Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06418 Compare Versions

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4	4	LCO No. 3261 1 of 2
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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6418
7	7	January Session, 2021
8	8	LCO No. 3261
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11	11	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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14	14	Introduced by:
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20	20	AN ACT CONCERNING AB ANDONED AND BLIGHTED PROPERTY
21	21	RECEIVERSHIP.
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. Subsection (b) of section 8-169aa of the general statutes is 1
26	26	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
27	27	1, 2021): 3
28	28	(b) (1) [In any municipality with a population of thirty-five thousand 4
29	29	or more, a] A party in interest may file a petition for the appointment of 5
30	30	a receiver to take possession and undertake rehabilitation of a building 6
31	31	within such municipality, which petition shall be filed in the superior 7
32	32	court for the judicial district in which such building is located. The 8
33	33	proceeding on the petition shall constitute an action in rem. 9
34	34	(2) (A) The petition shall include a sworn statement of the petitioner 10
35	35	that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the building meets the 11
36	36	conditions described in subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section 12
37	37	on the date the petition is filed. The petition shall also include, to the 13
38	38	extent available to the petitioner after his or her reasonable efforts to 14
39	39	obtain the following information, (i) a copy of any citation or order 15 Raised Bill No. 6418
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43	43	LCO No. 3261 2 of 2
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45	45	charging the owner of the building with being in violation of municipal 16
46	46	code requirements or determining the building to be a public nuisance, 17
47	47	blighted or unfit for human occupancy or use, (ii) a recommendation for 18
48	48	appointment as receiver for the building, (iii) a preliminary plan 19
49	49	detailing (I) initial cost estimates of rehabilitation of the building for 20
50	50	purposes of compliance with the applicable municipal code and plan for 21
51	51	the area adopted by the municipality in which the building is located, 22
52	52	and (II) anticipated funding sources, and (iv) a schedule of each 23
53	53	mortgage, lien or other encumbrance on the building. 24
54	54	(B) The petition may include any other property adjacent to the 25
55	55	building, provided (i) such other property is owned by the same owner 26
56	56	as the building, and (ii) the building and each such property are used 27
57	57	for a single or interrelated purpose. 28
58	58	(3) A true copy of the petition shall be served on the owner of the 29
59	59	building and each lienholder of record, including any municipality, 30
60	60	unless such municipality is the petitioner, in the manner provided by 31
61	61	section 52-57. In addition, the petitioner shall record a notice of lis 32
62	62	pendens with the clerk of such municipality, in the manner provided by 33
63	63	section 52-325. 34
64	64	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
65	65	sections:
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67	67	Section 1 October 1, 2021 8-169aa(b)
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69	69	Statement of Purpose:
70	70	To remove the municipal population threshold for certain parties to
71	71	petition the Superior Court for appointment of a receiver for a blighted
72	72	and abandoned property.
73	73	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
74	74	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
75	75	underlined.]
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