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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-335. (Formerly Sec. 19-310). - Nuisances on highways.

If any person places anything, or permits anything to remain, in a highway, or digs up the ground therein, by which the passage of travelers is obstructed or endangered or the highway encumbered, the same shall be a common nuisance, and such person shall be fined not more than fifty dollars; and the court, before which the conviction is had, shall order the defendant to remove such nuisance within thirty days, and, on his failure to do so, it shall be removed at his expense by a constable of the town, and such court may tax such expense and issue an execution therefor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4200.)
History: Sec. 19-310 transferred to Sec. 19a-335 in 1983.
See Sec. 7-148 re municipal powers.
Annotations to former section 19-310:
License by town is no defense against private action for nuisance. 1 R. 129. Obstructing the highway, although a common-law offense, is punishable only under statute. 6 C. 418; 7 C. 431; 11 C. 543, but see 35 C. 317. Whether nuisance or not is a question of fact. 14 C. 319; 35 C. 316; 39 C. 428; 42 C. 305. Unless special injury is sustained no private remedy exists against public nuisance. 1 R. 363; 14 C. 578; 17 C. 375; 19 C. 135; 20 C. 120; 56 C. 81; 106 C. 327. As to continuance of nuisance in distinction from its erection. 15 C. 238; 16 C. 57; 23 C. 227; 27 C. 639. As to acts done on adjoining land endangering travelers on the highway. 31 C. 486. Statute defines rather than mitigates the common law. 35 C. 317. A horse at large on a highway contrary to law is a nuisance. 49 C. 117. Injunction will lie in the name of town against obstructing a highway. 52 C. 183; 54 C. 244; 56 C. 395. Private person not especially damaged cannot maintain mandamus to compel selectmen to remove nuisance from highway. 54 C. 244; 56 C. 81. A nuisance obstructing public travel may be abated by any one injuriously affected by it. 55 C. 99. Remedies of abutting owner for unlawful construction in street. 69 C. 146; 70 C. 616; 85 C. 401. Right of town to injunction against structure in highway; 70 C. 315; 78 C. 117; to destroy building being moved on highway. 73 C. 125. Right of one owning land on intersecting street to injunction against erection of building in highway. 72 C. 420; 79 C. 359. Engine near highway which frightens horse; 72 C. 681; so billboard. 69 C. 95. Reasonable obstructions permitted. 73 C. 199; 75 C. 349; 76 C. 311; 89 C. 343. Selectmen of town cannot abate condition on land abutting highway because it makes it dangerous. 80 C. 291.
Charitable corporation is person within meaning of statute. 7 CS 160. Cited. 18 CS 242; 22 CS 46.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 235 C. 408.
Cited. 7 CA 561.
Cited. 44 CS 45.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-336. (Formerly Sec. 19-311). - Obstruction of watercourse.

If any person unlawfully dams or obstructs a watercourse to the special damage of another, such diversion or obstruction shall be a common nuisance and may be abated as such. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than seven dollars, and each week that such nuisance continues shall be a separate offense. If any person removes or injures a mill dam which is not a nuisance, he shall pay to the party injured double damages and double costs.
(1949 Rev., S. 4201.)
History: Sec. 19-311 transferred to Sec. 19a-336 in 1983.
See Sec. 7-147 re municipalities' powers to prohibit obstructions in waterways.
Annotation to former section 19-311:
Cited. 147 C. 153.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-337. (Formerly Sec. 19-312). - Rubbish deposited in streams.

Any person who wilfully deposits material in any watercourse where it will naturally be carried to the land of another to his injury shall pay to the party injured thereby double damages and costs, unless, within a reasonable time after notice of the injury, he removes such material from such land.
(1949 Rev., S. 4202.)
History: Sec. 19-312 transferred to Sec. 19a-337 in 1983.
See Sec. 7-147 re municipalities' power to prohibit obstructions in waterways.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-338. (Formerly Sec. 19-313). - Obstruction of navigable waters.

Any person who places any material which tends to obstruct navigation in navigable waters shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, and such person shall be ordered by the court before which the conviction is had to remove such material within thirty days, and, on his failure to do so, any person may remove such material at the expense of the person who placed it there; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to oyster beds that have been designated and set out for the purpose of planting and cultivating oysters thereon. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the filling or wharfing out in such waters between the shore and the harbor lines established in any harbor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4203.)
History: Sec. 19-313 transferred to Sec. 19a-338 in 1983.
See Sec. 22a-427 re prohibition against pollution of or discharge of wastes in state waters.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-339. (Formerly Sec. 19-314). - Obstructions in Connecticut River.

