Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00491 Compare Versions

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1	1	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 491
2	2	February Session, 2010 LCO No. 2661
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4	4	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
5	5	Introduced by:
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8	8	General Assembly
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10	10	Raised Bill No. 491
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12	12	February Session, 2010
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14	14	LCO No. 2661
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18	18	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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20	20	Introduced by:
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24	24	AN ACT CONCERNING LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY RELATED TO TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND CHARGES.
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26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) (a) For the purposes of this section, "tax collector" means the tax collector, treasurer or other officer responsible for collecting any tax, assessment or charge on behalf of (1) any local government, as defined in section 2-32b of the general statutes; (2) a private or public waterworks system; (3) a municipal special services district established under chapter 105a of the general statutes; (4) a public water company, as defined in section 16-20 of the general statutes; (5) a regional water pollution authority; (6) a municipal water pollution control authority; (7) a regional water authority or regional sewer district established under an act of the General Assembly; or (8) any other entity providing water or sewer services.
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30	30	(b) Each tax collector shall, not later than five business days after receiving a written request from a person pursuant to this section, furnish to the person a certificate of all taxes, assessments and charges related to any parcel of real property specified in the request and collected by the entity named in the request, which, as of the date of the certificate, constitutes a lien on such real property. Such taxes, assessments and charges include, but are not limited to, property taxes, assessments, use charges and other charges due and payable to any entity specified in subdivisions (1) to (8), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section. The certificate shall be itemized and shall indicate the amounts payable as of the date of the certificate for all such taxes, assessments and charges to the extent such amounts are fixed and ascertained, and, if such amounts are not fixed or ascertainable as of the date of the certificate, the certificate shall so indicate. The tax collector of a municipality, as defined in section 4-124s of the general statutes, shall charge twenty-five dollars for each certificate issued and the money received shall be paid into the municipality's general fund, and any other tax collector shall charge fifteen dollars for each certificate issued and the money received shall be paid into the respective entity's treasury. The certificate shall be in substantially the following form:
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35	35	T1 LIEN CERTIFICATE
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37	37	T3 Re: Address:
38	38	T4 Parcel ID:
39	39	T5 Record Owner as of October 1, .... (Current Tax Year)
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41	41	T7 Upon written application of ...., dated ...., and pursuant to this
42	42	T8 section, I certify from available information that all taxes,
43	43	T9 assessments and charges now due and payable, or not yet due and
44	44	T10 payable, to ...., which constitute a lien on the above-described real
45	45	T11 property as of the date of this certificate, are listed below:
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47	47	T13 Type: (e.g. real property, fire district, sewer, water)
48	48	T14 Assessment Date: October 1, ....
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50	50	T16 Assessment . . . .
51	51	T17 Taxes (Indicate if not yet fixed and ascertainable) . . . .
52	52	T18 Dates Due and Payable . . . .
53	53	T19 Payments Made . . . .
54	54	T20 Payments Due . . . .
55	55	T21 Interest and Penalties Due . . . .
56	56	T22 Lien Fees Due . . . .
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58	58	T24 Type: . . . .
59	59	T25 Assessment Date: October 1, ....
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61	61	T27 Assessment . . . .
62	62	T28 Taxes (Indicate if not yet fixed and ascertainable) . . . .
63	63	T29 Dates Due and Payable . . . .
64	64	T30 Payments Made . . . .
65	65	T31 Payments Due . . . .
66	66	T32 Interest and Penalties Due . . . .
67	67	T33 Lien Fees Due . . . .
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69	69	T35 . . . . . . . .
70	70	T36 Tax Collector (or authorized representative),
71	71	T37 Town/District/Other . . . .
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75	75	LIEN CERTIFICATE
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81	81	Re:
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83	83	Address:
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87	87	Parcel ID:
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91	91	Record Owner as of October 1, .... (Current Tax Year)
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97	97	Upon written application of ...., dated ...., and pursuant to this
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101	101	section, I certify from available information that all taxes,
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105	105	assessments and charges now due and payable, or not yet due and
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109	109	payable, to ...., which constitute a lien on the above-described real
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113	113	property as of the date of this certificate, are listed below:
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119	119	Type:
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121	121	(e.g. real property, fire district, sewer, water)
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125	125	Assessment Date:
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127	127	October 1, ....
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133	133	Assessment
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139	139	Taxes (Indicate if not yet fixed and ascertainable)
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145	145	Dates Due and Payable
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151	151	Payments Made
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157	157	Payments Due
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163	163	Interest and Penalties Due
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169	169	Lien Fees Due
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183	183	Assessment Date:
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185	185	October 1, ....
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191	191	Assessment
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197	197	Taxes (Indicate if not yet fixed and ascertainable)
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203	203	Dates Due and Payable
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209	209	Payments Made
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215	215	Payments Due
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221	221	Interest and Penalties Due
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227	227	Lien Fees Due
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239	239	Tax Collector (or authorized representative),
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243	243	Town/District/Other . . . .
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245	245	(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, upon the recording of a certificate issued pursuant to this section in the land records for the municipality in which the parcel of real property specified in the certificate is located, such parcel of real property shall be discharged from any lien for taxes, assessments or charges, or portions thereof, which do not appear, but which should have appeared, on such certificate as of the date of the certificate.
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247	247	(d) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a certificate issued under this section shall not affect the obligation of any person liable for the payment of any tax, assessment or charge by reason of being the owner of such parcel of real property at the time such tax, assessment or charge became effective, except that the issuance of a certificate under this section shall estop the entity whose tax collector issued the certificate from pursuing payment of such tax, assessment or charge from any other person.
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249	249	(e) The requirement to provide a certificate under this section shall be in addition to any other requirement to provide a certificate under any provision of the general statutes or act of the General Assembly.
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254	254	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
255	255	Section 1 October 1, 2010 New section
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257	257	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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259	259	Section 1
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263	263	New section
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265	265	Statement of Purpose:
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267	267	To require towns, fire, sewer and other districts and other entities that provide water, sewerage and other services to provide a lien certificate that establishes the amount due as of the date of the certificate for the purpose of filing on the land records and discharging amounts not included in the certificate.
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269	269	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]