General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5486

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 630

 

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Referred to Committee on HOUSING

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist.

 

AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SECURITY DEPOSIT AMOUNT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 47a-21 of the general statutes be amended to increase the maximum amount a landlord may charge a tenant under sixty-two years of age for a security deposit from two months' periodic rent to three month's periodic rent.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the maximum amount a landlord may charge a tenant under sixty-two years of age for a security deposit.