Bill Text: CT SB00154 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Security Deposits.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-19 - Public Hearing 02/23 [SB00154 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00154-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 154*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 1372
		01372_______HSG
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT CONCERNING SECURITY DEPOSITS.

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

Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (i) of section 47a-21 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016, and applicable to any tenant who first commenced occupancy on or after October 1, 2016):

(i) (1) On and after July 1, 1993, each landlord other than a landlord of a residential unit in any building owned or controlled by any educational institution and used by such institution for the purpose of housing students of such institution and their families, and each landlord or owner of a mobile manufactured home or of a mobile manufactured home space or lot or park, as such terms are defined in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of section 21-64, shall pay interest on each security deposit received by such landlord at a rate of not less than the average rate paid, as of December 30, 1992, on savings deposits by insured commercial banks as published in the Federal Reserve Board Bulletin rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percentage point, except in no event shall the rate be less than one and one-half per cent. On and after January 1, 1994, the rate for each calendar year shall be not less than the deposit index, as defined in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for that year, except in no event shall the rate be less than one and one-half per cent. On and after January 1, 2012, the rate for each calendar year shall be not less than the deposit index, as defined in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for that year. On the anniversary date of the tenancy and annually thereafter, such interest shall be paid to the tenant or resident or credited toward the next rental payment due from the tenant or resident, as [the landlord or owner shall determine] the tenant or resident shall determine. The tenant or resident shall be asked at least one month in advance of the anniversary date of the tenancy whether that tenant or resident would like to receive the interest money as a payment or as a credit toward future rent. If the tenancy is terminated before the anniversary date of such tenancy, or if the landlord or owner returns all or part of a security deposit prior to termination of the tenancy, the landlord or owner shall pay the accrued interest to the tenant or resident not later than thirty days after such termination or return. In any case where a tenant or resident has been delinquent for more than ten days in the payment of any monthly rent, such resident or tenant shall forfeit any interest that would otherwise be payable to such resident or tenant for that month, except that there shall be no such forfeiture if, pursuant to a provision of the rental agreement, a late charge is imposed for failure to pay such rent within the time period provided by section 47a-15a. No landlord or owner shall increase the rent due on any quarters or property subject to the provisions of this section because of the requirement that interest be paid on any security deposit made with respect to such quarters or property.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016, and applicable to any tenant who first commenced occupancy on or after October 1, 2016	47a-21(i)(1)

Statement of Purpose:

To allow tenants and residents to receive interest on security deposits in the form of a credit toward future rent payments.

[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.]