Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05474 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5474
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1446
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. STALLWORTH, 126th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5474 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1446

Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY 

Introduced by:

REP. STALLWORTH, 126th Dist.

AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM PROPERTY TAX CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES FOR MUNICIPAL USE.

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

That section 12-81 of the general statutes be amended to exempt from property tax any Class I renewable energy source owned by a nonmunicipal party and installed for the generation of electricity on a municipal building.

Statement of Purpose: 

To promote the use of renewable energy sources and to allow municipalities to benefit from such sources by expanding current law that allows a property tax exemption for renewable energy sources only if the generation of electricity is for residential or farm use.