CT HB06963

Zoning enforcement officers may take enforcement action against businesses that fail to complete site plan, subdivision, or inland wetlands improvements when the approval hasn't expired, work has been suspended with no intent to resume, and the incomplete work creates a public health or safety hazard

Site plan and subdivision approvals made prior to July 1, 2011 expire no less than 14 years after approval with possible extensions up to 19 years total; approvals made between July 1, 2011 and June 10, 2021 follow the same timeline if they didn't expire before March 10, 2020

Maximum consumer claims against the New Home Construction Guaranty Fund increase from $30,000 to $50,000 for actual damages from new home construction contractor violations

New Home Construction Guaranty Fund balance threshold reduced from $750,000 to $650,000, with the first $400,000 (up from $300,000) of excess funds going to the consumer protection enforcement account

Consumers may now file claims against business proprietors found by a court to have violated new home construction laws within two years of entering into the contract, making both the contractor and proprietor liable for fund disbursements