| 19 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1 |
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| 20 | | - | to study methods to alleviate dangerously hot room temperatures 2 |
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| 21 | | - | within residential buildings containing multiple dwelling units, 3 |
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| 22 | | - | including, but not limited to, apartment buildings and dormitories at 4 |
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| 23 | | - | institutions of higher education. The task force shall (1) determine a safe 5 |
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| 24 | | - | temperature range for residents of such buildings, and (2) study 6 |
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| 25 | | - | affordable and energy efficient methods to cool such buildings to such 7 |
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| 26 | | - | safe temperature range during peak high temperature months, to 8 |
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| 27 | | - | provide a comfortable and safe environment for such residents. 9 |
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| 28 | | - | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 10 |
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| 29 | | - | (1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 11 |
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| 30 | | - | who is a representative of an organization specializing in home 12 |
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| 31 | | - | building; 13 |
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| 32 | | - | (2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is 14 |
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| 33 | | - | a representative of an organization representing landlords; 15 |
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| 34 | | - | (3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 16 Substitute Bill No. 393 |
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| 26 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, 1 |
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| 27 | + | "institution of higher education" means a constituent unit of the state 2 |
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| 28 | + | system of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1 of the general 3 |
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| 29 | + | statutes, or an independent institution of higher education, as defined 4 |
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| 30 | + | in section 10a-173 of the general statutes. 5 |
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| 31 | + | (b) In any student dormitory, residence hall or other student housing 6 |
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| 32 | + | that is part of an institution of higher education and containing not less 7 |
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| 33 | + | than twenty-five student rooms, the institution of higher education shall 8 |
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| 34 | + | provide and install, or permit a student resident to install and use, 9 |
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| 35 | + | equipment to maintain a reasonable and safe temperature range of not 10 |
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| 36 | + | more than eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit in the student room, 11 |
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| 37 | + | including, but not limited to, an air conditioning unit. 12 |
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| 38 | + | Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 47a-7 of the general statutes is 13 |
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| 39 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 14 |
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| 40 | + | passage): 15 |
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| 41 | + | Committee Bill No. 393 |
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| 41 | | - | Representatives, who is a representative of an organization representing 17 |
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| 42 | | - | housing authorities; 18 |
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| 43 | | - | (4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who 19 |
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| 44 | | - | represents The University of Connecticut; 20 |
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| 45 | | - | (5) One appointed by the minority leader of the Ho use of 21 |
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| 46 | | - | Representatives, who represents the Connecticut State Colleges and 22 |
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| 47 | | - | Universities; 23 |
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| 48 | | - | (6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 24 |
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| 49 | | - | (7) The chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and ranking members of the 25 |
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| 50 | | - | joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 26 |
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| 51 | | - | matters relating to housing, or their designees; 27 |
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| 52 | | - | (8) The chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and ranking members of the 28 |
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| 53 | | - | joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 29 |
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| 54 | | - | matters relating to public health, or their designees; 30 |
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| 55 | | - | (9) The chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and ranking members of the 31 |
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| 56 | | - | joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 32 |
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| 57 | | - | matters relating to higher education and employment, or their 33 |
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| 58 | | - | designees; 34 |
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| 59 | | - | (10) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's 35 |
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| 60 | | - | designee; 36 |
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| 61 | | - | (11) The Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee; 37 |
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| 62 | | - | and 38 |
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| 63 | | - | (12) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or 39 |
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| 64 | | - | the commissioner's designee. 40 |
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| 65 | | - | (c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivisions (1) to 41 |
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| 66 | | - | (9), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 42 |
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| 74 | | - | (d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 44 |
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| 75 | | - | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 45 |
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| 76 | | - | be filled by the appointing authority. 46 |
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| 77 | | - | (e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 47 |
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| 78 | | - | tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 48 |
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| 79 | | - | among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 49 |
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| 80 | | - | the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 50 |
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| 81 | | - | days after the effective date of this section. 51 |
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| 82 | | - | (f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 52 |
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| 83 | | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 53 |
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| 84 | | - | shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 54 |
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| 85 | | - | (g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 55 |
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| 86 | | - | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 56 |
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| 87 | | - | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, 57 |
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| 88 | | - | in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 58 |
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| 89 | | - | The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or 59 |
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| 90 | | - | January 1, 2022, whichever is later. 60 |
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| 46 | + | (a) A landlord shall: (1) Comply with the requirements of chapter 16 |
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| 47 | + | 368o and all applicable building and housing codes materially affecting 17 |
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| 48 | + | health and safety of both the state or any political subdivision thereof; 18 |
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| 49 | + | (2) make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the 19 |
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| 50 | + | premises in a fit and habitable condition, except where the premises are 20 |
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| 51 | + | intentionally rendered unfit or uninhabitable by the tenant, a member 21 |
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| 52 | + | of his family or other person on the premises with his consent, in which 22 |
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| 53 | + | case such duty shall be the responsibility of the tenant; (3) keep all 23 |
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| 54 | + | common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition; (4) maintain 24 |
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| 55 | + | in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, 25 |
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| 56 | + | sanitary, heating, ventilating and other facilities and appliances and 26 |
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| 57 | + | elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him; (5) provide and 27 |
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| 58 | + | maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, 28 |
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| 59 | + | rubbish and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the dwelling unit 29 |
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| 60 | + | and arrange for their removal; [and] (6) supply running water and 30 |
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| 61 | + | reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and reasonable heat except 31 |
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| 62 | + | if the building which includes the dwelling unit is not required by law 32 |
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| 63 | + | to be equipped for that purpose or if the dwelling unit is so constructed 33 |
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| 64 | + | that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive 34 |
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| 65 | + | control of the tenant or supplied by a direct public utility connection; 35 |
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| 66 | + | and (7) in any residential building containing not less than twenty-five 36 |
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| 67 | + | dwelling units, provide and install, or permit a tenant to install and use, 37 |
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| 68 | + | equipment to maintain a reasonable and safe temperature range of not 38 |
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| 69 | + | more than eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit in the dwelling unit including, 39 |
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| 70 | + | but not limited to, an air conditioning unit. 40 |
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