Grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property, reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe, certain airports and land taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut. Exclusion of property located at Bradley International Airport

# (a)

Until the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, on or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the amount due, as a state grant in lieu of taxes, to each town in this state wherein state-owned real property, reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe, a municipally owned airport, or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport, except that which was acquired and used for highways and bridges, but not excepting property acquired and used for highway administration or maintenance purposes, is located. The grant payable to any town under the provisions of this section in the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be equal to the total of (1) (A) one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to any facility designated by the Commissioner of Correction, on or before August first of each year, to be a correctional facility administered under the auspices of the Department of Correction or a juvenile residential center under direction of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch that was used for incarcerative purposes during the preceding fiscal year. If a list containing the name and location of such designated facilities and information concerning their use for purposes of incarceration during the preceding fiscal year is not available from the Secretary of the State on the first day of August of any year, said commissioner shall, on said first day of August, certify to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a list containing such information, (B) one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to that portion of the John Dempsey Hospital located at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington that is used as a permanent medical ward for prisoners under the custody of the Department of Correction. Nothing in this section shall be construed as designating any portion of The University of Connecticut Health Center John Dempsey Hospital as a correctional facility, and (C) in the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid on any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999, (2) subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, sixty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to the buildings and grounds comprising Connecticut Valley Hospital and Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown. Such grant shall commence with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and continuing each year thereafter, (3) notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, with respect to any town in which more than fifty per cent of the property is state-owned real property, one hundred per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to such state-owned property. Such grant shall commence with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and continuing each year thereafter, (4) subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, forty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to all other state-owned real property, (5) forty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to all municipally owned airports or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport, except for the exemption applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such town for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable. The grant provided pursuant to this section for any municipally owned airport or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport, shall be paid to any municipality in which the airport is located, except that the grant applicable to Sikorsky Airport shall be paid half to the town of Stratford and half to the city of Bridgeport, and (6) forty-five per cent of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation prior to June 8, 1999, or taken into trust by the federal government for the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, provided (A) the real property subject to this subdivision shall be the land only, and shall not include the assessed value of any structures, buildings or other improvements on such land, and (B) said forty-five per cent grant shall be phased in as follows: (i) In the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2012, an amount equal to ten per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, (ii) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2013, thirty-five per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, (iii) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2014, sixty per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, (iv) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2015, eighty-five per cent of said forty-five per cent grant, and (v) in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, one hundred per cent of said forty-five per cent grant.

# (b)

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section with respect to such year except that, for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2012, July 1, 2013, July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, the amount of the grant payable in accordance with subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of this section shall not be reduced.

# (c)

As used in this section “total tax levied” means the total real property tax levy in such town for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which a grant in lieu of taxes under this section is made, reduced by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in an amount equal to all reimbursements certified as payable to such town by the secretary for real property exemptions and credits on the taxable grand list or rate bill of such town for the assessment year that corresponds to that for which the assessed valuation of the state-owned land and buildings has been provided. For purposes of this section and section 12-19b, any real property which is owned by The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation established pursuant to the provisions of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263, inclusive, or by one or more subsidiary corporations established pursuant to subdivision (13) of section 10a-254 and which is free from taxation pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (13) of section 10a-259 shall be deemed to be state-owned real property. As used in this section and section 12-19b, “town” includes borough.

# (d)

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the portion of the grant payable to any town as determined in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section, shall not be greater than the following percentage of total tax levied by such town on real property in the preceding calendar year as follows: (1) In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, ten per cent, (2) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, twelve per cent, (3) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, fourteen per cent, (4) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, twenty-seven per cent, (5) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, thirty-five per cent, (6) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, forty-two per cent, (7) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, forty-nine per cent, (8) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, fifty-six per cent, (9) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, sixty-three per cent, (10) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, seventy per cent, (11) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, seventy-seven per cent, (12) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, eighty-four per cent, (13) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, ninety-two per cent, and (14) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and in each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred per cent.

# (e)

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section in effect prior to January 1, 1997, any grant in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property made to any town in excess of seven and one-half per cent of the total tax levied on real property by such town is validated.

