Bill Text: CT HB06478 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Failing Concrete Foundations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development [HB06478 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06478-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 6478 |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 1524 | ||||
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Introduced by: |
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REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist. SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist. SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. SEN. GUGLIELMO, 35th Dist. SEN. LARSON, 3rd Dist. REP. DAVIS C., 57th Dist. REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist. REP. CURREY, 11th Dist. |
REP. DELNICKI, 14th Dist. REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist. REP. HALL, 59th Dist. REP. GREEN, 55th Dist. REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist. REP. STOKES, 58th Dist. REP. VAIL, 52nd Dist. | ||||
AN ACT CONCERNING FAILING CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit the use of pyrrhotite in concrete aggregate intended for use in foundations, (2) require the installation of curtain drains along concrete foundations in high water table areas, (3) require that concrete removed from failed foundations is properly disposed of, (4) establish a one-hundred-dollar surcharge on residential and commercial insurance policies, assessed annually for a period of not more than seven years, to establish a fund out of which a homeowner may receive up to seventy-five thousand dollars for the remediation of such homeowner's failing concrete foundation, and (5) waive the state building fee associated with the remediation of failing concrete foundations.
Statement of Purpose: