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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 531
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2137
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN SUMMARY
PROCESS PROCEEDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 832 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
a tenant who is a defendant in a summary process matter and whose 2
total annual income is not greater than seventy-five thousand dollars 3
shall have legal counsel appointed to represent such tenant during the 4
pendency of the summary process matter. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To provide legal counsel to certain eligible tenants in summary process
matters.