# (f)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of this section, for any town receiving payments under section 15-120ss, property located in such town at Bradley International Airport shall not be included in the calculation of any state grant in lieu of taxes for state-owned real property and no state grant in lieu of taxes for such property located at Bradley International Airport shall be paid in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter. (1969, P.A. 766, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 737; P.A. 77-498, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-256, S. 1, 4; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 87-399, S. 1, 4; 87-458, S. 17; P.A. 88-292, S. 1, 4; P.A. 89-368, S. 24; P.A. 90-148, S. 32, 34; 90-230, S. 16, 101; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 3, 30; P.A. 92-224, S. 1, 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-15, S. 1, 2, 20; P.A. 93-388, S. 8, 12; P.A. 95-257, S. 9, 58; 95-307, S. 3, 14; P.A. 97-261, S. 1, 3; 97-282, S. 2, 6; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 27, 65; P.A. 98-217, S. 1, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 11, 51; P.A. 00-112, S. 3, 5; 00-192, S. 22, 102; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 12, 46; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 98; P.A. 13-277, S. 60; P.A. 14-47, S. 22; P.A. 15-244, S. 185; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 83; P.A. 18-31, S. 14; 18-86, S. 52; P.A. 21-104, S. 10; P.A. 22-110, S. 37.) History: 1971 act included property acquired and used for highway administration or maintenance purposes in state-owned property for consideration in determining grants to towns; P.A. 77-498 deleted provision limiting grants to maximum of $600,000; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-256 deleted provision for pro rata reductions in grants so as not to exceed appropriations; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 87-399 repealed the grant formula based on the ratio of the total tax levied by each town on real property to the total tax levied on real property by all towns in the state, multiplied by assessed value of state-owned real property in the town, multiplied by the town's mill rate, multiplied by ten, and substituted a grant to towns equal to 20% of property taxes which would have been paid with respect to state-owned real property on the assessment list in such town, except for the exemption applicable to such property; changed date for determination of amount due each town from August first to September first; increased minimum grant from $2,000 to $4,000; changed base year for hold harmless provision from calendar year 1968 to fiscal year ending June 30, 1987; eliminated special hold harmless provision for Mansfield; limited maximum amount of grant to any town to 7.5% of total tax levied by such town on real property in the preceding calendar year, and added definition of total tax levied, effective June 26, 1987, and applicable to grants payable in fiscal year commencing July 1, 1987, and thereafter; P.A. 87-458 provided that certain property owned by the John Dempsey Finance Corporation be deemed state-owned real property; P.A. 88-292 changed the annual date by which secretary of the office of policy and management shall determine the amount of grant to each town from September first to January first next following, increased the grant with respect to the amount related to any correctional institution from 20% of property taxes that would have been paid without the exemption to 100% of such taxes and amended the minimum grant provision under Subsec. (b) to provide for payment of not less than $4,000, irrespective of the value of the property; P.A. 89-368 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize grants for reservation land held in trust by the state for Indians; P.A. 90-148 added Subsec. (c) providing higher maximum amounts of grant for towns to which the maximum 7.5% of total tax levied on real property in the preceding calendar year is applicable, with said maximum percentage of total tax levied increasing by increments from 7.5% to a maximum of 15% in fiscal years ending in 1991 to 1994, inclusive; P.A. 90-230 corrected an omission from public act 88-292 in Subsec. (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate hold-harmless provisions which had assured minimum grant of $4,000; P.A. 92-224 effective July 1, 1993, amended Subsec. (a) to remove the requirement that a correction facility be used for at least six months to qualify for increased funding and amended Subsec. (c) to state that the Subsec. applies only to the portion of the grant payable under Subsec. (a)(2) and Subsec. (a) to provide that such change would be applicable to the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 1992; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-15 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for proportionate reduction of grant for fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, if amount payable exceeds amount appropriated, and added Subsec. (d) re payment from Bradley enterprise fund, effective July 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993; and, effective July 1, 1993, further amended Subsec. (a) to make technical change in reference to state fiscal year; P.A. 93-388 amended Subsec. (c) to increase maximum percentage of total tax levied by increments from 15% to 100% commencing with fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, and ending with fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 inserted new Subsec. (a)(2) re Connecticut Valley Hospital, renumbering former Subdiv. (2) as (3), effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-307 amended Subdiv. (b) to revise the definition of “total tax levied” to eliminate reduction of exemptions and to substitute reduction in the amount of reimbursements, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 97-261 amended Subsec. (a) to include municipally owned airports and to provide for payment of grants, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-282 clarified that grant limits in Subsec.

(c) are to be used with respect to program rather than the percentage cited in Subsec. (b), redefined “total tax levied” in Subsec. (b), clarified language in Subsec.

(d) re Bradley International Airport and added new Subsec.

