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14	19		AN ACT ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS
15	20		IN THE STATE.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19	24		Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of 1
20	25		section 7-148 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 2
21	26		substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 3
22	27		(7) (A) (i) Make rules relating to the maintenance of safe and sanitary 4
23	28		housing and prescribe civil penalties for the violation of such rules not 5
24	29		to exceed two thousand dollars per violation, provided any owner 6
25	30		assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this subparagraph shall have a right 7
26		-	of appeal to the zoning board of appeals of the municipality, or ~~to the~~ 8
27		-	~~chief~~ executive officer of the municipality if such municipality has not 9
	31	+	of appeal to the zoning board of appeals of the municipality, or the chief 8
	32	+	executive officer of the municipality if such municipality has not 9
28	33		established a zoning board of appeals, upon the grounds that such 10
29	34		violation was caused solely by a tenant's wilful act; 11
30	35		(ii) Regulate the mode of using any buildings when such regulations 12
31	36		seem expedient for the purpose of promoting the safety, health, morals 13
32		-	and general welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality; 14
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33	43		(iii) Regulate and prohibit the moving of buildings upon or through 15
34	44		the streets or other public places of the municipality, and cause the 16
35		-	removal and demolition of unsafe buildings and structures; 17 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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	45	+	removal and demolition of unsafe buildings and structures; 17
42	46		(iv) Regulate and provide for the licensing of parked trailers when 18
43	47		located off the public highways, and trailer parks or mobile 19
44	48		manufactured home parks, except as otherwise provided by special act 20
45	49		and except where there exists a local zoning commission so empowered; 21
46	50		(v) Establish lines beyond which no buildings, steps, stoop, veranda, 22
47	51		billboard, advertising sign or device or other structure or obstruction 23
48	52		may be erected; 24
49	53		(vi) Regulate and prohibit the placing, erecting or keeping of signs, 25
50	54		awnings or other things upon or over the sidewalks, streets and other 26
51	55		public places of the municipality; 27
52	56		(vii) Regulate plumbing and house drainage; 28
53	57		(viii) Prohibit or regulate the construction of dwellings, apartments, 29
54	58		boarding houses, hotels, commercial buildings, youth camps or 30
55	59		commercial camps and commercial camping facilities in such 31
56	60		municipality unless the sewerage facilities have been approved by the 32
57	61		authorized officials of the municipality; 33
58	62		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section, 34
59	63		"walk-through" means a joint physical inspection of the dwelling unit 35
60	64		by the landlord and the tenant, or their designees, for the purpose of 36
61	65		noting and listing any observed conditions within the dwelling unit. On 37
62	66		and after January 1, 2024, upon or after the entry into a rental agreement 38
63	67		but prior to the tenant's occupancy of a dwelling unit, a landlord shall 39
64	68		offer such tenant the opportunity to conduct a walk-through of the 40
65	69		dwelling unit. If the tenant requests such a walk-through, the landlord 41
66	70		and tenant, or their designees, shall use a copy of the preoccupancy 42
67	71		walk-through checklist prepared by the Commissioner of Housing 43
68	72		under subsection (c) of this section. The landlord and the tenant, or their 44
69		-	designees, shall specifically note on the walk-through checklist any 45
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70	79		existing conditions, defects or damages to the dwelling unit present at 46
71	80		the time of the walk-through. After the walk-through, the landlord and 47
72		-	the tenant, or their designees, shall sign duplicate copies of the walk-48 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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	81	+	the tenant, or their designees, shall sign duplicate copies of the walk-48
79	82		through checklist and each shall receive a copy. 49
80	83		(b) Upon the tenant's vacating of the dwelling unit, the landlord may 50
81	84		not retain any part of the security deposit collected under chapter 831 of 51
82	85		the general statutes or seek payment from the tenant for any condition, 52
83	86		defect or damage that was noted in the preoccupancy walk-through 53
84	87		checklist. Such walk-through checklist shall be admissible, subject to the 54
85		-	rules of evidence, but shall not be conclusive, as evidence of the 55
	88	+	rules of evidence but shall not be conclusive, as evidence of the 55
86	89		condition of the dwelling unit at the beginning of a tenant's occupancy 56
87	90		in any administrative or judicial proceeding. 57
88	91		(c) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Housing 58
89	92		shall (1) prepare a standardized preoccupancy walk-through checklist 59
90	93		for any landlord and tenant to use to document the condition of any 60
91	94		dwelling unit during a preoccupancy walk-through under subsection 61
92	95		(a) of this section, and (2) make such checklist available on the 62
93		-	Department of Housing's Internet web site. 63
	96	+	Department of Housing Internet web site. 63
94	97		(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any tenancy under 64
95	98		a rental agreement entered into prior to January 1, 2024. 65
96	99		Sec. 3. Section 47a-1 of the general statutes is repealed and the 66
97	100		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 67
98	101		As used in this chapter, [and] sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to 47a-23c, 68
99	102		inclusive, as amended by this act, 47a-26a to 47a-26g, inclusive, 47a-35 69
100	103		to 47a-35b, inclusive, 47a-41a, 47a-43, [and] 47a-46 and [section] 47a-7b 70
101	104		and sections 2 and 4 of this act: 71
102	105		(a) "Action" includes recoupment, counterclaim, set-off, cause of 72
103	106		action and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, 73
104	107		including an action for possession. 74
105		-	(b) "Building and housing codes" include any law, ordinance or 75
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106	114		governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation or the 76
107	115		construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of 77
108		-	any premises or dwelling unit. 78 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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	116	+	any premises or dwelling unit. 78
115	117		(c) "Dwelling unit" means any house or building, or portion thereof, 79
116	118		which is occupied, is designed to be occupied, or is rented, leased or 80
117	119		hired out to be occupied, as a home or residence of one or more persons. 81
118	120		(d) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor or sublessor of the dwelling 82
119	121		unit, the building of which it is a part or the premises. 83
120	122		(e) "Owner" means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom 84
121	123		is vested (1) all or part of the legal title to property, or (2) all or part of 85
122	124		the beneficial ownership and a right to present use and enjoyment of the 86
123	125		premises and includes a mortgagee in possession. 87
124	126		(f) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability 88
125	127		company, the state or any political subdivision thereof, or agency, 89
126	128		business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more 90
127	129		persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal or 91
128	130		commercial entity. 92
129	131		(g) "Premises" means a dwelling unit and the structure of which it is 93
130	132		a part and facilities and appurtenances therein and grounds, areas and 94
131	133		facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or whose use is 95
132	134		promised to the tenant. 96
133	135		(h) "Rent" means all periodic payments to be made to the landlord 97
134	136		under the rental agreement. 98
135	137		(i) "Rental agreement" means all agreements, written or oral, and 99
136	138		valid rules and regulations adopted under section 47a-9 or subsection 100
137	139		(d) of section 21-70 embodying the terms and conditions concerning the 101
138	140		use and occupancy of a dwelling unit or premises. 102
139	141		(j) "Roomer" means a person occupying a dwelling unit, which unit 103
140	142		does not include a refrigerator, stove, kitchen sink, toilet and shower or 104
141		-	bathtub and one or more of these facilities are used in common by other 105
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142	149		occupants in the structure. 106
143		-	(k) "Single-family residence" means a structure maintained and used 107 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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	150	+	(k) "Single-family residence" means a structure maintained and used 107
150	151		as a single dwelling unit. Notwithstanding that a dwelling unit shares 108
151	152		one or more walls with another dwelling unit or has a common parking 109
152	153		facility, it is a single-family residence if it has direct access to a street or 110
153	154		thoroughfare and does not share heating facilities, hot water equipment 111
154	155		or any other essential facility or service with any other dwelling unit. 112
155	156		(l) "Tenant" means the lessee, sublessee or person entitled under a 113
156	157		rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit or premises to the exclusion 114
157	158		of others or as is otherwise defined by law. 115
158	159		(m) "Tenement house" means any house or building, or portion 116
159	160		thereof, which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or is 117
160	161		arranged or designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or 118
161	162		residence of three or more families, living independently of each other, 119
162	163		and doing their cooking upon the premises, and having a common right 120
163	164		in the halls, stairways or yards. 121
164	165		Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section, 122
165	166		"tenant screening report" means a credit report, a criminal background 123
166		-	report, an employment history report, a rental history report or any 124
	167	+	report, an employment history report, a rental history report, or any 124
167	168		combination thereof, used by a landlord to determine the suitability of 125
168	169		a prospective tenant. 126
169	170		(b) No landlord may demand from a prospective tenant any 127
170	171		payment, fee or charge for the processing, review or acceptance of any 128
171	172		rental application, or demand any other payment, fee or charge before 129
172	173		or at the beginning of the tenancy, except a security deposit pursuant to 130
173	174		section 47a-21 of the general statutes or a fee for a tenant screening 131
174	175		report as provided in subsection (c) of this section. 132
175	176		(c) A landlord may charge a fee for a tenant screening report 133
176	177		concerning a prospective tenant if the fee for such tenant screening 134
177	178		report is not more than the actual cost paid by the landlord for such 135
178		-	report. The landlord shall waive any fee for such report if the 136
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180		-	screening report concerning the prospective tenant that was conducted 138 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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187	187		within thirty days of the prospective tenant's rental application and that 139
188	188		is satisfactory to the landlord. 140
189	189		(d) A landlord may not collect a tenant screening report fee from a 141
190	190		prospective tenant until the landlord provides the prospective tenant 142
191	191		with (1) a copy of the tenant screening report, and (2) a copy of the 143
192	192		receipt or invoice from the entity conducting the tenant screening report 144
193	193		concerning the prospective tenant. 145
194	194		Sec. 5. Section 47a-23c of the general statutes is repealed and the 146
195	195		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 147
196	196		(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, this 148
197	197		section applies to any tenant who resides in a building or complex 149
198	198		consisting of five or more separate dwelling units or who resides in a 150
199	199		mobile manufactured home park and who is either: (A) Sixty-two years 151
200	200		of age or older, or whose spouse, sibling, parent or grandparent is sixty-152
201	201		two years of age or older and permanently resides with that tenant, or 153
202	202		(B) a person with a physical or mental disability, as defined in 154
203	203		subdivision [(8)] (12) of section 46a-64b, as amended by this act, or 155
204	204		whose spouse, sibling, child, parent or grandparent is a person with a 156
205	205		physical or mental disability who permanently resides with that tenant, 157
206	206		but only if such disability can be expected to result in death or to last for 158
207	207		a continuous period of at least twelve months. 159
208	208		(2) With respect to tenants in common interest communities, this 160
209	209		section applies only to (A) a conversion tenant, as defined in subsection 161
210	210		(3) of section 47-283, who (i) is described in subdivision (1) of this 162
211	211		subsection, or (ii) is not described in subdivision (1) of this subsection 163
212	212		but, during a transition period, as defined in subsection (4) of section 47-164
213	213		283, is residing in a conversion condominium created after May 6, 1980, 165
214	214		or in any other conversion common interest community created after 166
215	215		December 31, 1982, or (iii) is not described in subdivision (1) of this 167
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	223	+	described in subdivision (1) of this subsection if his landlord owns five 170
225	224		or more dwelling units in the common interest community in which the 171
226	225		dwelling unit is located. 172
227	226		(3) As used in this section, "tenant" includes each resident of a mobile 173
228	227		manufactured home park, as defined in section 21-64, including a 174
229	228		resident who owns his own home, "landlord" includes a "licensee" and 175
230	229		an "owner" of a mobile manufactured home park, as defined in section 176
231	230		21-64, "complex" means two or more buildings on the same or 177
232	231		contiguous parcels of real property under the same ownership, and 178
233	232		"mobile manufactured home park" means a parcel of real property, or 179
234	233		contiguous parcels of real property under the same ownership, upon 180
235	234		which five or more mobile manufactured homes occupied for 181
236	235		residential purposes are located. 182
237	236		(b) (1) No landlord may bring an action of summary process or other 183
238	237		action to dispossess a tenant described in subsection (a) of this section 184
239	238		except for one or more of the following reasons: (A) Nonpayment of 185
240	239		rent; (B) refusal to agree to a fair and equitable rent increase, as defined 186
241	240		in subsection (c) of this section; (C) material noncompliance with section 187
242	241		47a-11 or subsection (b) of section 21-82, which materially affects the 188
243	242		health and safety of the other tenants or which materially affects the 189
244	243		physical condition of the premises; (D) voiding of the rental agreement 190
245	244		pursuant to section 47a-31, or material noncompliance with the rental 191
246	245		agreement; (E) material noncompliance with the rules and regulations 192
247	246		of the landlord adopted in accordance with section 47a-9 or 21-70; (F) 193
248	247		permanent removal by the landlord of the dwelling unit of such tenant 194
249	248		from the housing market; or (G) bona fide intention by the landlord to 195
250	249		use such dwelling unit as his principal residence. 196
251	250		(2) The ground stated in subparagraph (G) of subdivision (1) of this 197
252	251		subsection is not available to the owner of a dwelling unit in a common 198
253	252		interest community occupied by a conversion tenant. 199
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255	259		subparagraph (B), (F) or (G) of subdivision (1) of this subsection during 201
256		-	the term of any existing rental agreement. 202 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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263	261		(c) (1) The rent of a tenant protected by this section may be increased 203
264	262		only to the extent that such increase is fair and equitable, based on the 204
265	263		criteria set forth in section 7-148c. 205
266	264		(2) Any such tenant aggrieved by a rent increase or proposed rent 206
267	265		increase may file a complaint with the fair rent commission, if any, for 207
268	266		the town, city or borough where his dwelling unit or mobile 208
269	267		manufactured home park lot is located; or, if no such fair rent 209
270	268		commission exists, may bring an action in the Superior Court to contest 210
271	269		the increase. In any such court proceeding, the court shall determine 211
272	270		whether the rent increase is fair and equitable, based on the criteria set 212
273	271		forth in section 7-148c. 213
274	272		(d) A landlord, to determine whether a tenant is a protected tenant, 214
275	273		as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, may 215
276	274		request proof of such protected status. On such request, any tenant 216
277	275		claiming protection shall provide proof of the protected status within 217
278	276		thirty days. The proof shall include a statement of a physician or an 218
279	277		advanced practice registered nurse in the case of alleged blindness or 219
280	278		other physical disability. 220
281	279		(e) (1) On and after January 1, 2024, whenever a dwelling unit located 221
282	280		in a building or complex consisting of five or more separate dwelling 222
283	281		units or in a mobile manufactured home park is rented to, or a rental 223
284	282		agreement is entered into or renewed with, a tenant, the landlord of 224
285	283		such dwelling unit or such landlord's agent shall provide such tenant 225
286	284		with written notice of the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this 226
287	285		section in a form as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection. 227
288	286		(2) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Housing 228
289	287		shall create a notice that shall be used by landlords, pursuant to 229
290	288		subdivision (1) of this subsection, to inform tenants of the rights 230
291	289		provided to protected tenants under subsections (b) and (c) of this 231
292		-	section. Such notice shall be a one-page, plain-language summary of 232
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302	299		Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 8-41 of the general statutes is repealed 236
303	300		and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 237
304	301		(a) For purposes of this section, a "tenant of the authority" means a 238
305	302		tenant who lives in housing owned or managed by a housing authority 239
306	303		or who is receiving housing assistance in a housing program directly 240
307	304		administered by such authority. When the governing body of a 241
308	305		municipality other than a town adopts a resolution as described in 242
309	306		section 8-40, it shall promptly notify the chief executive officer of such 243
310	307		adoption. Upon receiving such notice, the chief executive officer shall 244
311	308		appoint five persons who are residents of [said] such municipality as 245
312	309		commissioners of the authority, except that the chief executive officer 246
313	310		may appoint two additional persons who are r esidents of the 247
314	311		municipality if (1) the authority operates more than three thousand 248
315	312		units, or (2) upon the appointment of a tenant commissioner pursuant 249
316	313		to subsection (c) of this section, the additional appointments are 250
317	314		necessary to achieve compliance with 24 CFR 964.415 or section 9-167a. 251
318	315		If the governing body of a town adopts such a resolution, such body 252
319	316		shall appoint five persons who are residents of [said] such town as 253
320	317		commissioners of the authority created for such town, except that such 254
321	318		body may appoint two additional persons who are residents of the town 255
322	319		if, upon the appointment of a tenant commissioner pursuant to 256
323	320		subsection (c) of this section, the additional appointments are necessary 257
324	321		to achieve compliance with 24 CFR 964.415 or section 9-167a. The 258
325	322		commissioners who are first so appointed shall be designated to serve 259
326	323		for a term of either one, two, three, four or five years, except that if the 260
327	324		authority has five members, the terms of not more than one member 261
328	325		shall expire in the same year. Terms shall commence on the first day of 262
329	326		the month next succeeding the date of their appointment, and annually 263
330	327		thereafter a commissioner shall be appointed to serve for five years 264
331	328		except that any vacancy which may occur because of a change of 265
332		-	residence by a commissioner, removal of a commissioner, resignation or 266
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340	336		body increases the membership of the authority on or after July 1, 1995, 268
341	337		such governing body shall, by resolution, provide for a term of five 269
342	338		years for each such additional member. The term of the chairman shall 270
343	339		be three years. At least one of such commissioners of an authority 271
344	340		having five members, and at least two of such commissioners of an 272
345	341		authority having more than five members, shall be a tenant or tenants 273
346	342		of the authority selected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. If, on 274
347	343		October 1, 1979, a municipality has adopted a resolution as described in 275
348	344		section 8-40, but has no tenants serving as commissioners, the chief 276
349	345		executive officer of a municipality other than a town or the governing 277
350	346		body of a town shall appoint a tenant who meets the qualifications set 278
351	347		out in this section as a commissioner of such authority when the next 279
352	348		vacancy occurs. No commissioner of an authority may hold any public 280
353	349		office in the municipality for which the authority is created. A 281
354	350		commissioner shall hold office until [said] such commissioner's 282
355	351		successor is appointed and has qualified. Not later than January 1, 2024, 283
356	352		each commissioner who is serving on said date and, thereafter, upon 284
357	353		appointment, each newly appointed commissioner who is not a 285
358	354		reappointed commissioner, shall participate in a training for housing 286
359	355		authority commissioners provided by the United States Department of 287
360	356		Housing and Urban Development. A certificate of the appointment or 288
361	357		reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk and 289
362	358		shall be conclusive evidence of the legal appointment of such 290
363	359		commissioner, after said commissioner has taken an oath in the form 291
364	360		prescribed in the first paragraph of section 1-25. The powers of each 292
365	361		authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof. Three 293
366	362		commissioners shall constitute a quorum if the authority consists of five 294
367	363		commissioners. Four commissioners shall constitute a quorum if the 295
368	364		authority consists of more than five commissioners. Action may be 296
369	365		taken by the authority upon a vote of not less than a majority of the 297
370		-	commissioners present [,] unless the bylaws of the authority require a 298
	366	+	commissioners present, unless the bylaws of the authority require a 298
371	367		larger number. The chief executive officer, or, in the case of an authority 299
372	368		for a town, the governing body of the town, shall designate which of the 300
373		-	commissioners shall be the first chairman, but when the office of 301
374		-	chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a 302 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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	375	+	chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a 302
381	376		chairman from among its commissioners. An authority shall select from 303
382	377		among its commissioners a vice chairman, and it may employ a 304
383	378		secretary, who shall be executive director, and technical experts and 305
384	379		such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, 306
385	380		as it requires, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and 307
386	381		compensation, provided, in municipalities having a civil service law, all 308
387	382		appointments and promotions, except the employment of the secretary, 309
388	383		shall be based on examinations given and lists prepared under such law, 310
389	384		and, except so far as may be inconsistent with the terms of this chapter, 311
390	385		such civil service law and regulations adopted thereunder shall apply 312
391	386		to such housing authority and its personnel. For such legal services as it 313
392	387		requires, an authority may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An 314
393	388		authority may delegate any of its powers and duties to one or more of 315
394	389		its agents or employees. A commissioner, or any employee of the 316
395	390		authority who handles its funds, shall be required to furnish an 317
396	391		adequate bond. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, 318
397	392		but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary 319
398	393		expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. 320
399	394		Sec. 7. Section 8-68f of the general statutes is repealed and the 321
400	395		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 322
401	396		Each housing authority [which] that receives financial assistance 323
402	397		under any state housing program, and the Connecticut Housing Finance 324
403	398		Authority or its subsidiary when said authority or subsidiary is the 325
404	399		successor owner of housing previously owned by a housing authority 326
405	400		under part II or part VI of this chapter, shall, for housing which it owns 327
406	401		and operates, (1) provide each of its tenants with a written lease, (2) 328
407		-	provide each of its tenants, at the time the tenant signs an initial ~~lease~~ 329
408		-	and annually thereafter, ~~with~~ contact information for the management 330
	402	+	provide each of its tenants with, at the time the tenant signs an initial 329
	403	+	lease and, annually thereafter, contact information for the management 330
409	404		of the housing authority, the local health department and the 331
410	405		Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, and a copy of the 332
411		-	guidance concerning the rights and responsibilities of landlords and 333
412		-	tenants that is posted on the Internet web site of the judicial branch, (3) 334
413		-	adopt a procedure for hearing tenant complaints and grievances, [(3)] 335 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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421		-	changes in housing authority policies and procedures, including 337
422		-	changes to its lease and to its admission and occupancy policies, and 338
423		-	[(4)] (5) encourage tenant participation in the housing authority's 339
424		-	operation of state housing programs, including, where appropriate, the 340
425		-	facilitation of tenant participation in the management of housing 341
426		-	projects. If such housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance 342
427		-	Authority or its subsidiary operates both a federal and a state-assisted 343
428		-	housing program, it shall use the same procedure for hearing tenant 344
429		-	grievances in both programs. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt 345
430		-	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish 346
431		-	uniform minimum standards for the requirements in this section. 347
	406	+	guidance concerning rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants 333
	407	+	that is posted on the Internet web site of the Judicial Branch, (3) adopt a 334
	408	+	procedure for hearing tenant complaints and grievances, [(3)] (4) adopt 335 Raised Bill No. 6781
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	414	+	procedures for soliciting tenant comment on proposed changes in 336
	415	+	housing authority policies and procedures, including changes to its 337
	416	+	lease and to its admission and occupancy policies, and [(4)] (5) 338
	417	+	encourage tenant participation in the housing authority's operation of 339
	418	+	state housing programs, including, where appropriate, the facilitation 340
	419	+	of tenant participation in the management of housing projects. If such 341
	420	+	housing authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or its 342
	421	+	subsidiary operates both a federal and a state-assisted housing program, 343
	422	+	it shall use the same procedure for hearing tenant grievances in both 344
	423	+	programs. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in 345
	424	+	accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish uniform 346
	425	+	minimum standards for the requirements in this section. 347
432	426		Sec. 8. Section 8-68d of the general statutes is repealed and the 348
433	427		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 349
434	428		Each housing authority shall submit a report to the Commissioner of 350
435	429		Housing and the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the 351
436	430		authority is located not later than March first, annually. The report shall 352
437	431		contain (1) an inventory of all existing housing owned or operated by 353
438	432		the authority, including the total number, types and sizes of rental units 354
439	433		and the total number of occupancies and vacancies in each housing 355
