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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6495
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3134
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. ROCHELLE, 104
th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING A LANDLORD TO REIMBURSE A TENANT FOR
SPOILED FOOD OR MEDICINE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 47a of the general statutes be amended to require a landlord 1
that owns twenty-five or more dwelling units to reimburse any tenant 2
for spoiled food or medicine if such spoilage occurs due to the landlord's 3
failure to repair refrigeration equipment or electrical malfunctions that 4
cause the failure of such refrigeration equipment that are within the 5
landlord's control, provided (1) a landlord shall have twenty-four hours 6
to repair or replace such refrigeration equipment or offer alternative 7
refrigeration to avoid reimbursing the tenant, (2) with any request for 8
reimbursement, a tenant shall provide proof of purchase of such spoiled 9
food or medicine, and (3) a landlord shall have thirty days from the date 10
the tenant provides such proof of purchase to reimburse the tenant. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To require a landlord to reimburse a tenant for spoiled food or medicine
due to the landlord's failure to repair refrigeration equipment or
electrical malfunctions under certain conditions.