General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 4933 | ||
*04933HB06133HSG* | |||
Referred to Committee on HOUSING |
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Introduced by: |
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(HSG) |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND FAIR HOUSING LAWS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) Each person who offers a residential property containing two or more units in the state for sale, exchange or for lease with option to buy, shall provide a clear and conspicuous one-page disclosure, written in plain language and in an easily readable and understandable format, containing information on housing discrimination and federal and state fair housing laws prior to the prospective purchaser's execution of any binder, contract to purchase, option or lease containing a purchase option. A photocopy, duplicate original, facsimile transmission or other exact reproduction or duplicate of the such disclosure form, containing the signature of the prospective purchaser, shall be attached to any written offer, binder or contract to purchase. The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall make such disclosure available to the public on the Internet web site of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Such disclosure form shall be reviewed and updated as necessary.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2015 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To provide prospective owners of multi-family residential properties with conspicuous notice of federal and state fair housing laws.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]