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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6609
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E FAILURE TO FILE FOR A CERTAIN
GRAND LIST EXEMPTION .
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 2019 and 2020 grand list exemption for all or part of the 4
assessment years pursuant to said subdivision (7) in the city of Danbury, 5
except that such person failed to file the required statements within the 6
time period prescribed, shall be regarded as having filed such 7
statements in a timely manner if such person files such statements not 8
later than thirty days after the effective date of this section and pays the 9
late filing fees pursuant to section 12-87a of the general statutes. Upon 10
confirmation of the receipt of such fees and verification of the exemption 11
eligibility of such property, the assessor shall approve the exemptions 12
for such property. If taxes, interest or penalties have been paid on the 13
property for which such exemptions are approved, the city of Danbury 14
shall reimburse such person in an amount equal to the amount by which 15
such taxes, interest and penalties exceed any taxes payable if the 16
statements had been filed in a timely manner. 17 Substitute Bill No. 6609
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1, "statement" was changed to "statements", "fee" was changed
to "fees", "exemption" was changed to "exemptions" and "exemption is"
was changed to "exemptions are" for accuracy.
PD Joint Favorable Subst.