Bill Text: CT HB05093 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Exempting Certain Farm Land From The Estate Tax.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [HB05093 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05093-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5093
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 331
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.

AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN FARM LAND FROM THE ESTATE TAX.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 217 of the general statutes be amended to exempt from the estate tax land classified for property tax assessment purposes as farm land pursuant to section 12-107c of the general statutes provided the heirs agree to preserve such land as farm land for eight or more years.

Statement of Purpose:

To preserve farm land by exempting it from the estate tax provided such land remains farm land for eight or more years.