General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5688 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1293 *01293* Referred to Committee on AGING Introduced by: REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5688 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1293 *01293* Referred to Committee on AGING Introduced by: REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist. AN ACT REDUCING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ELDERLY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 12-170v of the general statutes be amended to reduce the current age of eligibility for property tax relief from seventy years of age to sixty-five years of age. Statement of Purpose: To allow towns to provide property tax relief to more of its senior citizens.