Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05338 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5338
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 680
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
REP. GROGINS, 129th Dist. SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist. (By Request)

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5338 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 680

Referred to Committee on Planning and Development 

Introduced by:

REP. GROGINS, 129th Dist.

SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.

(By Request)

AN ACT CONCERNING INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that when a municipality on the list of municipalities with fiscal disparities enters into an agreement with any other municipality in its region to share revenues pursuant to section 7-148bb of the general statutes, the municipality in the region may establish a mill rate on nonresidential real property up to the mill rate of the municipality on the list.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow municipalities to partner with financially struggling cities to reduce the tax burden on their respective homeowners.