Any person who unlawfully sinks any material in the Connecticut River for the purpose of obstructing the water or turning it from its natural course, or for making or enlarging any island, shall pay the expense of removing such material and be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4204.)
History: Sec. 19-314 transferred to Sec. 19a-339 in 1983.
See Sec. 22a-359 et seq. re erection of structures and placement of fill in tidal, coastal or navigable waters.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-340. (Formerly Sec. 19-315). - Nuisances created by filthy water.

Any person who places, collects or allows to remain upon the surface of land owned or occupied by him, or discharges or allows to be discharged from his premises upon the land of another or upon any public land, any filthy water, garbage or other filthy or noxious matter, whereby the owner or occupant of land in the vicinity thereof is injured or annoyed, or discharges or deposits upon the watershed of any stream or reservoir used to supply water to any community filthy or noxious matter, or any person who, outside of a city or borough, in any town, engages or assists in the business of manufacturing fertilizers or other products from refuse animal matter, at any place within half a mile from a public highway, without license from the director of health of such town, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. The court before which such conviction is had may order the accused to remove such nuisance within three days, and, upon his failure to do so, it shall be removed by a constable of the town where such nuisance is maintained, and the court may tax the cost of the same against the accused and issue execution therefor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4205; 1951, S. 2142d.)
History: Sec. 19-315 transferred to Sec. 19a-340 in 1983.
See Sec. 22a-427 re prohibition against pollution of or discharge of wastes in state waters.
Cited. 226 C. 358.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-341a. - Maintenance of swine gestation and farrowing barn. Permissible location.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, a swine gestation and farrowing barn maintained on property which has been in continuous use as a farm for not less than fifty years may continue to be maintained provided such barn is no closer than two hundred feet from any inhabited house located upon the property other than that of the proprietor of such barn.
(P.A. 09-232, S. 41.)
History: P.A. 09-232 effective July 8, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-343b. - Remedies and relief necessary to abate public nuisance.

In any proceeding to abate a public nuisance, the state may request such remedies or relief as are reasonably necessary to abate the nuisance including, but not limited to, orders for repair or alteration to the real property or any portion thereof, temporary orders to cease and desist, orders to cease and desist or appointment of a receiver of rents. In any such action, the court may enter any orders necessary and proper to abate the nuisance.
(P.A. 98-220, S. 3, 10.)
History: P.A. 98-220 effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-343c. - Intentional violation of temporary order. Penalty.

Any person who intentionally violates a temporary order issued pursuant to sections 19a-343 to 19a-343h, inclusive, may be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, in addition to any other remedy provided by law.
(P.A. 98-220, S. 4, 10.)
History: P.A. 98-220 effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-343f. - Dispossession or dislocation of tenants. Imposition of costs of prosecution and repairs upon defendant. Authorization by state to make repairs and alterations. Judgment lien against defendant. Intentional violation of court order.

(a) In any case where dispossession or dislocation of tenants or residents who have been factually uninvolved with the conduct contributing to such public nuisance is necessary to abate the public nuisance, the court may impose the reasonable costs of relocating such tenants or residents upon any defendant determined by the court to be liable for the public nuisance.
(b) In any public nuisance proceeding, the court may impose the reasonable costs of investigation, prosecution and any extraordinary expenses incurred in abating the public nuisance upon any defendant determined by the court to be liable for the public nuisance. In any public nuisance proceeding, the court may award to the state or any municipality the reasonable costs of investigation, prosecution and any extraordinary expenses incurred in abating the public nuisance. The state or municipality shall submit an affidavit and such other documents as the court directs in support of a request for award of costs.
(c) The court may authorize the state or its agents to make any repairs or alterations to the real property or any portion thereof to bring it into compliance with applicable state and local building, fire, health, housing or similar codes. The court may impose the actual costs of any repairs or alterations upon any defendant determined by the court to be liable for the public nuisance. The court shall award the state the actual costs of any such repairs or alterations.
(d) In any public nuisance proceeding, any monetary penalty imposed by the court on a defendant with an ownership interest in the real property and any award of costs to the state shall constitute a judgment lien on the real property, and shall be recorded as such on the land records in the town where the property is located. In addition, the state may, at its election, pursue any remedy under chapter 906.
(e) If any defendant in a public nuisance proceeding subject to a court order to abate the nuisance intentionally violates any such court order entered in judgment in a public nuisance proceeding under sections 19a-343 to 19a-343h, inclusive, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day the public nuisance is found to have existed after such order. Upon recovery, such penalty shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(f) Any person who was not a defendant in a public nuisance action who intentionally violates any court order entered in judgment in a public nuisance proceeding, may be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(P.A. 98-220, S. 7, 10.)
History: P.A. 98-220 effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-343g. - Enforcement of court orders by inspectors of Division of Criminal Justice or state or municipal police officer. Indemnification of municipality for liabilities of municipal police officer deemed employee of state.

