Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06312 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/30/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6312
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1616
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. LOPES T., 24th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6312 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1616

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. LOPES T., 24th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING A REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to authorize municipalities to assess a conveyance tax, of up to one per cent, on buyers of real property that has a value of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide municipalities with a means to fund conservation, open space, brownfield remediation, historic preservation and water treatment and sewer projects.