(g) A landlord may submit a claim for damages not later than twenty days after the date of termination of the tenancy. Payment shall be made only for a claim that includes receipts for repairs made. No claim shall be paid for an apartment from which a tenant vacated because substandard conditions made the apartment uninhabitable, as determined by a local, state or federal regulatory agency.
(h) Any person with income exceeding one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level, who is found eligible to receive a security deposit guarantee under this section and for whom the commissioner has paid a claim by a landlord, shall contribute fifty per cent of one month's rent to the payment of the security deposit. The commissioner may waive such payment for good cause.
(i) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to administer the program established pursuant to this section and to set eligibility criteria for the program, but may implement the program while in the process of adopting such regulations provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published on the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after implementation.
(P.A. 86-272; P.A. 87-455, S. 5, 6; P.A. 91-211; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 83, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 24, 53; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 32; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 02-79, S. 3; P.A. 04-76, S. 25; P.A. 05-280, S. 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 83; P.A. 11-44, S. 96; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 23; P.A. 13-234, S. 2; P.A. 14-217, S. 72; P.A. 23-207, S. 9.)