| 26 | | - | Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 8-216 of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 27 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 |
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| 28 | | - | 1, 2021): 3 |
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| 29 | | - | (b) The state, acting [by and in the discretion of] through the 4 |
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| 30 | | - | Commissioner of Housing, [may] shall enter into a contract with a 5 |
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| 31 | | - | municipality and the housing authority of the municipality or with the 6 |
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| 32 | | - | Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or any subsidiary created by 7 |
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| 33 | | - | the authority pursuant to section 8-242a or 8-244 or with a successor 8 |
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| 34 | | - | owner to make payments in lieu of taxes to the municipality on land and 9 |
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| 35 | | - | improvements owned or leased by the housing authority or the 10 |
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| 36 | | - | Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or successor owner under the 11 |
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| 37 | | - | provisions of part II of chapter 128. On and after July 1, 1997, the time 12 |
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| 38 | | - | period of the contract may include the remaining years of operation of 13 |
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| 39 | | - | the project. Such payments shall be made annually in an amount equal 14 |
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| 40 | | - | to the taxes that would be paid on such property were the property not 15 |
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| 41 | | - | exempt from taxation, and shall be calculated by multiplying the 16 |
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| 42 | | - | Committee Bill No. 6240 |
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| 45 | | - | LCO No. 4076 2 of 3 |
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| 47 | | - | assessed value of such property, which shall be determined by the tax 17 |
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| 48 | | - | assessor of such municipality in the manner used by such assessor for 18 |
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| 49 | | - | assessing the value of other real property, by the applicable tax rate of 19 |
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| 50 | | - | the municipality. Such contract shall provide that, in consideration of 20 |
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| 51 | | - | such grant-in-aid, the municipality shall waive during the period of 21 |
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| 52 | | - | such contract any payments by the housing authority or the Connecticut 22 |
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| 53 | | - | Housing Finance Authority or successor owner to the municipality 23 |
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| 54 | | - | under the provisions of section 8-71, and shall further provide that the 24 |
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| 55 | | - | amount of the payments so waived shall be used by the housing 25 |
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| 56 | | - | authority or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority or successor 26 |
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| 57 | | - | owner for a program of social and supplementary services to the 27 |
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| 58 | | - | occupants or shall be applied to the operating costs or reserves of the 28 |
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| 59 | | - | property, or shall be used to maintain or improve the physical quality 29 |
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| 60 | | - | of the property. As used in this subsection, a "successor owner" means 30 |
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| 61 | | - | an entity that owns a housing project developed pursuant to part II of 31 |
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| 62 | | - | chapter 128 after the revitalization of such project pursuant to a plan 32 |
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| 63 | | - | approved by the commissioner. 33 |
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| 64 | | - | Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 8-216 of the general statutes is 34 |
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| 65 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 35 |
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| 66 | | - | 1, 2021): 36 |
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| 67 | | - | (d) The state, acting [by and in the discretion of] through the 37 |
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| 68 | | - | Commissioner of Housing, [may] shall enter into a contract with a 38 |
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| 69 | | - | municipality to make payments in lieu of taxes to the municipality on 39 |
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| 70 | | - | land and improvements owned or leased by said commissioner 40 |
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| 71 | | - | pursuant to chapter 129. Such payments shall be made annually in an 41 |
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| 72 | | - | amount equal to the taxes that would be paid on such property were the 42 |
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| 73 | | - | property not exempt from taxation, and shall be calculated by 43 |
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| 74 | | - | multiplying the assessed value of such property, which shall be 44 |
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| 75 | | - | determined by the tax assessor of such municipality in the manner used 45 |
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| 76 | | - | by such assessor for assessing the value of other real property, by the 46 |
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| 77 | | - | applicable tax rate of the municipality. Such contract shall provide that, 47 |
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| 78 | | - | in consideration of such grant-in-aid the municipality shall waive any 48 |
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| 79 | | - | payments by the state to the municipality under the provisions of a 49 |
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| 80 | | - | Committee Bill No. 6240 |
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| 83 | | - | LCO No. 4076 3 of 3 |
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| 85 | | - | cooperation agreement between the municipality and said 50 |
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| 86 | | - | commissioner. 51 |
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| 87 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 90 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2021 8-216(b) |
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| 91 | | - | Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 8-216(d) |
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| 31 | + | That chapter 203 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 |
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| 32 | + | state to provide payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities for State 2 |
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| 33 | + | Housing Authority properties, paid at one hundred per cent of the 3 |
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| 34 | + | amount of property taxes that, except for the exemption in section 12-81 4 |
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| 35 | + | of the general statutes, would have been paid. 5 |
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