Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01305 Compare Versions

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	3	+	LCO No. 4495 1 of 3
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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1305
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 4495
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10	10		Referred to Committee on HOUSING
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13	13		Introduced by:
14	14		(HSG)
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18	19		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MUNICIPAL
19	20		PENALTIES FOR LANDLORDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
20	21		VIOLATIONS.
21	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	23		Assembly convened:
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24	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
25	26		to study municipal penalties for landlords for health and safety 2
26	27		violations and determine other mechanisms to resolve such violations 3
27	28		that encourage appropriate repairs and ensure tenants have habitable 4
28	29		housing. 5
29	30		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 6
30	31		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 7
31	32		one of whom has expertise in landlord-tenant relations and one of 8
32	33		whom has expertise in health and safety violations; 9
33	34		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 10
34	35		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 11
35		-	Representatives; 12 Raised Bill No. 1305
	36	+	Representatives; 12
	37	+	Raised Bill No. 1305
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38		-	LCO 4495 2 of 3
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	41	+	LCO No. 4495 2 of 3
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40	43		(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 13
41	44		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 14
42	45		Representatives; 15
43	46		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 16
44	47		(7) The Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee. 17
45	48		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 18
46	49		(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 19
47	50		of the General Assembly. 20
48	51		(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 21
49	52		than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 22
50	53		be filled by the appointing authority. 23
51	54		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 24
52	55		tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 25
53	56		among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 26
54	57		the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 27
55	58		days after the effective date of this section. 28
56	59		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 29
57	60		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 30
58	61		shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 31
59	62		(g) Not later than January 1, 2026, the task force shall submit a report 32
60	63		on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 33
61	64		the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, 34
62	65		in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 35
63	66		The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or 36
64	67		January 1, 2026, whichever is later. 37
65	68		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
66	69		sections:
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68		-	~~Section 1 from passage New section~~ Raised Bill No. 1305
	71	+	Raised Bill No. 1305
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	75	+	LCO No. 4495 3 of 3
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74		-	HSG Joint Favorable
	77	+	Section 1 from passage New section
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	79	+	Statement of Purpose:
	80	+	To establish a task force to study municipal penalties for landlords for
	81	+	health and safety violations and determine other mechanisms to resolve
	82	+	such violations that encourage appropriate repairs and ensure tenants
	83	+	have habitable housing.
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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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