Connecticut Statutes

§ 12-81 — *(See end of section for amended version of subdivision (33) and effective date.) Exemptions.

Connecticut § 12-81
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 12Taxation
Ch. 203Property Tax Assessment

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The following-described property shall be exempt from taxation:

(1)Property of the United States. Property belonging to, or held in trust for, the United States, the taxation of which has not been authorized by Congress;
(2)State property and reservation land. Property belonging to, or held in trust for, this state and reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe;
(3)County property. Repealed;
(4)Municipal property.
(A)Except as otherwise provided by law, personal property belonging to, held in trust for, or leased to, a municipal corporation of this state and used for a public purpose, including personal property used for cemetery purposes, and (B) real property belonging to, held in trust for, or leased to, a municipal corporation of this state and used for a publ

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1761, 1766, 1767, 1773, 1774, 1775; 1949, 1951, June, 1955, S. 1061d; 1951, S. 1056d, 1058d; 1951, 1953, June, 1955, S. 1054d; 1953, S. 1057d; 1953, 1955, S. 1053d; 1955, S. 1052d; 1957, P.A. 166; 388; 453; 572; September, 1957, P.A. 16, S. 8; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 99; 239, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 235, S. 1; 245; February, 1965, P.A. 461, S. 3; 465, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 57, S. 27; 425, S. 1, 2; 738; 754, S. 19; 1969, P.A. 630, S. 2; 657, S. 2; 758, S. 13; 768, S. 67; 1971, P.A. 234; 872, S. 31, 144; P.A. 73-435; P.A. 74-123, S. 1, 4; 74-207, S. 1–6; P.A. 75-483, S. 3, 4, 10; 75-500, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-409, S. 1; P.A. 77-490, S. 1, 2; 77-533, S. 1, 3; 77-614, S. 19, 139, 587, 610; P.A. 78-267, S. 2, 3; 78-296, S. 1–5; 78-303, S. 85, 136; 78-357, S. 8, 16; P.A. 79-82, S. 1, 2; 79-472, S. 1, 2; 79-479; 79-492, S. 2–4; 79-610, S. 3, 47; P.A. 80-406, S. 1; 80-412, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-333, S. 2, 3; 81-423, S. 18, 25; 81-439, S. 13, 14; P.A. 82-318, S. 2, 3; 82-382, S. 1, 4; 82-449, S. 1, 5; P.A. 83-75, S. 1, 3; 83-485, S. 4–7, 12, 13; 83-568, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-429, S. 48; 84-533, S. 1–3; P.A. 85-593, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-153, S. 1, 5; 86-273, S. 1, 2; 86-394, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-240, S. 2–4; 87-346, S. 1, 2, 4; 87-584, S. 10, 18; P.A. 88-134, S. 1, 3; 88-287, S. 1, 5; 88-342, S. 2, 4; P.A. 89-235, S. 1, 5; 89-368, S. 25, 26, 30; P.A. 90-270, S. 19, 20, 28, 38; P.A. 91-257, S. 1, 2; 91-307, S. 1; P.A. 92-64, S. 1, 3; 92-193, S. 1, 8; P.A. 93-434, S. 5, 6, 20; P.A. 94-157, S. 1, 2, 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 16, 28; P.A. 95-283, S. 9, 68; P.A. 96-180, S. 18, 19, 166; 96-208, S. 1, 2; 96-222, S. 34, 41; 96-239, S. 11, 17; 96-252, S. 6, 8; 96-265, S. 1, 5; P.A. 97-193, S. 1, 5; 97-282, S. 4, 5, 6; P.A. 98-28, S. 45, 117; 98-146, S. 2, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 98, 121; P.A. 99-272, S. 1, 7; 99-280, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-120, S. 5, 13; 00-169, S. 23, 36; 00-170, S. 27, 28, 42; 00-215, S. 3–9, 11; 00-229, S. 1, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 26, 46; P.A. 01-132, S. 156, 157; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 17, 83, 85; P.A. 02-49, S. 5; 02-143, S. 1, 2; P.A. 03-269, S. 5; 03-270, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 40, 53, 146(e); P.A. 04-72, S. 1, 2; 04-189, S. 1; 04-240, S. 35; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 76; P.A. 05-109, S. 43, 44; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 37, 38; P.A. 06-83, S. 9, 10; 06-186, S. 84; P.A. 07-240, S. 2; 07-242, S. 46, 47; 07-254, S. 5–7; 07-255, S. 1, 2; P.A. 08-121, S. 3; 08-174, S. 8; P.A. 09-176, S. 1; 09-226, S. 1; P.A. 10-75, S. 23, 24; 10-98, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-61, S. 2, 3, 52; 11-80, S. 1; 11-129, S. 5; 11-140, S. 13, 26; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 41, 42; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 57; P.A. 13-61, S. 1; 13-214, S. 6; 13-247, S. 287; P.A. 14-94, S. 56, 57; 14-122, S. 88, 89; 14-134, S. 21; 14-183, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 104, 406; P.A. 17-105, S. 10, 11; 17-199, S. 1; 17-202, S. 34; P.A. 18-26, S. 9; 18-47, S. 11–13; 18-72, S. 23, 24; 18-79, S. 1; 18-136, S. 2; P.A. 19-118, S. 70; P.A. 19-171, S. 1; P.A. 21-79, S. 14–16; 21-180, S. 1; P.A. 22-25, S. 6; 22-73, S. 1; 22-118, S. 506, 507; P.A. 23-71, S. 11; 23-102, S. 38; 23-204, S. 18, 19; P.A. 24-46, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 24-1, S. 10.) (1949 Rev., S. 1761, 1766, 1767, 1773, 1774, 1775; 1949, 1951, June, 1955, S. 1061d; 1951, S. 1056d, 1058d; 1951, 1953, June, 1955, S. 1054d; 1953, S. 1057d; 1953, 1955, S. 1053d; 1955, S. 1052d; 1957, P.A. 166; 388; 453; 572; September, 1957, P.A. 16, S. 8; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 99; 239, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 235, S. 1; 245; February, 1965, P.A. 461, S. 3; 465, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 57, S. 27; 425, S. 1, 2; 738; 754, S. 19; 1969, P.A. 630, S. 2; 657, S. 2; 758, S. 13; 768, S. 67; 1971, P.A. 234; 872, S. 31, 144; P.A. 73-435; P.A. 74-123, S. 1, 4; 74-207, S. 1–6; P.A. 75-483, S. 3, 4, 10; 75-500, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-409, S. 1; P.A. 77-490, S. 1, 2; 77-533, S. 1, 3; 77-614, S. 19, 139, 587, 610; P.A. 78-267, S. 2, 3; 78-296, S. 1–5; 78-303, S. 85, 136; 78-357, S. 8, 16; P.A. 79-82, S. 1, 2; 79-472, S. 1, 2; 79-479; 79-492, S. 2–4; 79-610, S. 3, 47; P.A. 80-406, S. 1; 80-412, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-333, S. 2, 3; 81-423, S. 18, 25; 81-439, S. 13, 14; P.A. 82-318, S. 2, 3; 82-382, S. 1, 4; 82-449, S. 1, 5; P.A. 83-75, S. 1, 3; 83-485, S. 4–7, 12, 13; 83-568, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-429, S. 48; 84-533, S. 1–3; P.A. 85-593, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-153, S. 1, 5; 86-273, S. 1, 2; 86-394, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-240, S. 2–4; 87-346, S. 1, 2, 4; 87-584, S. 10, 18; P.A. 88-134, S. 1, 3; 88-287, S. 1, 5; 88-342, S. 2, 4; P.A. 89-235, S. 1, 5; 89-368, S. 25, 26, 30; P.A. 90-270, S. 19, 20, 28, 38; P.A. 91-257, S. 1, 2; 91-307, S. 1; P.A. 92-64, S. 1, 3; 92-193, S. 1, 8; P.A. 93-434, S. 5, 6, 20; P.A. 94-157, S. 1, 2, 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 16, 28; P.A. 95-283, S. 9, 68; P.A. 96-180, S. 18, 19, 166; 96-208, S. 1, 2; 96-222, S. 34, 41; 96-239, S. 11, 17; 96-252, S. 6, 8; 96-265, S. 1, 5; P.A. 97-193, S. 1, 5; 97-282, S. 4–6; P.A. 98-28, S. 45, 117; 98-146, S. 2, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 98, 121; P.A. 99-272, S. 1, 7; 99-280, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-120, S. 5, 13; 00-169, S. 23, 36; 00-170, S. 27, 28, 42; 00-215, S. 39, 11; 00-229, S. 1, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 26, 46; P.A. 01-132, S. 156, 157; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 17, 83, 85; P.A. 02-49, S. 5; 02-143, S. 1, 2; P.A. 03-269, S. 5; 03-270, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 40, 53, 146(e); P.A. 04-72, S. 1, 2; 04-189, S. 1; 04-240, S. 35; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 76; P.A. 05-109, S. 43, 44; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 37, 38; P.A. 06-83, S. 9, 10; 06-186, S. 84; P.A. 07-240, S. 2; 07-242, S. 46, 47; 07-254, S. 5–7; 07-255, S. 1, 2; P.A. 08-121, S. 3; 08-174, S. 8; P.A. 09-176, S. 1; 09-226, S. 1; P.A. 10-75, S. 23, 24; 10-98, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-61, S. 2, 3, 52; 11-80, S. 1; 11-129, S. 5; 11-140, S. 13, 26; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 41, 42; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 57; P.A. 13-61, S. 1; 13-214, S. 6; 13-247, S. 287; P.A. 14-94, S. 56, 57; 14-122, S. 88, 89; 14-134, S. 21; 14-183, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 104, 406; P.A. 17-105, S. 10, 11; 17-199, S. 1; 17-202, S. 34; P.A. 18-26, S. 9; 18-47, S. 11–13; 