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Connecticut House Bill HB05277

Connecticut 2016 Regular Session

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1-House Bill No. 5277
1+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5277
2+February Session, 2016 LCO No. 820
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4+Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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3-Public Act No. 16-99
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5-AN ACT EXTENDING THE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO RETIRED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, FIRE POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.
10+Raised Bill No. 5277
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12+February Session, 2016
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14+LCO No. 820
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18+Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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20+Introduced by:
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24+AN ACT EXTENDING THE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO RETIRED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.
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726 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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928 Section 1. Section 12-81w of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
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11-The legislative body of any municipality may establish, by ordinance, a program to provide property tax relief for [the] a nonsalaried local emergency management director, [and for] any individual who volunteers his or her services as a firefighter, fire police officer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 7-308, emergency medical technician, paramedic, civil preparedness staff, [an] active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, [an] active member of a volunteer underwater search and rescue team, or [an] ambulance driver in the municipality, or any individual who is a retired volunteer firefighter, fire police officer or emergency medical technician and has completed at least twenty-five years of service as a volunteer firefighter, fire police officer or emergency medical technician in the municipality. Such tax relief may provide either (1) an abatement of up to one thousand dollars in property taxes due for any fiscal year, or (2) an exemption applicable to the assessed value of real or personal property up to an amount equal to the quotient of one million dollars divided by the mill rate, in effect at the time of assessment, expressed as a whole number of dollars per one thousand dollars of assessed value. Any ordinance may authorize interlocal agreements for the purpose of providing property tax relief to such volunteers who live in one municipality but volunteer or volunteered their services in another municipality.
30+The legislative body of any municipality may establish, by ordinance, a program to provide property tax relief for the nonsalaried local emergency management director, [and] for any individual who volunteers his or her services as a firefighter, fire police officer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 7-308, emergency medical technician, paramedic, civil preparedness staff, an active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, an active member of a volunteer underwater search and rescue team, or an ambulance driver in the municipality and for any individual who is a retired volunteer firefighter. Such tax relief may provide either (1) an abatement of up to one thousand dollars in property taxes due for any fiscal year, or (2) an exemption applicable to the assessed value of real or personal property up to an amount equal to the quotient of one million dollars divided by the mill rate, in effect at the time of assessment, expressed as a whole number of dollars per one thousand dollars of assessed value. Any ordinance may authorize interlocal agreements for the purpose of providing property tax relief to such volunteers who live in one municipality but volunteer or volunteered their services in another municipality.
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35+This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
36+Section 1 July 1, 2016 12-81w
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38+This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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