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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, 4
such tax credit would be applicable against any state income tax owed 5
by a landlord and would be equal to twenty-five per cent of the rental 6
income a landlord receives from any tenant who is a formerly 7
incarcerated individual. The task force shall consider the following in 8
its study: 9
(1) The potential impact of such tax credit on the availability of 10
housing for formerly incarcerated individuals; 11
(2) The potential financial benefits to landlords who provide 12
housing to formerly incarcerated individuals; 13
(3) The potential impact of such tax credit on recidivism rates of 14 Bill No. 6779
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formerly incarcerated individuals and the potential financial benefits 15
to the state resulting from any such reduced recidivism rates; 16
(4) The potential administrative costs associated with implementing 17
the tax credit program; and 18
(5) The best practices for implementing a housing opportunity tax 19
credit program. 20
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 21
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 22
one of whom is a formerly incarcerated individual; 23
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 24
of whom is a representative of a nonprofit entity that provides housing 25
services; 26
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 27
Representatives; 28
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 29
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 30
Representatives, who is a landlord; 31
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a 32
representative of a nonprofit entity that provides services to formerly 33
incarcerated individuals; 34
(7) The Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee; 35
(8) The Commissioner of Revenue Services, or the commissioner's 36
designee; and 37
(9) The Commissioner of Correction, or the commissioner's 38
designee. 39
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 40 Bill No. 6779
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(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 41
of the General Assembly. 42
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 43
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy 44
shall be filled by the appointing authority. 45
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 46
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 47
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 48
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 49
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 50
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 51
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 52
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 53
(g) Not later than January 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a 54
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 55
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 56
relating to housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 57
of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 58
submits such report or January 1, 2024, whichever is later. 59
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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