18-72, S. 23, 24; 18-79, S. 1; 18-136, S. 2; P.A. 19-118, S. 70; P.A. 19-171, S. 1; P.A. 21-79, S. 14–16; 21-180, S. 1; P.A. 22-25, S. 6; 22-73, S. 1; 22-118, S. 506, 507; P.A. 23-71, S. 11; 23-102, S. 38; 23-204, S. 18, 19; P.A. 24-46, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 24-1, S. 10.) History: 1959 acts repealed exemptions for county property (county government abolished) and watercraft owned by nonresidents; 1961 acts added Subdivs. (48) and (49); 1965 acts added Subdivs. (50) and (51); 1967 acts replaced former provisions of Subdiv. (51) with wholly new provisions, amended Subdivs. (19) and (21) to include references to the Vietnam era, and added Subdivs. (52) and (53); 1969 acts amended Subdiv. (50) to delete per cent figures for 1967, 1968 and 1969, to decrease by 10% the figures for 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975 and to add “one hundred per cent in the year 1976”, added Subdiv. (54), amended Subdiv. (52) to specify structures or equipment acquired “by lease or purchase”, to substitute clean air commission for air pollution control commission and to allow certification of a portion of structures and equipment acquired, and substituted commissioner of transportation for Connecticut aeronautics commission in Subdiv. (48); 1971 acts deleted reference to (17) in Subdiv. (20) and substituted commissioner of environmental protection for clean air commission in Subdiv. (52); P.A. 73-435 amended Subdiv. (21) to include exemption for loss of use of one arm or one leg because of service-related injury; P.A. 74-123 added Subdiv. (55); P.A. 74-207 amended Subdivs. (20) to (25) to include both widows and widowers; P.A. 75-483 simplified reference to Vietnam era in Subdivs. (19) and (21); P.A. 75-500 excluded subsidized housing for low and moderate income persons or families from consideration as charitable purpose in Subdiv. (7); P.A. 76-409 added Subdiv. (56); P.A. 77-490 clarified Subdiv. (56)(a) by deleting reference to “addition to a building” and inserting “building to which a solar heating or cooling system is added…”, deleted reference to windmills and water wheels in (b), and added Subdiv. (57); P.A. 77-533 added Subdiv. (58); P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of planning and energy policy and, effective January 1, 1979 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner; P.A. 78-267 removed requirement that veteran have served in time of war and listed eligible branches of service in Subdiv. (21); P.A. 78-296 removed “Connecticut” in Subdivs. (7), (13), (18) and (49) thus making out-of-state organizations eligible, effective May 31, 1978, and applicable to assessment list in any town for assessment date next following May 31, 1978, and each assessment date thereafter; P.A. 78-357 added Subdivs. (59) and (60); P.A. 79-82 added Subdiv. (61), effective May 3, 1979, and applicable to assessment list in any town for 1979 and any assessment list thereafter; P.A. 79-472 included in Subdiv. (19) state residents who served in forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland in WWII and included parents of more than one serviceman or woman under certain conditions in Subdiv. (25); P.A. 79-479 added Subdiv. (62); P.A. 79-492 amended Subdivs. (59) and (60) to detail exemptions further; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 80-406 replaced “October 1, 1980” with “April 20, 1977” in Subdiv. (61); P.A. 80-412 amended Subdiv. (55) to replace requirements for federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance with requirements for social security or other permanent total disability payments comparable with social security, effective June 6, 1980, and applicable in any town to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1980, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 81-333 amended Subdiv. (60) to allow exemption for existing machinery in newly purchased manufacturing facility in distressed municipality: P.A. 81-423 added Subdiv. (64) providing exemption for vessels, effective July 1, 1981, and applicable in any municipality to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1981, and thereafter; P.A. 81-439 added Subdiv. (63), authorizing municipalities to adopt ordinance exempting from property tax solar energy electricity generating systems not eligible for exemption under Subdiv. (57), cogeneration systems or both, effective July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-318 amended Subdiv. (21) to allow municipalities to provide total exemption for the residence of a veteran with respect to which such veteran has received assistance for specially adapted housing under title 38 of United States Code, effective June 9, 1982 and applicable to assessment years in municipalities commencing October 1, 1982, and thereafter; P.A. 82-382 added Subdiv. (66) re motor vehicles leased to state agencies; P.A. 82-449 added Subdiv. (65) re exemption for certain vanpool vehicles, effective July 1, 1982 and applicable to assessment year commencing October 1, 1982, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 83-75 amended Subdiv. (19) to allow exemption for service during period beginning June 27, 1950, and ending January 31, 1955, in lieu of the period “between June 27, 1950 and October 27, 1953” as previously provided, effective May 10, 1983, and applicable in any town to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1983, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 83-485 amended Subdiv. (14) by adding exemption with respect to real property and equipment owned by any religious organization and exclusively used as a thrift shop, the proceeds of which are used for charitable purposes and amended Subdivs. (51), (52) and (53) by the addition of Subpara. (b) to each of said subdivisions, which subparagraph in Subdivs. (51) and (52) concerns requirements related to certification of the exempt property by the commissioner of environmental protection and in Subdiv. (53) concerns time requirements applicable to claims for the exemption and the result of failure to file such application as prescribed; P.A. 83-485 amended Subdivs. (56) and (57) by providing in Subpara. (c) of each of said subdivisions that application for exemption shall not be required for any assessment year following that for which the initial application is filed unless the exempt property is altered in any manner and amended Subdivs. (62)(d) and (63)(d) to provide that application for exemption shall not be required for any assessment year following that for which the initial application is filed unless the exempt property is altered in any manner, effective June 30, 1983, and applicable in any town to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1983, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 83-568 amended Subdivs. (59) and (60) to provide that the exemptions in those Subdivs. terminate for the assessment year following the date that the facility no longer qualifies for the exemption; P.A. 84-429 made technical changes in Subdiv. (65) for statutory consistency; P.A. 84-533 amended Subdivs. (40) and (41) to remove the $50 specific exemption for swine in Subdiv. (41) and include it with sheep and goats in an exemption in Subdiv. (40) which was increased from $200 to $500 and to insert in Subdiv. (41) an exemption for dairy and beef cattle and oxen and added Subdiv. (67) re exemption of city beach property, effective June 4, 1984, and applicable to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1984, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 85-593 added Subdiv. (55)(3), clarifying that a person who has attained age 65 or over and because of payments received as retirement benefits, is no longer eligible to receive benefits under the disability benefit provisions of Social Security or any federal, state or local government retirement or disability plan, in accordance with which such person would be eligible under such disability benefit provisions except for having attained age 65 or over, shall be eligible for the exemption provided under said Subdiv. (55), effective July 8, 1985, and applicable in any municipality to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1985, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 86-153 amended Subdivs. (59) and (60) by clarifying