440	434		project or development, and a description of the condition of such 356
441	435		housing, (2) a description of any new construction projects being 357
442	436		undertaken by the authority and the status of such projects, (3) the 358
443	437		number and types of any rental housing sold, leased or transferred 359
444	438		during the period of the report which is no longer available for the 360
445	439		purpose of low or moderate income rental housing, (4) the results of the 361
446		-	authority's annual audit conducted in accordance with section 4-231 if 362
	440	+	authority's annual audit conducted in accordance with section 4-231, if 362
447	441		required by said section, and [(4)] (5) such other information as the 363
448	442		commissioner may require by regulations adopted in accordance with 364
449	443		the provisions of chapter 54. 365
450	444		Sec. 9. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 47a-6a of the general statutes 366
451	445		are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 367
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459	452		(a) As used in this section, (1) "address" means a location as described 369
460	453		by the full street number, if any, the street name, the city or town, and 370
461	454		the state, and not a mailing address such as a post office box, (2) 371
462	455		"dwelling unit" means any house or building, or portion thereof, which 372
463	456		is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or is arranged or designed 373
464	457		to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or residence of one or more 374
465	458		persons, living independently of each other, and doing their cooking 375
466	459		upon the premises, and having a common right in the halls, stairways 376
467		-	or yards, (3) "agent in charge" ~~or "agent"~~ means one who manages real 377
468		-	~~estate,~~ including, but not limited to, the collection of rents and 378
469		-	~~supervision of~~ property, (4) "controlling participant" means [an 379
470		-	~~individual or entity~~ that exercises day-to-day financial or operational 380
471		-	~~control] a natural~~ person who is not a minor and who, directly or 381
472		-	~~indirectly and through~~ any contract, arrangement, understanding or 382
473		-	~~relationship, exercises~~ substantial control of, or owns greater than 383
474		-	~~twenty-five per cent of, a~~ corporation, partnership, trust or other legally 384
475		-	~~recognized entity owning~~ rental real property in the state, and (5) 385
476		-	~~"project-based housing~~ provider" means a property owner who 386
477		-	~~contracts with the United States~~ Department of Housing and Urban 387
478		-	~~Development to provide housing to~~ tenants under the federal Housing 388
479		-	~~Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC~~ 1437f(o). 389
	460	+	or yards, (3) "agent in charge" means one who manages real estate, 377
	461	+	including, but not limited to, the collection of rents and supervision of 378
	462	+	property, (4) "controlling participant" means [an individual or entity 379
	463	+	that exercises day-to-day financial or operational control] a natural 380
	464	+	person who is not a minor and who, directly or indirectly and through 381
	465	+	any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship, exercises 382
	466	+	substantial control of, or owns greater than twenty-five per cent of, a 383
	467	+	corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity owning 384
	468	+	rental real property in the state, and (5) "project-based housing 385
	469	+	provider" means a property owner who contracts with the United States 386
	470	+	Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide housing to 387
	471	+	tenants under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC 388
	472	+	1437f(o). 389
480	473		(b) Any municipality may require the nonresident owner or project-390
481	474		based housing provider of occupied or vacant rental real property to 391
482	475		[maintain on file in the office of] report to the tax assessor, or other 392
483	476		municipal office designated by the municipality, the current residential 393
484	477		address of the nonresident owner or project-based housing provider of 394
485	478		such property [,] if the nonresident owner or project-based housing 395
486	479		provider is an individual, or the current residential address of the agent 396
487	480		in charge of the building [,] if the nonresident owner or project-based 397
488	481		housing provider is a corporation, partnership, trust or other legally 398
489	482		recognized entity owning rental real property in the state. [In the case 399
490	483		of a] If the nonresident owners or project-based housing [provider, such 400
491	484		information] providers are a corporation, partnership, trust or other 401
492		-	legally recognized entity owning rental real property in the state, such 402 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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499	491		report shall also include identifying information and the current 403
500	492		residential address of each controlling participant associated with the 404
501	493		property. [, except that, if such controlling participant is a corporation, 405
502	494		partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity, the project-based 406
503	495		housing provider shall include the identifying information and the 407
504	496		current residential address of an individual who exercises day-to-day 408
505	497		financial or operational control of such entity.] If such residential 409
506	498		address changes, notice of the new residential address shall be provided 410
507	499		by such nonresident owner, project-based housing provider or agent in 411
508	500		charge of the building to the office of the tax assessor or other designated 412
509	501		municipal office not more than twenty-one days after the date that the 413
510	502		address change occurred. If the nonresident owner, project-based 414
511	503		housing provider or agent fails to file an address under this section, the 415
512	504		address to which the municipality mails property tax bills for the rental 416
513	505		real property shall be deemed to be the nonresident owner, project-417
514	506		based housing provider or agent's current address. Such address may 418
515	507		be used for compliance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this 419
516	508		section. 420
517	509		Sec. 10. Section 46a-64b of the general statutes is repealed and the 421
518	510		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 422
519	511		As used in sections 46a-51 to 46a-99, inclusive, as amended by this 423
520	512		act, and section 11 of this act: 424
521	513		(1) "Discriminatory housing practice" means any discriminatory 425
522	514		practice specified in section 46a-64c or [section] 46a-81e or section 11 of 426
523	515		this act. 427
524	516		(2) "Dwelling" means any building, structure, mobile manufactured 428
525	517		home park or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or 429
526	518		intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any 430
527	519		vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or 431
528	520		location thereon of any such building, structure, mobile manufactured 432
529		-	home park or portion thereof. 433 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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	521	+	home park or portion thereof. 433
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537	528		tenant from a dwelling unit entered in a summary process action 435
538	529		instituted under chapter 832. 436
539	530		[(3)] (4) "Fair Housing Act" means Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 437
540	531		1968, as amended, and known as the federal Fair Housing Act (42 USC 438
541	532		3600-3620). 439
542	533		[(4)] (5) "Family" includes a single individual. 440
543	534		[(5)] (6) "Familial status" means one or more individuals who have 441
544	535		not attained the age of eighteen years being domiciled with a parent or 442
545	536		another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; 443
546	537		or the designee of such parent or other person having such custody with 444
547	538		the written permission of such parent or other person; or any person 445
548	539		who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any 446
549	540		individual who has not attained the age of eighteen years. 447
550	541		[(6)] (7) "Housing for older persons" means housing: (A) Provided 448
551	542		under any state or federal program that the Secretary of the United 449
552	543		States Department of Housing and Urban Development determines is 450
553	544		specifically designed and operated to assist elderly persons as defined 451
554	545		in the state or federal program; or (B) intended for, and solely occupied 452
555	546		by, persons sixty-two years of age or older; or (C) intended and operated 453
556	547		for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per 454
557	548		unit in accordance with the standards set forth in the Fair Housing Act 455
558	549		and regulations developed pursuant thereto by the Secretary of the 456
559	550		United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. 457
560	551		(8) "Housing provider" means a landlord, an owner, an agent of such 458
561	552		landlord or owner, a real estate agent, a property manager, a housing 459
562	553		authority as created in section 8-40, a public housing agency or other 460
563	554		entity that provides dwelling units to tenants or prospective tenants. 461
564	555		(9) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor or sublessor of the dwelling 462
565		-	unit, the building of which it is a part or the premises. 463 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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572		-	[(7)] (10) "Mobile manufactured home park" means a plot of land 464
	556	+	unit, the building of which it is a part or the premises. 463
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573	563		upon which two or more mobile manufactured homes occupied for 465
574	564		residential purposes are located. 466
575	565		(11) "Owner" means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in 467
576	566		whom is vested (A) all or part of the legal title to a dwelling unit, the 468
577		-	building of which it is a part or the premises; or (B) all or part of the 469
	567	+	building of which it is a part or the premises, or (B) all or part of the 469
578	568		beneficial ownership and a right to present use and enjoyment of the 470
579	569		premises, including a mortgagee in possession. 471
580	570		[(8)] (12) "Physical or mental disability" includes, but is not limited to, 472
581	571		intellectual disability, as defined in section 1-1g, and physical disability, 473
582	572		as defined in subdivision (15) of section 46a-51, and also includes, but is 474
583	573		not limited to, persons who have a handicap as that term is defined in 475
584	574		the Fair Housing Act. 476
585	575		[(9)] (13) "Residential-real-estate-related transaction" means (A) the 477
586	576		making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance 478
587	577		for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a 479
588	578		dwelling, or secured by residential real estate; or (B) the selling, 480
589	579		brokering or appraising of residential real property. 481
590	580		[(10)] (14) "To rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let and to 482
591	581		otherwise grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not 483
592	582		owned by the occupant. 484
593	583		Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) It shall be a 485
594	584		discriminatory practice in violation of this section for a housing 486
595	585		provider to refuse to rent after making a bona fide offer, or to refuse to 487
596	586		negotiate for the rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny a 488
597	587		dwelling unit or deny occupancy in a dwelling unit, to any person based 489
598	588		on such person's (1) prior eviction, except for an eviction during the five 490
599	589		years immediately preceding the rental application, or (2) status as a 491
600	590		party to any summary process action that did not result in an eviction. 492
601	591		(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the applicability 493
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	592	+	of any reasonable statute or municipal ordinance restricting the 494
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610	599		(c) Any person aggrieved by a violation of this section may file a 496
611		-	complaint with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities 497
612		-	not later than three hundred days after the alleged act of discrimination, 498
613		-	pursuant to section 46a-82 of the general statutes, as amended by this 499
614		-	act. 500
615		-	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 814c of the 501
616		-	general statutes, complaints alleging a violation of this section shall be 502
617		-	investigated not later than one hundred days after filing and a final 503
618		-	administrative disposition shall be made not later than one year after 504
619		-	filing unless it is impracticable to do so. If the Commission on Human 505
620		-	Rights and Opportunities is unable to complete its investigation or make 506
621		-	a final administrative determination within such time frames, it shall 507
622		-	notify the complainant and the respondent, in writing, of the reasons for 508
623		-	not doing so. 509
624		-	Sec. 12. Section 8-45a of the general statutes is repealed and the 510
625		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 511
626		-	A housing authority, as defined in subsection (b) of section 8-39, in 512
627		-	determining eligibility for the rental of public housing units may 513
628		-	establish criteria and consider relevant information concerning (1) an 514
629		-	applicant's or any proposed occupant's history of criminal activity 515
630		-	involving: (A) Crimes of physical violence to persons or property, (B) 516
631		-	crimes involving the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or use of, or 517
632		-	possession with intent to manufacture, sell, use or distribute, a 518
633		-	controlled substance, as defined in section 21a-240, or (C) other criminal 519
634		-	acts which would adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of other 520
635		-	tenants, (2) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern 521
636		-	of abuse, of alcohol when the housing authority has reasonable cause to 522
637		-	believe that such applicant's or proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of 523
638		-	abuse, of alcohol may interfere with the health, safety or right to 524
639		-	peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents, and (3) an 525
640		-	applicant or any proposed occupant who is subject to a lifetime 526 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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647		-	registration requirement under section 54-252 on account of being 527
648		-	convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a 528
649		-	sexually violent offense. In evaluating any such information, the 529
650		-	housing authority shall give consideration to the time, nature and extent 530
651		-	of the applicant's or proposed occupant's conduct and to factors which 531
652		-	might indicate a reasonable probability of favorable future conduct such 532
653		-	as evidence of rehabilitation and evidence of the willingness of the 533
654		-	applicant, the applicant's family or the proposed occupant to participate 534
655		-	in social service or other appropriate counseling programs and the 535
656		-	availability of such programs. Except as otherwise provided by law, a 536
657		-	housing authority shall limit its consideration of an applicant's or 537
658		-	proposed occupant's eviction history to the applicable time period 538
659		-	established under subsection (a) of section 11 of this act. 539
660		-	Sec. 13. Subdivision (8) of section 46a-51 of the general statutes is 540
661		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 541
662		-	1, 2023): 542
663		-	(8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a-543
664		-	60a, 4a-60g, 31-40y, subsection (b), (d), (e) or (f) of section 31-51i, 544
665		-	subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-54, subdivisions (16) 545
666		-	and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59, 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 546
667		-	46a-66, 46a-68, 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, [or] 46a-70 to 46a-78, 547
668		-	inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80, [or] sections 46a-81b to 46a-548
669		-	81o, inclusive, [and] sections 46a-80b to 46a-80e, inclusive, [and] or 549
670		-	[sections] 46a-80k to 46a-80m, inclusive, or section 11 of this act; 550
671		-	Sec. 14. Subdivision (14) of section 46a-54 of the general statutes is 551
672		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 552
673		-	1, 2023): 553
674		-	(14) To require the posting, by any respondent or other person subject 554
675		-	to the requirements of section 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-81d or 46a-81e or 555
676		-	section 11 of this act, of such notices of statutory provisions as it deems 556
677		-	desirable; 557 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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684		-	Sec. 15. Section 46a-74 of the general statutes is repealed and the 558
685		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 559
686		-	No state department, board or agency may permit any 560
687		-	discriminatory practice in violation of section 46a-59, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 561
688		-	sections 46a-80b to 46a-80e, inclusive, or 46a-80k to 46a-80m, inclusive, 562
689		-	or section 11 of this act. 563
690		-	Sec. 16. Subsection (a) of section 46a-82 of the general statutes is 564
691		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 565
692		-	1, 2023): 566
693		-	(a) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged discriminatory 567
694		-	practice, except for an alleged violation of section 4a-60g or 46a-68 or the 568
695		-	provisions of sections 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, may, by himself or 569
696		-	herself or by such person's attorney, file with the commission a 570
697		-	complaint in writing under oath, except that a complaint that alleges a 571
698		-	violation of section 46a-64c or section 11 of this act need not be 572
699		-	notarized. The complaint shall state the name and address of the person 573
700		-	alleged to have committed the discriminatory practice, provide a short 574
701		-	and plain statement of the allegations upon which the claim is based and 575
702		-	contain such other information as may be required by the commission. 576
703		-	After the filing of a complaint, the commission shall provide the 577
704		-	complainant with a notice that: (1) Acknowledges receipt of the 578
705		-	complaint; and (2) advises of the time frames and choice of forums 579
706		-	available under this chapter. 580
707		-	Sec. 17. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 46a-83 of the 581
708		-	general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 582
709		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 583
710		-	(a) Not later than fifteen days after the date of filing of any 584
711		-	discriminatory practice complaint pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of 585
712		-	section 46a-82, as amended by this act, or an amendment to such 586
713		-	complaint adding an additional respondent, the commission shall serve 587
714		-	the respondent as provided in section 46a-86a with the complaint and a 588 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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721		-	notice advising of the procedural rights and obligations of a respondent 589
722		-	under this chapter. The respondent shall either (1) file a written answer 590
723		-	to the complaint as provided in subsection (b) of this section, or (2) not 591
724		-	later than ten days after the date of receipt of the complaint, provide 592
725		-	written notice to the complainant and the commission that the 593
726		-	respondent has elected to participate in pre-answer conciliation, except 594
727		-	that a discriminatory practice complaint alleging a violation of section 595
728		-	46a-64c or 46a-81e shall not be subject to pre-answer conciliation. A 596
729		-	complaint sent by first class mail shall be considered to be received not 597
730		-	later than two days after the date of mailing, unless the respondent 598
731		-	proves otherwise. The commission shall conduct a pre-answer 599
732		-	conciliation conference not later than thirty days after the date of 600
733		-	receiving the respondent's request for pre-answer conciliation. 601
734		-	(b) Except as provided in this subsection, not later than thirty days 602
735		-	after the date (1) of receipt of the complaint, or (2) on which the 603
736		-	commission determines that the pre-answer conciliation conference was 604
737		-	unsuccessful, the respondent shall file a written answer to the 605
738		-	complaint, under oath, with the commission. The respondent may 606
739		-	request, and the commission may grant, one extension of time of not 607
740		-	more than fifteen days within which to file a written answer to the 608
741		-	complaint. An answer to any amendment to a complaint shall be filed 609
742		-	within twenty days of the date of receipt [to] of such amendment. The 610
743		-	answer to any complaint alleging a violation of section 46a-64c or 46a-611
744		-	81e or section 11 of this act shall be filed not later than ten days after the 612
745		-	date of receipt of the complaint. 613
746		-	(c) Not later than sixty days after the date of the filing of the 614
747		-	respondent's answer, the executive director or the executive director's 615
748		-	designee shall conduct a case assessment review to determine whether 616
749		-	the complaint should be retained for further processing or dismissed 617
750		-	because (1) it fails to state a claim for relief or is frivolous on its face, (2) 618
751		-	the respondent is exempt from the provisions of this chapter, or (3) there 619
752		-	is no reasonable possibility that investigating the complaint will result 620
753		-	in a finding of reasonable cause. The case assessment review shall 621 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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760		-	include the complaint, the respondent's answer and the responses to the 622
761		-	commission's requests for information, and the complainant's 623
762		-	comments, if any, to the respondent's answer and information 624
763		-	responses. The executive director or the executive director's designee 625
764		-	shall send notice of any action taken pursuant to the case assessment 626
765		-	review in accordance with section 46a-86a. For any complaint dismissed 627
766		-	pursuant to this subsection, the executive director or the executive 628
767		-	director's designee shall issue a release of jurisdiction allowing the 629
768		-	complainant to bring a civil action under section 46a-100. This 630
769		-	subsection and subsection (e) of this section shall not apply to any 631
770		-	complaint alleging a violation of section 46a-64c [or] 46a-81e or section 632
771		-	11 of this act. The executive director shall report the results of the case 633
772		-	assessment reviews made pursuant to this subsection to the commission 634
773		-	quarterly during each year. 635
774		-	Sec. 18. Subdivision (2) of subsection (g) of section 46a-83 of the 636
775		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 637
776		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 638
777		-	(2) If the investigator makes a finding that there is reasonable cause 639
778		-	to believe that a violation of section 46a-64c or section 11 of this act has 640
779		-	occurred, the complainant and the respondent shall have twenty days 641
780		-	from sending of the reasonable cause finding to elect a civil action in lieu 642
781		-	of an administrative hearing pursuant to section 46a-84. If either the 643
782		-	complainant or the respondent requests a civil action, the commission, 644
783		-	through the Attorney General or a commission legal counsel, shall 645
784		-	commence an action pursuant to subsection (b) of section 46a-89, not 646
785		-	later than ninety days after the date of receipt of the notice of election. If 647
786		-	the Attorney General or a commission legal counsel believes that 648
787		-	injunctive relief, punitive damages or a civil penalty would be 649
788		-	appropriate, such relief, damages or penalty may also be sought. The 650
789		-	jurisdiction of the Superior Court in an action brought under this 651
790		-	subdivision shall be limited to such claims, counterclaims, defenses or 652
791		-	the like that could be presented at an administrative hearing before the 653
792		-	commission, had the complaint remained with the commission for 654 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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799		-	disposition. A complainant may intervene as a matter of right in a civil 655
800		-	action without permission of the court or the parties. If the Attorney 656
801		-	General or commission legal counsel, as the case may be, determines 657
802		-	that the interests of the state will not be adversely affected, the 658
803		-	complainant or attorney for the complainant shall present all or part of 659
804		-	the case in support of the complaint. If the Attorney General or a 660
805		-	commission legal counsel determines that a material mistake of law or 661
806		-	fact has been made in the finding of reasonable cause, the Attorney 662
807		-	General or a commission legal counsel may decline to bring a civil action 663
808		-	and shall remand the file to the investigator for further action. The 664
809		-	investigator shall complete any such action not later than ninety days 665
810		-	after receipt of such file. 666
811		-	Sec. 19. Subsection (c) of section 46a-86 of the general statutes is 667
812		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 668
813		-	1, 2023): 669
814		-	(c) In addition to any other action taken under this section, upon a 670
815		-	finding of a discriminatory practice prohibited by section 46a-58, 46a-671
816		-	59, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-81b, 46a-81d, [or] 46a-81e or section 11 of this 672
817		-	act, the presiding officer shall determine the damage suffered by the 673
818		-	complainant, which damage shall include, but not be limited to, the 674
819		-	expense incurred by the complainant for obtaining alternate housing or 675
820		-	space, storage of goods and effects, moving costs and other costs 676
821		-	actually incurred by the complainant as a result of such discriminatory 677
822		-	practice and shall allow reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The 678
823		-	amount of attorney's fees allowed shall not be contingent upon the 679
824		-	amount of damages requested by or awarded to the complainant. 680
825		-	Sec. 20. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 46a-89 of the 681
826		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 682
827		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 683
828		-	(b) (1) Whenever a complaint filed pursuant to section 46a-82, as 684
829		-	amended by this act, alleges a violation of section 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-685
830		-	81d, [or] 46a-81e or section 11 of this act, and the commission believes 686 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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837		-	that injunctive relief is required or that the imposition of punitive 687
838		-	damages or a civil penalty would be appropriate, the commission may 688
839		-	bring a petition in the superior court for the judicial district in which the 689
840		-	discriminatory practice which is the subject of the complaint occurred 690
841		-	or the judicial district in which the respondent resides. 691
842		-	Sec. 21. Subsection (b) of section 46a-90a of the general statutes is 692
843		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 693
844		-	1, 2023): 694
845		-	(b) When the presiding officer finds that the respondent has engaged 695
846		-	in any discriminatory practice prohibited by section 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-696
847		-	64c, 46a-81c, 46a-81d, [or] 46a-81e or section 11 of this act and grants 697
848		-	relief on the complaint, requiring that a temporary injunction remain in 698
849		-	effect, the executive director may, through the procedure outlined in 699
850		-	subsection (a) of section 46a-95, petition the court which granted the 700
851		-	original temporary injunction to make the injunction permanent. 701
852		-	Sec. 22. Section 46a-98a of the general statutes is repealed and the 702
853		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 703
854		-	Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of section 46a-64c 704
855		-	[or] 46a-81e or section 11 of this act or by a breach of a conciliation 705
856		-	agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter, may bring an action in 706
857		-	the Superior Court, or the housing session of said court if appropriate, 707
858		-	within one year of the date of the alleged discriminatory practice or of a 708
859		-	breach of a conciliation agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter. 709
860		-	No action pursuant to this section may be brought in the Superior Court 710
861		-	regarding the alleged discriminatory practice after the commission has 711
862		-	obtained a conciliation agreement pursuant to section 46a-83, as 712
863		-	amended by this act, or commenced a hearing pursuant to section 46a-713
864		-	84, except for an action to enforce the conciliation agreement. The court 714
865		-	shall have the power to grant relief, by injunction or otherwise, as it 715
866		-	deems just and suitable. The court may grant any relief which a 716
867		-	presiding officer may grant in a proceeding under section 46a-86, as 717
868		-	amended by this act, or which the court may grant in a proceeding 718 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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875		-	under section 46a-89, as amended by this act. The commission, through 719
