Sec. 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.