Sec. 7-148b. Creation of fair rent commission. Powers.
Sec. 7-148b. Creation of fair rent commission. Powers. (a) Except as provided
in subsection (c) of this section, any town, city or borough may, through its legislative
body, create a fair rent commission to 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. The commission, for such purposes, may compel the
attendance of persons at hearings, issue subpoenas and administer oaths, issue orders
and continue, review, amend, terminate or suspend any of its orders and decisions. The
commission may be empowered to retain legal counsel to advise it.
(b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, "seasonal basis" means housing
accommodations rented for a period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred
twenty days in any one calendar year.
(c) Any town, city or borough in which the number of renter-occupied dwelling
units is greater than five thousand, as determined by the most recent decennial census,
and which does not have a fair rent commission on October 1, 1989, shall, on or before
June 1, 1990, conduct a public hearing or public hearings and decide by majority vote
of its legislative body whether to create a fair rent commission as provided in subsection
(a) of this section. Any such town, city or borough which fails to act pursuant to the
requirements of this subsection shall, not later than June 1, 1991, create such fair rent
commission.
(d) Any two or more towns, cities or boroughs not subject to the requirements of
subsection (c) of this section may, through their legislative bodies, create a joint fair
rent commission.
(1969, P.A. 274, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 478, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 160, S. 1; P.A. 81-472, S. 101, 159; P.A. 82-356, S. 8, 14; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 1; P.A. 89-289; P.A. 05-288, S. 40.)
History: 1971 act specified applicability to housing accommodations rather than "property", including mobile homes
and lots and excluding seasonal accommodations which were defined in new Subsec. (b); 1972 act added power to carry
out provisions of Secs. 7-148b to 7-148e, to issue, amend, terminate, etc. orders and to retain legal counsel; P.A. 81-472
substituted reference to Sec. 47a-20 for reference to Sec. 19-375a, reflecting section's transfer; P.A. 82-356 amended
Subsec. (a) to authorize a fair rent commission to carry out the provisions of Sec. 47a-23c(b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3
changed terms "mobile home" and "mobile manufactured homes" to "mobile manufactured home" and "mobile manufactured homes"; P.A. 89-289 added Subsec. (c) re creation of fair rent commissions in municipalities having more than 5,000
renter-occupied dwelling units and added Subsec. (d) re creation of joint fair rent commissions; P.A. 05-288 made a
technical change in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d), effective July 13, 2005.