Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1266
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1266
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 4138
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on HOUSING
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(HSG)
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12	19		AN ACT REQUIRING THE POSTING OF FAIR RENT COMMISSION
13		-	BYLAWS AND THAT THE HEARINGS OF SUCH COMMISSIONS BE
14		-	OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
	20	+	BYLAWS.
15	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	22		Assembly convened:
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18	24		Section 1. Section 7-148b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
19	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
20	26		(a) For purposes of this section and sections 7-148c to 7-148f, 3
21	27		inclusive, "seasonal basis" means housing accommodations rented for a 4
22	28		period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred twenty days 5
23	29		in any one calendar year and "rental charge" includes any fee or charge 6
24	30		in addition to rent that is imposed or sought to be imposed upon a 7
25	31		tenant by a landlord. 8
26	32		(b) Any town, city or borough may, and any town, city or borough 9
27	33		with a population of twenty-five thousand or more, as determined by 10
28	34		the most recent decennial census, shall, through its legislative body, 11
29	35		adopt an ordinance that creates a fair rent commission. Any such 12
30	36		commission shall make studies and investigations, conduct hearings 13
31	37		and receive complaints relative to rental charges on housing 14
32	38		accommodations, except those accommodations rented on a seasonal 15
33		-	basis, within its jurisdiction, which term shall include mobile 16
34		-	manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home park lots, in 17 Substitute Bill No. 1266
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1266
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37		-	LCO 2 of 2
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	43	+	LCO No. 4138 2 of 3
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	45	+	basis, within its jurisdiction, which term shall include mobile 16
	46	+	manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home park lots, in 17
39	47		order to control and eliminate excessive rental charges on such 18
40	48		accommodations, and to carry out the provisions of sections 7-148b to 19
41	49		7-148f, inclusive, section 47a-20 and subsection (b) of section 47a-23c. 20
42	50		The commission, for such purposes, may compel the attendance of 21
43	51		persons at hearings, issue subpoenas and administer oaths, issue orders 22
44	52		and continue, review, amend, terminate or suspend any of its orders and 23
45	53		decisions. The commission may be empowered to retain legal counsel 24
46		-	to advise it. All hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be 25
47		-	open to the public. 26
48		-	(c) Any town, city or borough required to create a fair rent 27
49		-	commission pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall adopt an 28
50		-	ordinance creating such commission on or before July 1, 2023. Not later 29
51		-	than thirty days after the adoption of such ordinance, the chief executive 30
52		-	officer of such town, city or borough shall (1) notify the Commissioner 31
53		-	of Housing that such commission has been created, and (2) transmit a 32
54		-	copy of the ordinance adopted by the town, city or borough to the 33
55		-	commissioner. 34
56		-	(d) Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs not subject to the 35
57		-	requirements of subsection (b) of this section may, through their 36
58		-	legislative bodies, create a joint fair rent commission. 37
59		-	(e) Any town, city or borough that creates a fair rent commission 38
60		-	pursuant to this section shall make any bylaws adopted by such fair rent 39
61		-	commission publicly available on the Internet web site of such town, city 40
62		-	or borough. 41
	54	+	to advise it. 25
	55	+	(c) Any town, city or borough required to create a fair rent 26
	56	+	commission pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall adopt an 27
	57	+	ordinance creating such commission on or before July 1, 2023. Not later 28
	58	+	than thirty days after the adoption of such ordinance, the chief executive 29
	59	+	officer of such town, city or borough shall (1) notify the Commissioner 30
	60	+	of Housing that such commission has been created, and (2) transmit a 31
	61	+	copy of the ordinance adopted by the town, city or borough to the 32
	62	+	commissioner. 33
	63	+	(d) Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs not subject to the 34
	64	+	requirements of subsection (b) of this section may, through their 35
	65	+	legislative bodies, create a joint fair rent commission. 36
	66	+	(e) Any town, city or borough that creates a fair rent commission 37
	67	+	pursuant to this section shall make any bylaws adopted by such fair rent 38
	68	+	commission publicly available on the Internet web site of such town, city 39
	69	+	or borough. 40
63	70		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
64	71		sections:
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66	73		Section 1 July 1, 2025 7-148b
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68		-	HSG Joint Favorable Subst.
	75	+	Raised Bill No. 1266
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	79	+	LCO No. 4138 3 of 3
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	81	+	Statement of Purpose:
	82	+	To require the posting of any fair rent commission's bylaws on an
	83	+	Internet web site.
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	85	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	86	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	87	+	underlined.]
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