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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6779
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 4695
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY A HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES TAX CREDIT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to conduct a study of the feasibility and potential benefits of providing 2
a housing opportunity tax credit to landlords who offer housing to 3
formerly incarcerated individuals. For the purposes of this section, such 4
tax credit would be applicable against any state income tax owed by a 5
landlord and would be equal to twenty-five per cent of the rental income 6
a landlord receives from any tenant who is a formerly incarcerated 7
individual. The task force shall consider the following in its study: 8
(1) The potential impact of such tax credit on the availability of 9
housing for formerly incarcerated individuals; 10
(2) The potential financial benefits to landlords who provide housing 11
to formerly incarcerated individuals; 12
(3) The potential impact of such tax credit on recidivism rates of 13
formerly incarcerated individuals and the potential financial benefits to 14 Raised Bill No. 6779
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the state resulting from any such reduced recidivism rates; 15
(4) The potential administrative costs associated with implementing 16
the tax credit program; and 17
(5) The best practices for implementing a housing opportunity tax 18
credit program. 19
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 20
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 21
one of whom is a formerly incarcerated individual; 22
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 23
whom is a representative of a nonprofit entity that provides housing 24
services; 25
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 26
Representatives; 27
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 28
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 29
Representatives, who is a landlord; 30
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a 31
representative of a nonprofit entity that provides services to formerly 32
incarcerated individuals; 33
(7) The Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee; 34
(8) The Commissioner of Revenue Services, or the commissioner's 35
designee; and 36
(9) The Commissioner of Correction, or the commissioner's designee. 37
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 38
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 39
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(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 41
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 42
be filled by the appointing authority. 43
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 44
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 45
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 46
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 47
days after the effective date of this section. 48
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 49
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 50
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 51
(g) Not later than January 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a report 52
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 53
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, 54
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 55
The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or 56
January 1, 2024, whichever is later. 57
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to study a housing opportunities tax credit
program for landlords that provides housing opportunities to formerly
incarcerated individuals.
[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.]