HB 5205 — AN ACT CONCERNING FAIR RENT COMMISSIONS.

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5205 As Amended by House Amendment Schedule "A" Approved by the Legislative Commissioner April 22, 2022 AN ACT CONCERNING FAIR RENT COMMISSIONS.

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5865205 sHB5205order Fileto No.control and eliminate excessive rental charges on such accommodations, and to carry out the provisions of sections 7-148b to 7-148f, inclusive, section 47a-20 and subsection (b) of section 47a-23c.

586 commission shall make studies and investigations, conduct hearings and receive complaints relative to rental charges on housing accommodations, except those accommodations rented on a seasonal basis, within its jurisdiction, which term shall include mobile manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home park lots, in order to control and eliminate excessive rental charges on such accommodations, and to carry out the provisions of sections 7-148b to 7-148f, inclusive, section 47a-20 and subsection (b) of section 47a-23c.

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586 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

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586 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

Municipalities Effect FY 23 $ FY 24 $ Various Municipalities STATE Potential Potential MANDATE 1 - Potential Cost Explanation The bill requires all municipalities with a population of over 25,000 to establish fair rent commissions.

The bill also specifies that these commissions must conduct studies and investigations, and hold hearings.

A municipality that does not have the resources to conduct housing studies or investigations may incur staff or consulting costs to complete those responsibilities.

Additionally, municipalities that hold public hearings on housing issues may incur costs related to police overtime to provide security at such hearings.

House "A" requires municipalities to adopt ordinances creating fair rent commissions by July 1, 2023, if they are required by the bill to create fair rent commissions.

This has no fiscal impact, as it does not change the number of municipalities required to adopt such commissions, nor 1State mandate is defined in Sec.

2-32b(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, "state mandate" means any state initiated constitutional, statutory or executive action that requires a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues.

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586 does it change the cost of administering such commissions.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation.

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586 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 5205 (as amended by House "A")* AN ACT CONCERNING FAIR RENT COMMISSIONS.

SUMMARY This bill requires all municipalities with a population of 25,000 or more to adopt an ordinance creating a fair rent commission (see BACKGROUND).

They must do so through their legislative bodies by July 1, 2023.

It also requires the chief executive officers of these municipalities,within 30daysafteranordinanceisadopted,to(1)notify the Department of Housing (DOH) commissioner and (2) give her a copy of the ordinance.

Under the bill, municipalities' populations are determined by the U.S.

Census Bureau's most recent decennial census (i.e., 2020).

The bill allows two or more municipalities, each with populations under 25,000, to create joint fair rent commissions through their legislative bodies.

It also eliminates an obsolete provision that required certain municipalities to hold a public hearing on or before June 1, 1990, and decide by a majority vote of the municipal legislative body whether to create a fair rent commission.

This provision applied to municipalities that had more than 5,000 renter-occupied dwelling units based on the decennial census but did not have a fair rent commission on October 1, 1989.

Those municipalities that failed to do so were required to create a fair rent commission by June 1, 1991.