Bill Text: CT HB06160 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Working Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Detectors In Certain Residential Buildings At The Time Title Is Transferred.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-11 - Signed by the Governor [HB06160 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06160-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 6160
January Session, 2013		*_____HB06160INS___041713____*

AN ACT REQUIRING WORKING SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ALL RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AT THE TIME TITLE IS TRANSFERRED.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) Prior to transferring title to any real property containing a residential building designed to be occupied by one or more families, the seller of such real property shall present to the purchaser an affidavit certifying that such residential building is equipped with smoke and carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment complying with this section. If, at the time title is transferred, such residential building is not equipped with smoke and carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment complying with this section, the purchaser may, not later than ten days after title is transferred, notify the seller of such noncompliance and such seller shall bear the reasonable cost of equipping such residential building with smoke and carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment complying with this section.

(b) Any smoke detection and warning equipment required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be (1) capable of sensing visible or invisible smoke particles, (2) installed in a manner and location that is approved by the local fire marshal or building official and that does not exceed the standards under which such equipment was tested and approved, and (3) capable of providing an alarm suitable to warn occupants when such equipment is activated. Such equipment may be operated using batteries, unless such equipment is installed in a residential building for which a building permit for new occupancy was issued on or after October 1, 1985, in which case such equipment shall be capable of operation using alternating current and batteries.

(c) Any carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall comply with (1) regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee concerning the requirements and specifications for the installation and use of carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment in new residential buildings designed to be occupied by one or two families for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after October 1, 2005, including, but not limited to, the location, power requirements and standards for such equipment, (2) the manufacturer's instructions, and (3) the standards set forth by the National Fire Protection Association.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	New section

PS	Joint Favorable Subst.
INS	Joint Favorable