General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5855 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2035 Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding Introduced by: REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5855 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2035 Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding Introduced by: REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE METHOD OF ASSESSING PROPERTY TAX. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That a volunteer panel be established to study the effects of transitioning from a municipal ad valorem tax to fixed square footage tax rates. Statement of Purpose: To establish a panel to study whether fixed square footage tax rates would add predictability to, and remove subjective valuations from, the property tax system.