Sec. 12-20a. Grants in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges, general hospitals, chronic disease hospitals and certain urgent care facilities.
Sec. 12-20a. Grants in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges, general
hospitals, chronic disease hospitals and certain urgent care facilities. (a) On or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall
determine the amount due to each municipality in the state, in accordance with this
section, as a state grant in lieu of taxes with respect to real property owned by any private
nonprofit institution of higher learning or any nonprofit general hospital facility or free
standing chronic disease hospital or an urgent care facility that operates for at least
twelve hours a day and that had been the location of a nonprofit general hospital for at
least a portion of calendar year 1996 to receive payments in lieu of taxes for such property, exclusive of any such facility operated by the federal government, except a campus
of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Systems,
or the state of Connecticut or any subdivision thereof. As used in this section "private
nonprofit institution of higher learning" means any such institution, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-34, or any independent college or university, as defined in section
10a-37, that is engaged primarily in education beyond the high school level, and offers
courses of instruction for which college or university-level credit may be given or may
be received by transfer, the property of which is exempt from property tax under any
of the subdivisions of section 12-81; "nonprofit general hospital facility" means any such
facility which is used primarily for the purpose of general medical care and treatment,
exclusive of any hospital facility used primarily for the care and treatment of special
types of disease or physical or mental conditions; and "free standing chronic disease
hospital" means a facility which provides for the care and treatment of chronic diseases,
excluding any such facility having an ownership affiliation with and operated in the
same location as a chronic and convalescent nursing home.
(b) The grant payable to any municipality under the provisions of this section in
the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and in each fiscal year thereafter, shall
be equal to seventy-seven per cent of the property taxes which, except for any exemption
applicable to any such institution of higher education or general hospital facility under
the provisions of section 12-81, would have been paid with respect to such exempt real
property on the assessment list in such municipality for the assessment date two years
prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable. The
amount of the grant payable to each municipality in any year 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.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the amount of
the grant payable to any municipality under the provisions of this section with respect
to a campus of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare
Systems shall be as follows: (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, twenty per
cent of the amount payable in accordance with said subsection (b); (2) for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2008, forty per cent of such amount; (3) for the fiscal year ending June
30, 2009, sixty per cent of such amount; (4) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010,
eighty per cent of such amount; (5) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and each
fiscal year thereafter, one hundred per cent of such amount.
(d) As used in this section and section 12-20b, the word "municipality" means any
town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, borough, district, as
defined in section 7-324, and any city not consolidated with a town.
(P.A. 78-213, S. 1, 3; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-610, S. 2, 47; P.A. 87-418, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-43, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-148,
S. 3, 34; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 5, 30; P.A. 93-388, S. 9, 12; P.A. 94-175, S. 31, 32; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 80,
85; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 15, 28; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; P.A. 98-250, S. 32, 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 12, 51;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 34, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 60, 85; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 113, 131; May Sp.
Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 48.)
History: P.A. 78-303 allowed change from tax commissioner to commissioner of revenue services called for in P.A.
77-614; P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services,
effective July 1, 1980; P.A. 87-418 changed date for determination of amount due each municipality from December first
to September first, and increased amount of grant to municipality from 25% of property taxes which, except for applicable
exemption, would have been paid with respect to exempt real property on assessment list in such municipality for assessment
date preceding fiscal year in which grant is payable to 40% of property taxes which, except for applicable exemption,
would have been paid with respect to exempt real property on assessment list in such municipality for assessment date
two years prior to fiscal year in which grant is payable; P.A. 88-43 changed the annual date for determination of the amount
due each municipality as a grant in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges and general hospitals from the first
day of September to the first day of January next following, effective April 13, 1988, and applicable to the assessment
year in any municipality commencing October 1, 1988, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 90-148 increased the
amount of the grant to eligible municipalities from 40% to 50% of the property taxes otherwise payable with respect to
such real property; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 increased the amount of the grant to eligible municipalities from 50% to 60%
of the property taxes otherwise payable with respect to such real property; P.A. 93-388 added free-standing chronic disease
hospitals to tax-exempt real property with respect to which state grant in lieu of taxes is payable to municipality, effective
July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-175 made technical change in the definition of "municipality", effective July 1, 1994; May Sp. Sess.
P.A. 94-4 changed effective date of P.A. 94-175, S. 31 from June 2, 1994, to January 1, 1995, effective June 9, 1994; May
Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 added the definition of "free standing chronic disease hospital", effective June 21, 1994, and applicable
to the grant-in-lieu of taxes made in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1993, and each fiscal year thereafter; P.A. 95-160
revised effective date of May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-250 added to list of eligible
institutions urgent care facilities operating under specified conditions, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1
increased grant payment from 60% to 77%, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 replaced "within the previous
two years" with "for at least a portion of calendar year 1996" re location of hospital, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 01-6 designated existing provisions as Subdivs. (1) to (3), specified that grant in lieu of taxes provided for under
section is for real property exempt under Sec. 12-81 and which is owned by the specified entities, deleted definition of
"private nonprofit institution of higher education", defined "institution of higher education", changed "nonprofit general
hospital facility" to "general hospital facility" and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 redesignated Subdivs. (1) to (3) as Subsecs. (a) to (c) and repealed substantive provisions enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A.
01-6, effective July 1, 2001; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, to include a campus
of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs among property for which payment is made under section and to further define
"private nonprofit institution of higher learning", added new Subsec. (c) re a campus of the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective October 1, 2004, and applicable to assessment years
commencing on or after that date.
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.