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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6125
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1013
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS AGE SIXTY-FIVE AND OLDER
AND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 12-129b of the general statutes be amended to permit 1
any individual age sixty-five or older to freeze the rate of real property 2
tax payments on such individual's primary residence, provided (1) a 3
lien shall be placed on such residence equal to the sum of all exempted 4
payment amounts each year, (2) such lien shall be released upon 5
payment of the sum of all exempted payment amounts, and (3) if such 6
residence is owned by more than one individual, and one or more of 7
such owners is under the age of sixty-five, a proportion of the real 8
property tax equal to the combined ownership interest of each owner 9
age sixty-five or over shall be frozen. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To freeze the property tax for individuals age sixty-five and older.