Bill Text: CT SB00203 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Property Tax Exemptions For Renewable Energy Sources.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-03 - Signed by the Governor [SB00203 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00203-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 203
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 4442
		*04442SB00203ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)

AN ACT CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (57) of section 12-81 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2013):

(57) (a) Any Class I renewable energy source, as defined in section 16-1, or any hydropower facility described in subdivision (27) of section 16-1, installed for the generation of electricity for private residential use or on a farm, as defined in subsection (q) of section 1-1, or for commercial or industrial use, provided such installation occurs on or after October 1, 2007, for a private residence or a farm, or on or after January 1, 2010, for a commercial or industrial property, and further provided such installation is for a single family dwelling, a multifamily dwelling consisting of two to four units or a farm or for commercial or industrial purposes, or any passive or active solar water or space heating system or geothermal energy resource;

(b) Any person claiming the exemption provided in this subdivision for any assessment year shall, on or before the first day of November in such assessment year, file with the assessor or board of assessors in the town in which such hydropower facility, Class I renewable energy source, or passive or active solar water or space heating system or geothermal energy resource is located, a written application claiming such exemption. Failure to file such application in the manner and form as provided by such assessor or board within the time limit prescribed shall constitute a waiver of the right to such exemption for such assessment year. Such application shall not be required for any assessment year following that for which the initial application is filed, provided if such hydropower facility, Class I renewable energy source, or passive or active solar water or space heating system or geothermal energy resource is altered in a manner which would require a building permit, such alteration shall be deemed a waiver of the right to such exemption until a new application, applicable with respect to such altered source, is filed and the right to such exemption is established as required initially;

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2013	12-81(57)

Statement of Purpose:

To exempt from property tax any Class I renewable energy source installed for the generation of electricity for commercial or industrial use.

[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.]

Co-Sponsors:

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. HARP, 10th Dist. REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.; REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.; REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.; REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist. REP. ZONI, 81st Dist.; REP. ALBIS, 99th Dist.

S.B. 203