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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 393
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING RO OM TEMPERATURES IN I NSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION AND DWELLING UNITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, 1
"institution of higher education" means a constituent unit of the state 2
system of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1 of the general 3
statutes, or an independent institution of higher education, as defined 4
in section 10a-173 of the general statutes. 5
(b) In any student dormitory, residence hall or other student housing 6
that is part of an institution of higher education and containing not less 7
than twenty-five student rooms, the institution of higher education shall 8
provide and install, or permit a student resident to install and use, 9
equipment to maintain a reasonable and safe temperature range of not 10
more than eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit in the student room, 11
including, but not limited to, an air conditioning unit. 12
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 47a-7 of the general statutes is 13
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 14
passage): 15
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(a) A landlord shall: (1) Comply with the requirements of chapter 16
368o and all applicable building and housing codes materially affecting 17
health and safety of both the state or any political subdivision thereof; 18
(2) make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the 19
premises in a fit and habitable condition, except where the premises are 20
intentionally rendered unfit or uninhabitable by the tenant, a member 21
of his family or other person on the premises with his consent, in which 22
case such duty shall be the responsibility of the tenant; (3) keep all 23
common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition; (4) maintain 24
in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, 25
sanitary, heating, ventilating and other facilities and appliances and 26
elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him; (5) provide and 27
maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, 28
rubbish and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the dwelling unit 29
and arrange for their removal; [and] (6) supply running water and 30
reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and reasonable heat except 31
if the building which includes the dwelling unit is not required by law 32
to be equipped for that purpose or if the dwelling unit is so constructed 33
that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive 34
control of the tenant or supplied by a direct public utility connection; 35
and (7) in any residential building containing not less than twenty-five 36
dwelling units, provide and install, or permit a tenant to install and use, 37
equipment to maintain a reasonable and safe temperature range of not 38
more than eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit in the dwelling unit including, 39
but not limited to, an air conditioning unit. 40
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage 47a-7(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow tenants and students to maintain a reasonable temperature
range in their dwellings.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
S.B. 393