Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01268 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 3962 1 of 2
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1268
6	6	January Session, 2025
7	7	LCO No. 3962
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10	10	Referred to Committee on HOUSING
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT REQUIRING ALL FAIR RENT COMMISSION HEARINGS BE
20	20	OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. Section 7-148b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	25	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
26	26	(a) For purposes of this section and sections 7-148c to 7-148f, 3
27	27	inclusive, "seasonal basis" means housing accommodations rented for a 4
28	28	period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred twenty days 5
29	29	in any one calendar year and "rental charge" includes any fee or charge 6
30	30	in addition to rent that is imposed or sought to be imposed upon a 7
31	31	tenant by a landlord. 8
32	32	(b) Any town, city or borough may, and any town, city or borough 9
33	33	with a population of twenty-five thousand or more, as determined by 10
34	34	the most recent decennial census, shall, through its legislative body, 11
35	35	adopt an ordinance that creates a fair rent commission. Any such 12
36	36	commission shall make studies and investigations, conduct hearings 13
37	37	and receive complaints relative to rental charges on housing 14
38	38	accommodations, except those accommodations rented on a seasonal 15
39	39	Raised Bill No. 1268
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43	43	LCO No. 3962 2 of 2
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45	45	basis, within its jurisdiction, which term shall include mobile 16
46	46	manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home park lots, in 17
47	47	order to control and eliminate excessive rental charges on such 18
48	48	accommodations, and to carry out the provisions of sections 7-148b to 19
49	49	7-148f, inclusive, section 47a-20 and subsection (b) of section 47a-23c. 20
50	50	The commission, for such purposes, may compel the attendance of 21
51	51	persons at hearings, issue subpoenas and administer oaths, issue orders 22
52	52	and continue, review, amend, terminate or suspend any of its orders and 23
53	53	decisions. The commission may be empowered to retain legal counsel 24
54	54	to advise it. All hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be 25
55	55	open to the public. 26
56	56	(c) Any town, city or borough required to create a fair rent 27
57	57	commission pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall adopt an 28
58	58	ordinance creating such commission on or before July 1, 2023. Not later 29
59	59	than thirty days after the adoption of such ordinance, the chief executive 30
60	60	officer of such town, city or borough shall (1) notify the Commissioner 31
61	61	of Housing that such commission has been created, and (2) transmit a 32
62	62	copy of the ordinance adopted by the town, city or borough to the 33
63	63	commissioner. 34
64	64	(d) Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs not subject to the 35
65	65	requirements of subsection (b) of this section may, through their 36
66	66	legislative bodies, create a joint fair rent commission. 37
67	67	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
68	68	sections:
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70	70	Section 1 July 1, 2025 7-148b
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72	72	Statement of Purpose:
73	73	To require that all fair rent commission hearings be open to the public.
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75	75	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
76	76	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
77	77	underlined.]
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