876		-	commission legal counsel or the Attorney General, may intervene as a 720
877		-	matter of right in any action brought pursuant to this section without 721
878		-	permission of the court or the parties. 722
879		-	Sec. 23. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) There shall be an Office 723
880		-	of Responsible Growth within the Intergovernmental Policy Division of 724
881		-	the Office of Policy and Management. 725
882		-	(b) The Office of Responsible Growth shall be responsible for the 726
883		-	following: 727
884		-	(1) Preparing the state plan of conservation and development 728
885		-	pursuant to chapters 297 and 297a of the general statutes; 729
886		-	(2) Reviewing state agency plans, projects and bonding requests for 730
887		-	consistency with the state plan of conservation and development; 731
888		-	(3) Coordinating the administration of the Connecticut 732
889		-	Environmental Policy Act, as set forth in sections 22a-1 to 22a-1h, 733
890		-	inclusive, of the general statutes; 734
891		-	(4) Facilitating interagency coordination in matters involving land 735
892		-	and water resources and infrastructure improvements; 736
893		-	(5) Providing staff support to the Connecticut Water Planning 737
894		-	Council; 738
895		-	(6) Coordinating the neighborhood revitalization zone program, as 739
896		-	provided in sections 7-600 to 7-602, inclusive, of the general statutes; 740
897		-	(7) Assisting the Chief Data Officer of the state with oversight of state-741
898		-	wide geographic information system data and resources and 742
899		-	participating in the geographic information system user-to-user 743
900		-	network to develop geographic information system data standards and 744
901		-	initiatives; 745
902		-	(8) Providing staff support to the Advisory Commission on 746 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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909		-	Intergovernmental Relations; 747
910		-	(9) Serving as the state liaison to the state's regional councils of 748
911		-	governments; 749
912		-	(10) Administering responsible growth and transit-oriented 750
913		-	development and regional performance incentive grant programs; 751
914		-	(11) Compiling data necessary to and coordinating the submission by 752
915		-	municipalities of plans to affirmatively further fair housing; and 753
916		-	(12) Preparing the public investment community index annually. 754
917		-	(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 755
918		-	designate a member of the secretary's staff to serve as the State 756
919		-	Responsible Growth Coordinator to oversee the Office of Responsible 757
920		-	Growth. 758
921		-	(d) The secretary shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 759
922		-	provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to carry out the purposes 760
923		-	of this section. 761
924		-	Sec. 24. Section 8-30j of the general statutes is repealed and the 762
925		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 763
926		-	(a) As used in this section: 764
927		-	(1) "Plan to affirmatively further fair housing" means a plan designed 765
928		-	to (A) develop additional affordable housing, (B) overcome patterns of 766
929		-	segregation, (C) promote equity in housing and related community 767
930		-	assets, and (D) foster inclusive communities free from barriers that 768
931		-	restrict access to opportunities based on protected characteristics; 769
932		-	(2) "Equity" means the consistent and systematic fair, just and 770
933		-	nondiscriminatory treatment of all individuals, regardless of protected 771
934		-	characteristics, including concerted actions to overcome past 772
935		-	discrimination against underserved communities that have been denied 773
936		-	equal opportunities or otherwise adversely affected because of their 774 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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943		-	protected characteristics by public and private policies and practices 775
944		-	that have perpetuated inequality, segregation and poverty; 776
945		-	(3) "Segregation" means a condition within a geographic area in 777
946		-	which there is a significant concentration of persons of a particular race, 778
947		-	color, religion, sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity and 779
948		-	nonconformance with gender stereotypes, familial status or national 780
949		-	origin or having a disability or a type of disability, in such geographic 781
950		-	area when compared to a different or broader geographic area; and 782
951		-	(4) "Coordinator" means the State Responsible Growth Coordinator 783
952		-	of the Office of Responsible Growth within the Office of Policy and 784
953		-	Management. 785
954		-	[(a)] (b) [(1) Not later than June 1, 2022, and at least once every five 786
955		-	years thereafter] Commencing June 1, 2024, each municipality, in 787
956		-	consultation with the State Responsible Growth Coordinator, shall 788
957		-	prepare or amend and adopt [an affordable housing plan for the 789
958		-	municipality] a plan to affirmatively further fair housing for the 790
959		-	municipality not later than the plan date set in accordance with a 791
960		-	schedule prescribed by the coordinator, and at least once every five 792
961		-	years thereafter, and shall submit a copy of such plan to the [Secretary 793
962		-	of the Office of Policy and Management] coordinator upon the 794
963		-	amendment or adoption of such plan. The schedule prescribed by the 795
964		-	coordinator shall require approximately twenty per cent of 796
965		-	municipalities to submit such plan each year. Such plan shall be subject 797
966		-	to the approval of the coordinator and shall specify how the 798
967		-	municipality intends to [increase the number of affordable housing 799
968		-	developments in the municipality] meet the goals established by the 800
969		-	plan. 801
970		-	[(2) If, at the same time the municipality is required to submit to the 802
971		-	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management an affordable housing 803
972		-	plan pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the municipality is 804
973		-	also required to submit to the secretary a plan of conservation and 805
974		-	development pursuant to section 8-23, such affordable housing plan 806 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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981		-	may be included as part of such plan of conservation and development. 807
982		-	The municipality may, to coincide with its submission to the secretary 808
983		-	of a plan of conservation and development, submit to the secretary an 809
984		-	affordable housing plan early, provided the municipality's next such 810
985		-	submission of an affordable housing plan shall be five years thereafter.] 811
986		-	(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the coordinator shall develop and 812
987		-	make available a data set for each municipality concerning such 813
988		-	municipality's demographic information, including trends in such 814
989		-	information, related to segregation. 815
990		-	[(b)] (d) The municipality may hold public informational meetings or 816
991		-	organize other activities to inform residents about the process of 817
992		-	preparing the plan and shall post a copy of any draft plan or amendment 818
993		-	to such plan on the Internet web site of the municipality. If the 819
994		-	municipality holds a public hearing, such posting shall occur at least 820
995		-	thirty-five days prior to the public hearing. After adoption of the plan, 821
996		-	the municipality shall file the final plan in the office of the town clerk of 822
997		-	such municipality and post the plan on the Internet web site of the 823
998		-	municipality. 824
999		-	[(c) Following adoption, the municipality shall regularly review and 825
1000		-	maintain such plan. The municipality may adopt such geographical, 826
1001		-	functional or other amendments to the plan or parts of the plan, in 827
1002		-	accordance with the provisions of this section, as it deems necessary. If 828
1003		-	the municipality fails to amend and submit to the Secretary of the Office 829
1004		-	of Policy and Management such plan every five years, the chief elected 830
1005		-	official of the municipality shall submit a letter to the secretary that (1) 831
1006		-	explains why such plan was not amended, and (2) designates a date by 832
1007		-	which an amended plan shall be submitted.] 833
1008		-	(e) Not later than December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each 834
1009		-	municipality shall submit to the Office of Responsible Growth within 835
1010		-	the Office of Policy and Management a sworn statement from the chief 836
1011		-	executive officer of the municipality stating that the municipality is in 837
1012		-	compliance with the plan adopted by such municipality under 838 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1019		-	subsection (b) of this section. On and after December 1, 2024, any 839
1020		-	municipality that fails to comply with the requirements of this 840
1021		-	subsection or subsection (b) of this section shall be required to spend 841
1022		-	any funds such municipality has received related to any economic and 842
1023		-	community development project pursuant to section 4-66c or 4-66g on 843
1024		-	the development of affordable housing or on infrastructure to support 844
1025		-	the development of affordable housing. 845
1026		-	Sec. 25. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to 846
1027		-	create an inventory of existing sewer capacity in the state and a plan to 847
1028		-	expand such sewer capacity in accordance with the state plan of 848
1029		-	conservation and development adopted pursuant to chapter 297 of the 849
1030		-	general statutes. 850
1031		-	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 851
1032		-	(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 852
1033		-	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 853
1034		-	(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 854
1035		-	Representatives; 855
1036		-	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 856
1037		-	(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 857
1038		-	Representatives; 858
1039		-	(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 859
1040		-	(7) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or 860
1041		-	the commissioner's designee; 861
1042		-	(8) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's 862
1043		-	designee; and 863
1044		-	(9) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 864
1045		-	or the commissioner's designee. 865 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1052		-	(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 866
1053		-	(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 867
1054		-	of the General Assembly. 868
1055		-	(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 869
1056		-	than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 870
1057		-	be filled by the appointing authority. 871
1058		-	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 872
1059		-	tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 873
1060		-	among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 874
1061		-	the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 875
1062		-	days after the effective date of this section. 876
1063		-	(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 877
1064		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 878
1065		-	and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 879
1066		-	(g) Not later than January 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a report 880
1067		-	on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 881
1068		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 882
1069		-	and development, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 883
1070		-	the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 884
1071		-	submits such report or January 1, 2024, whichever is later. 885
1072		-	Sec. 26. Subsections (a) to (l), inclusive, of section 8-30g of the general 886
1073		-	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 887
1074		-	(Effective October 1, 2023): 888
1075		-	(a) As used in this section and section 8-30j, as amended by this act: 889
1076		-	(1) ["Affordable housing development" means a proposed housing 890
1077		-	development which is (A) assisted housing, or (B) a set-aside 891
1078		-	development] "Affordable housing application" means any application 892
1079		-	made to a commission in connection with an affordable housing 893
1080		-	development by a person who proposes to develop such affordable 894
1081		-	housing; 895 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1089		-	a commission in connection with an affordable housing development by 897
1090		-	a person who proposes to develop such affordable housing] "Affordable 898
1091		-	housing development" means a proposed housing development that is 899
1092		-	(A) assisted housing, or (B) a set-aside development; 900
1093		-	(3) "As of right" means able to be approved in accordance with the 901
1094		-	terms of a zoning regulation or regulations and without requiring that 902
1095		-	a public hearing be held, a variance, special permit or special exception 903
1096		-	be granted or some other discretionary zoning action be taken, other 904
1097		-	than a determination that a site plan is in conformance with applicable 905
1098		-	zoning regulations; 906
1099		-	[(3)] (4) "Assisted housing" means housing [which] that is receiving, 907
1100		-	or will receive, financial assistance under any governmental program 908
1101		-	for the construction or substantial rehabilitation of low and moderate 909
1102		-	income housing, and any housing occupied by persons receiving rental 910
1103		-	assistance under chapter 319uu or Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United 911
1104		-	States Code; 912
1105		-	[(4)] (5) "Commission" means a zoning commission, planning 913
1106		-	commission, planning and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals 914
1107		-	or municipal agency exercising zoning or planning authority; 915
1108		-	(6) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing; 916
1109		-	(7) "Median income" means, after adjustments for family size, the 917
1110		-	lesser of the state median income or the area median income for the area 918
1111		-	in which the municipality containing the affordable housing 919
1112		-	development is located, as determined by the United States Department 920
1113		-	of Housing and Urban Development; 921
1114		-	(8) "Middle housing" means duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage 922
1115		-	clusters and townhouses; 923
1116		-	[(5)] (9) "Municipality" means any town, city or borough, whether 924
1117		-	consolidated or unconsolidated; and 925 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1124		-	[(6)] (10) "Set-aside development" means a development in which not 926
1125		-	less than thirty per cent of the dwelling units will be conveyed by deeds 927
1126		-	containing covenants or restrictions which shall require that, for at least 928
1127		-	forty years after the initial occupation of the proposed development, 929
1128		-	such dwelling units shall be sold or rented at, or below, prices which 930
1129		-	will preserve the units as housing for which persons and families pay 931
1130		-	thirty per cent or less of their annual income, where such income is less 932
1131		-	than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income. In a set-aside 933
1132		-	development, of the dwelling units conveyed by deeds containing 934
1133		-	covenants or restrictions, a number of dwelling units equal to not less 935
1134		-	than fifteen per cent of all dwelling units in the development shall be 936
1135		-	sold or rented to persons and families whose income is less than or equal 937
1136		-	to sixty per cent of the median income and the remainder of the dwelling 938
1137		-	units conveyed by deeds containing covenants or restrictions shall be 939
1138		-	sold or rented to persons and families whose income is less than or equal 940
1139		-	to eighty per cent of the median income. [;] 941
1140		-	[(7) "Median income" means, after adjustments for family size, the 942
1141		-	lesser of the state median income or the area median income for the area 943
1142		-	in which the municipality containing the affordable housing 944
1143		-	development is located, as determined by the United States Department 945
1144		-	of Housing and Urban Development; and 946
1145		-	(8) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing.] 947
1146		-	(b) (1) Any person filing an affordable housing application with a 948
1147		-	commission shall submit, as part of the application, an affordability plan 949
1148		-	which shall include at least the following: (A) Designation of the person, 950
1149		-	entity or agency that will be responsible for the duration of any 951
1150		-	affordability restrictions, for the administration of the affordability plan 952
1151		-	and its compliance with the income limits and sale price or rental 953
1152		-	restrictions of this chapter; (B) an affirmative fair housing marketing 954
1153		-	plan governing the sale or rental of all dwelling units; (C) a sample 955
1154		-	calculation of the maximum sales prices or rents of the intended 956
1155		-	affordable dwelling units; (D) a description of the projected sequence in 957
1156		-	which, within a set-aside development, the affordable dwelling units 958 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1163		-	will be built and offered for occupancy and the general location of such 959
1164		-	units within the proposed development; and (E) draft zoning 960
1165		-	regulations, conditions of approvals, deeds, restrictive covenants or 961
1166		-	lease provisions that will govern the affordable dwelling units. 962
1167		-	(2) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, adopt 963
1168		-	regulations pursuant to chapter 54 regarding the affordability plan. 964
1169		-	Such regulations may include additional criteria for preparing an 965
1170		-	affordability plan and shall include: (A) A formula for determining rent 966
1171		-	levels and sale prices, including establishing maximum allowable down 967
1172		-	payments to be used in the calculation of maximum allowable sales 968
1173		-	prices; (B) a clarification of the costs that are to be included when 969
1174		-	calculating maximum allowed rents and sale prices; (C) a clarification 970
1175		-	as to how family size and bedroom counts are to be equated in 971
1176		-	establishing maximum rental and sale prices for the affordable units; 972
1177		-	and (D) a listing of the considerations to be included in the computation 973
1178		-	of income under this section. 974
1179		-	(c) Any commission, by regulation, may require that an affordable 975
1180		-	housing application seeking a change of zone include the submission of 976
1181		-	a conceptual site plan describing the proposed development's total 977
1182		-	number of residential units and their arrangement on the property and 978
1183		-	the proposed development's roads and traffic circulation, sewage 979
1184		-	disposal and water supply. 980
1185		-	(d) For any affordable dwelling unit that is rented as part of a set-981
1186		-	aside development, if the maximum monthly housing cost, as calculated 982
1187		-	in accordance with subdivision [(6)] (10) of subsection (a) of this section, 983
1188		-	would exceed one hundred per cent of the Section 8 fair market rent as 984
1189		-	determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban 985
1190		-	Development, in the case of units set aside for persons and families 986
1191		-	whose income is less than or equal to sixty per cent of the median 987
1192		-	income, then such maximum monthly housing cost shall not exceed one 988
1193		-	hundred per cent of said Section 8 fair market rent. If the maximum 989
1194		-	monthly housing cost, as calculated in accordance with subdivision [(6)] 990
1195		-	(10) of subsection (a) of this section, would exceed one hundred twenty 991 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1202		-	per cent of the Section 8 fair market rent, as determined by the United 992
1203		-	States Department of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of 993
1204		-	units set aside for persons and families whose income is less than or 994
1205		-	equal to eighty per cent of the median income, then such maximum 995
1206		-	monthly housing cost shall not exceed one hundred twenty per cent of 996
1207		-	such Section 8 fair market rent. 997
1208		-	(e) For any affordable dwelling unit that is rented [in order] to comply 998
1209		-	with the requirements of a set-aside development, no person shall 999
1210		-	impose on a prospective tenant who is receiving governmental rental 1000
1211		-	assistance a maximum percentage-of-income-for-housing requirement 1001
1212		-	that is more restrictive than the requirement, if any, imposed by such 1002
1213		-	governmental assistance program. 1003
1214		-	(f) Except as provided in subsections (k) and (l) of this section, any 1004
1215		-	person whose affordable housing application is denied, or is approved 1005
1216		-	with restrictions [which] that have a substantial adverse impact on the 1006
1217		-	viability of the affordable housing development or the degree of 1007
1218		-	affordability of the affordable dwelling units in a set-aside 1008
1219		-	development, may appeal such decision pursuant to the procedures of 1009
1220		-	this section. Such appeal shall be filed within the time period for filing 1010
1221		-	appeals as set forth in section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a, as applicable, and 1011
1222		-	shall be made returnable to the superior court for the judicial district 1012
1223		-	where the real property which is the subject of the application is located. 1013
1224		-	Affordable housing appeals, including pretrial motions, shall be heard 1014
1225		-	by a judge assigned by the Chief Court Administrator to hear such 1015
1226		-	appeals. To the extent practicable, efforts shall be made to assign such 1016
1227		-	cases to a small number of judges, sitting in geographically diverse parts 1017
1228		-	of the state, so that a consistent body of expertise can be developed. 1018
1229		-	Unless otherwise ordered by the Chief Court Administrator, such 1019
1230		-	appeals, including pretrial motions, shall be heard by such assigned 1020
1231		-	judges in the judicial district in which such judge is sitting. Appeals 1021
1232		-	taken pursuant to this subsection shall be privileged cases to be heard 1022
1233		-	by the court as soon after the return day as is practicable. Except as 1023
1234		-	otherwise provided in this section, appeals involving an affordable 1024 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1241		-	housing application shall proceed in conformance with the provisions 1025
1242		-	of section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a, as applicable. 1026
1243		-	(g) Upon an appeal taken under subsection (f) of this section, the 1027
1244		-	burden shall be on the commission to prove, based upon the evidence 1028
1245		-	in the record compiled before such commission, that the decision from 1029
1246		-	which such appeal is taken and the reasons cited for such decision are 1030
1247		-	supported by sufficient evidence in the record. The commission shall 1031
1248		-	also have the burden to prove, based upon the evidence in the record 1032
1249		-	compiled before such commission, that (1) (A) the decision is necessary 1033
1250		-	to protect substantial public interests in health, safety or other matters 1034
1251		-	which the commission may legally consider; (B) such public interests 1035
1252		-	clearly outweigh the need for affordable housing; and (C) such public 1036
1253		-	interests cannot be protected by reasonable changes to the affordable 1037
1254		-	housing development, or (2) (A) the application which was the subject 1038
1255		-	of the decision from which such appeal was taken would locate 1039
1256		-	affordable housing in an area which is zoned for industrial use and 1040
1257		-	which does not permit residential uses; and (B) the development is not 1041
1258		-	assisted housing. If the commission does not satisfy its burden of proof 1042
1259		-	under this subsection, the court shall wholly or partly revise, modify, 1043
1260		-	remand or reverse the decision from which the appeal was taken in a 1044
1261		-	manner consistent with the evidence in the record before it. 1045
1262		-	(h) Following a decision by a commission to reject an affordable 1046
1263		-	housing application or to approve an application with restrictions 1047
1264		-	[which] that have a substantial adverse impact on the viability of the 1048
1265		-	affordable housing development or the degree of affordability of the 1049
1266		-	affordable dwelling units, the applicant may, within the period for filing 1050
1267		-	an appeal of such decision, submit to the commission a proposed 1051
1268		-	modification of its proposal responding to some or all of the objections 1052
1269		-	or restrictions articulated by the commission, which shall be treated as 1053
1270		-	an amendment to the original proposal. The day of receipt of such a 1054
1271		-	modification shall be determined in the same manner as the day of 1055
1272		-	receipt is determined for an original application. The filing of such a 1056
1273		-	proposed modification shall stay the period for filing an appeal from the 1057 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1280		-	decision of the commission on the original application. The commission 1058
1281		-	shall hold a public hearing on the proposed modification if it held a 1059
1282		-	public hearing on the original application and may hold a public 1060
1283		-	hearing on the proposed modification if it did not hold a public hearing 1061
1284		-	on the original application. The commission shall render a decision on 1062
1285		-	the proposed modification not later than sixty-five days after the receipt 1063
1286		-	of such proposed modification, provided, if, in connection with a 1064
1287		-	modification submitted under this subsection, the applicant applies for 1065
1288		-	a permit for an activity regulated pursuant to sections 22a-36 to 22a-45, 1066
1289		-	inclusive, and the time for a decision by the commission on such 1067
1290		-	modification under this subsection would lapse prior to the thirty-fifth 1068
1291		-	day after a decision by an inland wetlands and watercourses agency, the 1069
1292		-	time period for decision by the commission on the modification under 1070
1293		-	this subsection shall be extended to thirty-five days after the decision of 1071
1294		-	such agency. The commission shall issue notice of its decision as 1072
1295		-	provided by law. Failure of the commission to render a decision within 1073
1296		-	said sixty-five days or subsequent extension period permitted by this 1074
1297		-	subsection shall constitute a rejection of the proposed modification. 1075
1298		-	Within the time period for filing an appeal on the proposed modification 1076
1299		-	as set forth in section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a, as applicable, the applicant 1077
1300		-	may appeal the commission's decision on the original application and 1078
1301		-	the proposed modification in the manner set forth in this section. 1079
1302		-	Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the right of an 1080
1303		-	applicant to appeal the original decision of the commission in the 1081
1304		-	manner set forth in this section without submitting a proposed 1082
1305		-	modification or to limit the issues which may be raised in any appeal 1083
1306		-	under this section. 1084
1307		-	(i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude any right of 1085
1308		-	appeal under the provisions of section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a. 1086
1309		-	(j) A commission or its designated authority shall have, with respect 1087
1310		-	to compliance of an affordable housing development with the 1088
1311		-	provisions of this chapter, the same powers and remedies provided to 1089
1312		-	commissions by section 8-12. 1090 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1319		-	(k) The affordable housing appeals procedure established under this 1091
1320		-	section shall not be available if the real property which is the subject of 1092
1321		-	the application is located in a municipality in which at least ten per cent 1093
1322		-	of all dwelling units in the municipality are (1) assisted housing, (2) 1094
1323		-	currently financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority 1095
1324		-	mortgages, (3) subject to binding recorded deeds containing covenants 1096
1325		-	or restrictions which require that such dwelling units be sold or rented 1097
1326		-	at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which 1098
1327		-	persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of income, where such 1099
1328		-	income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income, (4) 1100
1329		-	mobile manufactured homes located in mobile manufactured home 1101
1330		-	parks or legally approved accessory apartments, which homes or 1102
1331		-	apartments are subject to binding recorded deeds containing covenants 1103
1332		-	or restrictions which require that such dwelling units be sold or rented 1104
1333		-	at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which, 1105
1334		-	for a period of not less than ten years, persons and families pay thirty 1106
1335		-	per cent or less of income, where such income is less than or equal to 1107
1336		-	eighty per cent of the median income, or (5) mobile manufactured 1108
1337		-	homes located in resident-owned mobile manufactured home parks. For 1109
1338		-	the purposes of calculating the total number of dwelling units in a 1110
1339		-	municipality, accessory apartments built or permitted after January 1, 1111
1340		-	2022, but that are not described in subdivision (4) of this subsection, 1112
1341		-	shall not be counted toward such total number. The municipalities 1113
1342		-	meeting the criteria set forth in this subsection shall be listed in the 1114
