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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1009
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5582
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING MI NOR AND TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE
OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT RELATED S TATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 7-325 of the general 1
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective July 1, 2019): 3
(c) The clerk of each district created pursuant to this chapter or any 4
provisions of the general statutes or any special act, shall report to the 5
town clerk of each town in which such district is located: (1) If created 6
by approval of a petition pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on 7
or after July 1, 1987, within seven days of such approval; and (2) on or 8
before July 31, 1993, and [annually thereafter for each such district, 9
irrespective of the date of creation] any time the charter or special act 10
of such district is amended. The first report filed after the creation of a 11
district shall include a list of the officers of such district, a copy of the 12
charter or special act of such district and such other information on the 13
organization and the financial status of such district as the Secretary of 14
the Office of Policy and Management may recommend. A copy of the 15 Raised Bill No. 1009
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charter or special act of such district shall be included in any 16
subsequent report if such charter or special act was amended after the 17
date of the previous filing. No district, irrespective of the date of 18
creation, created by approval of a petition pursuant to subsection (a) of 19
this section shall exist as a body corporate and politic until the clerk of 20
such district has filed at least one report required by this subsection. If 21
a district is located in more than one town, the report shall be filed by 22
the district clerk with the town clerk of each town in which the district 23
is located. 24
(d) [Any fine imposed on and after July 1, 1992, on a clerk for failure 25
to file a report required pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall 26
be waived.] Not later than October 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the 27
clerk of each district shall submit a statement to the Secretary of the 28
Office of Policy and Management on a form prescribed by the 29
secretary. Such statement shall include complete information 30
concerning the mill rate and tax levy in the district for the preceding 31
year. Any clerk who neglects to file a true and correct statement shall 32
forfeit one hundred dollars to the state. 33
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 12-81g of the general statutes is 34
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 35
1, 2019): 36
(1) Effective for the assessment year commencing October 1, [2013] 37
2019, and each assessment year thereafter, any municipality may, upon 38
approval by its legislative body or, in any town in which the legislative 39
body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, provide that, in lieu 40
of the additional exemption prescribed under subsection (a) of this 41
section, any person entitled to an exemption from property tax in 42
accordance with subdivision (20) of section 12-81, reflecting any 43
increase made pursuant to the provisions of section 12-62g, who has a 44
disability rating of one hundred per cent, as determined by the United 45
States Department of Veterans Affairs, shall be entitled to an 46
additional exemption from such tax in an amount equal to three times 47
the amount of the exemption provided for such person pursuant to 48 Raised Bill No. 1009
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subdivision (20) of section 12-81, provided such person's total adjusted 49
gross income as determined for purposes of the federal income tax, 50
[plus any other income not included in such adjusted income,] 51
excluding veterans' disability payments, individually if unmarried, or 52
jointly with spouse if married, during the calendar year ending 53
immediately preceding the filing of a claim for any such exemption, is 54
not more than twenty-four thousand dollars if such person is married 55
or not more than twenty-one thousand dollars if such person is not 56
married. 57
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not limit the applicability 58
of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section for persons not 59
eligible for the property tax exemption provided by this subsection. 60
Sec. 3. Section 12-81cc of the general statutes is repealed and the 61
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 62
Any person who has established his or her entitlement to a property 63
tax exemption under [subdivisions] subdivision (19), (20), (22), (23), 64
(24), (25), (26), (28) or (53) of section 12-81 or section 12-81g, as 65
amended by this act, for a particular assessment year shall be issued a 66
certificate as to such entitlement by the tax assessor of the relevant 67
municipality. Such person shall be entitled to such exemption in any 68
municipality in this state for such assessment year provided a copy of 69
such certificate is provided to the tax assessor of any municipality in 70
which such exemption is claimed and further provided such person 71
would otherwise have been eligible for such exemption in such 72
municipality if he or she had filed for such exemption as provided 73
under the general statutes. 74
Sec. 4. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 12-170e of the 75
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 76
thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 77
(2) The amounts of income at each level of qualifying income, as 78
