Connecticut HB 5407: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCIES IN THE FILING OF HABEAS CORPUS MATTERS.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5407
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1985

Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY
AFFAIRS

Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE REIMBURSEMENT TO
MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVENUE LOST DUE TO THE PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS WITH A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT
PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY RATING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2027) On or before July first, 1
annually, the assessor of each municipality shall certify to the Secretary 2
of the Office of Policy and Management, on a form furnished by said 3
secretary, the amount of tax revenue which such municipality, except 4
for the provisions of subdivision (83) of section 12-81 of the general 5
statutes, would have received for the assessment year ending 6
immediately preceding. Any municipality which neglects to transmit to 7
said secretary such claim and supporting documentation as required by 8
this section shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars to the state, provided 9
said secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures 10
and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54 of 11
the general statutes. Said secretary shall review each such claim as 12
provided in section 12-120b of the general statutes. Any claimant 13

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aggrieved by the results of the secretary's review shall have the rights of 14
appeal as set forth in section 12-120b of the general statutes. The 15
secretary shall, on or before December fifteenth, annually, certify to the 16
Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the provisions of 17
this section, including any modification of such claim made prior to 18
December fifteenth, and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the 19
Treasurer on the fifth business day following and the Treasurer shall 20
pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the thirty-first 21
day of December following. If any modification is made as the result of 22
the provisions of this section on or after the December fifteenth 23
following the date on which the assessor has provided the amount of 24
tax revenue in question, any adjustments to the amount due to any 25
municipality for the period for which such modification was made shall 26
be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such 27
municipality pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, 28
"municipality" means a town, city, borough, consolidated town and city 29
or consolidated town and borough. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 January 1, 2027 New section

VA Joint Favorable