General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6953
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4629
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6953
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4629
*04629_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT ALLOWING THE BIFURCATION OF MUNICIPAL TAX BILLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 12-122a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2015):
Any municipality [which has more than one taxing district] may by a majority vote of its legislative body set [a uniform city-wide] separate mill [rate] rates for taxation of real property, motor vehicles [, except that if] and personal property other than motor vehicles, which mill rates may vary by taxing district or by property type, provided no property tax mill rate shall be more than five mills higher or lower than any other such mill rate in the municipality. If the charter of such municipality provides that any mill rate for property tax purposes shall be set by the board of finance of such municipality, [such uniform city-wide] any mill rate authorized pursuant to this section may be set by a majority vote of such board of finance.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2015) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes or municipal charter, a local board of education may, if authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body of the municipality where such board of education is located, set a separate mill rate for the board of education budget.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2015 12-122a
Sec. 2 October 1, 2015, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2015
12-122a
Sec. 2
October 1, 2015, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize municipalities to establish different mill rates for real property, motor vehicles and other personal property and to allow local boards of education to set separate mill rates for board of education budgets.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]