1343		-	report submitted under section 8-37qqq. As used in this subsection, 1115
1344		-	"accessory apartment" has the same meaning as provided in section 8-1116
1345		-	1a, and "resident-owned mobile manufactured home park" means a 1117
1346		-	mobile manufactured home park consisting of mobile manufactured 1118
1347		-	homes located on land that is deed restricted, and, at the time of issuance 1119
1348		-	of a loan for the purchase of such land, such loan required seventy-five 1120
1349		-	per cent of the units to be leased to persons with incomes equal to or less 1121
1350		-	than eighty per cent of the median income, and either (A) forty per cent 1122
1351		-	of said seventy-five per cent to be leased to persons with incomes equal 1123
1352		-	to or less than sixty per cent of the median income, or (B) twenty per 1124
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1360		-	equal to or less than fifty per cent of the median income. 1126
1361		-	(l) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the 1127
1362		-	affordable housing appeals procedure established under this section 1128
1363		-	shall not be applicable to an affordable housing application filed with a 1129
1364		-	commission during a moratorium, which shall commence after (A) a 1130
1365		-	certification of affordable housing project completion issued by the 1131
1366		-	commissioner is published in the Connecticut Law Journal, or (B) notice 1132
1367		-	of a provisional approval is published pursuant to subdivision (4) of this 1133
1368		-	subsection. Any such moratorium shall be for a period of four years, 1134
1369		-	except that for any municipality that has (i) twenty thousand or more 1135
1370		-	dwelling units, as reported in the most recent United States decennial 1136
1371		-	census, and (ii) previously qualified for a moratorium in accordance 1137
1372		-	with this section, any subsequent moratorium shall be for a period of 1138
1373		-	five years. Any moratorium that is in effect on October 1, 2002, is 1139
1374		-	extended by one year. 1140
1375		-	(2) Such moratorium shall not apply to (A) affordable housing 1141
1376		-	applications for assisted housing in which ninety-five per cent of the 1142
1377		-	dwelling units are restricted to persons and families whose income is 1143
1378		-	less than or equal to sixty per cent of the median income, (B) other 1144
1379		-	affordable housing applications for assisted housing containing forty or 1145
1380		-	fewer dwelling units, or (C) affordable housing applications which were 1146
1381		-	filed with a commission pursuant to this section prior to the date upon 1147
1382		-	which the moratorium takes effect. 1148
1383		-	(3) Eligible units completed after a moratorium has begun may be 1149
1384		-	counted toward establishing eligibility for a subsequent moratorium. 1150
1385		-	(4) (A) The commissioner shall issue a certificate of affordable 1151
1386		-	housing project completion for the purposes of this subsection upon 1152
1387		-	finding that there has been completed within the municipality one or 1153
1388		-	more affordable housing developments which create housing unit-1154
1389		-	equivalent points equal to (i) the greater of two per cent of all dwelling 1155
1390		-	units in the municipality, as reported in the most recent United States 1156
1391		-	decennial census, or seventy-five housing unit-equivalent points, or (ii) 1157 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1398		-	for any municipality that has (I) adopted [an affordable housing plan] a 1158
1399		-	plan to affirmatively further fair housing in accordance with section 8-1159
1400		-	30j, as amended by this act, (II) twenty thousand or more dwelling units, 1160
1401		-	as reported in the most recent United States decennial census, and (III) 1161
1402		-	previously qualified for a moratorium in accordance with this section, 1162
1403		-	one and one-half per cent of all dwelling units in the municipality, as 1163
1404		-	reported in the most recent United States decennial census. 1164
1405		-	(B) A municipality may apply for a certificate of affordable housing 1165
1406		-	project completion pursuant to this subsection by applying in writing to 1166
1407		-	the commissioner, and including documentation showing that the 1167
1408		-	municipality has accumulated the required number of points within the 1168
1409		-	applicable time period. Such documentation shall include the location 1169
1410		-	of each dwelling unit being counted, the number of points each dwelling 1170
1411		-	unit has been assigned, and the reason, pursuant to this subsection, for 1171
1412		-	assigning such points to such dwelling unit. Upon receipt of such 1172
1413		-	application, the commissioner shall promptly cause a notice of the filing 1173
1414		-	of the application to be published in the Connecticut Law Journal, 1174
1415		-	stating that public comment on such application shall be accepted by the 1175
1416		-	commissioner for a period of thirty days after the publication of such 1176
1417		-	notice. Not later than ninety days after the receipt of such application, 1177
1418		-	the commissioner shall either approve or reject such application. Such 1178
1419		-	approval or rejection shall be accompanied by a written statement of the 1179
1420		-	reasons for approval or rejection, pursuant to the provisions of this 1180
1421		-	subsection. If the application is approved, the commissioner shall 1181
1422		-	promptly cause a certificate of affordable housing project completion to 1182
1423		-	be published in the Connecticut Law Journal. If the commissioner fails 1183
1424		-	to either approve or reject the application within such ninety-day 1184
1425		-	period, such application shall be deemed provisionally approved, and 1185
1426		-	the municipality may cause notice of such provisional approval to be 1186
1427		-	published in a conspicuous manner in a daily newspaper having general 1187
1428		-	circulation in the municipality, in which case, such moratorium shall 1188
1429		-	take effect upon such publication. The municipality shall send a copy of 1189
1430		-	such notice to the commissioner. Such provisional approval shall 1190
1431		-	remain in effect unless the commissioner subsequently acts upon and 1191 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1438		-	rejects the application, in which case the moratorium shall terminate 1192
1439		-	upon notice to the municipality by the commissioner. 1193
1440		-	(5) For the purposes of this subsection, "elderly units" are dwelling 1194
1441		-	units whose occupancy is restricted by age, "family units" are dwelling 1195
1442		-	units whose occupancy is not restricted by age, and "resident-owned 1196
1443		-	mobile manufactured home park" has the same meaning as provided in 1197
1444		-	subsection (k) of this section. 1198
1445		-	(6) For the purposes of this subsection, housing unit-equivalent 1199
1446		-	points shall be determined by the commissioner as follows: (A) No 1200
1447		-	points shall be awarded for a unit unless its occupancy is restricted to 1201
1448		-	persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per 1202
1449		-	cent of the median income, except that unrestricted units in a set-aside 1203
1450		-	development shall be awarded one-fourth point each. (B) Family units 1204
1451		-	restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less than 1205
1452		-	eighty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one point if an 1206
1453		-	ownership unit and one and one-half points if a rental unit. (C) Family 1207
1454		-	units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less 1208
1455		-	than sixty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one and one-1209
1456		-	half points if an ownership unit and two points if a rental unit. (D) 1210
1457		-	Family units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to 1211
1458		-	or less than forty per cent of the median income shall be awarded two 1212
1459		-	points if an ownership unit and two and one-half points if a rental unit. 1213
1460		-	(E) Elderly units restricted to persons and families whose income is 1214
1461		-	equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall be 1215
1462		-	awarded one-half point. (F) A set-aside development containing family 1216
1463		-	units which are rental units shall be awarded additional points equal to 1217
1464		-	twenty-two per cent of the total points awarded to such development, 1218
1465		-	provided the application for such development was filed with the 1219
1466		-	commission prior to July 6, 1995. (G) A mobile manufactured home in a 1220
1467		-	resident-owned mobile manufactured home park shall be awarded 1221
1468		-	points as follows: One and one-half points when occupied by persons 1222
1469		-	and families with an income equal to or less than eighty per cent of the 1223
1470		-	median income; two points when occupied by persons and families with 1224 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1477		-	an income equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income; and 1225
1478		-	one-fourth point for the remaining units. (H) A middle housing unit in 1226
1479		-	a set-aside development developed as of right within one-quarter mile 1227
1480		-	of any transit district established pursuant to chapter 103a shall be 1228
1481		-	awarded one-half point. 1229
1482		-	(7) Points shall be awarded only for dwelling units which (A) were 1230
1483		-	newly-constructed units in an affordable housing development, as that 1231
1484		-	term was defined at the time of the affordable housing application, for 1232
1485		-	which a certificate of occupancy was issued after July 1, 1990, (B) were 1233
1486		-	newly subjected after July 1, 1990, to deeds containing covenants or 1234
1487		-	restrictions which require that, for at least the duration required by 1235
1488		-	subsection (a) of this section for set-aside developments on the date 1236
1489		-	when such covenants or restrictions took effect, such dwelling units 1237
1490		-	shall be sold or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units 1238
1491		-	as affordable housing for persons or families whose income does not 1239
1492		-	exceed eighty per cent of the median income, or (C) are located in a 1240
1493		-	resident-owned mobile manufactured home park. 1241
1494		-	(8) Points shall be subtracted, applying the formula in subdivision (6) 1242
1495		-	of this subsection, for any affordable dwelling unit which, on or after 1243
1496		-	July 1, 1990, was affected by any action taken by a municipality which 1244
1497		-	caused such dwelling unit to cease being counted as an affordable 1245
1498		-	dwelling unit. 1246
1499		-	(9) A newly-constructed unit shall be counted toward a moratorium 1247
1500		-	when it receives a certificate of occupancy. A newly-restricted unit shall 1248
1501		-	be counted toward a moratorium when its deed restriction takes effect. 1249
1502		-	(10) The affordable housing appeals procedure shall be applicable to 1250
1503		-	affordable housing applications filed with a commission after a three-1251
1504		-	year moratorium expires, except (A) as otherwise provided in 1252
1505		-	subsection (k) of this section, or (B) when sufficient unit-equivalent 1253
1506		-	points have been created within the municipality during one 1254
1507		-	moratorium to qualify for a subsequent moratorium. 1255 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1513		-
1514		-	(11) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, adopt 1256
1515		-	regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of 1257
1516		-	this subsection. Such regulations shall specify the procedure to be 1258
1517		-	followed by a municipality to obtain a moratorium, and shall include 1259
1518		-	the manner in which a municipality is to document the units to be 1260
1519		-	counted toward a moratorium. A municipality may apply for a 1261
1520		-	moratorium in accordance with the provisions of this subsection prior 1262
1521		-	to, as well as after, such regulations are adopted. 1263
1522		-	Sec. 27. Section 8-30h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1264
1523		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 1265
1524		-	On and after January 1, 1996, the developer, owner or manager of an 1266
1525		-	affordable housing development, developed pursuant to subparagraph 1267
1526		-	(B) of subdivision [(1)] (2) of subsection (a) of section 8-30g, as amended 1268
1527		-	by this act, that includes rental units shall provide annual certification 1269
1528		-	to the commission that the development continues to be in compliance 1270
1529		-	with the covenants and deed restrictions required under said section. If 1271
1530		-	the development does not comply with such covenants and deed 1272
1531		-	restrictions, the developer, owner or manager shall rent the next 1273
1532		-	available units to persons and families whose incomes satisfy the 1274
1533		-	requirements of the covenants and deed restrictions until the 1275
1534		-	development is in compliance. The commission may inspect the income 1276
1535		-	statements of the tenants of the restricted units upon which the 1277
1536		-	developer, owner or manager bases the certification. Such tenant 1278
1537		-	statements shall be confidential and shall not be deemed public records 1279
1538		-	for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1280
1539		-	1-200. 1281
1540		-	Sec. 28. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section: 1282
1541		-	(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing; 1283
1542		-	(2) "Public housing authority" means any housing authority 1284
1543		-	established pursuant to chapter 128 of the general statutes; 1285
1544		-	(3) "Affordable housing programs" means the rental assistance 1286 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1551		-	program, the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program or any other 1287
1552		-	program administered by the state that provides rental payment 1288
1553		-	subsidies for residential dwellings; and 1289
1554		-	(4) "Common application" means a standardized application form 1290
1555		-	developed by the commissioner, the Connecticut Housing Finance 1291
1556		-	Authority and certain public housing authorities for affordable housing 1292
1557		-	in the state. 1293
1558		-	(b) Not later than July 1, 2024, the commissioner, in consultation with 1294
1559		-	the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and representatives of any 1295
1560		-	public housing authority located in the state selected by the 1296
1561		-	commissioner, shall develop and implement a common application for 1297
1562		-	any individual or family seeking benefits under an affordable housing 1298
1563		-	program in the state. 1299
1564		-	(c) On and after July 1, 2024, any entity in the state that administers 1300
1565		-	any affordable housing program shall accept a common application 1301
1566		-	submitted by any individual or family seeking affordable housing. 1302
1567		-	(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the 1303
1568		-	provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to carry out the purposes 1304
1569		-	of this section. 1305
1570		-	Sec. 29. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) The Commissioner of 1306
1571		-	Housing, within available appropriations, and in consultation with the 1307
1572		-	Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and representatives of any 1308
1573		-	public housing authority in the state selected by the commissioner, shall 1309
1574		-	establish a program to encourage and recruit owners of rental real 1310
1575		-	property to accept from prospective tenants any federal Housing Choice 1311
1576		-	Voucher, rental assistance program certificate or payment from any 1312
1577		-	other program administered by the state that provides rental payment 1313
1578		-	subsidies for residential dwellings. Such program may include, but need 1314
1579		-	not be limited to, advertisements, community outreach events and 1315
1580		-	communications to owners of rental real property who utilize other 1316
1581		-	programs concerning such property administered by the state. 1317 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1588		-	(b) Not later than October 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 1318
1589		-	commissioner shall submit a report concerning (1) the program, 1319
1590		-	including an analysis of the effectiveness of the program in recruiting 1320
1591		-	owners of rental real property to accept vouchers, certificates and any 1321
1592		-	other rental payment subsidies, and (2) the commissioner's 1322
1593		-	recommendations concerning the program to the joint standing 1323
1594		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 1324
1595		-	relating to housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 1325
1596		-	of the general statutes. 1326
1597		-	Sec. 30. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, 1327
1598		-	within available appropriations, conduct a study on methods to 1328
1599		-	improve the efficiency of processing applications for the rental 1329
1600		-	assistance program. In conducting the study, the commissioner shall 1330
1601		-	consider the following: 1331
1602		-	(1) An analysis of the current processing time for rental assistance 1332
1603		-	applications, including, but not limited to, relevant inspection timelines; 1333
1604		-	(2) An assessment of the current application process, including any 1334
1605		-	barriers or challenges to applicants or rental real property owners; 1335
1606		-	(3) Recommendations for improving the efficiency of the application 1336
1607		-	process, including the use of technology and alternative processing 1337
1608		-	methods; and 1338
1609		-	(4) An estimate of the cost associated with implementing any 1339
1610		-	recommended improvements. 1340
1611		-	(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit a 1341
1612		-	report on the commissioner's findings and recommendations to the joint 1342
1613		-	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 1343
1614		-	matters relating to housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 1344
1615		-	11-4a of the general statutes. The report shall include the findings of the 1345
1616		-	commissioner and the commissioner's recommendations for improving 1346
1617		-	the efficiency of processing applications for the rental assistance 1347
1618		-	program. 1348 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1625		-	Sec. 31. Section 8-345 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1349
1626		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 1350
1627		-	(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall implement and administer a 1351
1628		-	program of rental assistance for low-income families living in privately-1352
1629		-	owned rental housing. For the purposes of this section, a low-income 1353
1630		-	family is one whose income does not exceed fifty per cent of the median 1354
1631		-	family income for the area of the state in which such family lives, as 1355
1632		-	determined by the commissioner. 1356
1633		-	(b) Housing eligible for participation in the program shall comply 1357
1634		-	with applicable state and local health, housing, building and safety 1358
1635		-	codes. 1359
1636		-	(c) In addition to an element in which rental assistance certificates are 1360
1637		-	made available to qualified tenants, to be used in eligible housing which 1361
1638		-	such tenants are able to locate, the program may include a housing 1362
1639		-	support element in which rental assistance for tenants is linked to 1363
1640		-	participation by the property owner in other municipal, state or federal 1364
1641		-	housing repair, rehabilitation or financing programs. The commissioner 1365
1642		-	shall use rental assistance under this section so as to encourage the 1366
1643		-	preservation of existing housing and the revitalization o f 1367
1644		-	neighborhoods or the creation of additional rental housing. 1368
1645		-	(d) The commissioner may designate a portion of the rental assistance 1369
1646		-	available under the program for tenant-based and project-based 1370
1647		-	supportive housing units. To the extent practicable rental assistance for 1371
1648		-	supportive housing shall adhere to the requirements of the federal 1372
1649		-	Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC 1437f(o), relative to 1373
1650		-	calculating the tenant's share of the rent to be paid. 1374
1651		-	(e) The commissioner shall administer the program under this section 1375
1652		-	to promote housing choice for certificate holders and encourage racial 1376
1653		-	and economic integration. The commissioner shall affirmatively seek to 1377
1654		-	expend all funds appropriated for the program on an annual basis. The 1378
1655		-	commissioner shall establish maximum rent levels for each municipality 1379 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1662		-	in a manner that promotes the use of the program in all municipalities. 1380
1663		-	Any certificate issued pursuant to this section may be used for housing 1381
1664		-	in any municipality in the state. The commissioner shall inform 1382
1665		-	certificate holders that a certificate may be used in any municipality and, 1383
1666		-	to the extent practicable, the commissioner shall assist certificate holders 1384
1667		-	in finding housing in the municipality of their choice. 1385
1668		-	(f) Nothing in this section shall give any person a right to continued 1386
1669		-	receipt of rental assistance at any time that the program is not funded. 1387
1670		-	(g) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the 1388
1671		-	provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section. The 1389
1672		-	regulations shall establish maximum income eligibility guidelines for 1390
1673		-	such rental assistance and criteria for determining the amount of rental 1391
1674		-	assistance which shall be provided to eligible families. 1392
1675		-	(h) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner or the 1393
1676		-	commissioner's agent pursuant to the program under this section shall 1394
1677		-	have the right to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of section 1395
1678		-	8-37gg. 1396
1679		-	Sec. 32. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 1397
1680		-	(1) "Landlord" has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-1 of 1398
1681		-	the general statutes, as amended by this act; 1399
1682		-	(2) "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-1400
1683		-	1 of the general statutes, as amended by this act; 1401
1684		-	(3) "Program-eligible tenant" means any person or family who is the 1402
1685		-	recipient of (A) a rental assistance program certificate issued by the 1403
1686		-	state, (B) a voucher issued under the federal Housing Choice Voucher 1404
1687		-	program, or (C) any other form of rental subsidy from the state; and 1405
1688		-	(4) "Eligible expenses" means (A) lost rent incurred while holding a 1406
1689		-	dwelling unit for a program-eligible tenant while such tenant seeks any 1407
1690		-	necessary approval from the state rental assistance program, federal 1408 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1697		-	Housing Choice Voucher program or any other state rental subsidy 1409
1698		-	provider concerning such tenant's prospective tenancy, up to a 1410
1699		-	maximum of two months' rent, (B) lost rent incurred due to a vacancy 1411
1700		-	caused by an inspection required pursuant to subsection (c) of this 1412
1701		-	section and the cost of any required repairs deemed necessary pursuant 1413
1702		-	to such inspection up to a maximum of one month's rent, (C) the cost to 1414
1703		-	repair damages caused by a program-eligible tenant exceeding normal 1415
1704		-	wear and tear up to a maximum of one month's rent, and (D) lost rent 1416
1705		-	associated with early termination of the lease by a program-eligible 1417
1706		-	tenant up to a maximum of one month's rent. 1418
1707		-	(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a landlord relief 1419
1708		-	pilot program designed to provide financial assistance to any eligible 1420
1709		-	landlord in the state for eligible expenses such landlord may incur in the 1421
1710		-	process of renting or seeking to rent a dwelling unit to a program-1422
1711		-	eligible tenant. Such financial assistance shall be limited to five 1423
1712		-	thousand dollars per tenancy, or ten thousand dollars per dwelling unit, 1424
1713		-	whichever is less, and shall be prorated based on the time between the 1425
1714		-	program-eligible tenant's application for the dwelling unit and the date 1426
1715		-	upon which such tenant commences a tenancy in the dwelling unit. 1427
1716		-	(c) On and after December 1, 2023, the commissioner shall accept 1428
1717		-	applications, in a form to be specified by the commissioner, from any 1429
1718		-	landlord for financial assistance under the pilot program. The 1430
1719		-	commissioner shall establish inspection criteria for any dwelling unit of 1431
1720		-	a landlord applying for participation in the pilot program. Such 1432
1721		-	inspection criteria shall require regular inspections of any dwelling unit 1433
1722		-	of a landlord participating in the pilot program. The commissioner may 1434
1723		-	adopt additional eligibility criteria for landlords based on the amount of 1435
1724		-	rent charged by a landlord and any other criteria the commissioner 1436
1725		-	deems appropriate for the administration of the pilot program. 1437
1726		-	(d) On or before December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter until 1438
1727		-	December 31, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a report, in 1439
1728		-	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 1440
1729		-	to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 1441 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1736		-	cognizance of matters relating to housing (1) analyzing the success of 1442
1737		-	the pilot program in increasing the number of program-eligible tenants 1443
1738		-	obtaining tenancy in the state, and (2) recommending whether a 1444
1739		-	permanent program should be established in the state and, if so, any 1445
1740		-	proposed legislation for such program. 1446
1741		-	(e) The pilot program established pursuant to this section shall 1447
1742		-	terminate on December 31, 2026. 1448
1743		-	Sec. 33. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2024, and applicable to any summary 1449
1744		-	process action disposed of before or after such date) (a) In any summary 1450
1745		-	process action instituted pursuant to chapter 832 or 412 of the general 1451
1746		-	statutes, not more than thirty days after (1) the withdrawal of such 1452
1747		-	action, (2) a judgment of dismissal or nonsuit of such action upon any 1453
1748		-	grounds, or (3) a final disposition of such action that includes a 1454
1749		-	judgment for the defendant, the Judicial Branch shall remove from its 1455
1750		-	Internet web site any record or identifying information concerning such 1456
1751		-	summary process action. 1457
1752		-	(b) In any summary process action instituted pursuant to chapter 832 1458
1753		-	or 412 of the general statutes, not later than two years after the entry of 1459
1754		-	a judgment for the plaintiff, the Judicial Branch shall remove from its 1460
1755		-	Internet web site any record or identifying information concerning such 1461
1756		-	summary process action, except that any such record or identifying 1462
1757		-	information may be removed from the Judicial Branch Internet web site 1463
1758		-	at an earlier date upon order of the court. 1464
1759		-	(c) If there is any activity in a case that has had any record or 1465
1760		-	identifying information associated with such case removed pursuant to 1466
1761		-	subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or if a case continues beyond the date 1467
1762		-	upon which any such record or information is required to be removed 1468
1763		-	pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section because of an appeal, the 1469
1764		-	Judicial Branch shall restore the case to, or retain the case on, the Judicial 1470
1765		-	Branch Internet web site, together with any such record and information 1471
1766		-	associated with such case. For any record and identifying information 1472
1767		-	restored or retained on the Judicial Branch Internet web site pursuant to 1473 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1774		-	this subsection, any such record or information shall remain on such 1474
1775		-	web site for thirty days after the final disposition of the associated case, 1475
1776		-	or for the applicable time period from the original disposition specified 1476
1777		-	in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, whichever is later. 1477
1778		-	(d) Any record or identifying information concerning any summary 1478
1779		-	process action that has been removed from the Judicial Branch Internet 1479
1780		-	web site pursuant to this section shall not be included in any sale or 1480
1781		-	transfer of bulk case records by the Judicial Branch to any person or 1481
1782		-	entity purchasing such records for any commercial purpose. 1482
1783		-	(e) No person or entity shall, for any commercial purpose, disclose 1483
1784		-	any record or identifying information concerning any summary process 1484
1785		-	action that has been removed from the Judicial Branch Internet web site 1485
1786		-	pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section. As used in this 1486
1787		-	section, "commercial purpose" means (1) the individual or bulk sale of 1487
1788		-	any record or identifying information concerning any summary process 1488
1789		-	action, (2) the making of consumer reports containing any such record 1489
1790		-	or information, (3) any use related to screening any prospective tenant 1490
1791		-	to determine the suitability of such prospective tenant, and (4) any other 1491
1792		-	use of any such record or information for pecuniary gain, but does not 1492
1793		-	include the use of any such record or information for governmental, 1493
1794		-	scholarly, educational, journalistic or any other noncommercial 1494
1795		-	purpose. 1495
1796		-	(f) Nothing in this section shall preclude the publication of any formal 1496
1797		-	written judicial opinion by the Judicial Branch or by any case reporting 1497
1798		-	service. 1498
