OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-4
AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S PRESENT AND FUTURE
HOUSING NEEDS.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 6742
File Copy No.: 203
Senate Calendar No.: 130
Primary Analyst: MP 4/26/23
Contributing Analyst(s): (NF)
OFA Fiscal Note
Cost
The amendment requires the Department of Housing (DOH) to
provide the standardized rental agreement and requires municipalities
to provide housing code violation forms in every language spoken by at
least 1% of the state’s population. The bill only requires these to be
available in English and Spanish.
This is anticipated to result in an additional cost to DOH of less than
$10,000 (less than $5,000 per additional language) in FY 24 only, for
translation of the standardized rental agreement into Portuguese and
Polish. Costs will depend on the length of the rental agreement and
translation costs per page.
The amendment also results in a minimal cost to municipalities
annually, beginning in FY 24, to provide housing code violation
complaint forms in Portuguese and Polish.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of
informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.
Sources: United States Census Bureau