Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06120 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1
2	2
3		-	LCO \\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06120-R02-
4		-	HB.docx
5		-	1 of 3
6	3
7		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6120
	4	+	LCO No. 6526 1 of 3
	5	+
	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6120
8	7		January Session, 2019
	8	+	LCO No. 6526
	9	+
	10	+
	11	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
	12	+
	13	+
	14	+	Introduced by:
	15	+	(PD)
9	16
10	17
11	18
12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND
13	20		LIST EXEMPTIONS AND THE RENEWAL OF CERTA IN TEMPORARY
14	21		NOTES ISSUED BY A MUNICIPALITY.
15	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	23		Assembly convened:
17	24
18	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 1
19	26		subparagraph (A) of subdivision (7) of section 12-81 of the general 2
20	27		statutes and section 12-87a of the general statutes, any person 3
21	28		otherwise eligible for a 2017 grand list exemption for all or part of the 4
22	29		assessment year pursuant to said subdivision (7) in the city of New 5
23	30		Haven, except that such person failed to file the required statement 6
24	31		within the time period prescribed, shall be regarded as having filed 7
25	32		such statement in a timely manner if such person files such statement 8
26	33		not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section and 9
27	34		pays the late filing fee pursuant to section 12-87a of the general 10
28	35		statutes. Upon confirmation of the receipt of such fee and verification 11
29	36		of the exemption eligibility of such property, the assessor shall 12
30	37		approve the exemption for such property. If taxes, interest or penalties 13
31	38		have been paid on the property for which such exemption is approved, 14
32	39		the city of New Haven shall reimburse such person in an amount equal 15
33	40		to the amount by which such taxes, interest and penalties exceed any 16
	41	+	Committee Bill No. 6120
	42	+
	43	+
	44	+	LCO No. 6526 2 of 3
	45	+
34	46		taxes payable if the statement had been filed in a timely manner. 17
35	47		Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 18
36	48		subparagraph (A) of subdivision (7) of section 12-81 of the general 19
37		-	statutes and section 12-87a of the general statutes, any person 20 Substitute Bill No. 6120
38		-
39		-
40		-	LCO {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06120-
41		-	R02-HB.docx }
42		-	2 of 3
43		-
	49	+	statutes and section 12-87a of the general statutes, any person 20
44	50		otherwise eligible for a 2017 grand list exemption pursuant to said 21
45	51		subdivision (7) in the town of Fairfield, except that such person failed 22
46	52		to file the required exemption application within the time period 23
47	53		prescribed, shall be regarded as having filed said application in a 24
48	54		timely manner if such person files said application not later than thirty 25
49	55		days after the effective date of this section and pays the late filing fee 26
50	56		pursuant to section 12-87a of the general statutes. Upon confirmation 27
51	57		of the receipt of such fee and verification of the exemption eligibility of 28
52	58		such property, the assessor shall approve the exemption for such 29
53	59		property. If taxes, interest or penalties have been paid on the property 30
54	60		for which such exemption is approved, the town of Fairfield shall 31
55	61		reimburse such person in an amount equal to the amount by which 32
56	62		such taxes, interest and penalties exceed any taxes payable if the 33
57		-	application had been filed in a timely manner. 34
	63	+	application had been filed in a timely manner 34
58	64		Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 35
59	65		subdivision (76) of section 12-81 of the general statutes, any person 36
60	66		otherwise eligible for a 2018 grand list exemption pursuant to said 37
61	67		subdivision (76) in the town of Windsor, except that such person failed 38
62	68		to file the required exemption application within the time period 39
63	69		prescribed, shall be regarded as having filed said application in a 40
64	70		timely manner if such person files said application not later than thirty 41
65	71		days after the effective date of this section, and pays the late filing fee 42
66	72		pursuant to section 12-81k of the general statutes. Upon confirmation 43
67	73		of the receipt of such fee and verification of the exemption eligibility of 44
68	74		the machinery and equipment included in such application, the 45
69	75		assessor shall approve the exemption for such property. If taxes have 46
70	76		been paid on the property for which such exemption is approved, the 47
71	77		town of Windsor shall reimburse such person in an amount equal to 48
72	78		the amount by which such taxes exceed the taxes payable if the 49
	79	+	Committee Bill No. 6120
	80	+
	81	+
	82	+	LCO No. 6526 3 of 3
	83	+
73	84		application had been filed in a timely manner. 50
74	85		Sec. 4. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any special act, 51
75	86		municipal charter or ordinance or the renewal period set forth in 52
76		-	section 7-378a of the general statutes, the town of Woodbridge is 53 Substitute Bill No. 6120
77		-
78		-
79		-	LCO {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06120-
80		-	R02-HB.docx }
81		-	3 of 3
82		-
	87	+	section 7-378a of the general statutes, the town of Woodbridge is 53
83	88		authorized to renew, for a period of not more than fifteen years from 54
84	89		the date of the original issue, any temporary notes that were issued by 55
85	90		said town to finance the acquisition of Woodbridge Country Club and 56
86		-	which were outstanding on ~~January~~ 1, 2019. All other provisions of 57
87		-	~~section~~ 7-378a of the general statutes shall apply to the renewal 58
88		-	~~authorized~~ under this section. 59
	91	+	which were outstanding on July 1, 2019. All other provisions of section 57
	92	+	7-378a of the general statutes shall apply to the renewal authorized 58
	93	+	under this section. 59
89	94		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
90	95		sections:
91	96
92	97		Section 1 from passage New section
93	98		Sec. 2 from passage New section
94	99		Sec. 3 from passage New section
95	100		Sec. 4 from passage New section
96	101
97		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
98		-	In Section 4, "July" was changed to "January" for accuracy.
	102	+	Statement of Purpose:
	103	+	To allow (1) certain persons to file for property tax exemptions,
	104	+	notwithstanding certain statutory deadlines, and (2) the town of
	105	+	Woodbridge to renew certain temporary notes.
	106	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	107	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	108	+	not underlined.]
99	109
100		-	PD Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	110	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.
	111	+
	112	+	H.B. 6120
101	113