LCO No. 1777 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 516 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1777 Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Introduced by: SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist. (By Request) AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL BLIGHT REGULATIONS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 7-148 of the general statutes be amended to establish a 1 cap on the sum total of a civil penalty that a municipality may assess to 2 the owner of a blighted property. 3 Statement of Purpose: To establish a cap on the sum total of a civil penalty that a municipality may assess to the owner of a blighted property.