Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05176 Compare Versions

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1	1		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5176
2	2		January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3445
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4	4		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
5	5		Introduced by:
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8	8		General Assembly
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10	10		Committee Bill No. 5176
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12	12		January Session, 2017
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14	14		LCO No. 3445
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18	18		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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20	20		Introduced by:
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24	24		AN ACT INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL.
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26	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28		Section 1. Section 12-81w of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):
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30	30		(a) The legislative body of any municipality may establish, by ordinance, a program to provide property tax relief for a nonsalaried local emergency management director, 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, active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, active member of a volunteer underwater search and rescue team, or 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.
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32	32		(b) 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 for assessment years commencing prior to October 1, 2017, two million dollars for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2017, and three million dollars for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2018, and each assessment year thereafter, 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.
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34	34		(c) 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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39	39		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
40	40		Section 1 July 1, 2017 12-81w
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42	42		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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44	44		Section 1
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46	46		July 1, 2017
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48	48		12-81w
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	50	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	52	+	To authorize municipalities to increase the property tax exemption for local volunteer emergency service personnel.
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	54	+	[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.]
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52		-	PS Joint Favorable
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	58	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
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56		-	Joint Favorable
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	62	+	REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
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	64	+	H.B. 5176