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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6292
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6631
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING MO TOR VEHICLE TAX ASSESSME NTS FOR
CERTAIN OWNERS OF RE NTAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Notwithstanding any 1
provision of the general statutes, special act, municipal charter or 2
home rule ordinance, in the case of an owner of a rental property who 3
does not reside at such rental property and against whom taxes are 4
assessed for a motor vehicle located at such rental property, which 5
motor vehicle is not owned or leased by such owner, such owner may 6
present, in any appeal for relief from such assessment, as conclusive 7
proof that such owner is not liable for such assessment (1) a copy of 8
such owner's motor vehicle operator's license, (2) a utility bill 9
addressed to such owner's personal residence, (3) a lease agreement for 10
such rental property, or (4) other relevant information regarding the 11
tenant or occupant of such rental property. 12
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To allow a landlord to produce certain documents to prove such
landlord is not residing at a rental property owned by such landlord
for purposes of contesting motor vehicle tax assessments.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CUMMINGS, 74th Dist.; REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
H.B. 6292