(a) The state may use an inspector of the Division of Criminal Justice or a state or municipal police officer to assist in the enforcement of any court order in a public nuisance proceeding. Where a municipal police officer acts at the direction of a prosecutor, the state shall first obtain the permission of the municipal chief of police. Where a municipal police officer acts at the direction of a prosecutor or pursuant to a court order in a public nuisance matter, the officer and the municipality shall be indemnified against any losses, damages or liabilities arising within the scope of such duties, and the police officer shall be deemed an employee of the state for purposes of indemnification.
(b) In any public nuisance proceeding, an order by the court closing the real property or any portion thereof shall not be deemed to pass dominion, title, possession or control over the real property to the state.
(P.A. 98-220, S. 8, 10.)
History: P.A. 98-220 effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places › Section 19a-343h. - Availability of other remedies not bar to action to abate public nuisance.

Availability to the state of other remedies at law or equity shall not prevent the granting of relief under sections 19a-343 to 19a-343h, inclusive.
(P.A. 98-220, S. 9, 10.)
History: P.A. 98-220 effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368n - Houses of Assignation › Section 19a-345. (Formerly Sec. 19-316). - Houses of assignation, lewdness and prostitution, nuisances.

Any person who erects, establishes, maintains, uses, owns or leases any building or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and the building, the place and the ground upon which such lewdness, assignation or prostitution is conducted, permitted or carried on, including the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments and movable property used in conducting or maintaining any such place, are also declared to be nuisances.
(1949 Rev., S. 4206.)
History: Sec. 19-316 transferred to Sec. 19a-345 in 1983.
See Sec. 53a-82 et seq. re penalties for offenses involving prostitution.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368n - Houses of Assignation › Section 19a-347. (Formerly Sec. 19-318). - Disobeying injunction; penalty.

In case of the violation of any injunction granted under the provisions of this chapter or of any restraining order or in case of the commission of any contempt of court under any proceedings under the provisions of section 19a-346, the court or, in vacation, a judge thereof may summarily try and punish the offender. Proceedings on account of such violation shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court a complaint under oath, alleging facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or judge shall cause a warrant to issue, upon which the accused shall be arrested. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may demand the production and oral examination of witnesses. Any person found guilty of contempt shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4208; P.A. 12-80, S. 112.)
History: Sec. 19-318 transferred to Sec. 19a-347 in 1983; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 2 months or both with a class C misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368n - Houses of Assignation › Section 19a-348. (Formerly Sec. 19-319). - Judgment and abatement; fees.

If the existence of the nuisance is admitted or established in an action under this chapter or in a criminal proceeding, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment, which order shall direct the removal from the building or place of all fixtures, furniture, musical instruments and personal property used in conducting such nuisance, and shall direct the sale of so much thereof as belongs to any defendant notified or appearing, in the manner provided for the sale of chattels upon execution, and shall order the closing of the building or place and the discontinuance of its use for any purpose, for a period of one year, unless sooner released. Any owner of any unsold personal property so seized shall appear and claim the same within ten days after such order of abatement has been made, and prove innocence, to the satisfaction of the court, of any knowledge of such use. Each defendant in any such action shall be presumed to have had knowledge of the general reputation of such place. If innocence is established, any unsold personal property belonging to any person found innocent shall be delivered to him, otherwise it shall be sold as hereinbefore provided. If any person breaks and enters or uses any building or place so directed to be closed, he shall be punished for contempt as provided in section 19a-347. For removing and selling any such personal property, the officer shall receive the same fees as for levying upon and selling like property on execution, and for closing any such premises and keeping the same closed a reasonable sum shall be allowed by the court.
(1949 Rev., S. 4209.)
History: Sec. 19-319 transferred to Sec. 19a-348 in 1983.
See Sec. 52-261 re fees and expenses of officers and persons serving process.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368n - Houses of Assignation › Section 19a-349. (Formerly Sec. 19-320). - Action by state's attorney. Fines.

