Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00518 Compare Versions

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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 518
8	7		January Session, 2019
9	8		LCO No. 3604
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12	11		Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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15	14		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPAL OPTION FOR PROPERTY TAX
21	20		ABATEMENTS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to assessment 1
26	25		years commencing on or after October 1, 2019) Any municipality may, by 2
27	26		vote of its legislative body, or, in a municipality where the legislative 3
28	27		body is a town meeting, by vote of the board of selectmen, abate up to 4
29	28		one hundred per cent of the property taxes due for any real property 5
30	29		used for arts or culture, including, but not limited to, art galleries, art 6
31	30		studios, installation galleries, performance venues and retailers 7
32	31		catering to or relating to the arts. 8
33	32		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
34	33		sections:
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36	35		Section 1 October 1, 2019, and
37	36		applicable to assessment
38	37		years commencing on or
39	38		after October 1, 2019
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41	41		Committee Bill No. 518
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48		-	PD Joint Favorable
	46	+	Statement of Purpose:
	47	+	To permit municipalities to provide a property tax abatement for real
	48	+	property used for arts and culture.
	49	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	50	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	51	+	not underlined.]
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	53	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist.; REP. POLLETTA, 68th Dist.
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	55	+	S.B. 518
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