Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07140 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7140
6	6	January Session, 2025
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10	10	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING FAIR RENT COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	21	Assembly convened:
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23	23	Section 1. Section 7-148b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
24	24	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
25	25	(a) For purposes of this section and sections 7-148c to 7-148f, 3
26	26	inclusive, "seasonal basis" means housing accommodations rented for a 4
27	27	period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred twenty days 5
28	28	in any one calendar year and "rental charge" includes any fee or charge 6
29	29	in addition to rent that is imposed or sought to be imposed upon a 7
30	30	tenant by a landlord. 8
31	31	(b) Any town, city or borough may, and any town, city or borough 9
32	32	with a population of twenty-five thousand or more, as determined by 10
33	33	the most recent decennial census, shall, through its legislative body, 11
34	34	adopt an ordinance that creates a fair rent commission. Any such 12
35	35	commission shall make studies and investigations, conduct hearings 13
36	36	and receive complaints relative to rental charges on housing 14
37	37	accommodations, except those accommodations rented on a seasonal 15
38	38	Raised Bill No. 7140
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42	42	LCO No. 5611 2 of 3
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44	44	basis, within its jurisdiction, which term shall include mobile 16
45	45	manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home park lots, in 17
46	46	order to control and eliminate excessive rental charges on such 18
47	47	accommodations, and to carry out the provisions of sections 7-148b to 19
48	48	7-148f, inclusive, section 47a-20 and subsection (b) of section 47a-23c. 20
49	49	The commission, for such purposes, may compel the attendance of 21
50	50	persons at hearings, issue subpoenas and administer oaths, issue orders 22
51	51	and continue, review, amend, terminate or suspend any of its orders and 23
52	52	decisions. The commission may be empowered to retain legal counsel 24
53	53	to advise it. Any hearing held by such commission pursuant to this 25
54	54	section shall be considered a contested case and held in accordance with 26
55	55	the provisions of chapter 54. The record in such contested case shall 27
56	56	include: (1) Written notices related to the case; (2) all petitions, 28
57	57	pleadings, motions and intermediate rulings; (3) evidence received or 29
58	58	considered; (4) questions and offers of proof, objections and rulings 30
59	59	thereon; (5) the official transcript, if any, of proceedings relating to the 31
60	60	case, or, if not transcribed, any recording or stenographic record of the 32
61	61	proceedings; (6) proposed final decisions and exceptions thereto; and (7) 33
62	62	the final decision. Any recording or stenographic record of the 34
63	63	proceedings shall be transcribed on request of any party. The requesting 35
64	64	party shall pay the cost of such transcript. Any person aggrieved by an 36
65	65	order of the commission may appeal such order in accordance with the 37
66	66	provisions of section 7-148e. 38
67	67	(c) Any town, city or borough required to create a fair rent 39
68	68	commission pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall adopt an 40
69	69	ordinance creating such commission on or before July 1, 2023. Not later 41
70	70	than thirty days after the adoption of such ordinance, the chief executive 42
71	71	officer of such town, city or borough shall (1) notify the Commissioner 43
72	72	of Housing that such commission has been created, and (2) transmit a 44
73	73	copy of the ordinance adopted by the town, city or borough to the 45
74	74	commissioner. 46
75	75	(d) Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs not subject to the 47
76	76	requirements of subsection (b) of this section may, through their 48
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83	83	legislative bodies, create a joint fair rent commission. 49
84	84	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
85	85	sections:
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87	87	Section 1 October 1, 2025 7-148b
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89	89	Statement of Purpose:
90	90	To require that a proper record be made in fair rent commission
91	91	hearings ensuring that a party aggrieved by an order of a fair rent
92	92	commission has a meaningful opportunity to appeal such order under
93	93	section 7-148e of the general statutes.
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95	95	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
96	96	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
97	97	underlined.]
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