| 14 | | - | Section 1. Section 12-81w of the general statutes is repealed and the |
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| 15 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021, and |
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| 16 | | - | applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2021): |
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| 17 | | - | The legislative body of any municipality may establish, by ordinance, |
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| 18 | | - | a program to provide property tax relief for a nonsalaried local |
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| 19 | | - | emergency management director, any individual who volunteers his or |
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| 20 | | - | her services as a firefighter, fire police officer, as defined in subsection |
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| 21 | | - | (a) of section 7-308, emergency medical technician, paramedic, civil |
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| 22 | | - | preparedness staff, active member of a volunteer canine search and |
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| 23 | | - | rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, active member of a volunteer |
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| 24 | | - | underwater search and rescue team, or ambulance driver in the |
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| 25 | | - | municipality, or any individual who is a retired volunteer firefighter, |
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| 26 | | - | fire police officer or emergency medical technician and has completed |
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| 27 | | - | at least twenty-five years of service as a volunteer firefighter, fire police |
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| 28 | | - | officer or emergency medical technician in the municipality. Such tax |
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| 29 | | - | relief may provide either (1) [(A) for the period commencing July 1, 2019, |
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| 30 | | - | and ending June 30, 2021, an abatement of up to one thousand five |
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| 31 | | - | hundred dollars in property taxes due for any fiscal year, and (B) on and House Bill No. 6420 |
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| 26 | + | Section 1. Section 12-81w of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 27 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021, and 2 |
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| 28 | + | applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2021): 3 |
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| 29 | + | The legislative body of any municipality may establish, by ordinance, 4 |
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| 30 | + | a program to provide property tax relief for a nonsalaried local 5 |
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| 31 | + | emergency management director, any individual who volunteers his or 6 |
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| 32 | + | her services as a firefighter, fire police officer, as defined in subsection 7 |
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| 33 | + | (a) of section 7-308, emergency medical technician, paramedic, civil 8 |
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| 34 | + | preparedness staff, active member of a volunteer canine search and 9 |
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| 35 | + | rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, active member of a volunteer 10 |
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| 36 | + | underwater search and rescue team, or ambulance driver in the 11 |
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| 37 | + | municipality, or any individual who is a retired volunteer firefighter, 12 |
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| 38 | + | fire police officer or emergency medical technician and has completed 13 |
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| 39 | + | at least twenty-five years of service as a volunteer firefighter, fire police 14 Raised Bill No. 6420 |
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| 35 | | - | after July 1, 2021,] an abatement of up to two thousand dollars in |
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| 36 | | - | property taxes due for any fiscal year, or (2) an exemption applicable to |
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| 37 | | - | the assessed value of real or personal property up to an amount equal |
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| 38 | | - | to the quotient of [one] two million dollars divided by the mill rate, in |
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| 39 | | - | effect at the time of assessment, expressed as a whole number of dollars |
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| 40 | | - | per one thousand dollars of assessed value. Any ordinance may |
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| 41 | | - | authorize interlocal agreements for the purpose of providing property |
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| 42 | | - | tax relief to such volunteers who live in one municipality but volunteer |
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| 43 | | - | or volunteered their services in another municipality. |
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| 46 | + | officer or emergency medical technician in the municipality. Such tax 15 |
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| 47 | + | relief may provide either (1) (A) [for the period commencing] beginning 16 |
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| 48 | + | July 1, 2019, and ending [June 30] September 30, 2021, an abatement of 17 |
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| 49 | + | up to one thousand five hundred dollars in property taxes due for any 18 |
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| 50 | + | fiscal year, and (B) [on and after July 1] beginning October 1, 2021, an 19 |
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| 51 | + | abatement of up to two thousand dollars in property taxes due for any 20 |
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| 52 | + | fiscal year, or (2) an exemption applicable to the assessed value of real 21 |
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| 53 | + | or personal property up to an amount equal to the quotient of [one] two 22 |
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| 54 | + | million dollars divided by the mill rate, in effect at the time of 23 |
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| 55 | + | assessment, expressed as a whole number of dollars per one thousand 24 |
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| 56 | + | dollars of assessed value. Any ordinance may authorize interlocal 25 |
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| 57 | + | agreements for the purpose of providing property tax relief to such 26 |
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| 58 | + | volunteers who live in one municipality but volunteer or volunteered 27 |
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| 59 | + | their services in another municipality. 28 |
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| 60 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 61 | + | sections: |
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| 63 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2021, and |
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| 64 | + | applicable to assessment |
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| 65 | + | years commencing on or |
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| 66 | + | after October 1, 2021 |
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| 67 | + | 12-81w |
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| 69 | + | PD Joint Favorable |
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