HB 7009 Summary

• Extends the filing deadline by 30 days for property tax exemption applications in Berlin (2017 and 2019 grand lists), East Haven (2017), Groton (2017-2018), Meriden (2018), Middletown (2017-2018), New Haven (2017), Oxford (2018), Plainville (2018), Seymour (2017), West Hartford (2019), and Windsor Locks (2019) for applicants who missed original deadlines but remain eligible.

• Requires late filing fees to be paid and exemption eligibility to be verified before assessors approve exemptions; municipalities must reimburse taxpayers for any excess taxes, interest, and penalties paid if the exemption had been timely filed.

• Extends the filing deadline for Milford to submit students for special education excess cost grants omitted from the March 2020 filing, with payment due for fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

• Changes the Bridgeport school district merger deadline from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2025, allowing the district to merge into the city if no bonds are issued by that date.

• Authorizes a $500,000 grant to the town of Branford for demolishing and reconstructing the Indian Neck Firehouse and extends the expiration date for a Ridgefield site plan approval if construction permits are obtained and work begins before expiration.