filing requirements for the exemption under each of said subdivisions by inserting the provision that any person claiming the exemption shall file “annually” with the assessor “on or before the first day of November”, effective April 28, 1986, and applicable in any municipality for purposes of the assessment year commencing October 1, 1986, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 86-273 amended Subdiv. (21)(b) and (c) to provide for reinstatement of exemption of a surviving spouse after the termination of a subsequent marriage, effective June 4, 1986, and applicable for the assessment year of any municipality commencing October 1, 1986, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 86-394 amended Subdiv. (19) to eliminate reference to state residents who served in forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland in World War II and included residents who served in forces of any government signatory to United Nations Declaration of January 1, 1942, effective June 9, 1986, and applicable in any municipality to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1987, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 87-240 amended Subdiv. (59) by adding reference to the extension of time that may be allowed for filing the application for exemption as required under said Subdiv. (59), and amended Subdiv. (60) by adding provisions allowing exemption for machinery and equipment acquired and installed on or after October 1, 1986, in a manufacturing facility eligible for exemption under Subdiv. (59), when such machinery and equipment is installed in conjunction with an expansion of such facility contiguous to and representing an increase of not less than 50% of the floor space in the certified manufacturing facility, and adding reference to the extension of time that may be allowed for filing the application for exemption as required under said Subdiv. (60), effective June 1, 1987, and applicable to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1987, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 87-346 amended Subdiv. (40) by allowing complete exemption for sheep, goats and swine in the state, eliminating the maximum amount of exemption previously applicable to assessed value of such livestock, except when totally exempt as a result of being used in farming, Subdiv. (41) by allowing complete exemption for dairy and beef cattle and oxen, eliminating the maximum amount of exemption previously applicable to assessed value of such livestock, except when totally exempt as a result of being used in farming, and by allowing complete exemption for asses and mules and Subdiv. (43) by allowing complete exemption for poultry, eliminating the maximum exemption previously applicable to poultry except when used in farming, and added Subdiv. (68) allowing total exemption for all livestock except that the exemption for horses and ponies shall be limited to $1,000 in assessed value unless used in farming, effective June 10, 1987, and applicable to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1987, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 87-584 amended Subdiv. (54) by deleting reference to Sec. 12-24c and by incorporating a definition of “wholesale and retail business”; P.A. 88-134 added Subdiv. (69) exempting certain property belonging to the metropolitan transportation authority, effective May 6, 1988, and applicable to assessment year commencing October 1, 1988, and thereafter; P.A. 88-287 added Subdiv. (70) re exemption for machinery and equipment used in manufacturing goods or products and acquired as part of a technological upgrading of the manufacturing process, effective June 6, 1988, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1988; P.A. 88-342 added certain members of the merchant marine to Subdiv. (19), effective June 6, 1988, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 1988; P.A. 89-235 amended Subdiv. (60) to require in Subparas. (1) and (2) that machinery and equipment eligible for an exemption represent an addition to the assessment or grand list of the municipality, and to provide in Subpara. (3) that the manufacturing facility is or has at one time been certified for an exemption, effective June 16, 1989, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 1989; P.A. 89-368 amended Subdiv. (2) by exempting reservation land held in trust by the state for Indian tribes and added Subdiv. (71) allowing exemption for motor vehicles owned by member of indigenous Indian tribe or spouse and garaged on the reservation of the tribe; P.A. 90-270 amended Subdivs. (59) and (60) by expanding exemption to facilities, machinery and equipment in municipalities located in a targeted investment community or enterprise zone, amended Subdiv. (70) to expand exemption to new machinery and equipment located in a targeted investment community or enterprise zone and made technical changes and added Subdiv. (72) re exemption for new machinery and equipment in manufacturing facilities, effective January 1, 1991, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 1991; P.A. 91-257 added Subdiv. (73) concerning temporary devices or structures used in the seasonal production, storage or protection of plants or plant material, effective June 19, 1991, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1991; P.A. 91-307 amended Subdiv. (10) concerning property belonging to agricultural or horticultural societies to revise the requirements for exemption thereunder; P.A. 92-64 amended Subdiv. (39) to remove the requirement that produce be grown in the season next preceding the assessment date to qualify for the exemption, effective May 20, 1992, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1992; P.A. 92-193 amended Subdiv. (72) by adding provisions allowing exemption for “newly-acquired machinery and equipment, as defined herein, acquired on or after July 1, 1992”, substituting “fabricating” for “assembling of raw materials, parts or manufactured products” and inserting “for measuring or testing or for metal finishing” in definitions of “machinery”, “equipment” and “manufacturing facility”, adding further definitions of “machinery” and “equipment”, deleting definition of “manufacturer” and adding definitions of “manufacturing”, “fabricating”, “processing” and “measuring or testing”, effective July 1, 1992, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on and after October 1, 1992; P.A. 93-434 amended Subdivs. (56)(c) and (57)(c) by deleting obsolete reference to forms prescribed by the secretary and providing that such forms be approved by the assessor, effective June 30, 1993, and amended Subdiv. (72)(a) by inserting reference to Subpara. (b) and amended Subdiv. (72)(b) by establishing a procedure to claim exemption for leased machinery or equipment, effective June 30, 1993, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 1992; P.A. 94-157 amended Subdiv. (56) by extending end date of construction or addition from 1991 to 2006, adding “active” before “solar energy heating or cooling system”, dividing Subpara. (b) into numbered subparagraphs, adding Subpara. (2) re mechanical means to transfer energy in Subpara. (b), adding reference to chapter 54 in Subpara. (b)(3) and adding provision re building permit in Subpara. (c), amended Subdiv. (57) by extending end date of installation from 1991 to 2006, adding reference to chapter 54 in Subpara. (b) and adding provision re building permit in Subpara. (c), amended Subdiv. (62) by extending end date of construction or addition from 1991 to 2006, deleting Subpara. (b) re regulations to define and set standards for passive and hybrid solar energy heating or cooling systems and adding new Subpara. (b) defining “passive solar energy heating or cooling system” and “hybrid system”, requiring application in manner and form as provided by assessor or board rather than on form prescribed by the office of policy and management in Subpara. (c) and adding provision re building permit in Subpara. (c), and amended Subdiv. (63) by extending end date of installation from 1991 to 2006, making prohibition of applicability in Subpara. (a) mandatory rather than permissive, adding provision re resources recovery facilities in Subpara. (a), adding references to chapter 54 in Subpara. (b), changing “energy which is