General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5215
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 258
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. SCOTT, 40th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5215
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 258
*00258*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. SCOTT, 40th Dist.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO LEVEL LOCAL SALES TAXES ON FOOD AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to authorize municipalities to levy a local sales tax on food and a local hotel occupancy tax, provided such municipality reduce the amount of property taxes payable by an amount equal to the local sales tax revenue collected.
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize municipalities to levy a local sales tax on food and a local hotel occupancy tax, provided such municipality reduce the amount of property taxes payable by an amount equal to the local sales tax revenue collected.