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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 518
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3604
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPAL OPTION FOR PROPERTY TAX
ABATEMENTS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to assessment 1
years commencing on or after October 1, 2019) Any municipality may, by 2
vote of its legislative body, or, in a municipality where the legislative 3
body is a town meeting, by vote of the board of selectmen, abate up to 4
one hundred per cent of the property taxes due for any real property 5
used for arts or culture, including, but not limited to, art galleries, art 6
studios, installation galleries, performance venues and retailers 7
catering to or relating to the arts. 8
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019, and
applicable to assessment
years commencing on or
after October 1, 2019
New section
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PD Joint Favorable