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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6546
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4107
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING MU NICIPAL PERMITTING AND DELINQUENT
TAXES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) Notwithstanding the 1
provisions of sections 8-3, 8-3c, 8-25, 8-26, 22a-42a, 29-263 and 29-265 of 2
the general statutes, any municipality may, by ordinance, authorize the 3
zoning commission, planning commission, combined planning and 4
zoning commission, zoning board of appeals, inland wetlands agency 5
or building official, as applicable, to withhold the approval of any site 6
plan application, any application for a plan of subdivision or 7
resubdivision, any application for a special permit or exception or 8
special exemption, any application for a permit for an activity regulated 9
pursuant to sections 22a-36 to 22a-45, inclusive, of the general statutes, 10
any application for a building permit or any application for a certificate 11
of occupancy if any of the following individuals or entities is delinquent 12
in the payment of any property taxes in the municipality or is in arrears 13
as to installment payments with respect to any such delinquency: (1) 14
The applicant; (2) the owner of the real property that is the subject of 15
such application; (3) any entity in which such applicant or owner has an 16
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ownership interest; or (4) any entity in which such applicant or owner 17
previously had an ownership interest for the seven grand list years prior 18
to such application, regardless of whether such entity is in existence or 19
operation as of such application. For the purposes of this subsection, 20
upon the request of any such commission, board, agency or official, the 21
tax collector of such municipality shall provide to such commission, 22
board, agency or official any information regarding any such 23
delinquency or arrearage of any such individual or entity necessary to 24
determine whether to withhold any such approval. 25
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 26
any delinquency described in said subsection that is discharged as part 27
of any bankruptcy proceeding. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To afford municipalities discretion in withholding certain land use
approvals on account of certain individuals' or entities' property tax
delinquency.
[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.]