o UUT 25 1967 3-4-5V Cn 4/3 v". 3 3 \ SPECIAL ACTS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT AT THE DECEMBER SPECIAL SESSION, 1965 and JANUARY SESSION, 1967 PREPARED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3-83 OF THE 1965 SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL STATUTES by Secretary of the State HARTFORD 1967 Published by the state under the authority of Sec. 4-119 of the 1965 Supplement to the General Statutes. Louis I. GLADSTONE Comptroller SPECIAL ACTS OF THE &tate of Connecticut WITH APPENDICES CONTAINING Appropriations and grants from the treasury and executive appointments VOLUME XXXHI 1967 HARTFORD PUBLISHED BY THE STATE 1967 SPECIAL ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT SPECIAL SESSION, DECEMBER, 1965 At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, in said State, on December thirteenth, one thou­ sand nine hundred and sixty-five, and continued until the final adjournment thereof on December thirteenth, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five. [House Bill No. 2001.] [1.1 AN ACT VALIDATING THE REVALUATION OF TAX­ ABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF WATERBURY AND THE LEVY, ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF TAX REVIEW OF TAXES ON THE GRAND LIST OF 1965 IN SAID CITY. SECTION 1. In all cases in which the assessor of the city of Waterbury has neglected to give legal notice requiring all persons therein liable to pay taxes on property in said city, other than real estate, automobiles, motorcycles or other motor vehicles, to bring in, after May 1, 1965 and not later than June 1, 1965, lists of all the taxable personal property other than automobiles, motorcycles and other motor vehicles belonging to them on May 1, 1965, as required by law; and in all cases in which the assessor of said city has, after May 1, 1965, not received any such list and has, in such case, neglected to fill out a list for the taxpayer including all personal property other than automobiles, motorcycles and other motor vehicles in the city owned by said taxpayer and liable to taxation and has failed to add ten per cent to the valuation thereof as re­ quired by law; and in all cases in which the assessor of said city has added to the list of any person or corporation making a sworn list of any property owned by him or it and liable to taxation in said city without legally notifying him or it there­ of; and in all cases in which any person or corporation liable 6 SPECIAL ACTS [Dec., SP. NO. 1 to pay taxes in said city as a resident thereof has failed to give in a list as required by law and said assessor has made out a list for him or it and has increased the valuation of his or its property above the valuation of the last-preceding grand list, and has added ten per cent thereto, but has failed to give such Erson or corporation notice of such increase as required by v; and in all cases in which house lots have not been assessed by the assessor of the city of Waterbury in lists separately as land as required by law; and in all cases in which the assessor of said city has not signed any assessment list as required by law; and in all cases in which the assessor of said city has used assessment lists of a form other than that prescribed by law; and in all cases in which the assessor of said city has failed to arrange the assessment lists of said city in alphabetical order as required by law; and in all cases wherein the said assessor has failed to lodge the said assessment lists in the required of­ fice, or has failed to do so on or before the date designated by law; and in all cases in which the assessor of said city has omitted to fill out a list for any person or corporation which failed to return a list as prescribed by law; and in all cases in which the assessor of the said city has adopted as the value of any items of real or personal property, for purposes of revaluation and of assessment, a valuation not his own, as re­ quired by law, but one placed upon said property by any re­ valuation contractor or agent thereof engaged by the city of Waterbury; and in all cases in which said assessor has made an incorrect abstract of the assessment lists of said city; and in all cases in which said assessor has used numerous card form abstracts instead of the form prescribed and approved by the state tax commissioner; and in all cases in which said assessor has failed to take, subscribe and affix to or endorse upon said abstracts the oath prescribed by law; and in all cases wherein said assessor has taken the oath to said abstracts and has sub­ scribed said oath, and has affixed it to, or endorsed it upon, said abstracts after the expiration of the time prescribed by law; and in all cases in which said assessor has omitted to compare, sign, return, date or lodge in the required office at the required time the abstracts of said assessment lists of said city, or has omitted from such abstracts any part of the list of any person; and in all cases in which said assessor or the board of tax review of said city has failed to take the oath required by law, or to give notice of the times and places of their meet­ ings as required by law; and in all cases in which the members of said board of tax review have heard appeals of taxpayers individually and not as a board; and in all cases in which tax­ payers have appeared to be sworn and have either been sworn out of the presence of the board or have not been sworn; and in 1965] OF CONNECTICUT 7 SP. NO. 1 all cases where persons designated as hearing officers by the board of tax review, and not said board as required by law, have heard taxpayers for the purpose of finding facts and mak­ ing recommendations to the board of tax review; and in all cases where the board of tax review determined appeals on recommendations made by persons authorized by it to review the work of the said hearing officers; and in all cases where the board of tax review has determined said appeals based upon the facts found and recommendations made by the said persons who heard taxpayers, found facts and made recom­ mendations without such taxpayer having appeared before said board as prescribed by law; and in all cases in which said board of tax review has increased the fist of any person or corporation, or has added to the assessment list the name of any person or corporation without giving such person or corpo­ ration notice thereof as required by law; and in all cases in which the members of said board of tax review or any of them have omitted to sign any assessment list or abstract thereof, as required by law, after the same has been examined and cor­ rected by said board of tax review; and in all cases in which the said board of tax review has failed to return the assessment lists or abstracts thereof to the required office within the period prescribed by law; and in all cases in which the board of tax review does not complete its doings until March 14, 1966 in­ stead of November 14, 1965 as prescribed by law; such re­ valuation, assessment lists or abstracts as sworn to by the as­ sessor of Waterbury on October 1, 1965, and lodged in his office on said day and the votes imposing taxes thereon shall not, for any cause aforesaid, be adjudged void or defective, notwithstanding the pendency of any actions at law or suits in equity instituted for the purpose of invalidating or voiding said revaluation and the assessments on the grand list of 1965 of said city of Waterbury, or of enjoining the collection of taxes levied and imposed on said list, or to be levied and imposed on said list, but the same are validated; and all assessment lists in which any clerical omission or mistake has been made may, at any time, be corrected by said assessor or board of tax re­ view and a supplemental list adopted as provided in section 12-115 of the general statutes but not later than February 14, 1966; and all taxes which have been or may be laid and im­ posed according to the assessment lists specified in this section may be levied and collected; provided all rights of any inter­ ested party to relief from any excessive assessment, in accord­ ance with law, are preserved and nothing herein contained shall be construed as validating the portion of such assessment by which it may be excessive because of any such mistake, irregularity, error, omission or proceeding aforesaid. 8 SPECIAL, ACTS [Dec., SP. NO. 1 SEC. 2. The board of tax review of the city of Waterbury elected for the term commencing January 1, 1964 may hold additional sessions beginning December 15, 1965 and ending December 31, 1965, upon such days and during such hours as it shall prescribe. At such sessions the board of tax review or persons designated by said board as hearing officers shall hear appeals in such order as the board may fix.