Notwithstanding the provisions of section 51-164p, any municipality may by ordinance adopted by its legislative body establish a civil penalty for a violation of section 47a-6a, provided the amount of such civil penalty shall be not more than five hundred dollars for the first violation and not more than one thousand dollars for any subsequent violation. Any person who is assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this section may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court. An appeal shall be instituted not later than thirty days after the mailing of notice of such assessment by filing a petition to reopen assessment, together with an entry fee in an amount equal to the entry fee for a small claims case pursuant to section 52-259, at the Superior Court facility designated by the Chief Court Administrator, which shall entitle such person to a hearing in accordance with the rules of the judges of the Superior Court.
(P.A. 05-223, S. 2; P.A. 19-168, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 05-223 effective July 6, 2005; P.A. 19-168 replaced amount of civil penalty for first violation from maximum of $250 to maximum of $500.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant
Section 47a-3. - Rental agreement: Permissible terms.
Section 47a-3a. - Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment.
Section 47a-3b. - Rental agreement: Term of tenancy in absence of agreement.
Section 47a-3c. - Payment in absence of rental agreement.
Section 47a-3f. - Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system.
Section 47a-4. - Terms prohibited in rental agreement.
Section 47a-4a. - Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7.
Section 47a-4b. (Formerly Sec. 53-303g). - Commercial leases. Certain provisions void.
Section 47a-6. - Identification of landlord.
Section 47a-6b. - Civil penalties for failure to file residential address of nonresident landlord.
Section 47a-7. - Landlord's responsibilities.
Section 47a-8. (Formerly Sec. 47-24c). - Paint not conforming to standards renders property unfit.
Section 47a-9. - Landlord rules and regulations.
Section 47a-10. - Termination of responsibility.
Section 47a-11. - Tenant's responsibilities.
Section 47a-11a. - Abandonment of unit by tenant.
Section 47a-11b. - Abandonment of unit by occupants. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-11c. - Breach of rental agreement by tenant. Measure of damages.
Section 47a-11d. - Death of tenant. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-12. - Breach of agreement by landlord. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-13. - Failure of landlord to supply essential services. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-13a. - Implementation of energy conservation measures by tenant.
Section 47a-13b. - Installation of electric vehicle charging station by tenant.
Section 47a-14. - Damage or destruction of unit. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-14c. (Formerly Sec. 19-347m). - Tenement receivership: Defense.
Section 47a-14d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347n). - Tenement receivership: Judgment.
Section 47a-15. - Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-15a. - Nonpayment of rent by tenant: Landlord's remedy.
Section 47a-16. - When landlord may enter rented unit.
Section 47a-16a. - Notification by tenant of extended absence. When landlord may enter.
Section 47a-17. - Tenant to occupy only as dwelling unit.
Section 47a-18. - Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry.
Section 47a-18a. - Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters.
Section 47a-19. - Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue.
Section 47a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-375a). - Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited.
Section 47a-20a. - Actions deemed not retaliatory.
Section 47a-20e. - Protection of tenant in foreclosed property.
Section 47a-20f. - Offer of incentive to tenant in foreclosed property to vacate.