CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 12-312. Appeals from decisions of commissioner.
Sec. 12-312. Appeals from decisions of commissioner. Any person aggrieved
because of any decision, order, determination or disallowance of the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter may, within one month after service upon such person
of notice of such decision, order, determination or disallowance, appeal therefrom to
the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain, which appeal shall be accompanied by a citation to the Commissioner of Revenue Services to appear before said court.
Such citation shall be signed by the same authority, and such appeal shall be returnable
at the same time and served and returned in the same manner, as is required in case of
a summons in a civil action. The authority issuing the citation shall take from the appellant a bond or recognizance to the state of Connecticut, with surety to prosecute the
appeal to effect and to comply with the orders and decrees of the court in the premises.
Such appeals shall be preferred cases, to be heard, unless cause appears to the contrary,
at the first session, by the court or by a committee appointed by it. Said court may grant
such relief as may be equitable and, if such tax has been paid prior to the granting of
such relief, may order the Treasurer to pay the amount of such relief, with interest at
the rate of two-thirds of one per cent per month or fraction thereof, to the aggrieved
taxpayer. If the appeal has been taken without probable cause, the court may tax double
or triple costs, as the case demands; and, upon all such appeals which are denied, costs
may be taxed against the appellant at the discretion of the court, but no costs shall be
taxed against the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 1993; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 84-492, S. 3, 8; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A.
89-343, S. 9, 17; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-26, S. 11, 52; 95-220, S. 4-6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979;
P.A. 78-280 substituted judicial district of Hartford-New Britain for Hartford county; P.A. 84-492 authorized appeals of
orders, determinations and disallowances of commissioner and included one-month period for appeals dated from service
of notice; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective
September 1, 1991; P.A. 89-343 increased the rate of interest on the amount of relief ordered by the court from 6% to 9%
per annum; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993;
P.A. 95-26 lowered the interest rate from 9% per annum to 0.66% per month, effective July 1, 1995, and applicable to
taxes due and owing on or after July 1, 1995, whether or not those taxes first became due before said date; P.A. 95-220
changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced "judicial district of Hartford" with "judicial district of New Britain", effective June 29, 1999.
Cited. 31 CS 134.