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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1317
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 4468
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING LIENS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE HOUSING
CODE OR PUBLIC PLACE ORDINANCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-148aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
Any unpaid penalty imposed by a municipality pursuant to the 3
provisions of an ordinance (1) adopted pursuant to section 8-12a, or (2) 4
regulating blight, requiring the maintenance of safe and sanitary 5
housing or regulating the use of any public place, adopted pursuant to 6
subparagraph (H) [(xv)] of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-7
148, shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which the penalty 8
was imposed from the date of such penalty. Each such lien may be 9
continued, recorded and released in the manner provided by the general 10
statutes for continuing, recording and releasing property tax liens. Each 11
such lien shall take precedence over all other liens filed after July 1, 1997, 12
and encumbrances except taxes, and may be enforced in the same 13
manner as property tax liens. 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 7-148aa
Statement of Purpose:
To specify that any unpaid penalty for a housing code violation or
violation of public place ordinance shall constitute a lien upon the real
estate against which the penalty was imposed from the date of such
penalty.
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