CT Gen Stat § 12-20b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 12 - Taxation|Chapter 201 - State and Local Revenue Services. Department of Revenue Services|Section 12-20b - Valuation of property of private colleges and general hospitals for purposes of state grants in lieu of taxes. Revaluation. Appeals. Connecticut Hospice in Branford. United States Coast Guard Academy in New London.

 (a) Not later than April first in each year, any municipality to which a grant is payable under the provisions of section 12-18b or 12-20a shall provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with the assessed valuation of the tax-exempt real property as of the immediately preceding October first, adjusted in accordance with any gradual increase in or deferment of assessed values of real property implemented in accordance with section 12-62c, which is required for computation of such grant. Any municipality which neglects to transmit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management the assessed valuation as required by this section shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars to the state, provided the secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54. Said secretary may, on or before the first day of August of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable, reevaluate any such property when, in his or her judgment, the valuation is inaccurate and shall notify such municipality of such reevaluation. Any municipality aggrieved by the action of said secretary under the provisions of this section may, not later than ten business days following receipt of such notice, appeal to the secretary for a hearing concerning such reevaluation, provided such appeal shall be in writing and shall include a statement as to the reasons for such appeal. The secretary shall, not later than ten business days following receipt of such appeal, grant or deny such hearing by notification in writing, including in the event of a denial, a statement as to the reasons for such denial. If any municipality is aggrieved by the action of the secretary following such hearing or in denying any such hearing, the municipality may not later than two weeks after such notice, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located. Any such appeal shall be privileged. Said secretary shall certify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under the provisions of section 12-18b or under any recomputation occurring prior to September fifteenth which may be effected as the result of the provisions of this section, and the Comptroller shall draw his or her order on the Treasurer on or before the fifth business day following September fifteenth and the Treasurer shall pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the thirtieth day of September following. If any recomputation is effected as the result of the provisions of this section on or after the January first following the date on which the municipality has provided the assessed valuation in question, any adjustments to the amount due to any municipality for the period for which such adjustments were made shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such municipality pursuant to this section.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-18b or subsection (a) of this section, the amount due the municipality of Branford, on or before the thirtieth day of September, annually, with respect to the Connecticut Hospice, in Branford, shall be one hundred thousand dollars, which amount shall be paid from the annual appropriation, from the General Fund, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-18b or subsection (a) of this section, the amount due the city of New London, on or before the thirtieth day of September, annually, with respect to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, shall be one million dollars, which amount shall be paid from the annual appropriation, from the General Fund, for reimbursement to towns for loss of taxes on private tax-exempt property.(P.A. 78-213, S. 2, 3; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 81-472, S. 97, 159; P.A. 84-272, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-371, S. 3, 10; P.A. 87-115, S. 4, 8; 87-418, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-43, S. 2, 3; 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-79, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-434, S. 3, 20; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-283, S. 13, 68; P.A. 96-112, S. 2; 96-261, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-217, S. 3, 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 187; P.A. 05-287, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 32; P.A. 06-148, S. 7; 06-187, S. 2; P.A. 15-244, S. 189.)History: P.A. 78-303 allowed change from tax commissioner to commissioner of revenue services called for in P.A. 77-614; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 81-472 replaced obsolete reference to county with reference to judicial district; P.A. 84-272 changed from July first to August first, the date by which a municipality must provide the assessed valuation of tax-exempt real property required for computation of the state grant; P.A. 85-371 extended final date for review by the secretary to August first following deadline for receipt of statements and added provisions concerning adjustments in amount due to towns resulting from a recomputation, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to any grant or claim information received by the secretary of the office of policy and management on or after said date; P.A. 87-115 added the provision for forfeiture by any municipality which neglects to transmit the assessed valuation as required and provided for waiver of such forfeiture in accordance with regulations to be adopted, effective May 11, 1987, and applicable to assessed valuations to be submitted on August 1, 1988, and thereafter; P.A. 87-418 changed valuation date from August first to January first; changed reevaluation date from August first next succeeding valuation date to September first next following; changed date re recomputation effect from November first to September first; changed date for order by comptroller from December fifteenth to September fifteenth, and changed date for payment by treasurer from December thirty-first to September thirtieth; P.A. 88-43 changed the annual date, from January first to April first next following, when a municipality shall provide the assessed valuation, as of October first immediately preceding, as required for computation of the grant in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges and general hospitals, effective April 13, 1988, and applicable to the assessment year in any municipality commencing October 1, 1988, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 91-79 provided for the recognition of any gradual increase in assessed value related to a phase-in of a revaluation, effective April 26, 1991, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1991; P.A. 93-434 provided that assessed valuation be adjusted in accordance with any deferment and inserted reference to Sec. 12-62a(e), effective June 30, 1993, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 1992; P.A. 95-283 changed location of appeal from the judicial district in which the municipality is located to the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain, effective October 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in 1995 public and special acts, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 96-112 would have changed deadline for secretary to reevaluate property from September first to August first and added provisions authorizing aggrieved municipality to appeal to secretary before appealing to Superior Court, but failed to take effect because it amended the version of the section amended by P.A. 95-283 which was repealed in its entirety by P.A. 96-261; P.A. 96-261 repealed changes made by P.A. 95-283, effective June 10, 1996; P.A. 98-217 changed deadline by which the Office of Policy and Management must notify municipalities of adjustments and added process by which municipalities appeal decisions prior to filing a Superior Court appeal, effective July 1, 1998; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re Connecticut Hospice in Branford, effective August 20, 2003, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2002; P.A. 05-287 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, replace reference to September first with reference to September fifteenth and replace “fifteenth day of September following” with “fifth business day following September fifteenth”, effective July 13, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 added Subsec. (c) re the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-148 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 06-187 amended Subsec. (c) to change amount of annual payment to New London with respect to the United States Coast Guard Academy from $500,000 to $1,000,000, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to grants payable under Sec. 12-18b, making technical changes and replacing reference to Sec. 12-20a re certification to the Comptroller with reference to Sec. 12-18b, and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing references to Sec. 12-20a with references to Sec. 12-18b, effective July 1, 2016.See Sec. 12-1c re transfer of certain functions, powers and duties under this chapter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.