Bill Text: CT SB00319 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting Mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution Clauses In Home Improvement And New Home Construction Contracts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary [SB00319 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00319-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2013 |
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AN ACT PROHIBITING MANDATORY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSES IN HOME IMPROVEMENT AND NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 20-429 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(b) No home improvement contract shall be valid or enforceable against an owner if it includes: [any] (1) A provision obligating the owner to instruct the home improvement contractor, by a date determined by such contractor, that periodic home improvements are not to be performed unless it also includes a provision requiring the contractor to remind the owner of that obligation by means of a card or letter mailed to the owner and postmarked not earlier than twenty days, and not later than ten days, prior to such date, or (2) a mandatory alternative dispute resolution clause.
Sec. 2. Section 20-417d of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (e) as follows (Effective July 1, 2014):
(NEW) (e) No contract shall be valid or enforceable against a consumer if it includes a mandatory alternative dispute resolution clause.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2014 |
20-429(b) |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2014 |
20-417d |
GL |
Joint Favorable Subst. |