General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6467
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1457
*01457*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. STAFSTROM, 129th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6467
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1457
*01457*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. STAFSTROM, 129th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL TAX INCREASES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require that (1) any increase in the total tax levied by a municipality not exceed two and one-half per cent above the total tax levied by such municipality in the preceding fiscal year unless approved by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislative body of such municipality, and (2) not later than fifteen business days following the date of such approval, two and one-half per cent of the legal voters of such municipality or seventy-five of such voters, whichever is greater, may petition for a referendum to reverse such approval.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for a ceiling on municipal tax increases.