Bill Text: CT HB05215 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5215 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Authorizing Municipalities To Level Local Sales Taxes On Food And Hotel Occupancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development [HB05215 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05215-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5215*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 258
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. SCOTT, 40th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO LEVEL LOCAL SALES TAXES ON FOOD AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY.

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

That the general statutes be amended to authorize municipalities to levy a local sales tax on food and a local hotel occupancy tax, provided such municipality reduce the amount of property taxes payable by an amount equal to the local sales tax revenue collected.

Statement of Purpose:

To authorize municipalities to levy a local sales tax on food and a local hotel occupancy tax, provided such municipality reduce the amount of property taxes payable by an amount equal to the local sales tax revenue collected.