The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6343, seeks to amend section 47a-42 of the general statutes regarding the responsibilities of municipalities in relation to the possessions and personal effects of evicted tenants. The bill aims to eliminate the requirement that a municipality store the possessions and personal effects of an evicted tenant and instead require that such tenant be responsible for the costs associated with the storage and sale of such possessions and personal effects.
The primary purpose of this legislation is to shift the financial burden of storage and sale of an evicted tenant's belongings from municipalities to the tenants themselves. This change is intended to streamline the eviction process and reduce costs for local governments, while placing the onus of responsibility on the tenants for their possessions after eviction.