When the existence of any such nuisance has been established, the state's attorney shall proceed promptly, and all money collected shall be paid to the State Treasurer. The proceeds of the sale of the personal property, as provided in section 19a-348, or so much of such proceeds as may be necessary, shall be applied in payment of costs of the action and the abatement of any nuisance, except as hereinafter provided.
(1949 Rev., S. 4210; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 102.)
History: 1961 act deleted obsolete reference to county treasurer, county government having been abolished, and substituted state treasurer; Sec. 19-320 transferred to Sec. 19a-349 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368n - Houses of Assignation › Section 19a-350. (Formerly Sec. 19-321). - Owner may give bond.

If the owner of the premises in which such nuisance has been maintained appears and pays the costs taxed by the court and files a bond with sureties approved by the court to the amount of the value of the property, conditioned that he will immediately abate such nuisance and prevent the same from being established or kept within a period of one year thereafter, the court, or in vacation the judge, if satisfied of his good faith, may order the premises to be delivered to such owner, and the order of abatement cancelled, so far as the same relates to such real property.
(1949 Rev., S. 4211.)
History: Sec. 19-321 transferred to Sec. 19a-350 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368n - Houses of Assignation › Section 19a-351. (Formerly Sec. 19-322). - Penalty upon issuance of permanent injunction.

Whenever a permanent injunction is issued against any person for maintaining a nuisance as above provided, or against any owner or agent of any building kept or used for such purpose, there shall be imposed upon such building and the ground upon which the same is located and against the person or persons maintaining such nuisance and the owner or agent of such premises a penalty of not more than three hundred dollars. The clerk of the court shall make a return of the imposition of any penalty forthwith to the tax collector of the city or town in which such nuisance is located, who shall enter the same as a tax upon the property and against the persons upon which or whom the lien was imposed, and the provisions of the statutes relating to tax liens and the continuance thereof shall be applicable thereto. The payment of such penalty shall not relieve any person or property from any other penalties provided by law. The provisions of the statutes relating to the collection of taxes, nonpayment thereof and sale of property for taxes shall govern in the collection of the penalty herein prescribed so far as the same are applicable, and the penalty collected shall be applied in payment of any deficiency in the costs of the action and the abatement of such nuisance to the extent of any deficiency after the application thereto of the proceeds of the sale of personal property as above provided, and the remainder of such penalty, with the unexpended portion of the proceeds of the sale of personal property, shall be disposed of in the same manner as fines collected for the keeping of houses of ill-fame, except that ten per cent of the amount of the penalty collected and of the proceeds of the sale of such personal property shall be paid by the Treasurer to the attorney representing the state in the injunction proceedings, at the time of final judgment.
(1949 Rev., S. 4212.)
History: Sec. 19-322 transferred to Sec. 19a-351 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368n - Houses of Assignation › Section 19a-352. (Formerly Sec. 19-323). - Nuisance. Penalty.

When such nuisance has been found to exist, and the owner or agent of the building wherein or ground whereon the nuisance has been found to exist was not a party to such proceeding and did not appear in such proceeding, a penalty of not more than three hundred dollars shall be imposed upon any person found to be responsible for the conduct of such nuisance or upon the property. Before such penalty is enforced against such property, the owner or agent thereof shall have appeared therein or shall have been served with a summons and the provisions of the laws relating to the service of civil process shall apply to the service of process. Any person in whose name any real estate affected by any such action stands on the books of the assessors for purposes of taxation shall be presumed to be an owner thereof and, in case of any unknown persons having or claiming any ownership, right, title or interest in property affected by any such action, such unknown persons may be made parties to the action by designating them in the summons and complaint as “all other persons unknown claiming any ownership, right, title or interest in the property affected by this action”, and service may be made by publishing such summons in the manner prescribed in section 52-68. Any person having or claiming such ownership, right, title or interest, and any owner or agent on behalf of himself and such owner, may make, serve and file an answer therein within twenty days after such service and have a trial of his rights in the premises by the court, and, if such cause has already proceeded to trial or to judgment, the court shall fix a time and place for such further trial and shall modify, add to or confirm any finding or judgment as the case requires.
(1949 Rev., S. 4213; P.A. 10-32, S. 74.)
History: Sec. 19-323 transferred to Sec. 19a-352 in 1983; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-355. (Formerly Sec. 19-342). - Definitions.

