Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05855 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/21/2011

                            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.