1799		-	Sec. 34. Section 12-494 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1499
1800		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1500
1801		-	(a) There is imposed a tax on each deed, instrument or writing, 1501
1802		-	whereby any lands, tenements or other realty is granted, assigned, 1502
1803		-	transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser, or any 1503
1804		-	other person by such purchaser's direction, when the consideration for 1504 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1810		-
1811		-	the interest or property conveyed equals or exceeds two thousand 1505
1812		-	dollars: 1506
1813		-	(1) Subject to the provisions of [subsection] subsections (b) and (c) of 1507
1814		-	this section, at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent of the 1508
1815		-	consideration for the interest in real property conveyed by such deed, 1509
1816		-	instrument or writing, the revenue from which shall be remitted by the 1510
1817		-	town clerk of the municipality in which such tax is paid, not later than 1511
1818		-	ten days following receipt thereof, to the Commissioner of Revenue 1512
1819		-	Services for deposit to the credit of the state General Fund, except as 1513
1820		-	provided in subsection (e) of this section; and 1514
1821		-	(2) At the rate of one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration for 1515
1822		-	the interest in real property conveyed by such deed, instrument or 1516
1823		-	writing, provided the amount imposed under this subdivision shall 1517
1824		-	become part of the general revenue of the municipality in accordance 1518
1825		-	with section 12-499. 1519
1826		-	(b) The rate of tax imposed under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of 1520
1827		-	this section shall, in lieu of the rate under said subdivision (1), be 1521
1828		-	imposed on certain conveyances as follows: 1522
1829		-	(1) In the case of any conveyance of real property which at the time 1523
1830		-	of such conveyance is used for any purpose other than residential use, 1524
1831		-	except unimproved land, the tax under said subdivision (1) shall be 1525
1832		-	imposed at the rate of one and one-quarter per cent of the consideration 1526
1833		-	for the interest in real property conveyed; 1527
1834		-	(2) [In] Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, in the case 1528
1835		-	of any conveyance in which the real property conveyed is a residential 1529
1836		-	estate, including a primary dwelling and any auxiliary housing or 1530
1837		-	structures, regardless of the number of deeds, instruments or writings 1531
1838		-	used to convey such residential real estate, for which the consideration 1532
1839		-	or aggregate consideration, as the case may be, in such conveyance is 1533
1840		-	eight hundred thousand dollars or more, the tax under said subdivision 1534
1841		-	(1) shall be imposed: 1535 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1847		-
1848		-	(A) At the rate of three-quarters of one per cent on that portion of 1536
1849		-	such consideration up to and including the amount of eight hundred 1537
1850		-	thousand dollars; 1538
1851		-	(B) Prior to July 1, 2020, at the rate of one and one-quarter per cent on 1539
1852		-	that portion of such consideration in excess of eight hundred thousand 1540
1853		-	dollars; and 1541
1854		-	(C) On and after July 1, 2020, (i) at the rate of one and one-quarter per 1542
1855		-	cent on that portion of such consideration in excess of eight hundred 1543
1856		-	thousand dollars up to and including the amount of two million five 1544
1857		-	hundred thousand dollars, and (ii) at the rate of two and one-quarter 1545
1858		-	per cent on that portion of such consideration in excess of two million 1546
1859		-	five hundred thousand dollars; and 1547
1860		-	(3) In the case of any conveyance in which real property on which 1548
1861		-	mortgage payments have been delinquent for not less than six months 1549
1862		-	is conveyed to a financial institution or its subsidiary that holds such a 1550
1863		-	delinquent mortgage on such property, the tax under said subdivision 1551
1864		-	(1) shall be imposed at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent of the 1552
1865		-	consideration for the interest in real property conveyed. For the 1553
1866		-	purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, "unimproved land" 1554
1867		-	includes land designated as farm, forest or open space land. 1555
1868		-	(c) On and after July 1, 2023, for a purchaser that is a business entity 1556
1869		-	other than a sole proprietorship, limited liability company or limited 1557
1870		-	liability partnership, in the case of any conveyance in which the real 1558
1871		-	property conveyed is a residential estate, including a primary dwelling 1559
1872		-	and any auxiliary housing or structures, regardless of the number of 1560
1873		-	deeds, instruments or writings used to convey such residential real 1561
1874		-	estate, the rate of tax shall, in lieu of the rate under subdivision (1) of 1562
1875		-	subsection (a) of this section or subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this 1563
1876		-	section, be imposed: 1564
1877		-	(1) At the rate of one per cent on that portion of such consideration 1565
1878		-	up to and including the amount of eight hundred thousand dollars; 1566 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1885		-	(2) At the rate of one and one-half per cent on that portion of such 1567
1886		-	consideration in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars up to and 1568
1887		-	including the amount of two million five hundred thousand dollars; and 1569
1888		-	(3) At the rate of two and one-half per cent on that portion of such 1570
1889		-	consideration in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars. 1571
1890		-	[(c)] (d) In addition to the tax imposed under subsection (a) of this 1572
1891		-	section, any targeted investment community, as defined in section 32-1573
1892		-	222, or any municipality in which properties designated as 1574
1893		-	manufacturing plants under section 32-75c are located, may, on or after 1575
1894		-	March 15, 2003, impose an additional tax on each deed, instrument or 1576
1895		-	writing, whereby any lands, tenements or other realty is granted, 1577
1896		-	assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the 1578
1897		-	purchaser, or any other person by [his] such purchaser's direction, when 1579
1898		-	the consideration for the interest or property conveyed equals or 1580
1899		-	exceeds two thousand dollars, which additional tax shall be at a rate of 1581
1900		-	up to one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration for the interest in 1582
1901		-	real property conveyed by such deed, instrument or writing. The 1583
1902		-	revenue from such additional tax shall become part of the general 1584
1903		-	revenue of the municipality in accordance with section 12-499. 1585
1904		-	(e) On and after July 1, 2023, the Comptroller shall transfer from the 1586
1905		-	General Fund to the Housing Trust Fund established under section 8-1587
1906		-	336o, as amended by this act, any revenue received by the state each 1588
1907		-	fiscal year in excess of one hundred eighty million dollars from the tax 1589
1908		-	imposed under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) and subsections (b) and 1590
1909		-	(c) of this section. On and after July 1, 2024, the threshold amount shall 1591
1910		-	be adjusted annually by the percentage increase in inflation. As used in 1592
1911		-	this subdivision, "increase in inflation" means the increase in the 1593
1912		-	consumer price index for all urban consumers during the preceding 1594
1913		-	calendar year, calculated on a December over December basis, using 1595
1914		-	data reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1596
1915		-	Sec. 35. Section 12-498 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1597
1916		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1598 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1922		-
1923		-	(a) The tax imposed by section 12-494, as amended by this act, shall 1599
1924		-	not apply to: 1600
1925		-	(1) Deeds [which] that this state is prohibited from taxing under the 1601
1926		-	Constitution or laws of the United States; 1602
1927		-	(2) Deeds [which] that secure a debt or other obligation; 1603
1928		-	(3) Deeds to which this state or any of its political subdivisions or its 1604
1929		-	or their respective agencies is a party; 1605
1930		-	(4) Tax deeds; 1606
1931		-	(5) Deeds of release of property [which] that is security for a debt or 1607
1932		-	other obligation; 1608
1933		-	(6) Deeds of partition; 1609
1934		-	(7) Deeds made pursuant to mergers of corporations; 1610
1935		-	(8) Deeds made by a subsidiary corporation to its parent corporation 1611
1936		-	for no consideration other than the cancellation or surrender of the 1612
1937		-	subsidiary's stock; 1613
1938		-	(9) Deeds made pursuant to a decree of the Superior Court under 1614
1939		-	section 46b-81, 49-24 or 52-495 or pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure 1615
1940		-	by market sale under section 49-24 or pursuant to a judgment of loss 1616
1941		-	mitigation under section 49-30t or 49-30u; 1617
1942		-	(10) Deeds, when the consideration for the interest or property 1618
1943		-	conveyed is less than two thousand dollars; 1619
1944		-	(11) Deeds between affiliated corporations, provided both of such 1620
1945		-	corporations are exempt from taxation pursuant to paragraph (2), (3) or 1621
1946		-	(25) of Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any 1622
1947		-	subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, 1623
1948		-	as amended from time to time; 1624 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1955		-	(12) Deeds made by a corporation [which] that is exempt from 1625
1956		-	taxation pursuant to paragraph (3) of Section 501(c) of the Internal 1626
1957		-	Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal 1627
1958		-	revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, to any 1628
1959		-	corporation which is exempt from taxation pursuant to said paragraph 1629
1960		-	(3) of said Section 501(c); 1630
1961		-	(13) Deeds made to any nonprofit organization [which] that is 1631
1962		-	organized for the purpose of holding undeveloped land in trust for 1632
1963		-	conservation or recreation purposes; 1633
1964		-	(14) Deeds between spouses; 1634
1965		-	(15) Deeds of property for the Adriaen's Landing site or the stadium 1635
1966		-	facility site, for purposes of the overall project, each as defined in section 1636
1967		-	32-651; 1637
1968		-	(16) Land transfers made on or after July 1, 1998, to a water company, 1638
1969		-	as defined in section 16-1, provided the land is classified as class I or 1639
1970		-	class II land, as defined in section 25-37c, after such transfer; 1640
1971		-	(17) Transfers or conveyances to effectuate a mere change of identity 1641
1972		-	or form of ownership or organization, where there is no change in 1642
1973		-	beneficial ownership; 1643
1974		-	(18) Conveyances of residential property [which] that occur not later 1644
1975		-	than six months after the date on which the property was previously 1645
1976		-	conveyed to the transferor if the transferor is (A) an employer [which] 1646
1977		-	that acquired the property from an employee pursuant to an employee 1647
1978		-	relocation plan, or (B) an entity in the business of purchasing and selling 1648
1979		-	residential property of employees who are being relocated pursuant to 1649
1980		-	such a plan; 1650
1981		-	(19) Deeds in lieu of foreclosure that transfer the transferor's principal 1651
1982		-	residence; 1652
1983		-	(20) Any instrument that transfers the transferor's principal residence 1653 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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1989		-
1990		-	where the gross purchase price is insufficient to pay the sum of (A) 1654
1991		-	mortgages encumbering the property transferred, and (B) any real 1655
1992		-	property taxes and municipal utility or other charges for which the 1656
1993		-	municipality may place a lien on the property and [which] that have 1657
1994		-	priority over the mortgages encumbering the property transferred; 1658
1995		-	[and] 1659
1996		-	(21) Deeds that transfer the transferor's principal residence, where 1660
1997		-	such residence has a concrete foundation that has deteriorated due to 1661
1998		-	the presence of pyrrhotite and such transferor has obtained a written 1662
1999		-	evaluation from a professional engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 1663
2000		-	391 indicating that the foundation of such residence was made with 1664
2001		-	defective concrete. The exemption authorized under this subdivision 1665
2002		-	shall (A) apply to the first transfer of such residence after such written 1666
2003		-	evaluation has been obtained, and (B) not be available to a transferor 1667
2004		-	who has received financial assistance to repair or replace such 1668
2005		-	foundation from the Crumbling Foundations Assistance Fund 1669
2006		-	established under section 8-441; and 1670
2007		-	(22) Deeds of property with dwelling units where all such units are 1671
2008		-	deed restricted as affordable housing, as defined in section 8-39a. For 1672
2009		-	deeds of property with dwelling units where a portion of such units are 1673
2010		-	subject to such deed restrictions, the exemption authorized under this 1674
2011		-	subdivision shall apply only with respect to the dwelling units subject 1675
2012		-	to such deed restrictions and such exemption shall be reduced 1676
2013		-	proportionally based on the number of units not subject to such deed 1677
2014		-	restrictions. 1678
2015		-	(b) The tax imposed by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-1679
2016		-	494, as amended by this act, shall not apply to: 1680
2017		-	(1) Deeds of the principal residence of any person approved for 1681
2018		-	assistance under section 12-129b or 12-170aa for the current assessment 1682
2019		-	year of the municipality in which such person resides or to any such 1683
2020		-	transfer [which] that occurs within fifteen months of the completion of 1684
2021		-	any municipal assessment year for which such person qualified for such 1685 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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2027		-
2028		-	assistance; 1686
2029		-	(2) Deeds of property located in an area designated as an enterprise 1687
2030		-	zone in accordance with section 32-70; and 1688
2031		-	(3) Deeds of property located in an entertainment district designated 1689
2032		-	under section 32-76 or established under section 2 of public act 93-311. 1690
2033		-	Sec. 36. Section 8-336o of the general statutes is repealed and the 1691
2034		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1692
2035		-	(a) There is established the "Housing Trust Fund" which shall be a 1693
2036		-	nonlapsing fund held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other 1694
2037		-	moneys, funds and accounts. The following funds shall be deposited in 1695
2038		-	the fund in addition to any moneys required by law to be deposited in 1696
2039		-	the fund: (1) Proceeds of bonds authorized by section 8-336n and section 1697
2040		-	37 of this act; (2) all moneys received in return for financial assistance 1698
2041		-	awarded from the Housing Trust Fund pursuant to the Housing Trust 1699
2042		-	Fund program established under section 8-336p; (3) all private 1700
2043		-	contributions received pursuant to section 8-336p; and (4) to the extent 1701
2044		-	not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, any local, state or 1702
2045		-	federal funds received pursuant to section 8-336p. Investment earnings 1703
2046		-	credited to the assets of said fund shall become part of the assets of said 1704
2047		-	fund. The Treasurer shall invest the moneys held by the Housing Trust 1705
2048		-	Fund subject to use for financial assistance under the Housing Trust 1706
2049		-	Fund program. 1707
2050		-	(b) Any moneys held in the Housing Trust Fund may, pending the 1708
2051		-	use or application of the proceeds thereof for an authorized purpose, be 1709
2052		-	(1) invested and reinvested in such obligations, securities and 1710
2053		-	investments as are set forth in subsection (f) of section 3-20, in 1711
2054		-	participation certificates in the Short Term Investment Fund created 1712
2055		-	under sections 3-27a and 3-27f and in participation certificates or 1713
2056		-	securities of the Tax-Exempt Proceeds Fund created under section 3-24a, 1714
2057		-	(2) deposited or redeposited in such bank or banks at the direction of 1715
2058		-	the Treasurer, or (3) invested in participation units in the combined 1716 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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2064		-
2065		-	investment funds, as defined in section 3-31b. Unless otherwise 1717
2066		-	provided pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, proceeds from 1718
2067		-	investments authorized by this subsection shall be credited to the 1719
2068		-	Housing Trust Fund. 1720
2069		-	(c) The moneys of the Housing Trust Fund shall be used to fund the 1721
2070		-	Housing Trust Fund program established under section 8-336p and for 1722
2071		-	the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of section 37 of this act, and are 1723
2072		-	in addition to any other resources available from state, federal or other 1724
2073		-	entities that support the program goals established in [said] section 8-1725
2074		-	336p. 1726
2075		-	Sec. 37. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described 1727
2076		-	in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have 1728
2077		-	the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the 1729
2078		-	state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in 1730
2079		-	the aggregate seventy-five million dollars. 1731
2080		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1732
2081		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1733
2082		-	of Housing for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid for construction 1734
2083		-	and renovation costs for the conversion of hotels, malls and office 1735
2084		-	buildings to multifamily dwellings in nondistressed municipalities. 1736
2085		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1737
2086		-	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1738
2087		-	provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1739
2088		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1740
2089		-	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1741
2090		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1742
2091		-	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1743
2092		-	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1744
2093		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1745
2094		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1746
2095		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1747
2096		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1748 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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2102		-
2103		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1749
2104		-	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1750
2105		-	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1751
2106		-	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1752
2107		-	be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1753
2108		-	of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1754
2109		-	interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1755
2110		-	part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1756
2111		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1757
2112		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1758
2113		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1759
2114		-	Sec. 38. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of twenty million dollars is 1760
2115		-	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1761
2116		-	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for Coordinated 1762
2117		-	Access Networks. 1763
2118		-	Sec. 39. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of eighty-three million dollars 1764
2119		-	is appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, 1765
2120		-	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for rental 1766
2121		-	assistance programs. 1767
2122		-	Sec. 40. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of two million dollars is 1768
2123		-	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1769
2124		-	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for the 2-1-1 1770
2125		-	program. 1771
2126		-	Sec. 41. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of five million dollars is 1772
2127		-	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1773
2128		-	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for diversionary 1774
2129		-	and flexible housing programs. 1775
2130		-	Sec. 42. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of two hundred fifty thousand 1776
2131		-	dollars is appropriated to the Office of Policy and Management from the 1777
2132		-	General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, for hiring a 1778
2133		-	consultant to develop model codes that may be adopted b y 1779 Substitute Bill No. 6781
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2139		-
2140		-	municipalities in the state. 1780
2141		-	Sec. 43. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of five million dollars is 1781
2142		-	appropriated to the Office of Policy and Management from the General 1782
2143		-	Fund, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for 1783
2144		-	providing grants to any regional council of governments for the 1784
2145		-	development of regional housing inspection programs. 1785
2146		-	Sec. 44. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of five million dollars is 1786
2147		-	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1787
2148		-	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, for the landlord relief pilot program, 1788
2149		-	as provided in section 32 of this act. 1789
2150		-	Sec. 45. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of five million dollars is 1790
2151		-	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1791
2152		-	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for assisting 1792
2153		-	housing subsidy recipients to find eligible housing units. 1793
	600	+	complaint not later than one hundred eighty days after the alleged act 497
	601	+	of discrimination, pursuant to section 46a-82 of the general statutes, as 498
	602	+	amended by this act. 499
	603	+	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 814c of the 500
	604	+	general statutes, complaints alleging a violation of this section shall be 501
	605	+	investigated not later than one hundred days after filing and a final 502
	606	+	administrative disposition shall be made not later than one year after 503
	607	+	filing unless it is impracticable to do so. If the Commission on Human 504
	608	+	Rights and Opportunities is unable to complete its investigation or make 505
	609	+	a final administrative determination within such time frames, it shall 506
	610	+	notify the complainant and the respondent, in writing, of the reasons for 507
	611	+	not doing so. 508
	612	+	Sec. 12. Section 8-45a of the general statutes is repealed and the 509
	613	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 510
	614	+	A housing authority, as defined in subsection (b) of section 8-39, in 511
	615	+	determining eligibility for the rental of public housing units may 512
	616	+	establish criteria and consider relevant information concerning (1) an 513
	617	+	applicant's or any proposed occupant's history of criminal activity 514
	618	+	involving: (A) Crimes of physical violence to persons or property, (B) 515
	619	+	crimes involving the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or use of, or 516
	620	+	possession with intent to manufacture, sell, use or distribute, a 517
	621	+	controlled substance, as defined in section 21a-240, or (C) other criminal 518
	622	+	acts which would adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of other 519
	623	+	tenants, (2) an applicant's or any proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern 520
	624	+	of abuse, of alcohol when the housing authority has reasonable cause to 521
	625	+	believe that such applicant's or proposed occupant's abuse, or pattern of 522
	626	+	abuse, of alcohol may interfere with the health, safety or right to 523
	627	+	peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents, and (3) an 524
	628	+	applicant or any proposed occupant who is subject to a lifetime 525
	629	+	registration requirement under section 54-252 on account of being 526
	630	+	convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a 527
	631	+	sexually violent offense. In evaluating any such information, the 528 Raised Bill No. 6781
	632	+
	633	+
	634	+
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	636	+
	637	+	housing authority shall give consideration to the time, nature and extent 529
	638	+	of the applicant's or proposed occupant's conduct and to factors which 530
	639	+	might indicate a reasonable probability of favorable future conduct such 531
	640	+	as evidence of rehabilitation and evidence of the willingness of the 532
	641	+	applicant, the applicant's family or the proposed occupant to participate 533
	642	+	in social service or other appropriate counseling programs and the 534
	643	+	availability of such programs. Except as otherwise provided by law, a 535
	644	+	housing authority shall limit its consideration of an applicant's or 536
	645	+	proposed occupant's eviction history to the applicable time period 537
	646	+	established under subsection (a) of section 11 of this act. 538
	647	+	Sec. 13. Subdivision (8) of section 46a-51 of the general statutes is 539
	648	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 540
	649	+	1, 2023): 541
	650	+	(8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a-542
	651	+	60a, 4a-60g, 31-40y, subsection (b), (d), (e) or (f) of section 31-51i, 543
	652	+	subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-54, subdivisions (16) 544
	653	+	and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59, 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 545
	654	+	46a-66, 46a-68, 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, [or] 46a-70 to 46a-78, 546
	655	+	inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80, [or] sections 46a-81b to 46a-547
	656	+	81o, inclusive, [and] sections 46a-80b to 46a-80e, inclusive, [and] or 548
	657	+	sections 46a-80k to 46a-80m, inclusive, or section 11 of this act; 549
	658	+	Sec. 14. Subdivision (14) of section 46a-54 of the general statutes is 550
	659	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 551
	660	+	1, 2023): 552
	661	+	(14) To require the posting, by any respondent or other person subject 553
	662	+	to the requirements of section 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-81d or 46a-81e or 554
	663	+	section 11 of this act, of such notices of statutory provisions as it deems 555
	664	+	desirable; 556
	665	+	Sec. 15. Section 46a-74 of the general statutes is repealed and the 557
	666	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 558
	667	+	No state department, board or agency may permit any 559 Raised Bill No. 6781
	668	+
	669	+
	670	+
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	672	+
	673	+	discriminatory practice in violation of section 46a-59, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 560
	674	+	46a-80b to 46a-80e, inclusive, or 46a-80k to 46a-80m, inclusive, section 561
	675	+	11 of this act. 562
	676	+	Sec. 16. Subsection (a) of section 46a-82 of the general statutes is 563
	677	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 564
	678	+	1, 2023): 565
	679	+	(a) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged discriminatory 566
	680	+	practice, except for an alleged violation of section 4a-60g or 46a-68 or the 567
	681	+	provisions of sections 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, may, by himself or 568
	682	+	herself or by such person's attorney, file with the commission a 569
	683	+	complaint in writing under oath, except that a complaint that alleges a 570
	684	+	violation of section 46a-64c or section 11 of this act need not be 571
	685	+	notarized. The complaint shall state the name and address of the person 572
	686	+	alleged to have committed the discriminatory practice, provide a short 573
	687	+	and plain statement of the allegations upon which the claim is based and 574
	688	+	contain such other information as may be required by the commission. 575
	689	+	After the filing of a complaint, the commission shall provide the 576
	690	+	complainant with a notice that: (1) Acknowledges receipt of the 577
	691	+	complaint; and (2) advises of the time frames and choice of forums 578
	692	+	available under this chapter. 579
	693	+	Sec. 17. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 46a-83 of the 580
	694	+	general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 581
	695	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 582
	696	+	(a) Not later than fifteen days after the date of filing of any 583
	697	+	discriminatory practice complaint pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of 584
	698	+	section 46a-82, as amended by this act, or an amendment to such 585
	699	+	complaint adding an additional respondent, the commission shall serve 586
	700	+	the respondent as provided in section 46a-86a with the complaint and a 587
	701	+	notice advising of the procedural rights and obligations of a respondent 588
	702	+	under this chapter. The respondent shall either (1) file a written answer 589
	703	+	to the complaint as provided in subsection (b) of this section, or (2) not 590
	704	+	later than ten days after the date of receipt of the complaint, provide 591 Raised Bill No. 6781
	705	+
	706	+
	707	+
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	709	+
	710	+	written notice to the complainant and the commission that the 592
	711	+	respondent has elected to participate in pre-answer conciliation, except 593
	712	+	that a discriminatory practice complaint alleging a violation of section 594
