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(a) In lieu of real property taxes, special benefit assessments and sewerage system use charges otherwise payable to such municipality, except in such municipalities as, by special act or charter, on May 20, 1957, had a sewer use charge, an authority shall pay each year to the municipality in which any of its moderate rental housing projects are located a sum to be determined by the municipality, with the approval of the Commissioner of Housing, not in excess of twelve and one-half per cent of the shelter rent per annum for each occupied dwelling unit in any such housing project; except that the amount of such payment shall not be so limited in any case where funds are made available for such payment by an agency or department of the United States government, but no payment shall exceed the amount of taxes which would be paid on the property were the property not exempt from taxation.
(b) Each municipality that received a grant-in-aid pursuant to section 8-216 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, shall waive any payment that becomes payable, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, during any fiscal year in which no grant-in-aid for such amount is made, pursuant to section 8-216, except that no waiver shall be required in any case where funds are made available for such payment by an agency or department of the United States government.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 8. Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development § 8-71. Payments in lieu of taxes, assessments and use charges. Municipal waiver of payment. Exception - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-8-zoning-planning-housing-and-economic-and-community-development/ct-gen-st-sect-8-71/
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