General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5621

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 901

 

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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. BUMGARDNER, 41st Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING TAXATION OF LAND OWNED BY NONPROFIT HOSPITALS AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES.

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

That title 12 of the general statutes be amended to require nonprofit hospitals and private universities to pay a property tax on one hundred per cent of the assessed value of the land owned by such hospital or university, exclusive of open space.

Statement of Purpose:

To require nonprofit hospitals and private universities to pay a "land value tax" to the town wherein such property is located.