CHAPTER 204
LOCAL LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES
Table of Contents
Sec. 12-129d. State payment in lieu of tax revenue.
Sec. 12-146d. Payments by residents who are spouses domiciled with members of the armed forces called to active service for military action in Iraq.
Sec. 12-162. Alias tax warrant.
Sec. 12-166. Powers and duties of collector.
Sec. 12-129d. State payment in lieu of tax revenue. (a) On or before January
first, annually, the tax collector of each municipality shall certify to the Secretary of the
Office of Policy and Management, on a form furnished by the secretary, the amount of
tax revenue which such municipality, except for the provisions of section 12-129b,
would have received, together with such supporting information as said secretary may
require. On or after December 1, 1989, any municipality which neglects to transmit the
claim and supporting information as required by this section shall forfeit two hundred
fifty dollars to the state, provided said secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance
with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54.
Said secretary shall review each such claim in accordance with the procedure set forth
in section 12-120b. Any claimant aggrieved by the results of the secretary's review shall
have the rights of appeal as set forth in section 12-120b.
(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, on or before September first, annually, certify to the Comptroller the amount due each municipality under
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, including any modification of such claim
made prior to September first, and the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer
on or before the fifth business day following September first and the Treasurer shall
pay the amount thereof to such municipality on or before the fifteenth day of September
following. If any modification is made as the result of the provisions of subsection (a)
of this section on or after the August fifteenth following the date on which the tax
collector has provided the amount of tax revenue in question, any adjustments to the
amount due to any municipality for the period for which such modification was made
shall be made in the next payment the Treasurer shall make to such municipality pursuant
to this section.
(1967, P.A. 755, S. 3, 4; P.A. 74-55, S. 7, 14; 74-338, S. 67, 94; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 3, 47; P.A.
85-371, S. 5, 10; 85-561, S. 2, 8; P.A. 87-586, S. 7, 12; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-73, S. 3, 5; 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-283, S. 18, 68; P.A. 96-261, S. 3, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 51, 85; P.A. 05-287, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 74-55 set January first deadline for certification to commissioner rather than March first and replaced
"12-129b" with "12-129c"; P.A. 74-338 corrected reference, returning it to original "12-129b"; P.A. 77-614 substituted
commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of
the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 85-371 extended
final date for review by the secretary to the January first following deadline for receipt of claims and inserted provisions
concerning modifications resulting in adjustments to amounts due to municipalities, 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. 85-561 added Subsec. (c) providing for (1) a procedure of correction in claim submitted, (2) a procedure of appeal
by the taxpayer, (3) a hearing for the taxpayer before the secretary of the office of policy and management and (4) appeal
to the superior court if the taxpayer is aggrieved in respect to any action of said secretary, effective July 1, 1985, and
applicable to the assessment year in any municipality commencing October 1, 1985, and each assessment year thereafter;
P.A. 87-586 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting the forfeiture provision for any municipality which neglects to transmit the
information required by this section for purposes of computing the amount of state reimbursement for property tax loss
related to the program in Sec. 12-129b; P.A. 90-73 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the provision allowing waiver of the
municipal forfeiture for failure to submit information as required for purposes of state reimbursement; P.A. 95-283 amended
Subsec. (a) to change location of appeal from the judicial district in which the municipality is located to the judicial district
of Hartford-New Britain and Subsec. (c) to change location of appeal from the judicial district in which the applicant
resides 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. 96-261 repealed changes made by P.A. 95-283, effective
June 10, 1996; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 deleted former provisions re appeals of decisions of the Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management, including former Subsec. (c), provided for such appeals in accordance with Sec. 12-120b and
made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-287 amended Subsec. (b) to
change the deadline for the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to certify to the Comptroller the amount
due each municipality from August fifteenth to September first and to change the deadline for the Comptroller's draw of
an order on the Treasurer from on or before the first day of September following to on or before the fifth business day
following September first, effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 12-146d. Payments by residents who are spouses domiciled with members
of the armed forces called to active service for military action in Iraq. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-146, any municipality may, by ordinance, provide that
no interest shall be charged or collected for a period of one year on any property tax or
any installment or part thereof that is payable by any resident of the state for real property
assessed on the 2003 grand list, provided such resident is domiciled with and the spouse
of a member of the armed forces of the United States or of any state or of any reserve
component thereof who has been called to active service in the armed forces of the
United States for military operations that are authorized by the President of the United
States that entail military action in Iraq and who is serving in the Middle East on the
final day that payment of such property tax or installment or part thereof is due.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 9.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 effective June 30, 2005.
Sec. 12-162. Alias tax warrant. (a) Any collector of taxes, in the execution of tax
warrants, shall have the same authority as state marshals have in executing the duties
of their office, and any constable or other officer authorized to serve any civil process
may serve a warrant for the collection of any tax assessed, and the officer shall have the
same authority as the collector concerning taxes committed to such officer for collection.
