Bill Text: CT SB01049 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Middlesex County Revitalization Commission.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-03 - Signed by the Governor [SB01049 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01049-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 1049 | ||
January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 3627 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE BLIGHTED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subparagraph (H)(xv) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(xv) Make and enforce regulations for the prevention and remediation of [housing] blight, including regulations reducing assessments and authorizing designated agents of the municipality to enter property during reasonable hours for the purpose of remediating blighted conditions, provided such regulations define [housing] blight and require such municipality to give written notice of any violation to the owner and occupant of the property and provide a reasonable opportunity for the owner and occupant to remediate the blighted conditions prior to any enforcement action being taken, and further provided such regulations shall not authorize such municipality or its designated agents to enter any dwelling house or structure on such property, and including regulations establishing a duty to maintain property and specifying standards to determine if there is neglect; prescribe civil penalties for the violation of such regulations of not less than ten or more than one hundred dollars for each day that a violation continues and, if such civil penalties are prescribed, such municipality shall adopt a citation hearing procedure in accordance with section 7-152c;
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 7-148o of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person who, after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to remediate blighted conditions, wilfully violates any regulation adopted pursuant to subparagraph (H)(xv) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, as amended by this act, concerning the prevention and remediation of [housing] blight shall be fined by the state not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each day for which it can be shown, based on actual inspection of the property on each such day, that the blighted conditions continued to exist after written notice to the owner or occupant as provided in this section, and the expiration of a reasonable opportunity to remediate.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 7-148ff of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) Any municipality that has regulations for the prevention and remediation of [housing] blight under subparagraph (H)(xv) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, as amended by this act, may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body on recommendation of its board of finance or equivalent body, provide for a special assessment on [housing] property that is blighted, as defined in such regulations. Such ordinance may authorize a municipality to designate an agent or agents who shall have the right to enter property during reasonable hours for the purpose of remediating blighted conditions, provided such agent or agents shall not enter any dwelling house or other structure.
Sec. 4. Subsection (c) of section 7-148jj of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit a municipality from adopting or enforcing an ordinance or regulation relating to the prevention of [housing] blight pursuant to subparagraph (H)(xv) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, as amended by this act, the maintenance of safe and sanitary housing as provided in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148, or the abatement of nuisances as provided in subparagraph (E) of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 7-148.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2013 |
7-148(c)(7)(H)(xv) |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2013 |
7-148o(a) |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2013 |
7-148ff(a) |
Sec. 4 |
October 1, 2013 |
7-148jj(c) |
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize municipalities to enact ordinances that address blighted commercial property.
[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.]