[Adopted 1-26-2004, effective 2-25-2004]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Delinquent Motor Vehicle Property Tax Ordinance."
This article is enacted pursuant to the provisions
of Public Act 03-6 for House Bill No. 6806, § 58, and Connecticut
General Statutes § 12-146, as amended.
This article is designed to implement the provisions
of Connecticut General Statutes § 12-146, as it may be amended
from time to time, to assist the Town with recovering delinquent property
taxes for motor vehicles as well as associated administrative costs.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The same meaning as the term is defined in Connecticut General
Statutes § 12-146, as it may be amended from time to time.
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate,
company, trust, corporation, limited-liability company, or other legal
entity of any kind.
The Collector of Revenue may require that payment
of any delinquent property tax applicable to a motor vehicle shall
be paid only in cash or by certified check or money order.
Any person who is delinquent in the payment
of any property tax or installment on any motor vehicle, and for whom
the Town has notified the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of such delinquency
pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 14-33, as amended,
shall pay to the Town a fee of $5 for each such reported delinquency,
in addition to the delinquent tax payment and all interest thereon.
Whenever used, the singular number shall include
the plural, the plural the singular, and the use of either gender
shall include both genders.
