CT HB05180

Requires applicants to provide building officials with written documentation of the concrete supplier and installer prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for new residential or commercial buildings with concrete foundations installed on or after October 1, 2016, with records maintained for at least 50 years.

Allows residential building owners with professional engineer evaluations of defective concrete foundations to request reassessments from their assessor, which must be completed within 90 days and apply for five assessment years.

Requires property owners to notify their assessor in writing within 30 days of repairing or replacing a defective concrete foundation, triggering a new assessment adjustment within 90 days.

Mandates the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to submit a report to the planning and zoning committee by January 1, 2017 on the potential causes of failing concrete foundations.

Requires executive branch agencies to maintain all documentation related to claims of faulty or failing concrete foundations as confidential for at least seven years.