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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6591
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 3636
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF CONSUMER
COMPLAINTS REGARDING MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOME
PARKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 21-71 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 2
(a) The department may revoke, suspend, place conditions on or 3
refuse to renew any license to operate a mobile manufactured home 4
park for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulations 5
issued hereunder or any other state or local law or regulation, after 6
hearing, except that if the department upon investigation finds a 7
licensee is not providing adequate sewerage facilities, electrical, 8
plumbing or sanitary services, water supply or fire protection, 9
suspension of the license shall be automatic, provided such licensee 10
shall be entitled to a hearing before the department not later than thirty 11
days after such suspension. A license may be reinstated or reissued if 12
the circumstances leading to the violation have been remedied and the 13
park is being maintained and operated in full compliance with this 14 Raised Bill No. 6591
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chapter and the regulations hereunder. Each officer, board, commission 15
or department of the state or any local government shall assist the 16
department with technical data on sewerage facilities, electrical, 17
plumbing or sanitary services, water supply or fire protection and shall 18
submit such data to the department for the department's use in any 19
hearing held pursuant to this section. In addition to revoking, 20
suspending, placing conditions on, or refusing to renew any license to 21
operate a mobile manufactured home park, the department may, 22
following an administrative hearing, impose a fine of not less than fifty 23
nor more than three hundred dollars for each day that such violation 24
exists. In connection with any investigation the Commissioner of 25
Consumer Protection or the commissioner's authorized agent may 26
administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel testimony and order the 27
production of books, records and documents. Each owner shall retain 28
all leases, disclosure statements, rules and regulations required under 29
this chapter for at least four years after any resident to whom [they] such 30
leases, statements, rules and regulations relate vacates the park. 31
(b) If an inspection by the department reveals a violation of any 32
provision of this chapter or any regulation issued under this chapter, the 33
cost of all reinspections necessary to determine compliance with any 34
such provision shall be assumed by the owner, except that if a first 35
reinspection indicates compliance with such provision, no charge shall 36
be made to such owner. As part of an inspection or investigation, the 37
department may order an owner of a mobile manufactured park to 38
obtain an independent inspection report, at the sole cost of the owner, 39
that assesses the condition and potential public health impact of a 40
condition at the park, including, but not limited to, the condition of trees 41
and electrical, plumbing or sanitary systems. 42
(c) In addition to any other available remedies, the provisions of 43
section 47a-14h shall be available to all residents in a mobile 44
manufactured home park including residents who own their own units. 45
(d) The department may issue an order to any owner determined to 46
be in violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation issued 47 Raised Bill No. 6591
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under this section after an inspection of a mobile manufactured home 48
park, providing for the immediate discontinuance of the violation or 49
timely remediation of such violation. Any owner of a mobile 50
manufactured home park who fails to comply with any orders 51
contained in a notice of violation resulting from a reinspection of such 52
park not later than thirty days after issuance of such notice, including 53
confirmation of active licensure, shall be fined five hundred dollars per 54
violation and shall follow the procedures specified in section 51-164n. 55
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (f) of section 42-56
110d, the commissioner shall not withhold from disclosure any records 57
of an investigation or examination conducted under this chapter during 58
the pendency of any such investigation or examination. 59
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2023 21-71
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Consumer Protection to disclose records
of an investigation or examination concerning a mobile manufactured
home park during the pendency of any such investigation or
examination.
[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.]