Sec. 19a-343f. Disposession or dislocation of tenants. Imposition of costs of prosecution and repairs upon defendant. Authorization by state to make repairs and alterations. Judgment lien against defe
Sec. 19a-343f. Disposession or dislocation of tenants. Imposition of costs of
prosecution and repairs upon defendant. Authorization by state to make repairs
and alterations. Judgment lien against defendant. Intentional violation of court
order. (a) In any case where dispossession or dislocation of tenants or residents who
have been factually uninvolved with the conduct contributing to such public nuisance
is necessary to abate the public nuisance, the court may impose the reasonable costs of
relocating such tenants or residents upon any defendant determined by the court to be
liable for the public nuisance.
(b) In any public nuisance proceeding, the court may impose the reasonable costs
of investigation, prosecution and any extraordinary expenses incurred in abating the
public nuisance upon any defendant determined by the court to be liable for the public
nuisance. In any public nuisance proceeding, the court may award to the state or any
municipality the reasonable costs of investigation, prosecution and any extraordinary
expenses incurred in abating the public nuisance. The state or municipality shall submit
an affidavit and such other documents as the court directs in support of a request for
award of costs.
(c) The court may authorize the state or its agents to make any repairs or alterations
to the real property or any portion thereof to bring it into compliance with applicable
state and local building, fire, health, housing or similar codes. The court may impose
the actual costs of any repairs or alterations upon any defendant determined by the court
to be liable for the public nuisance. The court shall award the state the actual costs of
any such repairs or alterations.
(d) In any public nuisance proceeding, any monetary penalty imposed by the court
on a defendant with an ownership interest in the real property and any award of costs
to the state shall constitute a judgment lien on the real property, and shall be recorded
as such on the land records in the town where the property is located. In addition, the
state may, at its election, pursue any remedy under chapter 906.
(e) If any defendant in a public nuisance proceeding subject to a court order to abate
the nuisance intentionally violates any such court order entered in judgment in a public
nuisance proceeding under sections 19a-343 to 19a-343h, inclusive, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day the public nuisance is found to have existed after such order. Upon recovery, such penalty shall be
deposited in the General Fund.
(f) Any person who was not a defendant in a public nuisance action who intentionally violates any court order entered in judgment in a public nuisance proceeding, may
be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months
or both.
(P.A. 98-220, S. 7, 10.)
History: P.A. 98-220 effective July 1, 1998.