General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1032
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3336
*03336_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1032
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3336
*03336_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF ENACTING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL TAX ON ATTORNEYS RELATED TO INCOME AND PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary shall study the feasibility of amending section 51-81b of the general statutes to exempt from the occupational tax on attorneys any person admitted as an attorney in this state who is not otherwise exempt from the occupational tax and who earned less than a certain amount of income in the practice of law or provided extensive hours of pro bono legal services during a taxable year.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study the feasibility of exempting attorneys from the occupational tax on attorneys if they earn less than a certain amount of income in the practice of law or provide extensive hours of pro bono legal services during a taxable year.
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