2023 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21 - Licenses
Chapter 412 - Mobile Manufactured Homes and Mobile Manufactured Home Parks. Park Owners and Residents
Section 21-71. - Revocation, suspension, refusal to renew or placement of conditions on license for violation. Fine. Remedies available to residents. Order to discontinue or remediate violation. Fine for failure to comply after reinspection.
(a) The department may revoke, suspend, place conditions on or refuse to renew any license to operate a mobile manufactured home park for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulations issued hereunder or any other state or local law or regulation, after hearing, except that if the department upon investigation finds a licensee is not providing adequate sewerage facilities, electrical, plumbing or sanitary services, water supply or fire protection, suspension of the license shall be automatic, provided such licensee shall be entitled to a hearing before the department not later than thirty days after such suspension. A license may be reinstated or reissued if the circumstances leading to the violation have been remedied and the park is being maintained and operated in full compliance with this chapter and the regulations hereunder. Each officer, board, commission or department of the state or any local government shall assist the department with technical data on sewerage facilities, electrical, plumbing or sanitary services, water supply or fire protection and shall submit such data to the department for the department's use in any hearing held pursuant to this section. In addition to revoking, suspending, placing conditions on, or refusing to renew any license to operate a mobile manufactured home park, the department may, following an administrative hearing, impose a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars for each day that such violation exists. In connection with any investigation the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's authorized agent may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel testimony and order the production of books, records and documents. Each owner shall retain all leases, disclosure statements, rules and regulations required under this chapter for at least four years after any resident to whom they relate vacates the park.
(b) If an inspection by the department reveals a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation issued under this chapter, the cost of all reinspections necessary to determine compliance with any such provision shall be assumed by the owner, except that if a first reinspection indicates compliance with such provision, no charge shall be made. As part of an inspection or investigation, the department may order an owner of a mobile manufactured park to obtain an independent inspection report, at the sole cost of the owner, that assesses the condition and potential public health impact of a condition at the park, including, but not limited to, the condition of trees and electrical, plumbing or sanitary systems.
(c) In addition to any other available remedies, the provisions of section 47a-14h shall be available to all residents in a mobile manufactured home park including residents who own their own units.
(d) The department may issue an order to any owner determined to be in violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation issued under this section after an inspection of a mobile manufactured home park, providing for the immediate discontinuance of the violation or timely remediation of such violation. Any owner of a mobile manufactured home park who fails to comply with any orders contained in a notice of violation resulting from a reinspection of such park not later than thirty days after of issuance of such notice, including confirmation of active licensure, shall be fined five hundred dollars per violation and shall follow the procedures specified in section 51-164n.
(1972, P.A. 186, S. 8; P.A. 74-37; P.A. 77-460; 77-614, S. 249, 610; P.A. 81-322, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 9; P.A. 84-83, S. 4, 10; P.A. 90-242, S. 1, 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 74-37 provided for state and local assistance with technical data for the commission; P.A. 77-460 provided for imposition of fine between $50 and $300 for each day of violation in addition to revocation of permit or license; P.A. 77-614 deleted reference to Sec. 20-321 in connection with hearing, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-322 added powers to suspend or refuse to renew permits or licenses; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 changed references to real estate commission to department of consumer protection, changed “mobile home” to “mobile manufactured home”, deleted references to park permittees and specified the powers of the commissioner of consumer protection in connection with investigations, the act also required park owners to retain records for at least four years and to pay the cost of reinspections by the department in some instances; P.A. 84-83 changed references to Secs. 21-64 to 21-75, inclusive, to “this chapter or any regulation issued hereunder”; P.A. 90-242 added Subsec. (b) re the availability to all residents of the remedies provided by Sec. 47a-14h; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 21-37 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to placing conditions, changing 5 to 30 days after suspension, adding reference to administrative hearing, deleting provision re order to discontinue violation and redesignating a portion of existing Subsec. (a) as new Subsec. (b), amended new Subsec. (b) to add provision re ordering independent inspection report and made technical changes, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and added Subsec. (d) re order to discontinue or remediate violation and $500 fine for failure to comply after reinspection, effective June 4, 2021.