(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Tenement house” means any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or is arranged or designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or residence of three or more families, living independently of each other, and doing their cooking upon the premises, and having a common right in the halls, stairways or yards;
(2) “Lodging house” or “boarding house” means any house or building or portion thereof, in which six or more persons are harbored, received or lodged for hire, or any building or part thereof, which is used as a sleeping place or lodging for six or more persons not members of the family residing therein;
(3) “Apartment” means a room or suite of rooms occupied or designed to be occupied as a family domicile;
(4) “Yard” means an open, unoccupied space, on the same lot with a tenement, lodging or boarding house, between the rear line of such house and the rear line of the lot;
(5) “Court” means an open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a tenement house;
(6) “Basement” means a story partly, but not more than one-half, below the level of the grade; and
(7) “Cellar” means a story more than one-half below the level of the grade.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory, and denotes that the house shall be maintained in all respects according to the mandate, as long as it continues to be a tenement house.
(c) In determining the number of stories in a tenement house, a basement or an attic shall be counted as a story if it is occupied or designed to be occupied for living purposes.
(1949 Rev., S. 4049; P.A. 74-345, S. 1; P.A. 01-195, S. 141, 181.)
History: P.A. 74-345 added Subdiv. (11) defining “enforcing agency”; Sec. 19-342 transferred to Sec. 19a-355 in 1983; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
Annotations to former section 19-342:
Three-family dwelling house held a “tenement house” and subject to provisions of chapter. 108 C. 404. Hallway on each floor was a “public hall” within section; Id.; also a stairway leading only to plaintiff's apartment; 117 C. 352. Outside steps were not a “public hall”; 121 C. 261; nor was an open cellar. 111 C. 26. Vacant rooms and testimony warranted finding that building was a “tenement house”. 117 C. 352. If the space falls within definition of a “yard” and is used in common by the tenants, it becomes an element in determining whether the building is a “tenement house”. Id., 353. Definitions indicate a legislative intent to impose obligation to keep building in repair as distinguished from separate apartments in it. Id., 627. Cited. 137 C. 632; 153 C. 91.
Cited. 22 CS 182; 31 CS 197.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-356. (Formerly Sec. 19-348). - Application of act.

This part may be cited as the “Tenement House Act”, and its provisions shall apply to all cities, boroughs and towns, except its provisions concerning water closets, which provisions shall apply to all cities, boroughs and towns which have a water supply and a sewer system; and its provisions shall apply, except as herein specially provided, only to buildings to be erected, altered or converted to use as tenement houses.
(1949 Rev., S. 4055.)
History: Sec. 19-348 transferred to Sec. 19a-356 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-357. (Formerly Sec. 19-351). - Location of building. Elevator.

No tenement house shall be erected upon the rear of a lot when there is a tenement house on the front of such lot, nor upon the front of any such lot upon the rear of which there is such a tenement house unless the distance between the two tenement houses is at least thirty feet. No tenement house, not existing or actually under construction on July 1, 1929, shall be over four stories in height unless it is equipped with a passenger elevator.
(1949 Rev., S. 4067.)
History: Sec. 19-351 transferred to Sec. 19a-357 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-358. (Formerly Sec. 19-362). - Size of rooms.

In each tenement house, all rooms, except water-closet compartments, bathrooms and kitchenettes, shall be of the following minimum sizes: In each apartment there shall be at least one room containing not less than one hundred and twenty square feet of floor area, and each other room shall contain at least seventy square feet of floor area. Each room shall be in at least seventy-five per cent of its area not less than seven feet eight inches high from the finished floor to the finished ceiling, except attic rooms, which shall be at least seven feet four inches high in one-half of its area. A kitchenette with less than seventy square feet of floor area need not be considered a separate room but shall comply with section 19-359.
(1949 Rev., S. 4069; 1967, P.A. 180, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act added provision re kitchenettes with less than 70 square feet of floor area and deleted provision that alcove rooms be considered separate rooms; Sec. 19-362 transferred to Sec. 19a-358 in 1983.
See Sec. 29-267 re inapplicability of this section to construction or alteration of building pursuant to State Building Code.
Cited. 13 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-360. (Formerly Sec. 19-364). - Arrangement of rooms.

