AN ACT CONCERNING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES IN AN ACTION OF FORECLOSURE OR UPON A BOND SUBSTITUTED FOR A MECHANIC'S LIEN.


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5381*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 1610
		01610_______JUD
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES IN AN ACTION OF FORECLOSURE OR UPON A BOND SUBSTITUTED FOR A MECHANIC'S LIEN.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 52-249 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(a) The plaintiff in any action of foreclosure of a mortgage or lien, upon obtaining a judgment of foreclosure, [when there has been a hearing as to the form of judgment or the limitation of time for redemption, shall be allowed the same costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee, as if there had been a hearing on an issue of fact. The same costs and fees shall be recoverable as part of the judgment] shall be allowed costs and reasonable attorney's fees. A plaintiff who prevails in any action upon a bond which has been substituted for a mechanic's lien shall be allowed costs and reasonable attorney's fees.

Sec. 2. Section 52-249a of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective October 1, 2010)


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	52-249(a)
Sec. 2	October 1, 2010	Repealer section

Statement of Purpose:

To clarify provisions concerning the award of costs and attorney's fees in an action of foreclosure of a mortgage or lien or an action upon a bond which has been substituted for a mechanic's lien.

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