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