used for heating, cooling” to “thermal energy which is used for space or water heating or cooling,” in Subpara. (b), requiring application in manner and form as provided by assessor or board rather than on form prescribed by the office of policy and management in Subpara. (d) and adding provision re building permit in Subpara. (d), effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 amended Subdiv. (72)(c) to exclude public service companies defined in Sec. 16-1, effective June 21, 1994, and applicable for the assessment year commencing October 1, 1993, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 95-283 amended Subdiv. (72) to extend exemption period from four years to five years, effective July 6, 1995, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1996; P.A. 96-180 amended Subdivs. (59), (60) and (70) by substituting “Department of Economic and Community Development” for “department”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 96-208 amended Subdiv. (72) to require taxpayer identification number and federal employer identification number on application and to add provision allowing denial of exemption if the claimant is delinquent in a property tax payment, effective June 4, 1996, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 1996; P.A. 96-222 amended Subdiv. (60) to provide that exemption shall not apply to rolling stock, effective October 1, 1996, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after said date; P.A. 96-239 amended Subdivs. (59) and (60) by dividing the Subdivs. into Subparas., adding Subpara. (b) re tax exemption for service facilities and adding references to “service facility” in Subpara. (c) of both, effective July 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: In Subparas. (b) of both Subdivs. (59) and (60) “department” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Department of Economic and Community Development” to mirror technical change enacted in P.A. 96-180); P.A. 96-252 amended Subdiv. (72)(a) by adding provisions re machinery and equipment used in the biotechnology industry, effective July 1, 1996, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1996; P.A. 96-265 added Subdiv. (74) re exemption for certain commercial motor vehicles, effective October 1, 1996, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after said date; P.A. 97-193 added Subdiv. (72)(E) re denial of exemption if applicant delinquent in corporation business tax and to make technical and renumbering changes, effective June 24, 1997, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 97-282 amended Subdiv. (72) to make assessors instead of the Office of Policy and Management responsible for granting extensions, to provide that machinery or equipment that is transferred by sale or lease is only eligible for the exemption only to the extent it would be exempt for the seller or lessor and to make technical changes and amended Subdiv. (74) to require commercial vehicles to be valued on the basis of their acquisition costs and depreciated in accordance with the schedule in Sec. 12-94c, to provide for prorating the value of vehicles that appear on the supplemental motor vehicle list, and to make technical changes, effective June 26, 1997, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: In Subdiv. (72)(A)(vii) the phrase “to development microorganisms” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “to develop microorganisms” for grammatical accuracy); P.A. 98-28 amended Subdiv. (57) by replacing solar energy electricity generating systems with Class I renewable energy sources and certain hydropower facilities, by deleting October 1, 2006 sunset date in Subpara. (a), by deleting Subpara. (b) and by relettering former Subpara. (c) as (b), effective April 29, 1998, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1999; P.A. 98-146 amended Subdiv. (59)(a) by applying exemption to properties designated as manufacturing plants under Sec. 32-75c and authorized extension of assessment period for manufacturing facilities with a Standard Industrial Classification Code of 2833, effective July 1, 1998, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 amended Subdiv. (59)(a) by adding reference to Standard Industrial Classification Code 2834 and making a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-272 amended Subdiv. (21)(C) to allow exemption for modification of dwelling house and made technical changes, effective June 15, 1999, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 1998; P.A. 99-280 amended Subdiv. (74) by requiring the five-year assessment period of a new commercial truck, truck tractor, tractor and semitrailer, and vehicle used in combination therewith, to begin following the assessment year in which such a vehicle was “first registered” in lieu of “purchased” in Subpara. (A)(i), added Subpara. (A)(ii) re vehicles not eligible under Subpara. (A)(i) and made technical changes, effective October 1, 2000, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; P.A. 00-120 amended Subdiv. (19) to define “veteran”, “service in time of war”, and “armed forces” and to make technical changes, effective May 26, 2000, and applicable to assessment years commencing October 1, 2000; P.A. 00-169 amended Subdiv. (74)(A) by making a technical change; P.A. 00-170 amended Subdivs. (59)(b) and (60)(b) to allow certain financial institutions receiving state assistance to extend the assessment period for five years, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 00-215 amended Subdivs. (7), (10) and (16) to require that the assessor provide the statement form under those Subdivs. and to provide that the statement is due on November first quadrennially, amended Subdivs. (59)(c), (60)(c) and (70) to provide that extensions of deadlines for applications under those Subdivs. be in accordance with Sec. 12-81k and amended Subdiv. (74)(B) to make a technical change and to modify the filing requirements for new commercial vehicles, effective June 1, 2000, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: In 2001 the word “if” in the phrase “sworn to by the president, secretary or treasurer if the society” in Subdiv. (10) was changed editorially by the Revisors to “of” to conform provision with P.A. 91-307, thereby correcting a clerical error first published in the 1993 edition of the general statutes); P.A. 00-229 provided an exemption for certain health care institutions, effective June 1, 2000, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: P.A. 00-229 was designated editorially by the Revisors as Subdiv. (75) and the words “… shall be exempt from taxation under chapter 203 of the general statutes,” were deleted editorially by the Revisors since they were no longer needed in the Subdiv. as codified); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1 amended Subdiv. (36) to replace fishing apparatus “actually used in the main business of” with fishing apparatus “belonging to” and to add proviso that such apparatus was purchased for use in the main business of such business or company at the time of purchase, effective June 21, 2000, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2000; P.A. 01-132 amended Subdivs. (70) and (72) to replace Sec. 42a-9-107 with Sec. 42a-9-103a as the statutory reference for the definition of “purchase money security interest” and to make technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 amended Subdiv. (60)(a) to provide for a five-year extension of the assessment period for facilities having code classification 2833 or 2834 in the Standard Industrial Code Classification Manual and employing at least one thousand new full-time employees and amended Subdiv. (72)(B) to provide definitions of “related business” and “control” for purposes of subdivision, to add provisions re determination of stock or interest ownership and to make technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001 (Revisor's note: In Subdiv. (75), “This section” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “This subdivision” for clarity and accuracy); P.A. 02-49 amended Subdiv. (11) to require quadrennial statements be filed with the assessor rather than the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and to make technical changes, effective May 9, 2002; P.A. 02-143 amended Subdivs. (70) and (72)(C) to add provisions re enforcement of the state's security interest established under said Subdivs. and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2002, and applicable with respect to personal property tax exemptions in which the state has a security interest for the assessment year commencing October 1, 2001, and each assessment year thereafter; (Revisor's note: In 2003 a reference in Subdiv. (59) to “Commissioner of Economic Development” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”); P.A. 03-269 amended Subdiv. (53) to provide exemption for leased vehicles and to delete requirement that vehicle be for passengers, effective October 1, 2003, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; P.A. 03-270 amended Subdiv. (7) to make a technical change and define “housing” for purposes of that subdivision, effective July 9, 2003, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2002; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subdiv. (10) to replace Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004, and amended Subdiv. (55) to suspend the exemption for property of totally disabled persons for the 2003 assessment year and make a technical change, and amended Subdiv. (72)(A) to make Subpara. effective for assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2002, redefine “fabricating” to exclude presorting, sorting, coding, folding, stuffing or delivery of certain mail services, limit definition of “processing” to manufacturing and make technical changes, both effective August 20, 2003, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2002; P.A. 04-72 amended Subdiv. (72)(A)(i) to provide that “machinery” and “equipment” must be claimed on the owner's federal income tax return, and amended Subdiv. (72)(B) to revise reference to certain other sections requiring lists of property to be filed and to add provisions re reporting of certain information on a claimant's federal income tax return, effective May 10, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 04-240 amended Subdiv. (7) by making technical changes and adding provision re operation of housing by charitable organization deemed an exclusively charitable purpose, effective October 1, 2002, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subdiv. (55) to restore exemption for the 2003 assessment year and to provide for the issuance of certificates of correction, effective May 12, 2004, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2003; P.A. 05-109 amended Subdivs. (70)(C) and (72)(C) by replacing references to Sec. 42a-1-201(37) with references to Sec. 42a-1-201(b)(35); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subdiv. (51) to add “by purchase or lease” in Subpara. (a), to substitute “owner or lessee of such structures or equipment who wishes to claim” for “person claiming”, add application requirement and make technical changes in Subpara. (b), and to add new Subpara. (c) re revised application for a change in the name of the owner or lessee, and amended Subdiv. (52)(b) to make changes identical to those in Subdiv. (51) and add identical provisions as new Subpara. (c), effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 06-83 amended Subdiv. (72)(A) by limiting applicability to assessment years commencing prior to October 1, 2011, effective July 1, 2006, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2006, and added Subdiv. (76) re exemption for new or newly acquired machinery and equipment effective for assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2011, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-186 amended Subdiv. (72)(A) by allowing machinery and equipment used in recycling to qualify for exemption and adding definition of “recycling”, effective July 1, 2006, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2006; P.A. 07-240 amended Subdiv. (57)(a) to include farms, effective October 1, 2007, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; P.A. 07-242 amended Subdiv. (57)(a) to delete provision re authorization of exemption by ordinance, change installation date from October 1, 1977, to October 1, 2007, and add passive or active solar water or space heating system or geothermal energy resource, amended Subdiv. (57)(b) to add hydropower facility, passive or active solar water heating system or geothermal energy resources and amended Subdiv. (63) to delete provisions re solar energy electricity generating system and change installation date from on or after July 1, 1981, and before October 1, 2006, to on or after July 1, 2007, effective October 1, 2007, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; P.A. 07-254 amended Subdiv. (7) by adding provision re real property eligible for exemption regardless of whether used by another corporation organized exclusively for scientific, educational, literary, historical or charitable purposes or for two or more such purposes, amended Subdiv. (14) by inserting “a daycare facility,” and amended Subdiv. (58) by inserting “and not otherwise exempt under this section”, effective October 1, 2007, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date; P.A. 07-255 amended Subdivs. (56)(a) and (62)(a) by deleting “and before October 1, 2006”, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-121 amended Subdiv. (53)(a) by adding provision re motor vehicle garaged inside the state, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 08-174 amended Subdiv. (7) to divide existing provisions into Subparas. (A) and (B) and, in Subpara. (A), add purpose of preserving open space land, effective June 13, 2008, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2007; P.A. 09-176 amended Subdiv. (20) to replace former provisions re submission of evidence satisfactory to assessors with provisions requiring an individual receiving exemption to submit proof of disability rating to assessor of the town for initial exemption year and when disability rating has been modified by Veterans' Administration of the United States, effective June 30, 2009; P.A. 09-226 added Subdiv. (77) re real property belonging to or held in trust for regional council of elected officials, regional council of governments or regional planning agency, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2009; P.A. 10-75 amended Subdivs. (59)(b) and (60)(b) to replace references to Sec. 12-217u with references to Sec. 32-236, effective May 6, 2010; P.A. 10-98 amended Subdiv. (59)(a) and (c) and Subdiv. (60)(a) and (c) to add provisions re airport development zone established pursuant to Sec. 32-75d, effective October 1, 2011, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2012; P.A. 11-61 amended Subdiv. (72)(B) to replace references to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with “the assessor or board of assessors”, deleted former Subdiv. (72)(E) re role of said secretary in approving claims for exemption, amended Subdiv. (74)(D) to remove reference to repealed Sec. 12-94c and amended Subdiv. (76) to remove references to “new” or “newly-acquired” machinery and equipment, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subdivs. (51) and (52), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-129 amended Subdiv. (7)(B) to substitute “persons with intellectual disability” for reference to retarded individuals; P.A. 11-140 amended Subdiv. (59)(a) by replacing references to Standard Industrial Classification Codes with references to North American Industrial Classification Codes, effective July 8, 2011, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2011, and further amended Subdiv. (59)(a) by adding “With respect to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2012,” and amended Subdiv. (59)(b) by replacing references to Sec. 12-217u with references to Sec. 32-236(b), effective October 1, 2011, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2012 (Revisor's note: In 2012, references to Sec. 12-217u in Subdiv. (60)(b) were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Sec. 32-236 to conform with changes made by P.A. 10-75 to the version of Subdiv. (60)(b) in effect prior to October 1, 2011); Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 amended Subdivs. (59)(c) and (60)(c) to change “the town” and “the airport development zone” to “a town” and “an airport development zone”, effective