Sec. 12-119a. Waiver of addition to assessments. Municipal option to reduce addition to assessments.
Sec. 12-119a. Waiver of addition to assessments. Municipal option to reduce
addition to assessments. (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, provide that the
assessor or board of assessors, in the case of any amount added to an assessment pursuant
to section 12-42, 12-43 or 12-53, or the board of assessment appeals, in the case of any
amount added to an assessment pursuant to section 12-111 or 12-115, may waive the
addition to any assessment of the twenty-five per cent additional amount. Any such
ordinance shall delineate the reasons for which such waiver may be granted and shall
provide for the publication of a list of all such waivers granted.
(b) Any municipality may, by ordinance, provide that the additional amount added
to any assessment pursuant to section 12-42, 12-43, 12-53, 12-111 or 12-115 shall equal
ten per cent of a taxpayer's assessment rather than the twenty-five per cent additional
amount as required by said sections. Such ordinance shall specify that a ten per cent
addition to any assessment shall be allowed only if (1) a taxpayer filed a personal property declaration within the time period designated in section 12-41, and (2) the declaration as filed included complete and accurate information as to the total number and types
of items of property subject to taxation in the taxpayer's name. A taxpayer shall be
required to establish to the satisfaction of the assessor, board of assessors or board of
assessment appeals, as the case may be, that the conditions set forth in the ordinance
have been met.
(P.A. 87-245, S. 9, 10; P.A. 95-283, S. 56, 68; P.A. 99-189, S. 16, 20.)
History: P.A. 87-245 effective June 1, 1987, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or
after October 1, 1987; P.A. 95-283 replaced board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995;
P.A. 99-189 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), adding reference to Sec. 12-43 therein, and added new Subsec.
(b) to allow municipalities by ordinance to establish a 10% penalty instead of the required 25% penalty under certain
conditions, effective June 23, 1999, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October
1, 1999.