Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01317 Compare Versions

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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1317
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1317
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 4468
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(PD)
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING LIENS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE HOUSING
13		-	CODE.
	20	+	CODE OR PUBLIC PLACE ORDINANCES.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. Section 7-148aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
18	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
19	26		Any unpaid penalty imposed by a municipality pursuant to the 3
20		-	provisions of an ordinance (1) adopted pursuant to section 8-12a, [or] (2) 4
21		-	regulating blight, adopted pursuant to subparagraph (H)(xv) of 5
22		-	subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, or (3) requiring the 6
23		-	maintenance of safe and sanitary housing, adopted pursuant to 7
24		-	subparagraph (A)(i) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, 8
25		-	shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which the penalty was 9
26		-	imposed from the date of such penalty. Each such lien may be 10
27		-	continued, recorded and released in the manner provided by the general 11
28		-	statutes for continuing, recording and releasing property tax liens. Each 12
29		-	such lien shall take precedence over all other liens filed after July 1, 1997, 13
30		-	and encumbrances except taxes, and may be enforced in the same 14
31		-	manner as property tax liens. 15
	27	+	provisions of an ordinance (1) adopted pursuant to section 8-12a, or (2) 4
	28	+	regulating blight, requiring the maintenance of safe and sanitary 5
	29	+	housing or regulating the use of any public place, adopted pursuant to 6
	30	+	subparagraph (H) [(xv)] of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-7
	31	+	148, shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which the penalty 8
	32	+	was imposed from the date of such penalty. Each such lien may be 9
	33	+	continued, recorded and released in the manner provided by the general 10
	34	+	statutes for continuing, recording and releasing property tax liens. Each 11
	35	+	such lien shall take precedence over all other liens filed after July 1, 1997, 12
	36	+	and encumbrances except taxes, and may be enforced in the same 13
	37	+	manner as property tax liens. 14
	38	+	Raised Bill No. 1317
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	42	+	LCO No. 4468 2 of 2
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32	44		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
33	45		sections:
34		-	Substitute Bill No. 1317
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37		-	LCO 2 of 2
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39	47		Section 1 October 1, 2025 7-148aa
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41		-	PD Joint Favorable Subst.
	49	+	Statement of Purpose:
	50	+	To specify that any unpaid penalty for a housing code violation or
	51	+	violation of public place ordinance shall constitute a lien upon the real
	52	+	estate against which the penalty was imposed from the date of such
	53	+	penalty.
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	55	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	56	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	57	+	underlined.]
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