(b) Upon the nonpayment of any property tax when due, demand having been made
therefor as prescribed by law for the collection of such tax, an alias tax warrant may be
issued by the tax collector, which may be in the following form:
"To a state marshal of the County of ...., or any constable of the Town of .... Greeting:
By authority of the state of Connecticut you are hereby commanded to collect forthwith
from .... of .... the sum of .... dollars, the same being the amount of a tax with interest
or penalty and charges which have accumulated thereon, which tax was levied by (insert
name of town, city or municipality laying the tax) upon (insert the real estate, personal
property, or both, as the case may be,) of said .... as of the .... day of ..... (In like manner
insert the amount of any other property tax which may have been levied in any other
year, including interest or penalty and charges which have accumulated thereon). In
default of payment of said amount you are hereby commanded to levy for said tax or
taxes, including interest, penalty and charges, hereinafter referred to as the amount due
on such execution, upon any goods and chattels of such person and dispose of the same
as the law directs, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (j) of section 52-352b,
and, after having satisfied the amount due on such execution, return the surplus, if any,
to him; or you are to levy upon the real estate of such person and sell such real property
pursuant to the provisions of section 12-157, to pay the amount due on such execution;
or you shall make demand upon the main office of any banking institution indebted to
such person, subject to the provisions of section 52-367a or 52-367b, as if judgment for
the amount due on such execution had been entered, for that portion of any type of
deposit to the credit of or property held for such person, not exceeding in total value
the amount due on such execution; or you are to garnishee the wages due such person
from any employer, in the same manner as if a wage execution therefor had been entered,
in accordance with section 52-361a.
Dated at .... this .... day of .... A.D. 20.., Tax Collector."
(c) Any officer serving an alias tax warrant pursuant to this section shall make return
to the collector of such officer's actions thereon within ten days of the completion of
such service and shall be entitled to collect from such person the fees allowed by law
for serving executions issued by any court. Any state marshal or constable, authorized
as provided in this section, who executes such warrant and collects any delinquent municipal taxes as a result thereof shall receive, in addition to expenses otherwise allowed,
a percentage of the taxes collected pursuant to such warrant, calculated at the rate applicable for the levy of an execution as provided in section 52-261. The minimum fee for
such service shall be thirty dollars. Any officer unable to serve such warrant shall, within
sixty days after the date of issuance, return such warrant to the collector and in writing
state the reason it was not served.
(1949 Rev., S. 1843; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 8; 1967, P.A. 123, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 331; 472; P.A. 77-459, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-161, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-581, S. 29, 40; P.A. 91-350, S. 1; P.A. 95-228, S. 6, 15; P.A. 96-180, S. 23, 166; P.A. 00-99, S. 41,
154; P.A. 01-195, S. 17, 181; P.A. 05-135, S. 2.)
History: 1963 act changed obsolete reference from keeper of jail to state jail administrator; 1967 act deleted reference
to imprisonment for nonpayment of taxes; 1969 acts added provision allowing collector to garnishee wages for nonpayment
of taxes and required unserved warrants to be returned to collector within thirty days after issuance with explanation for
why it was not served; P.A. 77-459 allowed collection of additional five or ten per cent amounts above other expenses in
cases where warrant executed by sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable; P.A. 82-161 amended the alias tax warrant form
issued by the tax collector so that the serving officer in the manner prescribed and to the extent necessary shall levy for
the delinquent taxes by making demand upon any banking institution indebted to the delinquent taxpayer as if judgment
had been entered for the amount due; P.A. 83-581 replaced "as if judgment therefor had been entered, in accordance with
section 52-361" with "as if a wage execution had been entered, in accordance with section 52-361a"; P.A. 91-350 added
phrase "Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (j) of section 52-252b" and applied ten per cent figure re allowance
for those collecting delinquent taxes in all cases, deleting sliding scale previously in existence, raised minimum fee from
five to twenty dollars and changed deadline for return of unserved warrants from thirty to sixty days; P.A. 95-228 made
technical changes, effective July 6, 1995, and applicable to tax sale notices posted, filed or published on and after said
date; P.A. 96-180 added reference to Sec. 52-367b in tax warrant form, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 00-99 replaced
references to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the
reference in this section to the date "19.." was changed editorially by the Revisors to "20.." to reflect the new millennium);
P.A. 01-195 made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 05-135 divided
section into Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c) and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing provisions re receipt by state marshal or constable
of amount equal to ten per cent of taxes collected with provisions re receipt by state marshal or constable of percentage
calculated at rate applicable for levy of execution as provided in Sec. 52-261, increasing minimum fee from twenty to
thirty dollars and making conforming and technical changes, effective June 24, 2005, and applicable to the execution of
tax warrants issued on or after July 2, 2003.
Sec. 12-166. Powers and duties of collector.
Municipality entitled to include collection agency's fees when seeking to collect delinquent taxes, without having to
establish relationship between amount of such fees and specific services that agency performed regarding the delinquent
taxpayer or taxes. 272 C. 489.