General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5053
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 245
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO COUNSEL IN CERTAIN
SUMMARY PROCESS PROCEEDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That chapter 832 of the general statutes be amended to provide
2 counsel to any person who has been named as defendant in a summary
3 process proceeding who faces dispossession from a rental premises as a
4 result of being negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that any tenant negatively affected by the COVID-19
pandemic has access to legal counsel in a summary process proceeding.
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