 53-264, 53-280, 53-302a, 53-303e, 133
53-311a, 53-321, 53-322, 53-323, 53-331 or 53-344, subsection (c) of 134
section 53-344b, or section 53-450, or (2) a violation under the 135
provisions of chapter 268, or (3) a violation of any regulation adopted 136
in accordance with the provisions of section 12-484, 12-487 or 13b-410, 137
or (4) a violation of any ordinance, regulation or bylaw of any town, 138
city or borough, except violations of building codes and the health 139
code, for which the penalty exceeds ninety dollars but does not exceed 140
two hundred fifty dollars, unless such town, city or borough has 141
established a payment and hearing procedure for such violation 142
pursuant to section 7-152c, shall follow the procedures set forth in this 143
section. 144
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 8-12
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 51-164n(b)
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.