Connecticut 2020 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00468 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 468
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10	10	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E REASSESSMENT OF RE SIDENTIAL
20	20	BUILDINGS WITH DEFEC TIVE CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS AND
21	21	QUARRY GEOLOGICAL SO URCE REPORTING.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Section 29-265d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	26	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
27	27	(a) Any owner of a residential building who has obtained a written 3
28	28	evaluation from a professional engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 4
29	29	391 indicating that the foundation of such residential building was made 5
30	30	with defective concrete may provide a copy of such evaluation to the 6
31	31	assessor and request a reassessment of the residential building by the 7
32	32	assessor. Not later than ninety days after receipt of a copy of such 8
33	33	evaluation, or prior to the commencement of the assessment year next 9
34	34	following, whichever is earlier, the assessor, member of the assessor's 10
35	35	staff or person designated by the assessor shall inspect the residential 11
36	36	building and adjust its assessment to reflect its current value. Such 12
37	37	reassessment may be appealed pursuant to section 12-111. Any 13
38	38	reassessment under this section shall apply [for five assessment years] 14 Raised Bill No. 468
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42	42	LCO No. 2996 2 of 3
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44	44	until the assessor, member of the assessor's staff or person designated 15
45	45	by the assessor adjusts the assessment of the residential building 16
46	46	pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, notwithstanding the 17
47	47	provisions of section 12-62. 18
48	48	(b) An owner of a residential building that has obtained a 19
49	49	reassessment pursuant to this section shall notify the assessor if the 20
50	50	concrete foundation is repaired or replaced. [during the five assessment 21
51	51	years for which the reassessment is effective.] Such notification shall be 22
52	52	made in writing within thirty days of the repair or replacement of the 23
53	53	concrete foundation. Not later than ninety days after receipt of such 24
54	54	notification, or prior to the commencement of the assessment year next 25
55	55	following, whichever is earlier, the assessor, member of the assessor's 26
56	56	staff or person designated by the assessor shall inspect the residential 27
57	57	building and adjust its assessment to reflect its current value. 28
58	58	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) For the purposes of this 29
59	59	section, "qualified geologist" means a geologist certified by the 30
60	60	American Institute of Professional Geologists, licensed by the National 31
61	61	Association of State Boards of Geology or certified or licensed by 32
62	62	another organization deemed suitable by the State Geologist. 33
63	63	(b) Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the 34
64	64	operator of each quarry in this state that produces aggregate for use in 35
65	65	concrete shall prepare a geological source report and provide such 36
66	66	report to the State Geologist. Such report shall be prepared in a form and 37
67	67	manner prescribed by the State Geologist, and shall include, but need 38
68	68	not be limited to (1) the operations plan and mining, processing, storage 39
69	69	and quality control methods utilized by such operator, (2) a description 40
70	70	of the characteristics of the aggregate to be excavated at such quarry, 41
71	71	which shall be prepared by a qualified geologist, (3) a description of the 42
72	72	products to be produced by such quarry, (4) a copy of the results of an 43
73	73	inspection of face material and geologic log analysis completed in the 44
74	74	previous year by a qualified geologist, and (5) analysis of core samples, 45
75	75	completed in the previous year by a qualified geologist, unless such 46
76	76	quarry has a satisfactory performance history as determined by the State 47 Raised Bill No. 468
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82	82	Geologist. 48
83	83	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
84	84	sections:
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86	86	Section 1 from passage 29-265d
87	87	Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 New section
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89	89	Statement of Purpose:
90	90	To (1) permit any owner of a residential building with a foundation
91	91	made with defective concrete to obtain a reassessment of such building
92	92	which shall remain valid until such foundation is repaired or replaced,
93	93	and (2) require quarries that produce aggregate for use in concrete to
94	94	annually prepare a geological source report.
95	95	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
96	96	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
97	97	underlined.]
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