	713	+	46a-64c or 46a-81e shall not be subject to pre-answer conciliation. A 595
	714	+	complaint sent by first class mail shall be considered to be received not 596
	715	+	later than two days after the date of mailing, unless the respondent 597
	716	+	proves otherwise. The commission shall conduct a pre-answer 598
	717	+	conciliation conference not later than thirty days after the date of 599
	718	+	receiving the respondent's request for pre-answer conciliation. 600
	719	+	(b) Except as provided in this subsection, not later than thirty days 601
	720	+	after the date (1) of receipt of the complaint, or (2) on which the 602
	721	+	commission determines that the pre-answer conciliation conference was 603
	722	+	unsuccessful, the respondent shall file a written answer to the 604
	723	+	complaint, under oath, with the commission. The respondent may 605
	724	+	request, and the commission may grant, one extension of time of not 606
	725	+	more than fifteen days within which to file a written answer to the 607
	726	+	complaint. An answer to any amendment to a complaint shall be filed 608
	727	+	within twenty days of the date of receipt to such amendment. The 609
	728	+	answer to any complaint alleging a violation of section 46a-64c or 46a-610
	729	+	81e or section 11 of this act shall be filed not later than ten days after the 611
	730	+	date of receipt of the complaint. 612
	731	+	(c) Not later than sixty days after the date of the filing of the 613
	732	+	respondent's answer, the executive director or the executive director's 614
	733	+	designee shall conduct a case assessment review to determine whether 615
	734	+	the complaint should be retained for further processing or dismissed 616
	735	+	because (1) it fails to state a claim for relief or is frivolous on its face, (2) 617
	736	+	the respondent is exempt from the provisions of this chapter, or (3) there 618
	737	+	is no reasonable possibility that investigating the complaint will result 619
	738	+	in a finding of reasonable cause. The case assessment review shall 620
	739	+	include the complaint, the respondent's answer and the responses to the 621
	740	+	commission's requests for information, and the complainant's 622
	741	+	comments, if any, to the respondent's answer and information 623
	742	+	responses. The executive director or the executive director's designee 624
	743	+	shall send notice of any action taken pursuant to the case assessment 625 Raised Bill No. 6781
	744	+
	745	+
	746	+
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	748	+
	749	+	review in accordance with section 46a-86a. For any complaint dismissed 626
	750	+	pursuant to this subsection, the executive director or the executive 627
	751	+	director's designee shall issue a release of jurisdiction allowing the 628
	752	+	complainant to bring a civil action under section 46a-100. This 629
	753	+	subsection and subsection (e) of this section shall not apply to any 630
	754	+	complaint alleging a violation of section 46a-64c or 46a-81e or section 11 631
	755	+	of this act. The executive director shall report the results of the case 632
	756	+	assessment reviews made pursuant to this subsection to the commission 633
	757	+	quarterly during each year. 634
	758	+	Sec. 18. Subdivision (2) of subsection (g) of section 46a-83 of the 635
	759	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 636
	760	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 637
	761	+	(2) If the investigator makes a finding that there is reasonable cause 638
	762	+	to believe that a violation of section 46a-64c or section 11 of this act has 639
	763	+	occurred, the complainant and the respondent shall have twenty days 640
	764	+	from sending of the reasonable cause finding to elect a civil action in lieu 641
	765	+	of an administrative hearing pursuant to section 46a-84. If either the 642
	766	+	complainant or the respondent requests a civil action, the commission, 643
	767	+	through the Attorney General or a commission legal counsel, shall 644
	768	+	commence an action pursuant to subsection (b) of section 46a-89, not 645
	769	+	later than ninety days after the date of receipt of the notice of election. If 646
	770	+	the Attorney General or a commission legal counsel believes that 647
	771	+	injunctive relief, punitive damages or a civil penalty would be 648
	772	+	appropriate, such relief, damages or penalty may also be sought. The 649
	773	+	jurisdiction of the Superior Court in an action brought under this 650
	774	+	subdivision shall be limited to such claims, counterclaims, defenses or 651
	775	+	the like that could be presented at an administrative hearing before the 652
	776	+	commission, had the complaint remained with the commission for 653
	777	+	disposition. A complainant may intervene as a matter of right in a civil 654
	778	+	action without permission of the court or the parties. If the Attorney 655
	779	+	General or commission legal counsel, as the case may be, determines 656
	780	+	that the interests of the state will not be adversely affected, the 657
	781	+	complainant or attorney for the complainant shall present all or part of 658
	782	+	the case in support of the complaint. If the Attorney General or a 659 Raised Bill No. 6781
	783	+
	784	+
	785	+
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	787	+
	788	+	commission legal counsel determines that a material mistake of law or 660
	789	+	fact has been made in the finding of reasonable cause, the Attorney 661
	790	+	General or a commission legal counsel may decline to bring a civil action 662
	791	+	and shall remand the file to the investigator for further action. The 663
	792	+	investigator shall complete any such action not later than ninety days 664
	793	+	after receipt of such file. 665
	794	+	Sec. 19. Subsection (c) of section 46a-86 of the general statutes is 666
	795	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 667
	796	+	1, 2023): 668
	797	+	(c) In addition to any other action taken under this section, upon a 669
	798	+	finding of a discriminatory practice prohibited by section 46a-58, 46a-670
	799	+	59, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-81b, 46a-81d or 46a-81e or section 11 of this act, 671
	800	+	the presiding officer shall determine the damage suffered by the 672
	801	+	complainant, which damage shall include, but not be limited to, the 673
	802	+	expense incurred by the complainant for obtaining alternate housing or 674
	803	+	space, storage of goods and effects, moving costs and other costs 675
	804	+	actually incurred by the complainant as a result of such discriminatory 676
	805	+	practice and shall allow reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The 677
	806	+	amount of attorney's fees allowed shall not be contingent upon the 678
	807	+	amount of damages requested by or awarded to the complainant. 679
	808	+	Sec. 20. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 46a-89 of the 680
	809	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 681
	810	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 682
	811	+	(b) (1) Whenever a complaint filed pursuant to section 46a-82, as 683
	812	+	amended by this act, alleges a violation of section 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-684
	813	+	81d or 46a-81e or section 11 of this act, and the commission believes that 685
	814	+	injunctive relief is required or that the imposition of punitive damages 686
	815	+	or a civil penalty would be appropriate, the commission may bring a 687
	816	+	petition in the superior court for the judicial district in which the 688
	817	+	discriminatory practice which is the subject of the complaint occurred 689
	818	+	or the judicial district in which the respondent resides. 690
	819	+	Sec. 21. Subsection (b) of section 46a-90a of the general statutes is 691 Raised Bill No. 6781
	820	+
	821	+
	822	+
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	824	+
	825	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 692
	826	+	1, 2023): 693
	827	+	(b) When the presiding officer finds that the respondent has engaged 694
	828	+	in any discriminatory practice prohibited by section 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-695
	829	+	64c, 46a-81c, 46a-81d or 46a-81e or section 11 of this act and grants relief 696
	830	+	on the complaint, requiring that a temporary injunction remain in effect, 697
	831	+	the executive director may, through the procedure outlined in 698
	832	+	subsection (a) of section 46a-95, petition the court which granted the 699
	833	+	original temporary injunction to make the injunction permanent. 700
	834	+	Sec. 22. Section 46a-98a of the general statutes is repealed and the 701
	835	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 702
	836	+	Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of section 46a-64c 703
	837	+	or 46a-81e or section 11 of this act or by a breach of a conciliation 704
	838	+	agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter, may bring an action in 705
	839	+	the Superior Court, or the housing session of said court if appropriate 706
	840	+	within one year of the date of the alleged discriminatory practice or of a 707
	841	+	breach of a conciliation agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter. 708
	842	+	No action pursuant to this section may be brought in the Superior Court 709
	843	+	regarding the alleged discriminatory practice after the commission has 710
	844	+	obtained a conciliation agreement pursuant to section 46a-83, as 711
	845	+	amended by this act, or commenced a hearing pursuant to section 46a-712
	846	+	84, except for an action to enforce the conciliation agreement. The court 713
	847	+	shall have the power to grant relief, by injunction or otherwise, as it 714
	848	+	deems just and suitable. The court may grant any relief which a 715
	849	+	presiding officer may grant in a proceeding under section 46a-86, as 716
	850	+	amended by this act, or which the court may grant in a proceeding 717
	851	+	under section 46a-89, as amended by this act. The commission, through 718
	852	+	commission legal counsel or the Attorney General, may intervene as a 719
	853	+	matter of right in any action brought pursuant to this section without 720
	854	+	permission of the court or the parties. 721
	855	+	Sec. 23. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) There shall be an Office 722
	856	+	of Responsible Growth within the Intergovernmental Policy Division of 723 Raised Bill No. 6781
	857	+
	858	+
	859	+
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	861	+
	862	+	the Office of Policy and Management. 724
	863	+	(b) The Office of Responsible Growth shall be responsible for the 725
	864	+	following: 726
	865	+	(1) Preparing the state plan of conservation and development 727
	866	+	pursuant to chapters 297 and 297a of the general statutes; 728
	867	+	(2) Reviewing state agency plans, projects and bonding requests for 729
	868	+	consistency with the state plan of conservation and development; 730
	869	+	(3) Coordinating the administration of the Connecticut 731
	870	+	Environmental Policy Act, as set forth in sections 22a-1 to 22a-1h, 732
	871	+	inclusive, of the general statutes; 733
	872	+	(4) Facilitating interagency coordination in matters involving land 734
	873	+	and water resources and infrastructure improvements; 735
	874	+	(5) Providing staff support to the Connecticut Water Planning 736
	875	+	Council; 737
	876	+	(6) Coordinating the neighborhood revitalization zone program, as 738
	877	+	provided in sections 7-600 to 7-602, inclusive, of the general statutes; 739
	878	+	(7) Assisting the Chief Data Officer of the state with oversight of state-740
	879	+	wide geographic information system data and resources, and 741
	880	+	participating in the geographic information system user-to-user 742
	881	+	network to develop geographic information system data standards and 743
	882	+	initiatives; 744
	883	+	(8) Providing staff support to the Advisory Commission on 745
	884	+	Intergovernmental Relations; 746
	885	+	(9) Serving as the state liaison to the state's regional councils of 747
	886	+	governments; 748
	887	+	(10) Administering responsible growth and transit-oriented 749
	888	+	development and regional performance incentive grant programs; and 750 Raised Bill No. 6781
	889	+
	890	+
	891	+
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	893	+
	894	+	(11) Preparing the public investment community index annually. 751
	895	+	(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 752
	896	+	designate a member of the secretary's staff to serve as the State 753
	897	+	Responsible Growth Coordinator. 754
	898	+	(d) The secretary shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 755
	899	+	provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to carry out the purposes 756
	900	+	of this section. 757
	901	+	Sec. 24. Section 8-30j of the general statutes is repealed and the 758
	902	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 759
	903	+	(a) As used in this section: 760
	904	+	(1) "Plan to affirmatively further fair housing" means a plan designed 761
	905	+	to (A) develop additional affordable housing, (B) overcome patterns of 762
	906	+	segregation, (C) promote equity in housing and related community 763
	907	+	assets, and (D) foster inclusive communities free from barriers that 764
	908	+	restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics; 765
	909	+	(2) "Equity" means the consistent and systematic fair, just and 766
	910	+	nondiscriminatory treatment of all individuals, regardless of protected 767
	911	+	characteristics, including concerted actions to overcome past 768
	912	+	discrimination against underserved communities that have been denied 769
	913	+	equal opportunity or otherwise adversely affected because of their 770
	914	+	protected characteristics by public and private policies and practices 771
	915	+	that have perpetuated inequality, segregation and poverty; 772
	916	+	(3) "Segregation" means a condition within a geographic area in 773
	917	+	which there is a significant concentration of persons of a particular race, 774
	918	+	color, religion, sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and 775
	919	+	nonconformance with gender stereotypes, familial status, national 776
	920	+	origin, or having a disability or a type of disability, in such geographic 777
	921	+	area when compared to a different or broader geographic area; and 778
	922	+	(4) "Coordinator" means the State Responsible Growth Coordinator 779
	923	+	of the Office of Responsible Growth within the Office of Policy and 780 Raised Bill No. 6781
	924	+
	925	+
	926	+
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	928	+
	929	+	Management. 781
	930	+	[(a)] (b) [(1) Not later than June 1, 2022, and at least once every five 782
	931	+	years thereafter] Commencing June 1, 2024, each municipality, in 783
	932	+	consultation with the State Responsible Growth Coordinator, shall 784
	933	+	prepare or amend and adopt [an affordable housing plan for the 785
	934	+	municipality] a plan to affirmatively further fair housing for the 786
	935	+	municipality not later than the plan date set in accordance with a 787
	936	+	schedule prescribed by the coordinator, and at least once every five 788
	937	+	years thereafter, and shall submit a copy of such plan to the [Secretary 789
	938	+	of the Office of Policy and Management] coordinator upon the 790
	939	+	amendment or adoption of such plan. Such plan shall be subject to the 791
	940	+	approval of the coordinator and shall specify how the municipality 792
	941	+	intends to [increase the number of affordable housing developments in 793
	942	+	the municipality] meet the goals of the plan. 794
	943	+	[(2) If, at the same time the municipality is required to submit to the 795
	944	+	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management an affordable housing 796
	945	+	plan pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the municipality is 797
	946	+	also required to submit to the secretary a plan of conservation and 798
	947	+	development pursuant to section 8-23, such affordable housing plan 799
	948	+	may be included as part of such plan of conservation and development. 800
	949	+	The municipality may, to coincide with its submission to the secretary 801
	950	+	of a plan of conservation and development, submit to the secretary an 802
	951	+	affordable housing plan early, provided the municipality's next such 803
	952	+	submission of an affordable housing plan shall be five years thereafter.] 804
	953	+	(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the coordinator shall develop and 805
	954	+	make available a data set for each municipality concerning such 806
	955	+	municipality's demographic information, including trends in such 807
	956	+	information, related to segregation. 808
	957	+	[(b)] (d) The municipality may hold public informational meetings or 809
	958	+	organize other activities to inform residents about the process of 810
	959	+	preparing the plan and shall post a copy of any draft plan or amendment 811
	960	+	to such plan on the Internet web site of the municipality. If the 812 Raised Bill No. 6781
	961	+
	962	+
	963	+
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	965	+
	966	+	municipality holds a public hearing, such posting shall occur at least 813
	967	+	thirty-five days prior to the public hearing. After adoption of the plan, 814
	968	+	the municipality shall file the final plan in the office of the town clerk of 815
	969	+	such municipality and post the plan on the Internet web site of the 816
	970	+	municipality. 817
	971	+	[(c) Following adoption, the municipality shall regularly review and 818
	972	+	maintain such plan. The municipality may adopt such geographical, 819
	973	+	functional or other amendments to the plan or parts of the plan, in 820
	974	+	accordance with the provisions of this section, as it deems necessary. If 821
	975	+	the municipality fails to amend and submit to the Secretary of the Office 822
	976	+	of Policy and Management such plan every five years, the chief elected 823
	977	+	official of the municipality shall submit a letter to the secretary that (1) 824
	978	+	explains why such plan was not amended, and (2) designates a date by 825
	979	+	which an amended plan shall be submitted.] 826
	980	+	(e) Not later than December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each 827
	981	+	municipality shall submit to the Office of Responsible Growth within 828
	982	+	the Office of Policy and Management a sworn statement from the chief 829
	983	+	executive officer of the municipality stating that the municipality is in 830
	984	+	compliance with the plan adopted by such municipality under 831
	985	+	subsection (b) of this section. On and after December 1, 2024, a 832
	986	+	municipality that fails to comply with the requirements of this 833
	987	+	subsection or subsection (b) of this section shall be ineligible for 834
	988	+	discretionary state funding unless such prohibition is expressly waived 835
	989	+	by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. 836
	990	+	Sec. 25. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to 837
	991	+	create an inventory of existing sewer capacity in the state and a plan to 838
	992	+	expand such sewer capacity in accordance with the state plan of 839
	993	+	conservation and development adopted pursuant to chapter 297 of the 840
	994	+	general statutes. 841
	995	+	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 842
	996	+	(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 843 Raised Bill No. 6781
	997	+
	998	+
	999	+
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	1001	+
	1002	+	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 844
	1003	+	(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 845
	1004	+	Representatives; 846
	1005	+	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 847
	1006	+	(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 848
	1007	+	Representatives; 849
	1008	+	(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 850
	1009	+	(7) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or 851
	1010	+	the commissioner's designee; 852
	1011	+	(8) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's 853
	1012	+	designee; and 854
	1013	+	(9) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 855
	1014	+	or the commissioner's designee. 856
	1015	+	(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 857
	1016	+	(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 858
	1017	+	of the General Assembly. 859
	1018	+	(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 860
	1019	+	than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 861
	1020	+	be filled by the appointing authority. 862
	1021	+	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 863
	1022	+	tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 864
	1023	+	among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 865
	1024	+	the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 866
	1025	+	days after the effective date of this section. 867
	1026	+	(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 868
	1027	+	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 869
	1028	+	and development shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 870 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1029	+
	1030	+
	1031	+
	1032	+	LCO No. 4709 29 of 56
	1033	+
	1034	+	(g) Not later than January 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a report 871
	1035	+	on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 872
	1036	+	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning 873
	1037	+	and development, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 874
	1038	+	the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 875
	1039	+	submits such report or January 1, 2024, whichever is later. 876
	1040	+	Sec. 26. Subsections (a) to (l), inclusive, of section 8-30g of the general 877
	1041	+	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 878
	1042	+	(Effective October 1, 2023): 879
	1043	+	(a) As used in this section and section 8-30j, as amended by this act: 880
	1044	+	(1) "Affordable housing development" means a proposed housing 881
	1045	+	development [which] that is (A) assisted housing, or (B) a set-aside 882
	1046	+	development; 883
	1047	+	(2) "Affordable housing application" means any application made to 884
	1048	+	a commission in connection with an affordable housing development by 885
	1049	+	a person who proposes to develop such affordable housing; 886
	1050	+	(3) "As of right" means able to be approved in accordance with the 887
	1051	+	terms of a zoning regulation or regulations and without requiring that 888
	1052	+	a public hearing be held, a variance, special permit or special exception 889
	1053	+	be granted or some other discretionary zoning action be taken, other 890
	1054	+	than a determination that a site plan is in conformance with applicable 891
	1055	+	zoning regulations; 892
	1056	+	[(3)] (4) "Assisted housing" means housing [which] that is receiving, 893
	1057	+	or will receive, financial assistance under any governmental program 894
	1058	+	for the construction or substantial rehabilitation of low and moderate 895
	1059	+	income housing, and any housing occupied by persons receiving rental 896
	1060	+	assistance under chapter 319uu or Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United 897
	1061	+	States Code; 898
	1062	+	[(4)] (5) "Commission" means a zoning commission, planning 899
	1063	+	commission, planning and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals 900 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1064	+
	1065	+
	1066	+
	1067	+	LCO No. 4709 30 of 56
	1068	+
	1069	+	or municipal agency exercising zoning or planning authority; 901
	1070	+	(6) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing; 902
	1071	+	(7) "Median income" means, after adjustments for family size, the 903
	1072	+	lesser of the state median income or the area median income for the area 904
	1073	+	in which the municipality containing the affordable housing 905
	1074	+	development is located, as determined by the United States Department 906
	1075	+	of Housing and Urban Development; 907
	1076	+	(8) "Middle housing" means duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage 908
	1077	+	clusters and townhouses; 909
	1078	+	[(5)] (9) "Municipality" means any town, city or borough, whether 910
	1079	+	consolidated or unconsolidated; and 911
	1080	+	[(6)] (10) "Set-aside development" means a development in which not 912
	1081	+	less than thirty per cent of the dwelling units will be conveyed by deeds 913
	1082	+	containing covenants or restrictions which shall require that, for at least 914
	1083	+	forty years after the initial occupation of the proposed development, 915
	1084	+	such dwelling units shall be sold or rented at, or below, prices which 916
	1085	+	will preserve the units as housing for which persons and families pay 917
	1086	+	thirty per cent or less of their annual income, where such income is less 918
	1087	+	than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income. In a set-aside 919
	1088	+	development, of the dwelling units conveyed by deeds containing 920
	1089	+	covenants or restrictions, a number of dwelling units equal to not less 921
	1090	+	than fifteen per cent of all dwelling units in the development shall be 922
	1091	+	sold or rented to persons and families whose income is less than or equal 923
	1092	+	to sixty per cent of the median income and the remainder of the dwelling 924
	1093	+	units conveyed by deeds containing covenants or restrictions shall be 925
	1094	+	sold or rented to persons and families whose income is less than or equal 926
	1095	+	to eighty per cent of the median income. [;] 927
	1096	+	[(7) "Median income" means, after adjustments for family size, the 928
	1097	+	lesser of the state median income or the area median income for the area 929
	1098	+	in which the municipality containing the affordable housing 930
	1099	+	development is located, as determined by the United States Department 931 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1100	+
	1101	+
	1102	+
	1103	+	LCO No. 4709 31 of 56
	1104	+
	1105	+	of Housing and Urban Development; and 932
	1106	+	(8) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing.] 933
	1107	+	(b) (1) Any person filing an affordable housing application with a 934
	1108	+	commission shall submit, as part of the application, an affordability plan 935
	1109	+	which shall include at least the following: (A) Designation of the person, 936
	1110	+	entity or agency that will be responsible for the duration of any 937
	1111	+	affordability restrictions, for the administration of the affordability plan 938
	1112	+	and its compliance with the income limits and sale price or rental 939
	1113	+	restrictions of this chapter; (B) an affirmative fair housing marketing 940
	1114	+	plan governing the sale or rental of all dwelling units; (C) a sample 941
	1115	+	calculation of the maximum sales prices or rents of the intended 942
	1116	+	affordable dwelling units; (D) a description of the projected sequence in 943
	1117	+	which, within a set-aside development, the affordable dwelling units 944
	1118	+	will be built and offered for occupancy and the general location of such 945
	1119	+	units within the proposed development; and (E) draft zoning 946
	1120	+	regulations, conditions of approvals, deeds, restrictive covenants or 947
	1121	+	lease provisions that will govern the affordable dwelling units. 948
	1122	+	(2) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, adopt 949
	1123	+	regulations pursuant to chapter 54 regarding the affordability plan. 950
	1124	+	Such regulations may include additional criteria for preparing an 951
	1125	+	affordability plan and shall include: (A) A formula for determining rent 952
	1126	+	levels and sale prices, including establishing maximum allowable down 953
	1127	+	payments to be used in the calculation of maximum allowable sales 954
	1128	+	prices; (B) a clarification of the costs that are to be included when 955
	1129	+	calculating maximum allowed rents and sale prices; (C) a clarification 956
	1130	+	as to how family size and bedroom counts are to be equated in 957
	1131	+	establishing maximum rental and sale prices for the affordable units; 958
	1132	+	and (D) a listing of the considerations to be included in the computation 959
	1133	+	of income under this section. 960
	1134	+	(c) Any commission, by regulation, may require that an affordable 961
	1135	+	housing application seeking a change of zone include the submission of 962
	1136	+	a conceptual site plan describing the proposed development's total 963 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1137	+
	1138	+
	1139	+
	1140	+	LCO No. 4709 32 of 56
	1141	+
	1142	+	number of residential units and their arrangement on the property and 964
	1143	+	the proposed development's roads and traffic circulation, sewage 965
	1144	+	disposal and water supply. 966
	1145	+	(d) For any affordable dwelling unit that is rented as part of a set-967
	1146	+	aside development, if the maximum monthly housing cost, as calculated 968
	1147	+	in accordance with subdivision [(6)] (10) of subsection (a) of this section, 969
	1148	+	would exceed one hundred per cent of the Section 8 fair market rent as 970
	1149	+	determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban 971
	1150	+	Development, in the case of units set aside for persons and families 972
	1151	+	whose income is less than or equal to sixty per cent of the median 973
	1152	+	income, then such maximum monthly housing cost shall not exceed one 974
	1153	+	hundred per cent of said Section 8 fair market rent. If the maximum 975
	1154	+	monthly housing cost, as calculated in accordance with subdivision [(6)] 976
	1155	+	(10) of subsection (a) of this section, would exceed one hundred twenty 977
	1156	+	per cent of the Section 8 fair market rent, as determined by the United 978
	1157	+	States Department of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of 979
	1158	+	units set aside for persons and families whose income is less than or 980
	1159	+	equal to eighty per cent of the median income, then such maximum 981
	1160	+	monthly housing cost shall not exceed one hundred twenty per cent of 982
	1161	+	such Section 8 fair market rent. 983
	1162	+	(e) For any affordable dwelling unit that is rented [in order] to comply 984
	1163	+	with the requirements of a set-aside development, no person shall 985
	1164	+	impose on a prospective tenant who is receiving governmental rental 986
	1165	+	assistance a maximum percentage-of-income-for-housing requirement 987
	1166	+	that is more restrictive than the requirement, if any, imposed by such 988
