Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00261 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 261
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1682
Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Introduced by:
SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist. SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 261 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1682

Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding 

Introduced by:

SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.

SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A CAP ON PROPERTY TAX INCREASES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to create a cap on the amount that property taxes may be increased in any given year. Such cap could be exceeded upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the local legislative body or by referendum.

Statement of Purpose: 

To limit increases in property taxes.