Researcher: JS Page 1 3/25/25
OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1317
AN ACT CONCERNING LIENS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE HOUSING
CODE.
SUMMARY
By law, municipalities may adopt ordinances establishing fines of up
to $250 for violating local ordinances on maintaining safe and sanitary
housing. This bill makes unpaid fines imposed under these municipal
ordinances a lien on the affected real estate from the date of the fine, just
as existing law provides for unpaid fines for blight and zoning
violations. The lien takes precedence over all other liens filed after July
1, 1997, and encumbrances, except taxes. It can be continued, recorded,
enforced, and released in the same way as a property tax lien.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025
COMMITTEE ACTION
Planning and Development Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 20 Nay 0 (03/07/2025)