	1167	+	governmental assistance program. 989
	1168	+	(f) Except as provided in subsections (k) and (l) of this section, any 990
	1169	+	person whose affordable housing application is denied, or is approved 991
	1170	+	with restrictions [which] that have a substantial adverse impact on the 992
	1171	+	viability of the affordable housing development or the degree of 993
	1172	+	affordability of the affordable dwelling units in a set-aside 994
	1173	+	development, may appeal such decision pursuant to the procedures of 995
	1174	+	this section. Such appeal shall be filed within the time period for filing 996 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1175	+
	1176	+
	1177	+
	1178	+	LCO No. 4709 33 of 56
	1179	+
	1180	+	appeals as set forth in section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a, as applicable, and 997
	1181	+	shall be made returnable to the superior court for the judicial district 998
	1182	+	where the real property which is the subject of the application is located. 999
	1183	+	Affordable housing appeals, including pretrial motions, shall be heard 1000
	1184	+	by a judge assigned by the Chief Court Administrator to hear such 1001
	1185	+	appeals. To the extent practicable, efforts shall be made to assign such 1002
	1186	+	cases to a small number of judges, sitting in geographically diverse parts 1003
	1187	+	of the state, so that a consistent body of expertise can be developed. 1004
	1188	+	Unless otherwise ordered by the Chief Court Administrator, such 1005
	1189	+	appeals, including pretrial motions, shall be heard by such assigned 1006
	1190	+	judges in the judicial district in which such judge is sitting. Appeals 1007
	1191	+	taken pursuant to this subsection shall be privileged cases to be heard 1008
	1192	+	by the court as soon after the return day as is practicable. Except as 1009
	1193	+	otherwise provided in this section, appeals involving an affordable 1010
	1194	+	housing application shall proceed in conformance with the provisions 1011
	1195	+	of section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a, as applicable. 1012
	1196	+	(g) Upon an appeal taken under subsection (f) of this section, the 1013
	1197	+	burden shall be on the commission to prove, based upon the evidence 1014
	1198	+	in the record compiled before such commission, that the decision from 1015
	1199	+	which such appeal is taken and the reasons cited for such decision are 1016
	1200	+	supported by sufficient evidence in the record. The commission shall 1017
	1201	+	also have the burden to prove, based upon the evidence in the record 1018
	1202	+	compiled before such commission, that (1) (A) the decision is necessary 1019
	1203	+	to protect substantial public interests in health, safety or other matters 1020
	1204	+	which the commission may legally consider; (B) such public interests 1021
	1205	+	clearly outweigh the need for affordable housing; and (C) such public 1022
	1206	+	interests cannot be protected by reasonable changes to the affordable 1023
	1207	+	housing development, or (2) (A) the application which was the subject 1024
	1208	+	of the decision from which such appeal was taken would locate 1025
	1209	+	affordable housing in an area which is zoned for industrial use and 1026
	1210	+	which does not permit residential uses; and (B) the development is not 1027
	1211	+	assisted housing. If the commission does not satisfy its burden of proof 1028
	1212	+	under this subsection, the court shall wholly or partly revise, modify, 1029
	1213	+	remand or reverse the decision from which the appeal was taken in a 1030 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1214	+
	1215	+
	1216	+
	1217	+	LCO No. 4709 34 of 56
	1218	+
	1219	+	manner consistent with the evidence in the record before it. 1031
	1220	+	(h) Following a decision by a commission to reject an affordable 1032
	1221	+	housing application or to approve an application with restrictions 1033
	1222	+	[which] that have a substantial adverse impact on the viability of the 1034
	1223	+	affordable housing development or the degree of affordability of the 1035
	1224	+	affordable dwelling units, the applicant may, within the period for filing 1036
	1225	+	an appeal of such decision, submit to the commission a proposed 1037
	1226	+	modification of its proposal responding to some or all of the objections 1038
	1227	+	or restrictions articulated by the commission, which shall be treated as 1039
	1228	+	an amendment to the original proposal. The day of receipt of such a 1040
	1229	+	modification shall be determined in the same manner as the day of 1041
	1230	+	receipt is determined for an original application. The filing of such a 1042
	1231	+	proposed modification shall stay the period for filing an appeal from the 1043
	1232	+	decision of the commission on the original application. The commission 1044
	1233	+	shall hold a public hearing on the proposed modification if it held a 1045
	1234	+	public hearing on the original application and may hold a public 1046
	1235	+	hearing on the proposed modification if it did not hold a public hearing 1047
	1236	+	on the original application. The commission shall render a decision on 1048
	1237	+	the proposed modification not later than sixty-five days after the receipt 1049
	1238	+	of such proposed modification, provided, if, in connection with a 1050
	1239	+	modification submitted under this subsection, the applicant applies for 1051
	1240	+	a permit for an activity regulated pursuant to sections 22a-36 to 22a-45, 1052
	1241	+	inclusive, and the time for a decision by the commission on such 1053
	1242	+	modification under this subsection would lapse prior to the thirty-fifth 1054
	1243	+	day after a decision by an inland wetlands and watercourses agency, the 1055
	1244	+	time period for decision by the commission on the modification under 1056
	1245	+	this subsection shall be extended to thirty-five days after the decision of 1057
	1246	+	such agency. The commission shall issue notice of its decision as 1058
	1247	+	provided by law. Failure of the commission to render a decision within 1059
	1248	+	said sixty-five days or subsequent extension period permitted by this 1060
	1249	+	subsection shall constitute a rejection of the proposed modification. 1061
	1250	+	Within the time period for filing an appeal on the proposed modification 1062
	1251	+	as set forth in section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a, as applicable, the applicant 1063
	1252	+	may appeal the commission's decision on the original application and 1064 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1253	+
	1254	+
	1255	+
	1256	+	LCO No. 4709 35 of 56
	1257	+
	1258	+	the proposed modification in the manner set forth in this section. 1065
	1259	+	Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the right of an 1066
	1260	+	applicant to appeal the original decision of the commission in the 1067
	1261	+	manner set forth in this section without submitting a proposed 1068
	1262	+	modification or to limit the issues which may be raised in any appeal 1069
	1263	+	under this section. 1070
	1264	+	(i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude any right of 1071
	1265	+	appeal under the provisions of section 8-8, 8-9, 8-28 or 8-30a. 1072
	1266	+	(j) A commission or its designated authority shall have, with respect 1073
	1267	+	to compliance of an affordable housing development with the 1074
	1268	+	provisions of this chapter, the same powers and remedies provided to 1075
	1269	+	commissions by section 8-12. 1076
	1270	+	(k) The affordable housing appeals procedure established under this 1077
	1271	+	section shall not be available if the real property which is the subject of 1078
	1272	+	the application is located in a municipality in which at least ten per cent 1079
	1273	+	of all dwelling units in the municipality are (1) assisted housing, (2) 1080
	1274	+	currently financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority 1081
	1275	+	mortgages, (3) subject to binding recorded deeds containing covenants 1082
	1276	+	or restrictions which require that such dwelling units be sold or rented 1083
	1277	+	at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which 1084
	1278	+	persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of income, where such 1085
	1279	+	income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income, (4) 1086
	1280	+	mobile manufactured homes located in mobile manufactured home 1087
	1281	+	parks or legally approved accessory apartments, which homes or 1088
	1282	+	apartments are subject to binding recorded deeds containing covenants 1089
	1283	+	or restrictions which require that such dwelling units be sold or rented 1090
	1284	+	at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which, 1091
	1285	+	for a period of not less than ten years, persons and families pay thirty 1092
	1286	+	per cent or less of income, where such income is less than or equal to 1093
	1287	+	eighty per cent of the median income, or (5) mobile manufactured 1094
	1288	+	homes located in resident-owned mobile manufactured home parks. For 1095
	1289	+	the purposes of calculating the total number of dwelling units in a 1096
	1290	+	municipality, accessory apartments built or permitted after January 1, 1097 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1291	+
	1292	+
	1293	+
	1294	+	LCO No. 4709 36 of 56
	1295	+
	1296	+	2022, but that are not described in subdivision (4) of this subsection, 1098
	1297	+	shall not be counted toward such total number. The municipalities 1099
	1298	+	meeting the criteria set forth in this subsection shall be listed in the 1100
	1299	+	report submitted under section 8-37qqq. As used in this subsection, 1101
	1300	+	"accessory apartment" has the same meaning as provided in section 8-1102
	1301	+	1a, and "resident-owned mobile manufactured home park" means a 1103
	1302	+	mobile manufactured home park consisting of mobile manufactured 1104
	1303	+	homes located on land that is deed restricted, and, at the time of issuance 1105
	1304	+	of a loan for the purchase of such land, such loan required seventy-five 1106
	1305	+	per cent of the units to be leased to persons with incomes equal to or less 1107
	1306	+	than eighty per cent of the median income, and either (A) forty per cent 1108
	1307	+	of said seventy-five per cent to be leased to persons with incomes equal 1109
	1308	+	to or less than sixty per cent of the median income, or (B) twenty per 1110
	1309	+	cent of said seventy-five per cent to be leased to persons with incomes 1111
	1310	+	equal to or less than fifty per cent of the median income. 1112
	1311	+	(l) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the 1113
	1312	+	affordable housing appeals procedure established under this section 1114
	1313	+	shall not be applicable to an affordable housing application filed with a 1115
	1314	+	commission during a moratorium, which shall commence after (A) a 1116
	1315	+	certification of affordable housing project completion issued by the 1117
	1316	+	commissioner is published [in the Connecticut Law Journal] on the 1118
	1317	+	eRegulations System, or (B) notice of a provisional approval is 1119
	1318	+	published pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection. Any such 1120
	1319	+	moratorium shall be for a period of four years, except that for any 1121
	1320	+	municipality that has (i) twenty thousand or more dwelling units, as 1122
	1321	+	reported in the most recent United States decennial census, and (ii) 1123
	1322	+	previously qualified for a moratorium in accordance with this section, 1124
	1323	+	any subsequent moratorium shall be for a period of five years. Any 1125
	1324	+	moratorium that is in effect on October 1, 2002, is extended by one year. 1126
	1325	+	(2) Such moratorium shall not apply to (A) affordable housing 1127
	1326	+	applications for assisted housing in which ninety-five per cent of the 1128
	1327	+	dwelling units are restricted to persons and families whose income is 1129
	1328	+	less than or equal to sixty per cent of the median income, (B) other 1130
	1329	+	affordable housing applications for assisted housing containing forty or 1131 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1330	+
	1331	+
	1332	+
	1333	+	LCO No. 4709 37 of 56
	1334	+
	1335	+	fewer dwelling units, or (C) affordable housing applications which were 1132
	1336	+	filed with a commission pursuant to this section prior to the date upon 1133
	1337	+	which the moratorium takes effect. 1134
	1338	+	(3) Eligible units completed after a moratorium has begun may be 1135
	1339	+	counted toward establishing eligibility for a subsequent moratorium. 1136
	1340	+	(4) (A) The commissioner shall issue a certificate of affordable 1137
	1341	+	housing project completion for the purposes of this subsection upon 1138
	1342	+	finding that there has been completed within the municipality one or 1139
	1343	+	more affordable housing developments which create housing unit-1140
	1344	+	equivalent points equal to (i) the greater of two per cent of all dwelling 1141
	1345	+	units in the municipality, as reported in the most recent United States 1142
	1346	+	decennial census, or seventy-five housing unit-equivalent points, or (ii) 1143
	1347	+	for any municipality that has (I) adopted an affordable housing plan in 1144
	1348	+	accordance with section 8-30j, as amended by this act, (II) twenty 1145
	1349	+	thousand or more dwelling units, as reported in the most recent United 1146
	1350	+	States decennial census, and (III) previously qualified for a moratorium 1147
	1351	+	in accordance with this section, one and one-half per cent of all dwelling 1148
	1352	+	units in the municipality, as reported in the most recent United States 1149
	1353	+	decennial census. 1150
	1354	+	(B) A municipality may apply for a certificate of affordable housing 1151
	1355	+	project completion pursuant to this subsection by applying in writing to 1152
	1356	+	the commissioner, and including documentation showing that the 1153
	1357	+	municipality has accumulated the required number of points within the 1154
	1358	+	applicable time period. Such documentation shall include the location 1155
	1359	+	of each dwelling unit being counted, the number of points each dwelling 1156
	1360	+	unit has been assigned, and the reason, pursuant to this subsection, for 1157
	1361	+	assigning such points to such dwelling unit. Upon receipt of such 1158
	1362	+	application, the commissioner shall promptly cause a notice of the filing 1159
	1363	+	of the application to be published in the Connecticut Law Journal, 1160
	1364	+	stating that public comment on such application shall be accepted by the 1161
	1365	+	commissioner for a period of thirty days after the publication of such 1162
	1366	+	notice. Not later than ninety days after the receipt of such application, 1163
	1367	+	the commissioner shall either approve or reject such application. Such 1164 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1368	+
	1369	+
	1370	+
	1371	+	LCO No. 4709 38 of 56
	1372	+
	1373	+	approval or rejection shall be accompanied by a written statement of the 1165
	1374	+	reasons for approval or rejection, pursuant to the provisions of this 1166
	1375	+	subsection. If the application is approved, the commissioner shall 1167
	1376	+	promptly cause a certificate of affordable housing project completion to 1168
	1377	+	be published in the Connecticut Law Journal. If the commissioner fails 1169
	1378	+	to either approve or reject the application within such ninety-day 1170
	1379	+	period, such application shall be deemed provisionally approved, and 1171
	1380	+	the municipality may cause notice of such provisional approval to be 1172
	1381	+	published in a conspicuous manner in a daily newspaper having general 1173
	1382	+	circulation in the municipality, in which case, such moratorium shall 1174
	1383	+	take effect upon such publication. The municipality shall send a copy of 1175
	1384	+	such notice to the commissioner. Such provisional approval shall 1176
	1385	+	remain in effect unless the commissioner subsequently acts upon and 1177
	1386	+	rejects the application, in which case the moratorium shall terminate 1178
	1387	+	upon notice to the municipality by the commissioner. 1179
	1388	+	(5) For the purposes of this subsection, "elderly units" are dwelling 1180
	1389	+	units whose occupancy is restricted by age, "family units" are dwelling 1181
	1390	+	units whose occupancy is not restricted by age, and "resident-owned 1182
	1391	+	mobile manufactured home park" has the same meaning as provided in 1183
	1392	+	subsection (k) of this section. 1184
	1393	+	(6) For the purposes of this subsection, housing unit-equivalent 1185
	1394	+	points shall be determined by the commissioner as follows: (A) No 1186
	1395	+	points shall be awarded for a unit unless its occupancy is restricted to 1187
	1396	+	persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per 1188
	1397	+	cent of the median income, except that unrestricted units in a set-aside 1189
	1398	+	development shall be awarded one-fourth point each. (B) Family units 1190
	1399	+	restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less than 1191
	1400	+	eighty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one point if an 1192
	1401	+	ownership unit and one and one-half points if a rental unit. (C) Family 1193
	1402	+	units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less 1194
	1403	+	than sixty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one and one-1195
	1404	+	half points if an ownership unit and two points if a rental unit. (D) 1196
	1405	+	Family units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to 1197
	1406	+	or less than forty per cent of the median income shall be awarded two 1198 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1407	+
	1408	+
	1409	+
	1410	+	LCO No. 4709 39 of 56
	1411	+
	1412	+	points if an ownership unit and two and one-half points if a rental unit. 1199
	1413	+	(E) Elderly units restricted to persons and families whose income is 1200
	1414	+	equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall be 1201
	1415	+	awarded one-half point. (F) A set-aside development containing family 1202
	1416	+	units which are rental units shall be awarded additional points equal to 1203
	1417	+	twenty-two per cent of the total points awarded to such development, 1204
	1418	+	provided the application for such development was filed with the 1205
	1419	+	commission prior to July 6, 1995. (G) A mobile manufactured home in a 1206
	1420	+	resident-owned mobile manufactured home park shall be awarded 1207
	1421	+	points as follows: One and one-half points when occupied by persons 1208
	1422	+	and families with an income equal to or less than eighty per cent of the 1209
	1423	+	median income; two points when occupied by persons and families with 1210
	1424	+	an income equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income; and 1211
	1425	+	one-fourth point for the remaining units. (H) A middle housing unit 1212
	1426	+	developed as of right within one-quarter mile of any transit district 1213
	1427	+	established pursuant to chapter 103a shall be awarded one-half point. 1214
	1428	+	(7) Points shall be awarded only for dwelling units which (A) were 1215
	1429	+	newly-constructed units in an affordable housing development, as that 1216
	1430	+	term was defined at the time of the affordable housing application, for 1217
	1431	+	which a certificate of occupancy was issued after July 1, 1990, (B) were 1218
	1432	+	newly subjected after July 1, 1990, to deeds containing covenants or 1219
	1433	+	restrictions which require that, for at least the duration required by 1220
	1434	+	subsection (a) of this section for set-aside developments on the date 1221
	1435	+	when such covenants or restrictions took effect, such dwelling units 1222
	1436	+	shall be sold or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units 1223
	1437	+	as affordable housing for persons or families whose income does not 1224
	1438	+	exceed eighty per cent of the median income, or (C) are located in a 1225
	1439	+	resident-owned mobile manufactured home park. 1226
	1440	+	(8) Points shall be subtracted, applying the formula in subdivision (6) 1227
	1441	+	of this subsection, for any affordable dwelling unit which, on or after 1228
	1442	+	July 1, 1990, was affected by any action taken by a municipality which 1229
	1443	+	caused such dwelling unit to cease being counted as an affordable 1230
	1444	+	dwelling unit. 1231 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1445	+
	1446	+
	1447	+
	1448	+	LCO No. 4709 40 of 56
	1449	+
	1450	+	(9) A newly-constructed unit shall be counted toward a moratorium 1232
	1451	+	when it receives a certificate of occupancy. A newly-restricted unit shall 1233
	1452	+	be counted toward a moratorium when its deed restriction takes effect. 1234
	1453	+	(10) The affordable housing appeals procedure shall be applicable to 1235
	1454	+	affordable housing applications filed with a commission after a three-1236
	1455	+	year moratorium expires, except (A) as otherwise provided in 1237
	1456	+	subsection (k) of this section, or (B) when sufficient unit-equivalent 1238
	1457	+	points have been created within the municipality during one 1239
	1458	+	moratorium to qualify for a subsequent moratorium. 1240
	1459	+	(11) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, adopt 1241
	1460	+	regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of 1242
	1461	+	this subsection. Such regulations shall specify the procedure to be 1243
	1462	+	followed by a municipality to obtain a moratorium, and shall include 1244
	1463	+	the manner in which a municipality is to document the units to be 1245
	1464	+	counted toward a moratorium. A municipality may apply for a 1246
	1465	+	moratorium in accordance with the provisions of this subsection prior 1247
	1466	+	to, as well as after, such regulations are adopted. 1248
	1467	+	Sec. 27. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section: 1249
	1468	+	(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing; 1250
	1469	+	(2) "Public housing authority" means any housing authority 1251
	1470	+	established pursuant to chapter 128 of the general statutes; 1252
	1471	+	(3) "Affordable housing programs" means the rental assistance 1253
	1472	+	program, the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, or any other 1254
	1473	+	program administered by the state that provides rental payment 1255
	1474	+	subsidies for residential dwellings; and 1256
	1475	+	(4) "Common application" means a standardized application form 1257
	1476	+	developed by the commissioner, the Connecticut Housing Finance 1258
	1477	+	Authority and certain public housing authorities for affordable housing 1259
	1478	+	in the state. 1260
	1479	+	(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the Connecticut Housing 1261 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1480	+
	1481	+
	1482	+
	1483	+	LCO No. 4709 41 of 56
	1484	+
	1485	+	Finance Authority and representatives of any public housing authority 1262
	1486	+	located in the state selected by the commissioner, shall develop and 1263
	1487	+	implement a common application for any individual or family seeking 1264
	1488	+	benefits under an affordable housing program in the state not later than 1265
	1489	+	July 1, 2024. 1266
	1490	+	(c) On and after July 1, 2024, any entity in the state that administers 1267
	1491	+	any affordable housing program shall accept a common application 1268
	1492	+	submitted by any individual or family seeking affordable housing. 1269
	1493	+	(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the 1270
	1494	+	provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to carry out the purposes 1271
	1495	+	of this section. 1272
	1496	+	Sec. 28. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) The Commissioner of 1273
	1497	+	Housing, within available appropriations, and in consultation with the 1274
	1498	+	Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and representatives of any 1275
	1499	+	public housing authority in the state selected by the commissioner, shall 1276
	1500	+	establish a program to encourage and recruit owners of rental real 1277
	1501	+	property to accept from prospective tenants any federal Housing Choice 1278
	1502	+	Voucher, rental assistance program certificate, or payment from any 1279
	1503	+	other program administered by the state that provides rental payment 1280
	1504	+	subsidies for residential dwellings. Such program may include, but need 1281
	1505	+	not be limited to, advertisements, community outreach events and 1282
	1506	+	communications to owners of rental real property who utilize other 1283
	1507	+	programs concerning such property administered by the state. 1284
	1508	+	(b) Not later than October 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 1285
	1509	+	commissioner shall submit a report concerning (1) the program, 1286
	1510	+	including an analysis of the effectiveness of the program in recruiting 1287
	1511	+	owners of rental real property to accept vouchers, certificates and any 1288
	1512	+	other rental payment subsidies, and (2) the commissioner's 1289
	1513	+	recommendations concerning the program, to the joint standing 1290
	1514	+	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 1291
	1515	+	relating to housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 1292
	1516	+	of the general statutes. 1293 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1517	+
	1518	+
	1519	+
	1520	+	LCO No. 4709 42 of 56
	1521	+
	1522	+	Sec. 29. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Housing shall, 1294
	1523	+	within available appropriations, conduct a study on methods to 1295
	1524	+	improve the efficiency of processing applications for the rental 1296
	1525	+	assistance program. In conducting the study, the commissioner shall 1297
	1526	+	consider the following: 1298
	1527	+	(1) An analysis of the current processing time for rental assistance 1299
	1528	+	applications, including, but not limited to, relevant inspection timelines; 1300
	1529	+	(2) An assessment of the current application process, including any 1301
	1530	+	barriers or challenges to applicants or rental real property owners; 1302
	1531	+	(3) Recommendations for improving the efficiency of the application 1303
	1532	+	process, including the use of technology and alternative processing 1304
	1533	+	methods; and 1305
	1534	+	(4) An estimate of the cost associated with implementing any 1306
	1535	+	recommended improvements. 1307
	1536	+	(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit a 1308
	1537	+	report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 1309
	1538	+	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 1310
	1539	+	relating to housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 1311
	1540	+	of the general statutes. The report shall include the findings of the 1312
	1541	+	commissioner and the commissioner's recommendations for improving 1313
	1542	+	the efficiency of processing applications for the rental assistance 1314
	1543	+	program. 1315
	1544	+	Sec. 30. Section 8-345 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1316
	1545	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 1317
	1546	+	(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall implement and administer a 1318
	1547	+	program of rental assistance for low-income families living in privately-1319
	1548	+	owned rental housing. For the purposes of this section, a low-income 1320
	1549	+	family is one whose income does not exceed fifty per cent of the median 1321
	1550	+	family income for the area of the state in which such family lives, as 1322
	1551	+	determined by the commissioner. 1323 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1552	+
	1553	+
	1554	+
	1555	+	LCO No. 4709 43 of 56
	1556	+
	1557	+	(b) Housing eligible for participation in the program shall comply 1324
	1558	+	with applicable state and local health, housing, building and safety 1325
	1559	+	codes. 1326
	1560	+	(c) In addition to an element in which rental assistance certificates are 1327
	1561	+	made available to qualified tenants, to be used in eligible housing which 1328
	1562	+	such tenants are able to locate, the program may include a housing 1329
	1563	+	support element in which rental assistance for tenants is linked to 1330
	1564	+	participation by the property owner in other municipal, state or federal 1331
	1565	+	housing repair, rehabilitation or financing programs. The commissioner 1332
	1566	+	shall use rental assistance under this section so as to encourage the 1333
	1567	+	preservation of existing housing and the revitalization of 1334
	1568	+	neighborhoods or the creation of additional rental housing. 1335
	1569	+	(d) The commissioner may designate a portion of the rental assistance 1336
	1570	+	available under the program for tenant-based and project-based 1337
	1571	+	supportive housing units. To the extent practicable rental assistance for 1338
	1572	+	supportive housing shall adhere to the requirements of the federal 1339
	1573	+	Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC 1437f(o), relative to 1340
	1574	+	calculating the tenant's share of the rent to be paid. 1341
	1575	+	(e) The commissioner shall administer the program under this section 1342
	1576	+	to promote housing choice for certificate holders and encourage racial 1343
	1577	+	and economic integration. The commissioner shall affirmatively seek to 1344
	1578	+	expend all funds appropriated for the program on an annual basis. The 1345
	1579	+	commissioner shall establish maximum rent levels for each municipality 1346
	1580	+	in a manner that promotes the use of the program in all municipalities. 1347
	1581	+	Any certificate issued pursuant to this section may be used for housing 1348
	1582	+	in any municipality in the state. The commissioner shall inform 1349
	1583	+	certificate holders that a certificate may be used in any municipality and, 1350
	1584	+	to the extent practicable, the commissioner shall assist certificate holders 1351
	1585	+	in finding housing in the municipality of their choice. 1352
	1586	+	(f) Nothing in this section shall give any person a right to continued 1353
	1587	+	receipt of rental assistance at any time that the program is not funded. 1354
	1588	+	(g) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the 1355 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1589	+
	1590	+
	1591	+
	1592	+	LCO No. 4709 44 of 56
	1593	+
	1594	+	provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section. The 1356
	1595	+	regulations shall establish maximum income eligibility guidelines for 1357