October 27, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made a technical change in Subdiv. (7)(B)(iii); P.A. 13-61 amended Subdiv. (57) to add new Subpara. (B) re exemption for Class I renewable energy sources, hydropower facilities or solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy sources installed on or after January 1, 2010, for commercial or industrial purposes and located in a distressed municipality with a population between 125,000 and 135,000, to add Subpara. (C) re exemption at municipal option for Class I renewable energy sources, hydropower facilities or solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy sources installed between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2013, for commercial or industrial purposes and located in any municipality except a municipality described in Subpara. (B), to add Subpara. (D) re exemption for Class I renewable energy sources, hydropower facilities or solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy sources installed on or after January 1, 2014, for commercial or industrial purposes, to redesignate existing Subpara. (b) as Subpara. (E), and to make technical and conforming changes, effective June 3, 2013, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2013; P.A. 13-214 amended Subdiv. (7)(B)(iii) to substitute “victims of domestic violence” for “battered or abused women and children”; P.A. 13-247 amended Subdiv. (77) by deleting references to regional council of elected officials and regional planning agency and deleting “or agency,”, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-94 amended Subdiv. (57)(A) by designating existing provisions as clauses (i) to (iii) and adding provision re exemption applicability and amended Subdiv. (57)(D) by designating existing provisions as clauses (i) to (iii), redesignating existing clauses (i) to (iii) as subclauses (I) to (III), amending redesignated subclause (III) by adding provision re aggregate load of beneficial accounts and adding subclause (IV) re amount to which exemption applies, effective June 6, 2014, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2014; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subdivs. (74) and (76); P.A. 14-134 amended Subdiv. (57) by making technical changes, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 14-183 amended Subdiv. (76) by adding provision requiring requests for exemption be filed with assessor not later than November 1 on a form prescribed by the assessor, effective October 1, 2014, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after that date; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subdiv. (57) by adding Subpara. (F) re exemption at municipal option for Class I renewable energy source that is the subject of an approved power purchase agreement and amended Subdiv. (59)(c) by designating existing provision re extension of time and payment of late fee as clause (i), adding clause (ii) re exclusion of certain persons from waiver of right to claim an exemption, and making a technical change, effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 17-105 amended Subdiv. (33) by adding “cellular mobile telephones, computers and mobile electronic devices, as defined in section 10-222d”, and making technical and conforming changes, and added Subdiv. (78) re machinery and equipment used in process of coloring or mixing paint and used by retailers that offer paint for sale at retail, effective October 1, 2017, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2017; P.A. 17-199 amended Subdiv. (4) by designating existing provisions re property as Subpara. (A) and amending same by adding “personal”, adding “or leased to” and deleting “real and”, adding Subpara. (B) re real property used for public purpose, and making technical changes; P.A. 17-202 amended Subdiv. (7)(B)(iii) by replacing “homeless individuals, mentally or physically handicapped individuals or persons with intellectual disability” with “persons who are homeless, persons with a mental health disorder, persons with intellectual or physical disability”, and making a technical change; P.A. 18-26 made a technical change in Subdiv. (72)(B); P.A. 18-47 amended Subdiv. (19) to replace Subsec. designators (a) to (f) with Subpara. designators (A) to (F), redesignate existing Subsec. (g) as Subpara. (H), add Subpara. (G) re person with qualifying condition who received discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable and served in time of war, and add “qualifying condition” re definitions as provided in Sec. 27-103, amended Subdiv. (22) to designate existing provisions re one who died during service or after receiving honorable discharge as Subpara. (A) and add Subpara. (B) re person with qualifying condition who died after discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from armed forces of United States, amended Subdiv. (25) to designate existing provisions re one who died during service or after receiving honorable discharge and left no widow or widower or whose widow or widower remarried or died as Subpara. (A) and add Subpara. (B) re person with qualifying condition who died after discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from armed forces of United States and left no widow or widower or whose widow or widower remarried or died, and made technical and conforming changes, effective October 1, 2018, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2018; P.A. 18-72 amended Subdivs. (20), (21) and (24) to replace references to Veterans' Administration with references to United States Department of Veterans Affairs, further amended Subdiv. (21) to add “as amended from time to time” in Subpara. (C), and further amended Subdiv. (24) to make a technical change; P.A. 18-79 added Subdiv. (79) re tangible personal property with original value of not more than $250 owned by a business organization, effective October 1, 2018, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2018; P.A. 18-136 amended Subdiv. (78) by adding provision re filing of request with assessor, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-118 amended Subdiv. (75) by adding reference to Subsec. (o) of Sec. 19a-490, effective July 9, 2019; P.A. 19-171 amended Subdiv. (20) to increase exemptions for disabled service members and veterans by $500, effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2019; P.A. 21-79 amended Subdiv. (19) by adding reference to Sec. 27-103 in Subpara. (A), deleting former Subpara. (G) re person with qualifying condition, redesignating existing Subpara. (H) as Subpara. (G), and making conforming changes, and amended Subdivs. (22) and (25) by deleting “(A)”, replacing “receiving an honorable discharge therefrom” with “becoming a veteran, as defined in section 27-103”, and deleting former Subpara. (B) re one with qualifying condition, effective October 1, 2021, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2021; P.A. 21-180 amended Subdiv. (57)(A)(i) by adding “where such electricity is intended” re generation of electricity, designating existing provision re installation on or after October 1, 2007, as subclause (I), adding subclause (II) re estimated annual production of source or facility, designated existing provision re installation for single family dwelling, certain multifamily dwellings or farm as subclause (III), and adding provision re prohibition on disqualification from exemption due to utilization of or participation in certain net metering or tariff programs or ownership of source or facility by third party, amended Subdiv. (57)(E) by adding provisions re preparation of application form and publication of application form on Internet web site, substituting “such assessor or board” for “the secretary”, and adding provision permitting filing of single application for owners of more than one source or municipality, and made technical changes, effective October 1, 2021, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2021; P.A. 22-25 added Subdiv. (80) re electric vehicle charging stations and refueling equipment for fuel cell electric vehicles and added Subdiv. (81) re zero-emission school buses, effective October 1, 2022, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2022; P.A. 22-73 amended Subdiv. (7)(A) by adding requirement re posting of form on Internet web