Bill Text: CT HB05242 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Eviction Of A Tenant Due To Nonpayment Of Rent.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-01 - Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Judiciary [HB05242 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05242-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 5242 |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 586 | ||||
Referred to Committee on Housing |
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Introduced by: |
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REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist. |
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AN ACT CONCERNING EVICTION OF A TENANT DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF RENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 832 of the general statutes be amended to provide that (1) payments deposited with the court for use and occupancy during the pendency of a summary process action based on nonpayment of rent shall be deposited in an escrow account, (2) failure of the defendant to post an escrow payment shall terminate the defendant's right to allege any special defenses, (3) any summary process action based on nonpayment of rent in which such escrow payment has not been made shall be privileged in respect to assignment for trial, (4) in any such summary process action that continues for more than one month, such escrow payments shall be made before the tenth day of each subsequent month and shall include the amount of any court fees and costs to reopen the action after judgment has been granted to the plaintiff, and (5) any eviction of a named tenant shall be applicable to unnamed occupants and therefore eliminate the need to name "Jane and John Doe" as parties in the summary process action.
Statement of Purpose: