Sec. 12-94a. State reimbursement in lieu of tax revenue from totally disabled persons. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 12-94a. State reimbursement in lieu of tax revenue from totally disabled persons. On or before July first, annually, the tax collector of each municipality shall certify to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on a form furnished by said secretary, the amount of tax revenue which such municipality, except for the provisions of subdivision (55) of section 12-81, would have received, together with such supporting information as said secretary may require, except that for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2003, such certification shall be made to the secretary on or before August 1, 2004. Any municipality which neglects to transmit to said secretary such claim and supporting documentation as required by this section shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars to the state, provided said secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54. Said secretary shall review each such claim as provided in section 12-120b. Any claimant aggrieved by the results of the secretary's review shall have the rights of appeal as set forth in section 12-120b. The secretary shall, on or before December fifteenth, annually, certify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the provisions of this section, including any modification of such claim made prior to December fifteenth, and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer on the fifth business day following and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the thirty-first day of December following. If any modification is made as the result of the provisions of this section on or after the December fifteenth following the date on which the tax collector has provided the amount of tax revenue in question, any adjustments to the amount due to any municipality for the period for which such modification was made shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such municipality pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, "municipality" means a town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the assessment year commencing on October 1, 2002. In the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2004, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total amount of the grants payable to all municipalities exceeds the amount appropriated.

      (P.A. 74-123, S. 3, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 3, 47; P.A. 85-371, S. 4, 10; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-73, S. 1, 5; 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 17, 28; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-283, S. 15, 68; P.A. 96-261, S. 3, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 48, 85; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 41; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 77; P.A. 05-287, S. 13.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services; P.A. 85-371 extended final date for review by secretary from November first following deadline for receipt of claims to July first following said deadline and added provisions re payments of adjustments in amounts due to municipalities resulting from modifications of claims occurring after December first, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to any grant or claim information received by the secretary of the office of policy and management on or after that date; P.A. 90-73 added the provision for municipal forfeiture in the event of failure to submit the required documentation and the related waiver procedure; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 added the definition of "municipality", effective June 21, 1994, and applicable to the grant-in-lieu of taxes made in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1994, and each fiscal year thereafter; P.A. 95-283 changed location of appeal from the judicial district in which the municipality is located to the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain, effective October 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" in 1995 public and special acts, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 96-261 repealed changes made by P.A. 95-283, effective June 10, 1996; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 replaced former provision re administrative review of claims with uniform process provided for in Sec. 12-120b and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 suspended reimbursement for the 2002 and 2003 assessment years, effective August 20, 2003, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 specified the time period for the towns' certification for the 2003 assessment year and added provision re pro rata reduction of payments when the total amount due exceeds the amount appropriated, effective May 12, 2004, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2003; P.A. 05-287 replaced references to "December first" with references to "December fifteenth" and changed "or before the fifteenth day of December" to "the fifth business day", effective July 13, 2005.

      See Sec. 12-81i re additional exemption for totally disabled persons.