Sections 47a-37 to 47a-41, inclusive, shall not apply to (1) housing accommodations situated on a farm and occupied by a tenant who is engaged for a substantial portion of his time in farming operations thereon, (2) dwelling space occupied by domestic servants, caretakers, managers or other employees, to whom the space is provided as part or all of their compensation and who are employed for the purpose of rendering services in connection with the premises of which the dwelling space is a part, (3) land, housing accommodations or a trailer, used or occupied for dwelling purposes, or any land upon which a trailer is used, stands or is occupied for dwelling purposes located in a resort community and customarily rented or occupied on a seasonal basis, or (4) transient occupancy of a dwelling unit in a hotel or motel or similar lodging.
(1949 Rev., S. 8285; 1949, S. 3222d; P.A. 77-451, S. 11; P.A. 79-571, S. 63; P.A. 82-472, S. 131, 183; P.A. 89-254, S. 12; P.A. 92-171, S. 7; P.A. 95-247, S. 5; P.A. 96-74, S. 4.)
History: Sec. 52-543 transferred to Sec. 47a-36 in 1977 and internal references to other sections revised as necessary to reflect their transfer; P.A. 77-451 added reference to dwelling units; P.A. 79-571 divided section into Subsecs., adding reference to Secs. 47a-26a, 47a-26b and 47a-26d in Subsec. (a) and replacing alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators in Subsec. (b); P.A. 82-472 made technical change; P.A. 89-254 amended Subsec. (b)(4) by replacing “any room or rooms in a hotel, lodging house or rooming house” with “transient occupancy of a dwelling unit in a hotel or motel or similar lodging”; P.A. 92-171 amended Subsec. (a) to reduce the period of the stay of execution from 20 to 15 days and to add as an exception to such period a judgment rendered based on the ground set forth in Sec. 47a-23(a)(2); P.A. 95-247 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision that limited applicability of section to any land, building, dwelling unit or trailer “used or occupied for dwelling purposes”; P.A. 96-74 deleted Subsec. (a) that had provided an automatic stay of execution of 15 days if the judgment was rendered for any reason other than nonpayment of rent, nuisance committed or permitted by the defendant, the use of or permitting the use of the premises for an immoral or illegal purpose or the ground set forth in Sec. 47a-23(a)(2), and replaced reference to Sec. 47a-36 with Sec. 47a-37.
Annotations to former section 52-543:
Cited. 19 CS 40; 20 CS 392.
Cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 561.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 35 CS 274; 36 CS 623; 38 CS 70.