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3 | 3 | LCO No. 1687 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6111 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 1687 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HOUSING | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. CASE, 63rd Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. CALLAHAN, 108th Dist. | |
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20 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING REMOVAL OF AN UNAUTHORIZED | |
21 | 21 | INDIVIDUAL FROM RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY. | |
22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) establish a procedure to 1 | |
26 | 26 | allow a property owner to request a state marshal to remove an 2 | |
27 | 27 | unauthorized individual from residential real property on an expedited 3 | |
28 | 28 | basis whereby the property owner may contact the state marshal and 4 | |
29 | 29 | file a complaint under penalty of perjury, the state marshal verifies 5 | |
30 | 30 | ownership of such property and the veracity of the complaint and the 6 | |
31 | 31 | state marshal removes the unauthorized person from such property, 7 | |
32 | 32 | and (2) establish a cause of action for wrongful removal against a 8 | |
33 | 33 | property owner to recover actual costs and damages incurred, including 9 | |
34 | 34 | statutory damages equal to triple the fair market rent and reasonable 10 | |
35 | 35 | attorney's fees. 11 | |
36 | 36 | Statement of Purpose: | |
37 | 37 | To establish an expedited procedure for removal of an unauthorized | |
38 | 38 | individual from residential real property and a cause of action for | |
39 | 39 | wrongful removal. |