Connecticut 2024 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05152 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 26 1 of 3
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5152
6	6	February Session, 2024
7	7	LCO No. 26
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10	10	Referred to Committee on HOUSING
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING RENTERS IN COMMON INTEREST
20	20	OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. Section 47-261b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	25	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 2
26	26	(a) At least ten days before adopting, amending or repealing any rule, 3
27	27	the executive board shall give all unit owners notice of (1) The executive 4
28	28	board's intention to adopt, amend or repeal a rule and shall include with 5
29	29	such notice the text of the proposed rule or amendment, or the text of 6
30	30	the rule proposed to be repealed; and (2) the date on which the executive 7
31	31	board will act on the proposed rule, amendment or repeal after 8
32	32	considering comments from unit owners. 9
33	33	(b) Following adoption, amendment or repeal of a rule, the 10
34	34	association shall give all unit owners notice of its action and include 11
35	35	with such notice a copy of any new or amended rule. 12
36	36	(c) Subject to the provisions of the declaration, an association may 13
37	37	adopt rules to establish and enforce construction and design criteria and 14 Raised Bill No. 5152
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41	41	LCO No. 26 2 of 3
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43	43	aesthetic standards. If an association adopts such rules, the association 15
44	44	shall adopt procedures for enforcement of those rules and for approval 16
45	45	of construction applications, including a reasonable time within which 17
46	46	the association shall act after an application is submitted and the 18
47	47	consequences of its failure to act. 19
48	48	(d) A rule regulating display of the flag of the United States shall be 20
49	49	consistent with federal law. In addition, the association may not prohibit 21
50	50	display, on a unit or on a limited common element adjoining a unit, of 22
51	51	the flag of this state, or signs regarding candidates for public or 23
52	52	association office or ballot questions, but the association may adopt 24
53	53	rules governing the time, place, size, number and manner of those 25
54	54	displays. 26
55	55	(e) Unit owners may peacefully assemble on the common elements to 27
56	56	consider matters related to the common interest community, but the 28
57	57	association may adopt rules governing the time, place and manner of 29
58	58	those assemblies. 30
59	59	(f) An association may adopt rules that affect the use of or behavior 31
60	60	in units that may be used for residential purposes, only to: 32
61	61	(1) Implement a provision of the declaration; 33
62	62	(2) Regulate any behavior in or occupancy of a unit [which] that 34
63	63	violates the declaration or adversely affects the use and enjoyment of 35
64	64	other units or the common elements by other unit owners; or 36
65	65	(3) Restrict the leasing of residential units, [to the extent those rules 37
66	66	are reasonably designed to meet underwriting requirements of 38
67	67	institutional lenders that regularly make loans secured by first 39
68	68	mortgages on units in common interest communities or regularly 40
69	69	purchase those mortgages,] provided no such restriction shall (A) result 41
70	70	in permitting less than fifty per cent of the units to be leased, or (B) be 42
71	71	enforceable unless notice thereof is recorded on the land records of each 43
72	72	town in which any part of the common interest community is located. 44
73	73	Such notice shall be indexed by the town clerk in the grantor index of 45 Raised Bill No. 5152
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79	79	such land records in the name of the association. 46
80	80	(g) In the case of a common interest community that is not a 47
81	81	condominium or a cooperative, an association may not adopt or enforce 48
82	82	any rules that would have the effect of prohibiting any unit owner from 49
83	83	installing a solar power generating system on the roof of such owner's 50
84	84	unit, provided such roof is not shared with any other unit owner. An 51
85	85	association may adopt rules governing (1) the size and manner of 52
86	86	affixing, installing or removing a solar power generating system; (2) the 53
87	87	unit owner's responsibilities for periodic upkeep and maintenance of 54
88	88	such solar power generating system; and (3) a prohibition on any unit 55
89	89	owner installing a solar power generating system upon any common 56
90	90	elements of the association. 57
91	91	(h) An association's internal business operating procedures need not 58
92	92	be adopted as rules. 59
93	93	(i) Each rule of the association shall be reasonable. 60
94	94	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
95	95	sections:
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97	97	Section 1 October 1, 2024 47-261b
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99	99	Statement of Purpose:
100	100	To prohibit common interest ownership communities from enacting or
101	101	enforcing restrictions that limit the number of rented units to less than
102	102	fifty per cent.
103	103	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
104	104	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
105	105	underlined.]
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