Connecticut HB 5226: AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5226
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOMES AND
MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 7-148b of the 2026 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(a) For purposes of this section and sections 7-148c to 7-148f, 4
inclusive: [, "seasonal basis"] 5
(1) "Seasonal basis" means housing accommodations rented for a 6
period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred twenty days 7
in any one calendar year; [, "rental charge"] 8
(2) "Rental charge" includes any fee or charge in addition to rent that 9
is imposed or sought to be imposed upon a tenant by a landlord; [, and 10
"municipality"] 11
(3) "Municipality" means a town, city or consolidated town and city; 12
(4) "Mobile manufactured home" has the same meaning as provided 13
in section 21-64; 14
(5) "Mobile manufactured home park" has the same meaning as 15

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provided in section 21-64; 16
(6) "Mobile manufactured home resident" means resident, as defined 17
in section 21-64; and 18
(7) "Mobile manufactured home space or lot" has the same meaning 19
as provided in section 21-64. 20
(b) (1) Any municipality may, and each municipality with a 21
population of fifteen thousand or more, as determined by the most 22
recent decennial census, shall, through its legislative body, adopt an 23
ordinance that [(1)] (A) creates a fair rent commission, [(2)] (B) 24
[establishes] creates, or joins [the] such municipality in, a joint fair rent 25
commission pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, or [(3)] (C) joins 26
[the] such municipality in a regional fair rent commission pursuant to 27
subsection (e) of this section. [Any such commission] 28
(2) Any municipality in which a mobile manufactured home park is 29
located shall, through its legislative body, adopt an ordinance that joins 30
such municipality in a regional fair rent commission pursuant to 31
subsection (e) of this section. 32
(3) Each commission created or joined pursuant to subdivision (1) or 33
(2) of this subsection shall make studies and investigations, conduct 34
hearings and receive complaints relative to rental charges on housing 35
accommodations, except those accommodations rented on a seasonal 36
basis, within its jurisdiction, which term shall include mobile 37
manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home [park] spaces or 38
lots, in order to control and eliminate excessive rental charges on such 39
accommodations, and to carry out the provisions of sections 7-148b to 40
7-148f, inclusive, as amended by this act, section 47a-20 and subsection 41
(b) of section 47a-23c. The commission, for such purposes, may compel 42
the attendance of persons at hearings, issue subpoenas and administer 43
oaths, issue orders and continue, review, amend, terminate or suspend 44
any of its orders and decisions. The commission may be empowered to 45
retain legal counsel to advise [it] the commission. All hearings 46
conducted pursuant to this section shall be open to the public. 47

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(c) Any municipality required to create or join a fair rent commission 48
pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall 49
adopt an ordinance creating a fair rent commission, or joining a joint fair 50
rent commission or regional fair rent commission, on or before January 51
1, 2028. No municipality required to create or join a fair rent commission 52
pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of this section that 53
has created a fair rent commission prior to January 1, 2026, shall abolish 54
such commission before January 1, 2028, unless such municipality joins 55
a joint fair rent commission or regional fair rent commission pursuant 56
to this section. Not later than thirty days after the adoption of such 57
ordinance, the chief executive officer of such municipality shall (1) 58
notify the Commissioner of Housing that such commission has been 59
created or joined by such municipality, and (2) transmit a copy of the 60
ordinance adopted by the municipality to the commissioner. 61
(d) Two or more contiguous municipalities may, by concurrent 62
ordinances adopted by their legislative bodies, [establish] create a joint 63
fair rent commission. Any municipality that is contiguous to a 64
municipality that is a member of an existing joint fair rent commission 65
may become a member of such joint fair rent commission upon the 66
adoption of an ordinance by such municipality's legislative body. Any 67
municipality that is a member of a joint fair rent commission may, by 68
vote of its legislative body, elect to withdraw from such commission, 69
provided such withdrawing municipality creates its own fair rent 70
commission or joins another joint fair rent com