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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1264
January Session, 2025
AN ACT REQUIRING A NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS TO PARTIES
BEFORE A FAIR RENT COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-148b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) For purposes of this section and sections 7-148c to 7-148f, 3
inclusive, "seasonal basis" means housing accommodations rented for a 4
period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred twenty days 5
in any one calendar year and "rental charge" includes any fee or charge 6
in addition to rent that is imposed or sought to be imposed upon a 7
tenant by a landlord. 8
(b) Any town, city or borough may, and any town, city or borough 9
with a population of twenty-five thousand or more, as determined by 10
the most recent decennial census, shall, through its legislative body, 11
adopt an ordinance that creates a fair rent commission. 12
(c) Any [such] fair rent commission created pursuant to this section 13
shall make studies and investigations, conduct hearings and receive 14
complaints relative to rental charges on housing accommodations, 15
except those accommodations rented on a seasonal basis, within its 16
jurisdiction, which term [shall include] includes mobile manufactured 17 Substitute Bill No. 1264
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homes and mobile manufactured home park lots, in order to control and 18
eliminate excessive rental charges on such accommodations, and to 19
carry out the provisions of sections 7-148b to 7-148f, inclusive, section 20
47a-20 and subsection (b) of section 47a-23c. The commission, for such 21
purposes, may compel the attendance of persons at hearings, issue 22
subpoenas and administer oaths, issue orders and continue, review, 23
amend, terminate or suspend any of its orders and decisions. In any 24
proceeding of the commission, such commission shall notify the parties 25
to such proceeding of their rights under such proceeding and the scope 26
of such commission's lawful authority (1) in writing, and (2) in an 27
announcement at the beginning of each hearing. The Commissioner of 28
Housing shall create a model written notice and announcement and 29
make such models available on the Department of Housing's Internet 30
web site. The commission may be empowered to retain legal counsel to 31
advise it. 32
[(c)] (d) Any town, city or borough required to create a fair rent 33
commission pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall adopt an 34
ordinance creating such commission on or before July 1, 2023. Not later 35
than thirty days after the adoption of such ordinance, the chief executive 36
officer of such town, city or borough shall (1) notify the Commissioner 37
of Housing that such commission has been created, and (2) transmit a 38
copy of the ordinance adopted by the town, city or borough to the 39
commissioner. 40
[(d)] (e) Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs not subject to the 41
requirements of subsection (b) of this section may, through their 42
legislative bodies, create a joint fair rent commission. 43
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 7-148b
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (c), "rights" was changed to "rights under such proceeding"
for clarity. Substitute Bill No. 1264
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HSG Joint Favorable Subst.