Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00030 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/05/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 30
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 495
Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 30 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 495

Referred to Committee on Aging 

Introduced by:

SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR THE SALE OF SECURITIES TO PAY NURSING EXPENSES.

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

That section 12-701 of the general statutes be amended to provide an exemption from the personal income tax for the proceeds of the sale of stocks or bonds, where the proceeds of such sale are used to pay for nursing care for a spouse, either in a home setting or in a nursing home.

Statement of Purpose: 

To ease the financial burden of providing nursing care for a spouse.