Sec. 12-170bb. Annual report concerning tax relief for elderly homeowners and grants to elderly renters. Preparation by the Office of Policy and Management. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 12-170bb. Annual report concerning tax relief for elderly homeowners and grants to elderly renters. Preparation by the Office of Policy and Management. (a) On or before March first, annually, commencing March 1, 1988, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report concerning the state programs of tax relief for elderly homeowners and grants to elderly renters to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly on finance, revenue and bonding. Said report shall be prepared in relation to qualified participants, benefits allowed and state payments to municipalities as reimbursement for property tax loss in the preceding calendar year, including data concerning (1) the total number of qualified participants in each of the state programs for elderly homeowners and the state program for elderly renters and (2) total benefits allowed in each of such programs. The information as to qualified participants and benefits allowed shall be subdivided to reflect such totals with respect to each of the following categories: (A) Each of the income brackets as included in the schedule of benefits for elderly homeowners and renters and (B) married and unmarried participants.

      (b) In addition to the information described in subsection (a), said report pertaining to the state programs of tax reduction for elderly homeowners and grant to elderly renters shall include statistics related to distribution of benefits, applicable to the preceding calendar year, as follows:

      (1) With respect to each of the bracket of tax reduction benefits in the following schedules, the total number of persons in the state program of tax reduction for homeowners under section 12-170aa who received benefits within the limits of each such bracket, including the number of persons receiving the maximum and the minimum amounts of tax reduction:

Amount of Tax Reduction Allowed Married HomeownersUnmarried Homeowners OverNot ExceedingOverNot Exceeding $         $   100 (Minimum)$      $   100 (Minimum)      100     200  100     200      200     300  200     300      300     400  300     400      400     500  400     500      500     600  500     600      600     700  600     700      700     800  700     800      800     900  800     900      900  1,000  900     999   1,000  1,100   1,000 (Maximum)   1,100  1,249      1,250 (Maximum)  

      (2) With respect to each of the brackets concerning grants to renters in the following schedules, the total number of persons in the state program of grants for elderly renters under sections 12-170d and 12-170e who received benefits within the limits of each such bracket, including the number of persons receiving the maximum and the minimum amount of grant:

Amount of State Grant Allowed Married RentersUnmarried Renters OverNot ExceedingOverNot Exceeding $      $100 (Minimum)$      $100 (Minimum)   100  200  100  200   200  300  200  300   300  400  300  400   400  500  400  500   500  600  500  600   600  700  600  699   700  800    700 (Maximum)   800  899         900 (Maximum)    

      (3) With respect to each of the brackets of benefits in the following schedule, the total number of persons in the state tax-freeze program for elderly homeowners under section 12-129b who received benefits in tax reduction within the limits of each such bracket:

Amount of Tax Reduction Benefit Allowed OverNot Exceeding $         $   300      300     600      600     900      900  1,200   1,200  1,500   1,500 
      (P.A. 85-612, S. 5, 6; P.A. 87-586, S. 4, 12; P.A. 88-5, S. 1, 2.)

      History: P.A. 87-586 added Subsec. (b) requiring the secretary of the office of policy and management to submit to the committee on finance, revenue and bonding certain information, in addition to that required under Subsec. (a), related to distribution of benefits and to be outlined in accordance with the schedules of benefits in each of the subdivisions in said Subsec. (b); P.A. 88-5 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting March first for February first as the annual deadline for submission of report; (Revisor's note: During the preparation of the 2001 edition of the general statutes some erroneous figures were inadvertently included at the end of the schedule in Subsec. (b)(2) under both "Married Renters" and "Unmarried Renters". The Revisors have editorially corrected the errors so that said schedule is now correct and reads as enacted in public act 87-586).