In each apartment of three or more rooms in a tenement house, access to each living room and bedroom and to at least one water-closet compartment shall be had without passing through any bedroom.
(1949 Rev., S. 4073.)
History: Sec. 19-364 transferred to Sec. 19a-360 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-361. (Formerly Sec. 19-365). - Basement living rooms.

In tenement houses, no room in the cellar or in the basement shall be constructed, altered, converted or occupied for living purposes, unless all of the following conditions are complied with: (1) Such room shall be at least seven feet six inches high, in each part, from the floor to the ceiling; (2) the ceiling of such room shall be at least four feet and six inches above the surface of the street or ground outside of or adjoining the same; (3) all walls surrounding such room shall be damp-proof; (4) the floor of such room shall be damp-proof and waterproof.
(1949 Rev., S. 4074; P.A. 88-70.)
History: Sec. 19-365 transferred to Sec. 19a-361 in 1983; P.A. 88-70 amended Subdiv. (1), reducing the minimum ceiling height from 8 feet 6 inches to 7 feet 6 inches.
Cited. 13 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-362. (Formerly Sec. 19-371). - No recovery of rent during unlawful occupation. Exception.

(a) If any building constructed as, or altered into, a tenement house is occupied in whole or in part for human habitation in violation of the provisions of the state building code, effective at the time of such construction or alteration, during such unlawful occupation no rent shall be recoverable by the owner or lessee of such premises for such period and no action or special proceedings shall be maintained therefor.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to buildings owned by a housing authority organized under the provisions of chapter 128, which have been constructed or altered pursuant to contracts with the federal government or the state providing for annual contributions or other financial assistance.
(1949 Rev., S. 4080; 1969, P.A. 443, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 413, S. 2.)
History: 1969 act referred to violations of state building code rather than of Sec. 19-370; 1971 act added Subsec. (b); Sec. 19-371 transferred to Sec. 19a-362 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-371:
Disability to recover rent not confined to the person who was owner at time of completion but applied to subsequent purchaser. 121 C. 458. Constitutional aspects considered. Id., 459. Cited. 136 C. 276; 149 C. 740. Statute does not authorize action by tenant for recovery of rent voluntarily paid during period of violation. 150 C. 702.
Statute in barring landlord from collecting rent in effect relieved tenants of obligation to pay; landlord had no cause of action to collect rent or for eviction, nor to rent premises to others in absence of certificate. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 360.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-363. (Formerly Sec. 19-372). - Powers of local authorities not abrogated.

Nothing in this part shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of a local department of health, the fire department or the courts or any other lawful authority to enforce any provision of any city charter or building ordinance or regulation not inconsistent with this part or to prevent or punish for violations thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 4081.)
History: Sec. 19-372 transferred to Sec. 19a-363 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-372:
Cited. 111 C. 450.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 243.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 13 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-364. (Formerly Sec. 19-373). - Enforcement.

Each inspector of buildings, fire marshal or other person authorized to issue building permits shall enforce the provisions of this part and report all violations thereof to the proper prosecuting officer. When no other officer is authorized to issue building permits, the director of health of each town shall be charged with the duties assigned by this part to building inspectors.
(1949 Rev., S. 4082.)
History: Sec. 19-373 transferred to Sec. 19a-364 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368o - Tenement and Lodging Houses › Section 19a-365. (Formerly Sec. 19-374). - Penalties.

Any owner or lessee of any building which was not used as a tenement house prior to April 24, 1913, who allows such building to be occupied or used as a tenement house without making such building conform in all respects with the requirements of this part, and any owner or lessee of land, and any builder or architect who authorizes, makes or approves any construction or alteration of any building or any reduction in court or yard spaces, in violation of the provisions of this part, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both and, if any violation of any of said provisions remains uncorrected, the violator shall be subject to a renewal of the foregoing penalty every thirty days until the violation is corrected.
(1949 Rev., S. 4083; P.A. 79-346.)
History: P.A. 79-346 allowed imprisonment for violation or imposition of fine and imprisonment; Sec. 19-374 transferred to Sec. 19a-365 in 1983.
Annotation to former section 19-374:
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 359.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368p - Treatment of Drug-Dependent Persons (Repealed) › Section 19a-370 to 19a-393. (Formerly Secs. 19-486 to 19-504). - Treatment of drug dependent persons.

