Sec. 32-9s. State grants in lieu of taxes on exempt property of manufacturing facilities in distressed municipalities, targeted investment communities or enterprise zones and exempt property of servic - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 32-9s. State grants in lieu of taxes on exempt property of manufacturing facilities in distressed municipalities, targeted investment communities or enterprise zones and exempt property of service facilities. The state shall make an annual grant payment to each municipality, to each district, as defined in section 7-325, which is located in a distressed municipality, targeted investment community or enterprise zone and to each special services district created pursuant to chapter 105a which is located in a distressed municipality, targeted investment community or enterprise zone in the amount of fifty per cent of the amount of that tax revenue which the municipality or district would have received except for the provisions of subdivisions (59), (60) and (70) of section 12-81. On or before the first day of August of each year, each municipality and district shall file a claim with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the amount of such grant payment to which such municipality or district is entitled under this section. The claim shall be made on forms prescribed by the secretary and shall be accompanied by such supporting information as the secretary may require. Any municipality or district which neglects to transmit to the secretary such claim and supporting documentation as required by this section shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars to the state, provided the secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54. The 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 the December fifteenth next succeeding the deadline for the receipt of such claims, certify to the Comptroller the amount due under this section, including any modification of such claim made prior to December fifteenth, to each municipality or district which has made a claim under the provisions of this section. The Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following December fifteenth, and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to each such municipality or district on or before the following December thirty-first. If any modification is made as the result of the provisions of this section on or after the December first following the date on which the municipality or district has provided the amount of tax revenue in question, any adjustment to the amount due to any municipality or district for the period for which such modification was made shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such municipality or district pursuant to this section. In the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2003, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality and district in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total amount of the grants payable to all municipalities and districts exceeds the amount appropriated.

      (P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; 78-357, S. 9, 16; P.A. 80-267, S. 5; P.A. 83-280, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-203, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-371, S. 9, 10; P.A. 86-258, S. 3, 8; P.A. 87-115, S. 5, 8; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-287, S. 2, 5; P.A. 89-235, S. 4, 5; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-270, S. 18, 38; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 9, 30; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-283, S. 21, 68; P.A. 96-239, S. 14, 15, 17; 96-261, S. 3, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 17, 51; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 55, 85; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 24; P.A. 05-287, S. 14.)

      History: P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner in P.A. 78-357 to fulfill purposes of P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-267 made provisions applicable to all municipalities where previously they applied solely to "distressed" municipalities; P.A. 83-280 provided for grant payment to special districts and special services districts located within distressed municipalities; P.A. 84-203 changed administrative references from commissioner of revenue services to secretary of the office of policy and management, changed filing date from July first to August first and specified period for appeal; P.A. 85-371 extended deadline for review by the secretary to the following August first and inserted provisions concerning modifications after that date, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to grant or claim information received by secretary of the office of policy and management on or after that date; P.A. 86-258 added provisions re grants in the case of certain service manufacturing facilities located in an enterprise zone; P.A. 87-115 added the provisions for forfeiture by any municipality which neglects to transmit the claim and supporting documentation as required and provided for waiver of such forfeiture in accordance with regulations to be adopted, effective May 11, 1987, and applicable to claims required to be submitted on or before August 1, 1989, and thereafter; P.A. 88-287 added provisions re payments for revenue a municipality or district would have received except for the provisions of Sec. 12-81(70), effective June 6, 1988, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1988; P.A. 89-235 amended Subdiv. (3) to make technical changes to the categories of certified manufacturing facilities located in an enterprise zone which are defined in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, and deleted the requirement for the creation of ten or more new employment positions for such facilities; P.A. 90-270 expanded eligibility to districts located in targeted investment communities and enterprise zones and expanded the categories of activities that can be engaged in by business to include health services, fishing, hunting and trapping, motor freight transportation and warehousing, water transportation, transportation by air, transportation services, security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges and services; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 amended Subdiv. (1) to decrease the grant amount related to Subdivs. (59) and (60) of Sec. 12-81 from 75% of the tax revenue otherwise payable to 50%, effective September 19, 1991, and applicable to grant payments made in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1991, and in each fiscal year thereafter; P.A. 95-283 changed location of appeal from the judicial district in which the municipality or district 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", effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 96-239 expanded SIC category list to include telemarketing, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-261 repealed changes made by P.A. 95-283, effective June 10, 1996; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 deleted Subdiv. (3) re grants with respect to certain manufacturing facilities, and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 deleted former provisions re notice and appeal of decisions of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, added provisions re appeal in accordance with Sec. 12-120b and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2001; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 made a technical change and provided for pro rata reduction of grants under section in the event the total amount due to municipalities exceeds the amount appropriated, effective May 12, 2004, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2002; P.A. 05-287 changed "December first" to "December fifteenth" and changed "on or before the following December fifteenth" to "the fifth business day following December fifteenth", effective July 13, 2005.