site of assessor or board of assessors, amended Subdiv. (7)(B) by eliminating provision restricting exemption to temporary housing for real property primarily used for purposes described in Subparas. (i) to (v) and adding provision specifying that certain payments for support or care of individuals housed in real property described in Subparas. (i) to (v) shall not constitute housing subsidies, and made technical and conforming changes, effective October 1, 2022, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2022; P.A. 22-118 amended Subdiv. (74)(D) by specifying that Subdiv. (74)(D) applies for assessment years commencing prior to October 1, 2023, and added Subdiv. (80), codified by the Revisors as Subdiv. (82), re snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle or residential utility trailer exclusively for personal use, effective July 1, 2022, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2023; P.A. 23-71 added references to United States Space Force in Subdivs. (20), (21)(A), (21)(C), (22), (23), (25) and (26); P.A. 23-102 amended Subdiv. (57)(D) by adding “other than a nuclear power generating facility”; P.A. 23-167 amended Subdiv. (33) by changing the reference for the definition of “mobile electronic devices” from Sec. 10-222d to Sec. 10-222aa, effective July 1, 2025; P.A. 23-204 amended Subdivs. (74)(D) and (82) by substituting “October 1, 2024” for “October 1, 2023” re applicable assessment years, effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2024; P.A. 24-46 amended Subdiv. (20) by adding Subpara. designators (A) to (D), excepting service-connected permanent and total disability rating from application of Subdiv. and making technical and conforming changes, and added Subdiv. (83) re dwelling or motor vehicle owned by certain service members with service-connected permanent and total disability rating, effective October 1, 2024, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2024; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 24-1 amended Subdiv. (74) by deleting “but prior to the first day of August” in Subpara. (C) and adding Subpara. (E) re assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2024, effective July 1, 2024, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2024. Buildings taxable against lessee though land exempt. 10 C. 490; 51 C. 259. Such lands taxable in case of sale. 30 C. 160. Lease for 999 years for all practical purposes a fee. 31 C. 407. Property conveyed prior to 1821 left under act of 1702; tax illegally assessed in part, illegal lien toto. 38 C. 274. Legislature may grant exemptions; 89 C. 399; 92 C. 107; but they are to be strictly construed. 85 C. 678. Abandonment as destroying right to exemption. 91 C. 595. An assessment of benefits is not a tax under statute. 96 C. 523. Power of legislature to repeal exemption statute. 108 C. 252. Subdivs. (18) to (23): Limited tax exemptions to veterans or their dependents, resident in this state, but who were not resident in this state at the time of enlistment or induction, are within meaning of statutes. 135 C. 210. Cited. Id., 231. Exemption from taxation is equivalent to appropriation of public funds. 147 C. 374. Cited. 168 C. 447; 175 C. 49; 179 C. 111. Cited. 9 CA 448. Subdiv. (1): Property in plaintiff's plant, title to which had passed to the federal government under contracts of manufacture, was exempt under Subdiv. 156 C. 33. Subdiv. (4): Reservoir held by municipality for public use and necessary land for same exempt. 44 C. 361. Ferry owned by city but leased. 87 C. 231. Land used by one town for poor farm exempt, though located in another. 91 C. 589. All property of municipality held for public use is exempt though located in different towns; exemption not lost by incidental nonpublic users. 95 C. 548. Branch mains of municipal water system used to supply another community not exempt. 112 C. 515, see also 107 C. 521. Rule of strict construction against claimant for exemption does not apply with respect to property of municipal corporation. 133 C. 28. Phrase “used for a public purpose” interpreted. 148 C. 233. General municipal land tax exemption is subject to the exception of Sec. 12-76 for reservoirs maintained in another municipality. 161 C. 396. Cited. 168 C. 466; 170 C. 69. Property belonging to one town and located in another is not exempt from taxes under statute if inhabitants of town in which it is located and general public are not permitted its use. 183 C. 345. When inhabitants of a municipality in which a recreational facility exists are excluded, the facility is not “used for a public purpose” within meaning of tax exemption. 190 C. 627. Cited. 193 C. 342; 200 C. 697. “Used for a public purpose” discussed. 215 C. 68. Subdiv. (5): Property not exempt under Subdiv. until actually used by public for public purposes. 125 C. 129. Cited. 168 C. 466. Subdiv. (7): Act of 1859 not unconstitutional as to lands previously given to charitable uses. 31 C. 407. Word “used” applied to corpus of real estate; vacant lots, houses and factories of these institutions exempt unless within the proviso. 66 C. 482. Dormitories and dining halls of Yale University not taxable. 71 C. 316. “Buildings” of school held to include appurtenant lands used for playground. 87 C. 474, see also 85 C. 674. Private school not exempt. 88 C. 242; 105 C. 456; 108 C. 138; 117 C. 385. Property of educational institution not exempt if not so organized that future profit could not be distributed to members. 111 C. 204. This exemption distinguished from that under Sec. 12-347. 115 C. 133. History of exemption; Masonic property not exempt. 119 C. 53. What constitutes public educational or charitable purposes entitling to exemption; organization holding real property upon determinable fee can claim exemption. Id., 106. Boy Scout Council may obtain exemption if properly organized. 121 C. 466. Under doctrine of equitable conversion, college taking realty under will which directed sale of realty, not entitled to exemption from property tax until distribution. 123 C. 196. Exemptions allowed to private nonprofit schools whose property was sequestered for educational purposes. 131 C. 179; 134 C. 1. Compared with exemption under Unemployment Compensation Act. 131 C. 503. Hospital not receiving state aid not exempt by Subdiv. 133 C. 273. To qualify for exemption, not necessary for school to bear some portion of public burden of education. 134 C. 1. Houses used solely as living quarters for teachers not exempt. 138 C. 347. The statutory exemption from taxation of property of a corporation organized exclusively for education purposes extends to all of the property of the corporation the use of which is incidental to education, including campuses and playing fields; the test is whether the property is set aside for educational purposes and whether the corporation or any person can secure any profit from its operations. 144 C. 206. Nonprofit camp for underprivileged, socially maladjusted persons held to qualify as corporation organized for charitable purposes; property of local charitable corporations not to be denied tax exemption because beneficiaries of the charity are out-of-state residents. 147 C. 510. Faculty housing for school staff held not used exclusively for educational purposes. 160 C. 370. Cited. 168 C. 447; 169 C. 454; 170 C. 556; 172 C. 439. Requires not that corporation claiming exemption itself be an educational institution but only that it be organized exclusively for educational purposes including collegiate athletics; “used exclusively” does not entail requirement that activities be carried out continuously. 181 C. 343. Held that taxpayer is not organized exclusively for charitable purposes under section. 228 C. 375. Cited. 234 C. 169. Use of property as housing for the elderly precludes tax-exempt status as a charitable purpose because plaintiff authorized under bylaws to collect rents and property must be exclusively used for tax-exempt purpose to qualify for exemption. 