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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6609
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4702
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND
LIST EXEMPTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 1
subparagraph (A) of subdivision (7) of section 12-81 of the general 2
statutes and section 12-87a of the general statutes, any person otherwise 3
eligible for a 2018 grand list exemption for all or part of the assessment 4
year pursuant to said subdivision (7) in the city of New Haven, except 5
that such person failed to file the required statement within the time 6
period prescribed, shall be regarded as having filed such statement in a 7
timely manner if such person files such statement not later than thirty 8
days after the effective date of this section and pays the late filing fee 9
pursuant to section 12-87a of the general statutes. Upon confirmation of 10
the receipt of such fee and verification of the exemption eligibility of 11
such property, the assessor shall approve the exemption for such 12
property. If taxes, interest or penalties have been paid on the property 13
for which such exemption is approved, the city of New Haven shall 14
reimburse such person in an amount equal to the amount by which such 15
taxes, interest and penalties exceed any taxes payable if the statement 16
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had been filed in a timely manner. 17
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow certain persons to file for a certain property tax exemption,
notwithstanding certain statutory deadlines.
[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.]