Sec. 22a-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-524cc). Tax exemption of authority, lessees and operators. Assessment and taxation of certain leased authority property.
Sec. 22a-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-524cc). Tax exemption of authority, lessees
and operators. Assessment and taxation of certain leased authority property. (a)
The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter constitute the performance of an
essential governmental function and the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes
or assessments upon or in respect of a project, or any property or moneys of the authority,
levied by any municipality or political subdivision or special district having taxing powers of the state, nor shall the authority be required to pay state taxes of any kind, and
the authority, its projects, property and money and any bonds and notes issued under the
provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom, including revenues
derived from the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by
the state except for estate or succession taxes and by the municipalities and all other
political subdivisions or special districts having taxing powers of the state; provided
nothing herein shall prevent the authority from entering into agreements to make payments in lieu of taxes with respect to property acquired by it or by any person leasing
a project from the authority or operating or managing a project on behalf of the authority
and neither the authority nor its projects, properties, money or bonds and notes shall be
obligated, liable or subject to lien of any kind for the enforcement, collection or payment
thereof. If and to the extent the proceedings under which the bonds authorized to be
issued under the provisions of this chapter so provide, the authority may agree to cooperate with the lessee or operator of a project in connection with any administrative or
judicial proceedings for determining the validity or amount of such payment and may
agree to appoint or designate and reserve the right in and for such lessees or operators
to take all action which the authority may lawfully take in respect of such payments and
all matters relating thereto, providing such lessee or operator shall bear and pay all costs
and expenses of the authority thereby incurred at the request of such lessee or operator
or by reason of any such action taken by such lessee or operator in behalf of the authority.
Any lessee or operator of a project which has paid the amounts in lieu of taxes permitted
by this section to be paid shall not be required to pay any such taxes in which a payment
in lieu thereof has been made to the state or to any such municipality or other political
subdivision or special district having taxing powers, any other statute to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, real and personal property owned by the authority may be assessed and taxed against a lessee pursuant to chapter 203 by the municipality in which such property is located if such property
is leased as of July 1, 2007, to a lessee or operator by the authority pursuant to an initial
site lease entered into between the authority and a lessee on or before December 31,
1985. This subsection shall not apply to property which is: (1) The security for any
bonds issued by the authority and outstanding on July 1, 2007, until the indebtedness
evidenced by such bonds has been paid in full, (2) leased by the authority pursuant to
a lease in effect on January 1, 2007, until after the expiration of the lease term in effect
on said date, whether by execution of a new lease, by amendment of the lease or by
renewal or extension of the term of such lease pursuant to an option stated therein if
such amendment is entered into or such option is exercised after said date, or (3) the
subject of an agreement for payments in lieu of taxes between the municipality and the
authority or its lessee during any municipal fiscal year covered by such agreement. The
lessee shall be liable for taxes assessed pursuant to this subsection and shall have the
right to appeal the amount it is assessed in the tax year such property first becomes
taxable hereunder in the same manner as a purchaser of formerly tax-exempt property
under section 12-81a, with the same effect as if a conveyance to a nonexempt purchaser
had been placed on the land records on the date the property first ceases to be exempt
pursuant to this section. The assessor and collector of the municipality shall proceed
with respect to such property in the same manner as is provided in said section 12-81a
with respect to adding the property to the grand list, giving notice of the assessment to
the lessee and billing the taxes due thereon to the lessee.
(P.A. 73-459, S. 14, 26; P.A. 76-170, S. 2, 4; P.A. 07-255, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 76-170 clarified proviso re payments in lieu of taxes and referred to amounts in lieu of taxes "permitted"
rather than "required" by section; Sec. 19-524cc transferred to Sec. 22a-270 in 1983; P.A. 07-255 designated existing
provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re municipal assessment and taxation of certain leased authority property,
effective July 1, 2007.