Sec. 15-155b. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 15-155b. State distribution of revenue from fees for vessel registration. (a) An amount equivalent to all revenue deposited with the State Treasurer from fees paid for vessel registration numbers or registration decals in accordance with section 15-144 in the period from the first day of November each year to and including the thirty-first day of October next succeeding, commencing November 1, 1981, shall be distributed as provided in section 15-155, provided for purposes of determining such amount for the period from November 1, 1981, to October 31, 1982, inclusive, such revenue received in the period from July 1, 1981, to October 31, 1981, shall be considered as revenue received in said period commencing November 1, 1981. The portion of such total amount of distribution to be paid to towns under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of said section 15-155 shall be distributed in accordance with a formula under which each town shall receive a proportionate part of the distribution determined by a ratio, the numerator of which shall be the total property taxes paid with respect to vessels on the assessment list of October 1, 1978, in such town and the denominator of which shall be the total property taxes paid in all towns with respect to vessels on their assessment lists of October 1, 1978.

      (b) For purposes of determining the amount of distribution to each town in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the assessor in each town shall, not later than October 1, 1981, submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a statement as to the amount of property tax paid in such town with respect to vessels on the assessment list of October 1, 1978, including such supporting evidence as may be requested by said secretary. Not later than the first day of December each year, commencing December 1, 1994, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of payment to each town related to the portion of such revenue to be distributed in accordance with said subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of said section 15-155 and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer for the amount as determined for each town not later than the fifteenth day of December next following. The Treasurer shall pay such amount to each town not later than the thirtieth day of December next following. "Town", whenever used in this section refers to any town as defined in section 15-127.

      (P.A. 81-423, S. 19, 25; P.A. 82-436, S. 6, 11; P.A. 83-266, S. 2, 4; P.A. 94-65, S. 3, 4.)

      History: P.A. 81-423 effective July 1, 1981, and applicable in any municipality to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1981, and thereafter; P.A. 82-436 changed "municipality" to "town" wherever applicable and added reference to the appropriate definition of "town" at the end of Subsec. (b); P.A. 83-266 made technical corrections in Subsec. (b), inserting "town" in lieu of "municipality" where applicable; P.A. 94-65 amended Subsec. (b) by transferring on and after December 1, 1994, certification of the amount of payment to each town from the secretary of the office of policy and management to the commissioner of motor vehicles, effective May 19, 1994; (Revisor's note: In 1997 the phrase "Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "Commissioner of Motor Vehicles" for consistency with customary statutory usage).