(e) to validate grants in excess of 7.5% of a town's real property levy, effective June 26, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11 added new Subsec. (a)(3) re towns in which more than 50% of property is state-owned real property and redesignated existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-217 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 1-1(w), to require an annual list of such facilities and to clarify that the portion of John Dempsey Hospital used for prisoners is eligible under the section, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (a) to provide a grant in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter of 100% of the taxes which would have been paid on land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999, to increase the grant payable with respect to certain state-owned real property and all municipally owned airports from 20% to 45% of the property taxes which would have been paid with respect to such property and airports, except for the exemption applicable to such property, and to provide that the proportionate reduction of grants in the event the total of such grants exceeds the appropriation for such purpose shall be not only for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, but for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1999, and amended Subsec. (d) to provide that the payment from the Enterprise Fund shall be at the rate of 20% of the property taxes which would have been paid to certain towns for real property located at Bradley Airport, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-112 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and increase grant re Connecticut Valley Hospital from 40% to 65% commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, effective May 26, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1 amended Subsec. (b) to include borough within definition of town, effective June 21, 2000, and applicable to grants in lieu of taxes otherwise due for assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2000; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (6) re land taken into trust for Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Tribe of Indians, redesignated provision in Subsec. (a) re proportional reduction of grants as new Subsec. (b) and amended same by adding exception for payments made under Subsec. (a)(6) and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (e) as Subsecs. (c) to (f), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-277 deleted former Subsec. (e) re payments from Bradley International Airport Enterprise Fund for portion of state grant in lieu of taxes payable to towns for real property at Bradley International Airport and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2013, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2012; P.A. 14-47 added Subsec. (f) re exclusion of property located at Bradley International Airport from calculation of state grant in lieu of taxes for state-owned real property, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “On” with “Until the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, on”, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or any airport owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority, other than Bradley International Airport,”, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 18-31 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Department of Children and Families” with “Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch”, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 18-86 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding reference to “Whiting Forensic Hospital”, effective June 4, 2018; P.A. 21-104 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(A) by replacing “juvenile detention center” with “juvenile residential center”, effective January 1, 2022; P.A. 22-110 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “the John Dempsey Hospital” with “The University of Connecticut Health Center”. 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. See Sec. 15-120ss re payments to municipalities representing property tax for property at Bradley International Airport. (Return to ChapterTable of Contents) (Return toList of Chapters) (Return toList of Titles) Sec. 12-19b. Valuation of land and buildings for grants under section 12-18b or 12-19a. Revaluation. Appeals. Not later than April first in any assessment year, any town, borough or fire district to which a grant is payable under the provisions of section 12-18b or 12-19a shall provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with the assessed valuation of the real property eligible therefor as of the first day of October immediately preceding, 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 town, borough or fire district that neglects to transmit to the secretary 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 the secretary's judgment, the valuation is inaccurate and shall notify such town, borough or fire district of such reevaluation by certified or registered mail. Any town, borough or fire district aggrieved by the action of the 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. 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. Such notification shall be sent by certified or registered mail. If any town, borough or fire district is aggrieved by the action of the secretary following such hearing or in denying any such hearing, the town, borough or fire district may not later than ten business days after receiving such notice, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such town, borough or fire district is located. Any such appeal shall be privileged. (1969, P.A. 766, S. 2; P.A. 76-436, S. 298, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 81-305; P.A. 85-371, S. 1, 10; P.A. 87-115, S. 3, 8; 87-399, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-292, S. 2, 4; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-230, S. 17, 101; P.A. 91-79, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-434, S. 2, 20; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-283, S. 12, 68; P.A. 96-112, S. 1; 96-261, S. 3, 4; P.A. 97-261, S. 2, 3; P.A. 98-217, S. 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 58, 85; P.A. 06-148, S. 6; 06-187, S. 1; P.A. 15-244, S. 187; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 446; P.A. 22-74, S. 19; P.A. 23-204, S. 77.) History: P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas and included judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 81-305 changed annual date from March first to January first for towns to submit assessed valuation of state-owned land and buildings for purposes of state grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property; P.A. 85-371 extended final date for review by the secretary to the January first following deadline for receipt of statements, 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 that date; P.A. 87-115 added the provision for forfeiture by any town 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 January 1, 1988, and thereafter; P.A. 87-399 changed valuation date from January first to April first, and changed reevaluation date from January first next succeeding valuation date to July fifteenth in the year following valuation date, effective June 26, 1987, and applicable to grants payable in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1987, and thereafter; P.A. 88-292 provided clarification that the assessed value of state-owned real property is determined as of October first immediately preceding the date for submission and established September first of the year in which the grant is payable as the date by which the secretary of the office of policy and management must have completed any reevaluation of such property; P.A. 90-230 corrected an omission; 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 town 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 town 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. 97-261 added municipally owned airports, effective July 1, 1997; 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 Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 provided for notification by certified or registered mail, applied section to boroughs, provided that appeals of the secretary's decision shall be taken not later than ten business days after receiving notice of the decision and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 06-148 made a technical change, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 06-187 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re annual payment to Voluntown with respect to any state-owned forest, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to grants payable under Sec. 12-18b and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 12-19a with reference to Sec. 12-18b, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to district and to definition in Sec. 7-324, and making technical and conforming changes, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to annual appropriation with reference to municipal revenue sharing account, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-74 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “fire district” for “district”, deleting reference to definition in Sec. 7-324, and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-204 deleted Subsec. designator (a) and former Subsec. (b) re amount due to Voluntown for state-owned forest, effective July 1, 2023. 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. (Return to ChapterTable of Contents) (Return toList of Chapters) (Return toList of Titles)