LCO No. 860 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 468 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 860 Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. AN ACT INCREASING THE STATE TAX RATE ON CERTAIN PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to increase by five per cent the 1 rate of state tax on any private investment fund that owns a newspaper 2 publishing company and that enacts cost-saving measures that reduce 3 the salaries or retirement benefits of the employees of such newspaper 4 publishing company. 5 Statement of Purpose: To increase the state tax rate on certain private investment funds.