Sections 19a-370 to 19a-393, inclusive, are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 42–51, 53–60; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 25–32, 35, 37; 1971, P.A. 858, S. 1–4, 6; 871, S. 95, 96; P.A. 73-201, S. 1, 2; 73-616, S. 18; P.A. 74-183, S. 233, 234, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 202, 203, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 521, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; 78-303, S. 69, 136; P.A. 79-180; 79-585, S. 4–6, 15; P.A. 83-295, S. 2; 83-587, S. 34, 96; P.A. 84-546, S. 56, 173; P.A. 86-371, S. 20–30, 35, 42, 45; P.A. 87-117, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-390, S. 36, 37; P.A. 90-209, S. 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368q - Medicolegal Investigations › Section 19a-400. (Formerly Sec. 19-525). - Short title: Medicolegal Investigations Act.

This chapter may be cited as the “Medicolegal Investigations Act”.
(1969, P.A. 699, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-525 transferred to Sec. 19a-400 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368q - Medicolegal Investigations › Section 19a-402. (Formerly Sec. 19-526a). - Commission and office within The University of Connecticut Health Center for administrative purposes.

Section 19a-402 is repealed, effective July 1, 2014.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 333, 610; P.A. 79-560, S. 33, 39; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 100; P.A. 14-217, S. 259.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368q - Medicolegal Investigations › Section 19a-403. (Formerly Sec. 19-527). - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Fees. Regulations.

(a) The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is established to be operated under the control and supervision of the commission. The expenses of the commission and of operating said office shall be paid by the state out of funds appropriated for the purpose. The office shall be directed by a Chief Medical Examiner who shall be appointed by the commission. His office shall be located at a medical school in this state. The Chief Medical Examiner or any member of the professional staff of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who is summoned to give expert testimony in a civil action in his capacity as the Chief Medical Examiner or a member of the office shall be allowed and paid a witness fee of five hundred dollars for each day or portion thereof the Chief Medical Examiner or such staff member is required to attend court. Such fee shall be taxed as a part of the costs of the action and be paid by the party requesting the appearance, and any such fee received shall be deposited in the General Fund except no fee shall be imposed if the requesting party is the state.
(b) The Commission on Medicolegal Investigations shall prescribe fees to be charged for expert services, including witness and consultation services, provided by the Chief Medical Examiner or any member of the professional staff of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the application and collection of such fees.
(1969, P.A. 699, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 412, S. 1; P.A. 79-47, S. 7; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 12, 117; P.A. 93-237, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1971 act replaced office of medicolegal investigations with office of the medical examiner; P.A. 79-47 renamed office as office of chief medical examiner and made technical correction for clarity; Sec. 19-527 transferred to Sec. 19a-403 in 1983; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 added provision establishing fees for the chief medical examiner or staff member to attend court; P.A. 93-237 amended Subsec. (a) to raise witness fee from $300 to $500, to provide the fee be taxed as part of the costs of the action and that the fee not be imposed if requesting party is the state and added new Subsec. (b) permitting the Commission on Medicolegal Investigations to prescribe fees for expert services provided by the office of the chief medical examiner, effective July 1, 1993.
Cited. 4 CA 468.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368q - Medicolegal Investigations › Section 19a-404. (Formerly Sec. 19-528). - Chief Medical Examiner.

The Chief Medical Examiner shall be a citizen of the United States and a doctor of medicine licensed to practice medicine in Connecticut and shall have had a minimum of four years postgraduate training in pathology and such additional subsequent experience in forensic pathology as the commission may determine, provided any person otherwise qualified who is not licensed to so practice may be appointed Chief Medical Examiner, provided he or she obtains such a license within one year of his or her appointment. The Commission on Medicolegal Investigations shall submit recommendations concerning the Chief Medical Examiner's salary and annual increments to such salary to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for review and approval pursuant to section 4-40. The Chief Medical Examiner's term of office shall be fixed by the commission and the Chief Medical Examiner may be removed by the commission only for cause. Under the direction of the commission, the Chief Medical Examiner shall prepare for transmission to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as required by law estimates of expenditure requirements. The Chief Medical Examiner shall account to the State Treasurer for all fees and moneys received and expended by him or her by virtue of his or her office. The Chief Medical Examiner may as part of his or her duties teach medical and law school classes, conduct special classes for police investigators and engage in other activities related to the work of the office to such extent and on such terms as may be authorized by the commission. On and after January 1, 2022, the Chief Medical Examiner shall earn at least one contact hour of training or education in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy as part of the continuing medical education he or she is required to obtain pursuant to section 20-10b. As used in this section, “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy” means the death of a person with epilepsy that is not caused by injury, drowning or other known causes unrelated to epilepsy.
(1969, P.A. 699, S. 4; P.A. 96-180, S. 60, 166; P.A. 10-81, S. 1; P.A. 21-26, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-528 transferred to Sec. 19a-404 in 1983; P.A. 96-180 changed obsolete reference to “director of the budget” to “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 10-81 made technical changes and replaced provision authorizing Commission on Medicolegal Investigations to fix Chief Medical Examiner's salary with provision requiring commission to provide salary recommendations to Commissioner of Administrative Services for review and approval, effective May 26, 2010; P.A. 21-26 added provision re Chief Medical Examiner to earn one contact hour of training or education in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368q - Medicolegal Investigations › Section 19a-405. (Formerly Sec. 19-529). - Deputy Chief Medical Examiner. Staff.

