Bill Text: CT SB00313 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Acceptability Of Certain Claims For The Veterans' Property Tax Exemption.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-29 - Moved to Foot of the Calendar, Senate [SB00313 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00313-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 313
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1353
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Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR THE VETERANS' PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.

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

Section 1. Section 12-93 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

Any person who claims an exemption from taxation under the provisions of section 12-81 or 12-82 by reason of service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Air Force of the United States shall give notice to the town clerk of the town in which he or she resides that he or she is entitled to such exemption. Any person who has performed such service may establish his or her right to such exemption by: [exhibiting] (1) Exhibiting to the town clerk an honorable discharge, or a certified copy thereof, from such service, [or,] (2) in the absence of such discharge or copy, by appearing before the assessors for an examination under oath, supported by two affidavits of disinterested persons, showing that the claimant so served and received an honorable discharge or is serving, [or,] (3) in the absence of such discharge or copy as a result of the destruction of such discharge or copy by fire or other natural disaster and the claimant is not less than seventy years of age, by submitting to the assessors a notarized statement attesting that he or she was honorably discharged and that his or her discharge papers were destroyed by fire or other natural disaster, (4) if he or she is unable to appear by reason of such service, he or she may establish such right, until such time as he or she appears personally and exhibits his or her discharge or copy, by forwarding to the town clerk annually a written statement, signed by the commanding officer of his or her unit, ship or station or by some other appropriate officer, or (5) where such claimant is currently serving in an active theater of war or hostilities, by the presentation of a notarized statement of a parent, guardian, spouse or legal representative of such claimant, stating that he or she is personally serving and is unable to appear in person by reason of such service, which [statement] statements shall be received before the assessment day of the town wherein the exemption is claimed. The assessors shall report to the town clerk all claims so established. Any person claiming exemption by reason of the service of a relative as a [soldier, sailor, marine or member of the Coast Guard or Air Force] member of the armed forces of the United States may establish his or her right thereto by at least two affidavits of disinterested persons showing the service of such relative, his or her honorable discharge or death in service, and the relationship of the claimant to him or her; and the assessors may further require such person to be examined by them under oath concerning such facts. The town clerk of the town where the honorable discharge, [or] certified copy, [thereof and each] affidavit or notarized statement is originally presented for record shall record such [discharge or certified copy or affidavits thereof] documents in full and shall list the names of such claimants and such service shall be performed by the town clerk without remuneration therefor. Thereafter if any person entitled to such exemption changes his or her legal residence, the town clerk in the town of former residence and in which such honorable discharge or certified copy thereof or any such affidavit or notarized statement in respect to such person was originally presented for record shall, upon request and payment of a fee by such person to said town of former residence in an amount determined by the town treasurer as necessary to cover the cost of such procedure, prepare and mail to the town in which such person resides, a copy of the record of such [discharge or certified copy thereof or affidavits] documents, or he or she may establish his or her right to such exemption in the town in which he or she resides by exhibiting to the town clerk thereof the original discharge or a certified copy thereof or such affidavits or notarized statements. Said clerk shall take therefrom sufficient data to satisfy the exemption requirements of the general statutes and shall record the same and shall note the town where the original complete recording of [discharge papers was] such documents was made. No board of assessors or board of assessment appeals or other official shall allow any such claim for exemption unless evidence as herein specified has been filed in the office of the town clerk, provided, if any claim for exemption has been allowed by any board of assessors or board of assessment appeals prior to July 1, 1923, the provisions of this section shall not apply to such claim. Each claim granted prior to July 1, 1923, shall be recorded with those presented subsequent thereto, and a list of such names, alphabetically arranged, shall be furnished to the assessors by the town clerk.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	12-93

VA	Joint Favorable C/R	FIN
FIN	Joint Favorable