262 C. 213. To qualify for tax exemption under Subdiv. and Sec. 12-88, real property used for charitable purposes must fulfill the five requirements stated in 270 C. 69; the provision of long-term health care and spiritual support to the elderly in a nonprofit, nondiscriminatory manner without regard to individual financial circumstances is a charitable purpose; broad interpretation is afforded to the meaning of “charitable”; to constitute a charitable organization, entity must be structured so that it is intended to function with the aid of at least some private charitable support and must in fact seek out and receive such support; excess revenue generated by a facility is not relevant to question of whether the facility is organized and exclusively used for a charitable purpose; that the state is not completely relieved of any obligation or may partially subsidize organization's activity is alone not sufficient to defeat a claim for tax exemption, and nonprofit skilled nursing facility's funding shortfall arising from Medicaid reimbursement levels together with risk that private and charitable payments and contributions will fail to overcome shortfall is sufficient to satisfy requirement that facility relieve a burden on society; accepting payment or charging a fee, without more, does not alter character of charitable or otherwise tax-exempt organization; exclusive use requirement must be strictly construed to require charitable organization seeking tax exemption to use its property in manner that its activities are entirely dedicated to serving its stated charitable purpose. 290 C. 695. Cited. 2 CA 153. Corporation formed to aid injured, distressed and mistreated horses is a charitable organization that uses its property exclusively for charitable purposes and qualified for exemption because care and protection of such horses is a charitable purpose, organization aids horses regardless of their owners' ability to pay for services, no officer or employee receives a profit from operation of the organization and its president did not receive anything other than reasonable compensation for her services by giving riding lessons for her personal income, all money generated from horse boarding is used for charitable purposes and the majority of the organization's income was derived from donations, grants and fund raisers. 57 CA 41. Charitable organizations shall pay local property taxes unless property is used exclusively for scientific, educational, literary, historical or charitable purposes; the determination is governed by the specific facts in the individual case. 83 CA 124. When exemption is lost for late filing. 4 CS 290. Cited. Id., 459. Property purchased for ultimate charitable use but not yet so devoted, not exempt. 6 CS 250. If college has no endowment and students pay for their education, no exemption. 8 CS 120. Institution, whose charter does not preclude the possibility of the net earnings accruing to individual members, not exempt. 12 CS 292. Cited. 13 CS 372; 14 CS 444; 17 CS 178. Subdiv. limited to Connecticut corporations; claim by Massachusetts corporation that this limitation is unconstitutional is not a claim under section. 32 CS 140. Monthly payment made by inmate or Department of Correction to halfway house is not rent, but is in furtherance of charitable purpose of providing inmates transition into society. 47 CS 520. Caretaker's services furthered nonprofit corporation's charitable and educational purposes so as to qualify for a tax exemption where corporation owned a seasonal camp with cottage and had a caretaker live there year-round rent free in exchange for his services. Id., 550. Under Subdiv., land preservation is a charitable use qualifying property for tax exemption as long as it is coupled with some minimal educational or other charitable activity on or near the property location. 50 CS 532. Subpara. (B): The term “temporary housing” in the Subpara. is ambiguous because it does not specify the length of the durational limitation imposed, but, in light of the legislative history, “temporary” does not have an inflexible or fixed durational limitation, instead the durational limitation will vary depending on the particular purpose of the charitable organization and the needs of the residents that fall within the enumerated categories. 340 C. 501. Subdiv. (8): Cited. 169 C. 454. Date of exemption period fixed not at date of gift but at date it is “invested and held for the use of” the donee. 4 CS 415. Quonset huts devoted to the housing of married veterans enrolled in Yale not taxable. 17 CS 166. Subdiv. limited to named institutions; claim by Massachusetts educational corporation that this limitation is unconstitutional is not a claim under section. 32 CS 140. Subdiv. (10): Property of joint-stock agricultural societies is within the exemption. 88 C. 628. Subdiv. (12): Grant to ecclesiastical society expressly, without condition, is not within statute as a grant for religious or charitable purposes. 21 C. 481. Word “use” means income. 59 C. 166; 66 C. 482. Unitarian retreat held not exempt under Subdiv. 125 C. 52. Cited. 39 CS 142. Subdiv. (13): Statute of 1702 exempting lands given for the ministry for public or charitable uses not a contract; but, if otherwise, a lease for 999 years without reserving rent is a violation of the contract. 36 C. 116. Building earnings money applicable to secular uses not exempt as a church. 54 C. 153. Cited. 138 C. 350. History of tax exemption for church property in state discussed. 147 C. 374. To qualify as house of religious worship for tax exemption, buildings must maintain “essential characteristics of churches” as defined in 119 C. 53; trial court improperly denied tax exemption for nonprofit skilled nursing facility's chapel where facility's organizational structure and purpose as revealed in its corporate charter, bylaws and mission statement qualified facility as religious organization organized for charitable purpose of providing long-term health care to the elderly. 290 C. 695. Occasional meetings at a caretaker's cottage, which had a library and was used for gatherings, study and education, at the caretakers' convenience, does not make a home a house of religious worship. 100 CA 262. Subdiv. (14): Lands given for use of the ministry taxable against lessee for 999 years where lease stipulated he should pay the taxes assessed. 14 C. 228. Land of camp meeting association conveyed by lease forfeitable may be taxed against lessee. 54 C. 153. Property of ecclesiastical society must be exclusively used for its purposes to be exempt. 61 C. 228; 66 C. 368, 476. Unitarian retreat held not exempt under Subdiv. 125 C. 52. Does not, by inference, exclude tax exemption for nonprofit camp without religious purposes under Subdiv. (7). 147 C. 510. Subdiv. (16): Buildings used for rest-house, at which board is paid, held not exempt. 90 C. 504. History of statute; hospital not receiving support from state may not obtain exemption under Subdiv. 133 C. 273. Burden is on party claiming exemption to file report to establish its right. 158 C. 138. Hospital properties owned or in trust used for hospital purposes are tax-exempt. 160 C. 370. Subdiv. (20): Statute is valid although veterans not resident of state at time of enlistment or induction; grant of limited exemption held valid. 135 C. 210. History discussed; loss of a leg or arm or the equivalent of such a loss entitles a serviceman to the maximum exemption regardless of what disability rating he may have been given by the Veterans Administration. 24 CS 147. Subdiv. (32): Library and books of a private law firm held exempt from municipal taxation under section. 31 CS 359. Subdiv. (39): One who grows hay on shares held to be producer of farm crops. 79 C. 295. Definition of “farm” is specific to statute and not expressive of general legislative intent. 160 C. 71. Prior to the enactment of Subdiv. (44), nursery stock was not exempt from taxation under this Subdiv. 6 CS 249. Subdiv. (44): Definition of “nursery” is specific to statute and not expressive of general legislative intent. 160 C. 71. History of enactment. 6 CS 249. Subdiv. (54): Rental equipment in stock qualifies for exemption. 212 C. 167. Subdiv. (72): Trial court properly determined that plaintiff business organization did not qualify for tax exemption because ownership transfer was to a business organization that was related to and affiliated with seller; court looked to common meaning of “affiliate”, “control” and “related”; subsequent amendment added definitions for “related business” and “control”. 268 C. 222.

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