The Chief Medical Examiner, with the approval of the Commission on Medicolegal Investigations, shall appoint a deputy who shall perform all the duties of the Chief Medical Examiner in case of his or her sickness or absence and such associate medical examiners, assistant medical examiners, pathologists, toxicologists, laboratory technicians and other professional staff as the commission may specify. The commission in advance of appointments shall specify the qualifications required for each position in terms of education, experience and other relevant considerations. The commission shall submit recommendations concerning (1) the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner's salary and annual increments to such salary, and (2) the salaries and compensation of other professional staff to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for review and approval pursuant to section 4-40. The Chief Medical Examiner, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, associate medical examiners, and assistant medical examiners shall take the oath provided by law for public officers. Other staff members as determined by the commission shall be appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner, subject to the provisions of chapter 67 and the rules of the commission not inconsistent therewith.
(1969, P.A. 699, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 79-47, S. 8; P.A. 96-180, S. 61, 166; P.A. 05-280, S. 82; P.A. 10-81, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 79-47 allowed appointment of associate medical examiners and designated deputy as deputy “chief” medical examiner; Sec. 19-529 transferred to Sec. 19a-405 in 1983; P.A. 96-180 made a technical change, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 05-280 authorized commission to fix Deputy Chief Medical Examiner's annual salary and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 10-81 made technical changes and replaced provision authorizing Commission on Medicolegal Investigations to fix Deputy Chief Medical Examiner's salary with provision requiring commission to provide recommendations for deputy's salary to Commissioner of Administrative Services for review and approval, effective May 26, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368q - Medicolegal Investigations › Section 19a-407a. - DNA typing.

(a) After performing any death scene investigation when homicide is suspected, the official with custody of the human remains shall ensure that the human remains are delivered to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
(b) The Chief Medical Examiner shall obtain from the human remains (1) samples of tissue suitable for DNA typing, if possible, or (2) samples of whole bone or hair suitable for DNA typing. The Chief Medical Examiner shall immediately submit the samples obtained to the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
(P.A. 11-102, S. 2.)
History: (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b), “Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-51).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368q - Medicolegal Investigations › Section 19a-408. (Formerly Sec. 19-532). - Disposition of body after proceedings.

After the termination of all proceedings for which the body is required by the Chief Medical Examiner, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an associate medical examiner or an authorized assistant medical examiner, the body shall be delivered to a person or persons entitled by law to receive the same; but, if there are no such persons who will take charge of and dispose of the body, then to the proper authorities of the town in which the body is lying, whose duty it shall be to dispose of it. Whenever the deceased person has not left property sufficient to defray the expenses of disposition of the body, the same shall be paid by such town. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner may take custody and coordinate the disposition of the body, including cremation or burial, of such body. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall not proceed with the disposition of such body during the twenty-one day period following the date of the pronouncement of death and during such period of time shall make a reasonable effort, including engaging the services of the law enforcement agency of the town in which the deceased person died or of such deceased person's residence to locate and contact any relatives of the deceased person. A funeral director handling the disposition of the body of such deceased person shall notify the Commissioner of Social Services in accordance with sections 17b-84 and 17b-131 for reimbursement. The cremation certificate fee for any such disposition shall be waived.
(1969, P.A. 699, S. 9; P.A. 79-47, S. 11; P.A. 22-58, S. 56.)
History: P.A. 79-47 included deputy chief medical examiner and associate medical examiners; Sec. 19-532 transferred to Sec. 19a-408 in 1983; P.A. 22-58 added provisions re disposition of bodies by Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.