	1596	+	such rental assistance and criteria for determining the amount of rental 1358
	1597	+	assistance which shall be provided to eligible families. 1359
	1598	+	(h) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner or the 1360
	1599	+	commissioner's agent pursuant to the program under this section shall 1361
	1600	+	have the right to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of section 1362
	1601	+	8-37gg. 1363
	1602	+	Sec. 31. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 1364
	1603	+	(1) "Landlord" has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-1 of 1365
	1604	+	the general statutes, as amended by this act; 1366
	1605	+	(2) "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-1367
	1606	+	1 of the general statutes, as amended by this act; 1368
	1607	+	(3) "Program-eligible tenant" means any person or family that is the 1369
	1608	+	recipient of (A) a rental assistance program certificate issued by the 1370
	1609	+	state, (B) a voucher issued under the federal Housing Choice Voucher 1371
	1610	+	program, or (C) any other form of rental subsidy from the state. 1372
	1611	+	(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a landlord relief 1373
	1612	+	pilot program designed to provide financial assistance to any eligible 1374
	1613	+	landlord in the state for any lost rent such landlord may incur in holding 1375
	1614	+	a dwelling unit for a program-eligible tenant while such tenant seeks 1376
	1615	+	any necessary approval from the state rental assistance program, federal 1377
	1616	+	Housing Choice Voucher program or any other state rental subsidy 1378
	1617	+	provider concerning such tenant's prospective tenancy in the landlord's 1379
	1618	+	dwelling unit. Such financial assistance shall be limited to two months' 1380
	1619	+	rent or ten thousand dollars, whichever is less, and shall be prorated 1381
	1620	+	based on the time between the program-eligible tenant's application for 1382
	1621	+	the dwelling unit and the date upon which such tenant commences a 1383
	1622	+	tenancy in the dwelling unit. 1384
	1623	+	(c) On and after December 1, 2023, the commissioner shall accept 1385 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1624	+
	1625	+
	1626	+
	1627	+	LCO No. 4709 45 of 56
	1628	+
	1629	+	applications, in a form to be specified by the commissioner, from any 1386
	1630	+	landlord for financial assistance under the pilot program. The 1387
	1631	+	commissioner shall exclude from the pilot program any landlord 1388
	1632	+	determined by the commissioner to be in violation of any local housing 1389
	1633	+	code or chapter 830 of the general statutes. The commissioner may 1390
	1634	+	adopt additional eligibility criteria for landlords based on inspections of 1391
	1635	+	a dwelling unit, the amount of rent charged by a landlord, and any other 1392
	1636	+	criteria the commissioner deems appropriate for the administration of 1393
	1637	+	the pilot program. 1394
	1638	+	(d) On or before December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter until 1395
	1639	+	December 31, 2026, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with 1396
	1640	+	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 1397
	1641	+	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 1398
	1642	+	matters relating to housing (1) analyzing the success of the pilot 1399
	1643	+	program in increasing the number of program-eligible tenants obtaining 1400
	1644	+	tenancy in the state, and (2) recommending whether a permanent 1401
	1645	+	program should be established in the state and, if so, any proposed 1402
	1646	+	legislation for such program. 1403
	1647	+	(h) The pilot program established pursuant to this section shall 1404
	1648	+	terminate on December 31, 2026. 1405
	1649	+	Sec. 32. Section 12-494 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1406
	1650	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1407
	1651	+	(a) There is imposed a tax on each deed, instrument or writing, 1408
	1652	+	whereby any lands, tenements or other realty is granted, assigned, 1409
	1653	+	transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser, or any 1410
	1654	+	other person by such purchaser's direction, when the consideration for 1411
	1655	+	the interest or property conveyed equals or exceeds two thousand 1412
	1656	+	dollars: 1413
	1657	+	(1) Subject to the provisions of [subsection] subsections (b) and (c) of 1414
	1658	+	this section, at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent of the 1415
	1659	+	consideration for the interest in real property conveyed by such deed, 1416
	1660	+	instrument or writing, the revenue from which shall be remitted by the 1417 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1661	+
	1662	+
	1663	+
	1664	+	LCO No. 4709 46 of 56
	1665	+
	1666	+	town clerk of the municipality in which such tax is paid, not later than 1418
	1667	+	ten days following receipt thereof, to the Commissioner of Revenue 1419
	1668	+	Services for deposit to the credit of the state General Fund, except as 1420
	1669	+	provided in subsection (e) of this section; and 1421
	1670	+	(2) At the rate of one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration for 1422
	1671	+	the interest in real property conveyed by such deed, instrument or 1423
	1672	+	writing, provided the amount imposed under this subdivision shall 1424
	1673	+	become part of the general revenue of the municipality in accordance 1425
	1674	+	with section 12-499. 1426
	1675	+	(b) The rate of tax imposed under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of 1427
	1676	+	this section shall, in lieu of the rate under said subdivision (1), be 1428
	1677	+	imposed on certain conveyances as follows: 1429
	1678	+	(1) In the case of any conveyance of real property which at the time 1430
	1679	+	of such conveyance is used for any purpose other than residential use, 1431
	1680	+	except unimproved land, the tax under said subdivision (1) shall be 1432
	1681	+	imposed at the rate of one and one-quarter per cent of the consideration 1433
	1682	+	for the interest in real property conveyed; 1434
	1683	+	(2) [In] Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, in the case 1435
	1684	+	of any conveyance in which the real property conveyed is a residential 1436
	1685	+	estate, including a primary dwelling and any auxiliary housing or 1437
	1686	+	structures, regardless of the number of deeds, instruments or writings 1438
	1687	+	used to convey such residential real estate, for which the consideration 1439
	1688	+	or aggregate consideration, as the case may be, in such conveyance is 1440
	1689	+	eight hundred thousand dollars or more, the tax under said subdivision 1441
	1690	+	(1) shall be imposed: 1442
	1691	+	(A) At the rate of three-quarters of one per cent on that portion of 1443
	1692	+	such consideration up to and including the amount of eight hundred 1444
	1693	+	thousand dollars; 1445
	1694	+	(B) Prior to July 1, 2020, at the rate of one and one-quarter per cent on 1446
	1695	+	that portion of such consideration in excess of eight hundred thousand 1447
	1696	+	dollars; and 1448 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1697	+
	1698	+
	1699	+
	1700	+	LCO No. 4709 47 of 56
	1701	+
	1702	+	(C) On and after July 1, 2020, (i) at the rate of one and one-quarter per 1449
	1703	+	cent on that portion of such consideration in excess of eight hundred 1450
	1704	+	thousand dollars up to and including the amount of two million five 1451
	1705	+	hundred thousand dollars, and (ii) at the rate of two and one-quarter 1452
	1706	+	per cent on that portion of such consideration in excess of two million 1453
	1707	+	five hundred thousand dollars; and 1454
	1708	+	(3) In the case of any conveyance in which real property on which 1455
	1709	+	mortgage payments have been delinquent for not less than six months 1456
	1710	+	is conveyed to a financial institution or its subsidiary that holds such a 1457
	1711	+	delinquent mortgage on such property, the tax under said subdivision 1458
	1712	+	(1) shall be imposed at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent of the 1459
	1713	+	consideration for the interest in real property conveyed. For the 1460
	1714	+	purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, "unimproved land" 1461
	1715	+	includes land designated as farm, forest or open space land. 1462
	1716	+	(c) On and after July 1, 2023, for a purchaser that is a business entity 1463
	1717	+	other than a sole proprietorship, limited liability company or limited 1464
	1718	+	partnership, in the case of any conveyance in which the real property 1465
	1719	+	conveyed is a residential estate, including a primary dwelling and any 1466
	1720	+	auxiliary housing or structures, regardless of the number of deeds, 1467
	1721	+	instruments or writings used to convey such residential real estate, the 1468
	1722	+	rate of tax shall, in lieu of the rate under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) 1469
	1723	+	of this section or subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, be 1470
	1724	+	imposed: 1471
	1725	+	(1) At the rate of one per cent on that portion of such consideration 1472
	1726	+	up to and including the amount of eight hundred thousand dollars; 1473
	1727	+	(2) At the rate of one and one-half per cent on that portion of such 1474
	1728	+	consideration in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars up to and 1475
	1729	+	including the amount of two million five hundred thousand dollars; and 1476
	1730	+	(3) At the rate of two and one-half per cent on that portion of such 1477
	1731	+	consideration in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars. 1478
	1732	+	[(c)] (d) In addition to the tax imposed under subsection (a) of this 1479 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1733	+
	1734	+
	1735	+
	1736	+	LCO No. 4709 48 of 56
	1737	+
	1738	+	section, any targeted investment community, as defined in section 32-1480
	1739	+	222, or any municipality in which properties designated as 1481
	1740	+	manufacturing plants under section 32-75c are located, may, on or after 1482
	1741	+	March 15, 2003, impose an additional tax on each deed, instrument or 1483
	1742	+	writing, whereby any lands, tenements or other realty is granted, 1484
	1743	+	assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the 1485
	1744	+	purchaser, or any other person by [his] such purchaser's direction, when 1486
	1745	+	the consideration for the interest or property conveyed equals or 1487
	1746	+	exceeds two thousand dollars, which additional tax shall be at a rate of 1488
	1747	+	up to one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration for the interest in 1489
	1748	+	real property conveyed by such deed, instrument or writing. The 1490
	1749	+	revenue from such additional tax shall become part of the general 1491
	1750	+	revenue of the municipality in accordance with section 12-499. 1492
	1751	+	(e) On and after July 1, 2023, the Comptroller shall transfer from the 1493
	1752	+	General Fund to the Housing Trust Fund established under section 8-1494
	1753	+	336o, as amended by this act, any revenue received by the state each 1495
	1754	+	fiscal year in excess of one hundred eighty million dollars from the tax 1496
	1755	+	imposed under subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section. On and 1497
	1756	+	after July 1, 2024, the threshold amount shall be adjusted annually by 1498
	1757	+	the percentage increase in inflation. As used in this subdivision, 1499
	1758	+	"increase in inflation" means the increase in the consumer price index 1500
	1759	+	for all urban consumers during the preceding calendar year, calculated 1501
	1760	+	on a December over December basis, using data reported by the United 1502
	1761	+	States Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1503
	1762	+	Sec. 33. Section 12-498 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1504
	1763	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1505
	1764	+	(a) The tax imposed by section 12-494, as amended by this act, shall 1506
	1765	+	not apply to: 1507
	1766	+	(1) Deeds [which] that this state is prohibited from taxing under the 1508
	1767	+	Constitution or laws of the United States; 1509
	1768	+	(2) Deeds [which] that secure a debt or other obligation; 1510 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1769	+
	1770	+
	1771	+
	1772	+	LCO No. 4709 49 of 56
	1773	+
	1774	+	(3) Deeds to which this state or any of its political subdivisions or its 1511
	1775	+	or their respective agencies is a party; 1512
	1776	+	(4) Tax deeds; 1513
	1777	+	(5) Deeds of release of property [which] that is security for a debt or 1514
	1778	+	other obligation; 1515
	1779	+	(6) Deeds of partition; 1516
	1780	+	(7) Deeds made pursuant to mergers of corporations; 1517
	1781	+	(8) Deeds made by a subsidiary corporation to its parent corporation 1518
	1782	+	for no consideration other than the cancellation or surrender of the 1519
	1783	+	subsidiary's stock; 1520
	1784	+	(9) Deeds made pursuant to a decree of the Superior Court under 1521
	1785	+	section 46b-81, 49-24 or 52-495 or pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure 1522
	1786	+	by market sale under section 49-24 or pursuant to a judgment of loss 1523
	1787	+	mitigation under section 49-30t or 49-30u; 1524
	1788	+	(10) Deeds, when the consideration for the interest or property 1525
	1789	+	conveyed is less than two thousand dollars; 1526
	1790	+	(11) Deeds between affiliated corporations, provided both of such 1527
	1791	+	corporations are exempt from taxation pursuant to paragraph (2), (3) or 1528
	1792	+	(25) of Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any 1529
	1793	+	subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, 1530
	1794	+	as amended from time to time; 1531
	1795	+	(12) Deeds made by a corporation [which] that is exempt from 1532
	1796	+	taxation pursuant to paragraph (3) of Section 501(c) of the Internal 1533
	1797	+	Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal 1534
	1798	+	revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, to any 1535
	1799	+	corporation which is exempt from taxation pursuant to said paragraph 1536
	1800	+	(3) of said Section 501(c); 1537
	1801	+	(13) Deeds made to any nonprofit organization [which] that is 1538 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1802	+
	1803	+
	1804	+
	1805	+	LCO No. 4709 50 of 56
	1806	+
	1807	+	organized for the purpose of holding undeveloped land in trust for 1539
	1808	+	conservation or recreation purposes; 1540
	1809	+	(14) Deeds between spouses; 1541
	1810	+	(15) Deeds of property for the Adriaen's Landing site or the stadium 1542
	1811	+	facility site, for purposes of the overall project, each as defined in section 1543
	1812	+	32-651; 1544
	1813	+	(16) Land transfers made on or after July 1, 1998, to a water company, 1545
	1814	+	as defined in section 16-1, provided the land is classified as class I or 1546
	1815	+	class II land, as defined in section 25-37c, after such transfer; 1547
	1816	+	(17) Transfers or conveyances to effectuate a mere change of identity 1548
	1817	+	or form of ownership or organization, where there is no change in 1549
	1818	+	beneficial ownership; 1550
	1819	+	(18) Conveyances of residential property [which] that occur not later 1551
	1820	+	than six months after the date on which the property was previously 1552
	1821	+	conveyed to the transferor if the transferor is (A) an employer [which] 1553
	1822	+	that acquired the property from an employee pursuant to an employee 1554
	1823	+	relocation plan, or (B) an entity in the business of purchasing and selling 1555
	1824	+	residential property of employees who are being relocated pursuant to 1556
	1825	+	such a plan; 1557
	1826	+	(19) Deeds in lieu of foreclosure that transfer the transferor's principal 1558
	1827	+	residence; 1559
	1828	+	(20) Any instrument that transfers the transferor's principal residence 1560
	1829	+	where the gross purchase price is insufficient to pay the sum of (A) 1561
	1830	+	mortgages encumbering the property transferred, and (B) any real 1562
	1831	+	property taxes and municipal utility or other charges for which the 1563
	1832	+	municipality may place a lien on the property and [which] that have 1564
	1833	+	priority over the mortgages encumbering the property transferred; 1565
	1834	+	[and] 1566
	1835	+	(21) Deeds that transfer the transferor's principal residence, where 1567
	1836	+	such residence has a concrete foundation that has deteriorated due to 1568 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1837	+
	1838	+
	1839	+
	1840	+	LCO No. 4709 51 of 56
	1841	+
	1842	+	the presence of pyrrhotite and such transferor has obtained a written 1569
	1843	+	evaluation from a professional engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 1570
	1844	+	391 indicating that the foundation of such residence was made with 1571
	1845	+	defective concrete. The exemption authorized under this subdivision 1572
	1846	+	shall (A) apply to the first transfer of such residence after such written 1573
	1847	+	evaluation has been obtained, and (B) not be available to a transferor 1574
	1848	+	who has received financial assistance to repair or replace such 1575
	1849	+	foundation from the Crumbling Foundations Assistance Fund 1576
	1850	+	established under section 8-441; and 1577
	1851	+	(22) Deeds of property with dwelling units where all such units are 1578
	1852	+	deed restricted as affordable housing, as defined in section 8-39a. For 1579
	1853	+	deeds of property with dwelling units where a portion of such units are 1580
	1854	+	subject to such deed restrictions, the exemption authorized under this 1581
	1855	+	subdivision shall apply only with respect to the dwelling units subject 1582
	1856	+	to such deed restrictions and such exemption shall be reduced 1583
	1857	+	proportionally based on the number of units not subject to such deed 1584
	1858	+	restrictions. 1585
	1859	+	(b) The tax imposed by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-1586
	1860	+	494, as amended by this act, shall not apply to: 1587
	1861	+	(1) Deeds of the principal residence of any person approved for 1588
	1862	+	assistance under section 12-129b or 12-170aa for the current assessment 1589
	1863	+	year of the municipality in which such person resides or to any such 1590
	1864	+	transfer [which] that occurs within fifteen months of the completion of 1591
	1865	+	any municipal assessment year for which such person qualified for such 1592
	1866	+	assistance; 1593
	1867	+	(2) Deeds of property located in an area designated as an enterprise 1594
	1868	+	zone in accordance with section 32-70; and 1595
	1869	+	(3) Deeds of property located in an entertainment district designated 1596
	1870	+	under section 32-76 or established under section 2 of public act 93-311. 1597
	1871	+	Sec. 34. Section 8-336o of the general statutes is repealed and the 1598
	1872	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1599 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1873	+
	1874	+
	1875	+
	1876	+	LCO No. 4709 52 of 56
	1877	+
	1878	+	(a) There is established the "Housing Trust Fund" which shall be a 1600
	1879	+	nonlapsing fund held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other 1601
	1880	+	moneys, funds and accounts. The following funds shall be deposited in 1602
	1881	+	the fund in addition to any moneys required by law to be deposited in 1603
	1882	+	the fund: (1) Proceeds of bonds authorized by section 8-336n and section 1604
	1883	+	35 of this act; (2) all moneys received in return for financial assistance 1605
	1884	+	awarded from the Housing Trust Fund pursuant to the Housing Trust 1606
	1885	+	Fund program established under section 8-336p; (3) all private 1607
	1886	+	contributions received pursuant to section 8-336p; and (4) to the extent 1608
	1887	+	not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, any local, state or 1609
	1888	+	federal funds received pursuant to section 8-336p. Investment earnings 1610
	1889	+	credited to the assets of said fund shall become part of the assets of said 1611
	1890	+	fund. The Treasurer shall invest the moneys held by the Housing Trust 1612
	1891	+	Fund subject to use for financial assistance under the Housing Trust 1613
	1892	+	Fund program. 1614
	1893	+	(b) Any moneys held in the Housing Trust Fund may, pending the 1615
	1894	+	use or application of the proceeds thereof for an authorized purpose, be 1616
	1895	+	(1) invested and reinvested in such obligations, securities and 1617
	1896	+	investments as are set forth in subsection (f) of section 3-20, in 1618
	1897	+	participation certificates in the Short Term Investment Fund created 1619
	1898	+	under sections 3-27a and 3-27f and in participation certificates or 1620
	1899	+	securities of the Tax-Exempt Proceeds Fund created under section 3-24a, 1621
	1900	+	(2) deposited or redeposited in such bank or banks at the direction of 1622
	1901	+	the Treasurer, or (3) invested in participation units in the combined 1623
	1902	+	investment funds, as defined in section 3-31b. Unless otherwise 1624
	1903	+	provided pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, proceeds from 1625
	1904	+	investments authorized by this subsection shall be credited to the 1626
	1905	+	Housing Trust Fund. 1627
	1906	+	(c) The moneys of the Housing Trust Fund shall be used to fund the 1628
	1907	+	Housing Trust Fund program established under section 8-336p and for 1629
	1908	+	the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of section 35 of this act, and are 1630
	1909	+	in addition to any other resources available from state, federal or other 1631
	1910	+	entities that support the program goals established in [said] section 8-1632
	1911	+	336p. 1633 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1912	+
	1913	+
	1914	+
	1915	+	LCO No. 4709 53 of 56
	1916	+
	1917	+	Sec. 35. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described 1634
	1918	+	in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have 1635
	1919	+	the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the 1636
	1920	+	state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in 1637
	1921	+	the aggregate seventy-five million dollars. 1638
	1922	+	(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1639
	1923	+	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1640
	1924	+	of Housing for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid for construction 1641
	1925	+	and renovation costs for the conversion of hotels, malls and office 1642
	1926	+	buildings to multifamily dwellings in nondistressed municipalities. 1643
	1927	+	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1644
	1928	+	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1645
	1929	+	provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1646
	1930	+	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1647
	1931	+	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1648
	1932	+	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1649
	1933	+	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1650
	1934	+	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1651
	1935	+	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1652
	1936	+	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1653
	1937	+	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1654
	1938	+	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1655
	1939	+	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1656
	1940	+	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1657
	1941	+	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1658
	1942	+	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1659
	1943	+	be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1660
	1944	+	of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1661
	1945	+	interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1662
	1946	+	part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1663
	1947	+	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1664
	1948	+	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1665
	1949	+	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1666 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1950	+
	1951	+
	1952	+
	1953	+	LCO No. 4709 54 of 56
	1954	+
	1955	+	Sec. 36. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of twenty million dollars is 1667
	1956	+	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1668
	1957	+	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for Coordinated 1669
	1958	+	Access Networks. 1670
	1959	+	Sec. 37. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of ____ dollars is appropriated 1671
	1960	+	to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for the fiscal 1672
	1961	+	years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for the rental assistance 1673
	1962	+	program. 1674
	1963	+	Sec. 38. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of two million dollars is 1675
	1964	+	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1676
	1965	+	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for the 2-1-1 1677
	1966	+	program. 1678
	1967	+	Sec. 39. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of five million dollars is 1679
	1968	+	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1680
	1969	+	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for diversionary 1681
	1970	+	and flexible housing programs. 1682
	1971	+	Sec. 40. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of two hundred fifty thousand 1683
	1972	+	dollars is appropriated to the Office of Policy and Management from the 1684
	1973	+	General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, to hire a 1685
	1974	+	consultant to develop model codes that may be adopted by 1686
	1975	+	municipalities in the state. 1687
	1976	+	Sec. 41. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of five million dollars is 1688
	1977	+	appropriated to the Office of Policy and Management from the General 1689
	1978	+	Fund, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, to 1690
	1979	+	provide grants to any regional council of governments for the 1691
	1980	+	development of regional housing inspection programs. 1692
	1981	+	Sec. 42. (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of five million dollars is 1693
	1982	+	appropriated to the Department of Housing from the General Fund, for 1694
	1983	+	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, for the landlord relief pilot program, 1695
	1984	+	as provided in section 32 of this act. 1696 Raised Bill No. 6781
	1985	+
	1986	+
	1987	+
	1988	+	LCO No. 4709 55 of 56
	1989	+
2154	1990		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
2155	1991		sections:
2156	1992
2157	1993		Section 1 October 1, 2023 7-148(c)(7)(A)
2158	1994		Sec. 2 October 1, 2023 New section
2159	1995		Sec. 3 October 1, 2023 47a-1
2160	1996		Sec. 4 October 1, 2023 New section
2161	1997		Sec. 5 October 1, 2023 47a-23c
2162	1998		Sec. 6 October 1, 2023 8-41(a)
2163	1999		Sec. 7 October 1, 2023 8-68f
2164	2000		Sec. 8 October 1, 2023 8-68d
2165	2001		Sec. 9 October 1, 2023 47a-6a(a) and (b)
2166	2002		Sec. 10 October 1, 2023 46a-64b
2167	2003		Sec. 11 October 1, 2023 New section
2168	2004		Sec. 12 October 1, 2023 8-45a
2169	2005		Sec. 13 October 1, 2023 46a-51(8)
2170	2006		Sec. 14 October 1, 2023 46a-54(14)
2171	2007		Sec. 15 October 1, 2023 46a-74
2172	2008		Sec. 16 October 1, 2023 46a-82(a)
2173	2009		Sec. 17 October 1, 2023 46a-83(a) to (c)
2174		-	Sec. 18 October 1, 2023 46a-83(g)(2) Substitute Bill No. 6781
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2180		-
	2010	+	Sec. 18 October 1, 2023 46a-83(g)(2)
2181	2011		Sec. 19 October 1, 2023 46a-86(c)
2182	2012		Sec. 20 October 1, 2023 46a-89(b)(1)
2183	2013		Sec. 21 October 1, 2023 46a-90a(b)
2184	2014		Sec. 22 October 1, 2023 46a-98a
2185	2015		Sec. 23 October 1, 2023 New section
2186	2016		Sec. 24 October 1, 2023 8-30j
2187	2017		Sec. 25 from passage New section
2188	2018		Sec. 26 October 1, 2023 8-30g(a) to (l)
2189		-	Sec. 27 October 1, 2023 8-30h
2190		-	Sec. 28 from passage New section
2191		-	Sec. 29 October 1, 2023 New section
2192		-	Sec. 30 from passage New section
2193		-	Sec. 31 October 1, 2023 8-345
2194		-	Sec. 32 July 1, 2023 New section
2195		-	Sec. 33 January 1, 2024, and
2196		-	applicable to any summary
2197		-	process action disposed of
2198		-	before or after such date
2199		-	New section
2200		-	Sec. 34 July 1, 2023 12-494
2201		-	Sec. 35 July 1, 2023 12-498
2202		-	Sec. 36 July 1, 2023 8-336o
	2019	+	Sec. 27 from passage New section
	2020	+	Sec. 28 October 1, 2023 New section
	2021	+	Sec. 29 from passage New section
	2022	+	Sec. 30 October 1, 2023 8-345
	2023	+	Sec. 31 July 1, 2023 New section
	2024	+	Sec. 32 July 1, 2023 12-494
	2025	+	Sec. 33 July 1, 2023 12-498
	2026	+	Sec. 34 July 1, 2023 8-336o
	2027	+	Sec. 35 July 1, 2023 New section
	2028	+	Sec. 36 July 1, 2023 New section
2203	2029		Sec. 37 July 1, 2023 New section
2204		-	Sec. 38 July 1, 2023 New section
	2030	+	Sec. 38 July 1, 2023 New section Raised Bill No. 6781
	2031	+
	2032	+
	2033	+
	2034	+	LCO No. 4709 56 of 56
	2035	+
2205	2036		Sec. 39 July 1, 2023 New section
2206	2037		Sec. 40 July 1, 2023 New section
2207	2038		Sec. 41 July 1, 2023 New section
2208	2039		Sec. 42 July 1, 2023 New section
2209		-	Sec. 43 July 1, 2023 New section
2210		-	Sec. 44 July 1, 2023 New section
2211		-	Sec. 45 July 1, 2023 New section
2212		-
2213		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
2214		-	In Section 9(a)(3), a reference to "agent" was added for clarity; in Section
2215		-	11(c), "with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities" was
2216		-	inserted for clarity; in Section 24(b), "of" was bracketed and "established
2217		-	by" was inserted for clarity; in Section 26, Subsecs. (a)(1) and (2) were
2218		-	reordered for consistency, in Subsec. (l)(4)(A), "an affordable housing
2219		-	plan" was bracketed and "a plan to affirmatively further fair housing"
2220		-	was inserted for accuracy; in Subsecs. (l)(1) (A) and (l)(4)(B), "on the
2221		-	eRegulations System" was deleted and the brackets around "the
2222		-	Connecticut Law Journal" removed for accuracy; in Sec. 34(e) a reference Substitute Bill No. 6781
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2228		-
2229		-	to Subsec. (a) was replaced with Subsec. (a)(1) for accuracy and in
2230		-	Section 36 references to "section 36" were changed to "section 37" for
2231		-	accuracy.
2232		-
2233		-	HSG Joint Favorable Subst.
	2040	+
	2041	+	Statement of Purpose:
	2042	+	To improve the access to adequate housing for all residents of the state.
	2043	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	2044	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	2045	+	underlined.]
2234	2046