Bill Text: CT SB00709 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Increasing Access Fees For Off-airport Parking Operators At Bradley International Airport And Clarifying The Applicability Of The Sales Tax Exemption For Valet Parking At Airports.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - Public Hearing 02/23 [SB00709 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00709-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 3356 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Transportation |
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AN ACT INCREASING ACCESS FEES FOR OFF-AIRPORT PARKING OPERATORS AT BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND CLARIFYING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR VALET PARKING AT AIRPORTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 15-101m of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Subject to the provisions of the general statutes and resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds pursuant to subsection (a) of section 15-101l, the Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by the facilities of Bradley International Airport and to contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation, or other body, public or private, in respect thereof except that, the commissioner shall not impose any fee, charge or commission on the gross revenues of off-airport parking operators for the right to access said airport that exceeds: (1) [five] Five per cent of such gross revenues for calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 1997, and prior to July 1, 1998; [, and] (2) four per cent of such gross revenues for calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 1998, and prior to July 1, 2011, and (3) five per cent of such gross revenues for calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2011. Such rates, rents, fees and charges shall be fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of rates, rents, fees and charges from the operation of Bradley International Airport so as to provide funds sufficient with other revenues or moneys available therefor, if any, [(1)] (A) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the facilities of Bradley International Airport and each and every portion thereof, to the extent that the payment of such cost has not otherwise been adequately provided for, [(2)] (B) to pay the principal of and the interest on any outstanding revenue obligations of the state issued in respect of the project as the same shall become due and payable and [(3)] (C) to create and maintain reserves and sinking funds required or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or trust agreement securing, such bonds. A sufficient amount of the revenues as may be necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair and operation and to provide reserves and for renewals, replacements, extensions, enlargements and improvements as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, shall be set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in such resolution or trust agreement in a reserve, sinking or other similar fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as the same shall become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such reserve, sinking or other similar fund shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust agreement.
Sec. 2. Subparagraph (N) of subdivision (37) of subsection (a) of section 12-407 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(N) Motor vehicle parking, including the provision of space, other than metered space, in a lot having thirty or more spaces, excluding (i) space in a seasonal parking lot provided by a person who is exempt from taxation under this chapter pursuant to subdivision (1), (5) or (8) of section 12-412, (ii) space in a parking lot owned or leased under the terms of a lease of not less than ten years' duration and operated by an employer for the exclusive use of its employees, (iii) valet parking provided at any airport by off-airport parking operators, and (iv) space in municipally-operated railroad parking facilities in municipalities located within an area of the state designated as a severe nonattainment area for ozone under the federal Clean Air Act or space in a railroad parking facility in a municipality located within an area of the state designated as a severe nonattainment area for ozone under the federal Clean Air Act owned or operated by the state on or after April 1, 2000;
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
15-101m(a) |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2011 |
12-407(a)(37)(N) |
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the maximum airport access fee for off-airport parking operators at Bradley International Airport from four per cent to five per cent of the gross revenues of such operators, for calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 2011, and to clarify that the sales tax exemption for valet parking provided at an airport is applicable only to valet parking provided by off-airport parking operators.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]