provided in the table in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall be 79
adjusted annually in a uniform manner to reflect the annual inflation 80 Raised Bill No. 1009
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adjustment in Social Security income. Each such adjustment of 81
qualifying income shall be determined to the nearest one hundred 82
dollars and shall be applicable in determining the amount of grant 83
allowed under this subsection with respect to charges for rents, 84
electricity, gas, water and fuel actually paid during the preceding 85
calendar year. Each such adjustment of qualifying income shall be 86
prepared by the [Commissioner of Housing] Secretary of the Office of 87
Policy and Management in relation to the annual inflation adjustment 88
in Social Security, if any, becoming effective at any time during the 89
twelve-month period immediately preceding the first day of October 90
each year and shall be distributed to the assessors in each municipality 91
not later than the thirty-first day of December next following. 92
Sec. 5. Subsection (a) of section 12-170f of the general statutes is 93
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 94
1, 2019): 95
(a) Any renter, believing himself or herself to be entitled to a grant 96
under section 12-170d for any calendar year, shall apply for such grant 97
to the assessor of the municipality in which the renter resides or to the 98
duly authorized agent of such assessor or municipality on or after 99
April first and not later than October first of each year with respect to 100
such grant for the calendar year preceding each such year, on a form 101
prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 102
Management to the assessor. [A renter may apply to the secretary prior 103
to December fifteenth of the claim year for an extension of the 104
application period. The secretary may grant such extension in the case 105
of extenuating circumstance due to illness or incapacitation as 106
evidenced by a certificate signed by a physician or an advanced 107
practice registered nurse to that extent, or if the secretary determines 108
there is good cause for doing so.] A renter making such application 109
shall present to such assessor or agent, in substantiation of the renter's 110
application, a copy of the renter's federal income tax return, and if not 111
required to file a federal income tax return, such other evidence of 112
qualifying income, receipts for money received, or cancelled checks, or 113
copies thereof, and any other evidence the assessor or such agent may 114 Raised Bill No. 1009
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require. When the assessor or agent is satisfied that the applying renter 115
is entitled to a grant, such assessor or agent shall issue a certificate of 116
grant in such form as the secretary may prescribe and supply showing 117
the amount of the grant due. 118
Sec. 6. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 16a-31 of the general 119
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 120
(Effective July 1, 2019): 121
(a) The following actions when undertaken by any state agency, 122
with state or federal funds, shall be consistent with the plan: 123
(1) The acquisition of real property when the acquisition costs are in 124
excess of two hundred thousand dollars; 125
(2) The development or improvement of real property when the 126
development costs are in excess of two hundred thousand dollars; 127
(3) The acquisition of public transportation equipment or facilities 128
when the acquisition costs are in excess of two hundred thousand 129
dollars; and 130
(4) The authorization of each state grant, any application for which 131
is not pending on July 1, 1991, for an amount in excess of two hundred 132
thousand dollars, for the acquisition or development or improvement 133
of real property or for the acquisition of public transportation 134
equipment or facilities. 135
(b) [A] Whenever an action described in subsection (a) of this 136
section is undertaken, and such action is subject to the public scoping 137
process described in section 22a-1b, the sponsoring state agency shall 138
request, and the secretary shall provide, an advisory statement 139
commenting on the extent to which [any of the actions specified in 140
subsection (a) of this section] such action conforms to the plan. [and 141
any] Any agency may request and the secretary shall provide such 142
other advisory reports as the state agency deems advisable. 143
Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 19a-308 of the general statutes is 144 Raised Bill No. 1009
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 145
1, 2019): 146
(a) In any town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery 147
containing more than six places of interment [and not under the 148
control or management of any currently functioning cemetery 149
association,] that has been neglected and allowed to grow up to weeds, 150
briars and bushes, or about which the fences have become broken, 151
decayed or dilapidated, the selectmen of such town may cause such 152
burial ground or cemetery to be cleared of weeds, briars and bushes, 153
may mow the ground's lawn areas and may cause its fences or walls to 154
be repaired and kept in orderly and decent condition and its memorial 155
stones to be straightened. 156
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 7-325(c) and (d)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 12-81g(b)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 12-81cc
Sec. 4 July 1, 2019 12-170e(a)(2)
Sec. 5 July 1, 2019 12-170f(a)
Sec. 6 July 1, 2019 16a-31(a) and (b)
Sec. 7 July 1, 2019 19a-308(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To implement minor and technical changes to the statutes of the Office
of Policy and Management.
[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.]