Bill Text: CT HB06559 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Municipal Option To Adopt Assessment Rates Limiting Property Tax Increases On Residential Properties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Signed by the Governor [HB06559 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06559-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 6559 | ||
January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 4158 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
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AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPAL OPTION TO SEND MUNICIPAL TAX BILLS VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 12-130 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) When any community, authorized to raise money by taxation, lays a tax, it shall appoint a collector thereof; and the selectmen of towns, and the committees of other communities, except as otherwise specially provided by law, shall make out and sign rate bills containing the proportion which each individual is to pay according to the assessment list; and any judge of the Superior Court or any justice of the peace, on their application or that of their successors in office, shall issue a warrant for the collection of any sums due on such rate bills. Each collector shall mail, send by electronic mail as provided in subsection (c) of this section, or hand to each individual from whom taxes are due a bill for the amount of taxes for which such individual is liable and shall attach thereto a statement of the year and amount of all back taxes for which such individual is liable. In addition, the collector shall include with such bill, using one of the following methods (1) attachment, (2) enclosure, or (3) printed matter upon the face of the bill, a statement of state aid to municipalities which shall be in the following form:
The (fiscal year) budget for the (city or town) estimates that .... Dollars will be received from the state of Connecticut for various state financed programs. Without this assistance your (fiscal year) property tax would be (herein insert the amount computed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section) mills.
Failure to send out any such bill or statement shall not invalidate the tax.
(b) The mill rate to be inserted in the statement of state aid to municipalities required by subsection (a) of this section shall be computed on the total estimated revenues required to fund the estimated expenditures of the municipality exclusive of assistance received or anticipated from the state.
(c) No collector may send a rate bill by electronic mail unless the taxpayer has affirmatively indicated to the collector such taxpayer's assent to receiving rate bills by electronic mail.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
12-130 |
FIN |
Joint Favorable |
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PD |
Joint Favorable |