Town of Newtown, CT
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2023-05-17
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Division 1: Town Legislation
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Part II: General Ordinances
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Chapter 208 Taxation
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Article VII Tax Relief to Surviving Spouse of Police Officer or Fire Fighter
- Division 1: Town Legislation
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 10 Authorities
- Ch 20 Commissions and Committees
- Ch 24 Design Advisory Board
- Ch 27 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 33 Finances
- Ch 41 Hattertown Historic District
- Ch 45 Housing Partnership
- Ch 62 Officers and Employees
- Ch 87 Voting
- Part II: General Ordinances
- Ch 104 Alarm Systems
- Ch 109 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 116 Blight
- Ch 118 Child Protection
- Ch 120 Civil Defense
- Ch 124 Elections
- Ch 128 Firearms
- Ch 132 Fire Lanes
- Ch 136 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 140 (Reserved)
- Ch 144 (Reserved)
- Ch 153 Junkyards
- Ch 158 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 164 Littering
- Ch 170 Noise
- Ch 179 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 183 (Reserved)
- Ch 185 Roads and Sidewalks
- Ch 191 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 Sewers
- Ch 199 Solid Waste
- Ch 204 (Reserved)
- Ch 208 Taxation
- Ch 208 Art VII Tax Relief to Surviving Spouse of Police Officer or Fire Fighter
- § 208-25 Purpose; statutory authority.
- § 208-26 Administration.
- § 208-27 Amount of abatement.
- Ch 216 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 227 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Part III: Regulations
- Ch 300 Board of Education Gift Fund
- Ch 303 Board of Ethics
- Ch 310 Capital Improvement Plan
- Ch 314 Commercial Landfills
- Ch 350 Purchasing
- Ch 355 Rules of the Legislative Council
- Ch 380 Wires Over Highways
- Part IV: Resolutions
- Ch 405 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 410 Bazaars and Raffles
- Ch 414 Board of Education
- Ch 420 Community Development Action Plan
- Ch 428 Fire Department
- Ch 456 Property, Acquisition and Disposition of
- Ch 462 Social Security
- Part V: Land Use Agency Regulations
- Ch 505 (Reserved)
- Ch 510 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 550 Sand and Gravel
- Ch 560 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 595 Zoning
- Part VI: Regulations of Other Bodies
- Ch 610 Fire Commissioners
- Ch 615 Hattertown Historic District
- Ch 621 Health District
- Ch 690 Water and Sewer Authority
- Appendix
- Ch 700 Special Acts
- Division 2: Borough Legislation
- Ch B1 Charter
- Ch B4 Bamboo
- Ch B13 Firearms
- Ch B18 Borough Historic District
- Ch B42 Special Acts
- Ch B48 Taxation
- Ch B53 Terms of Office
- Ch B59 Trees
- Ch B64 Vendors, Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch B70 Zoning
- Ch B73 Zoning Administration
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 10-3-2001 (Ord. No. 80)]
In recognition of and in gratitude for the sacrifice
of police officers and fire fighters who die in the line of duty,
the Town of Newtown does, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes
§ 12-81x, establish a program to abate all or a portion
of the property tax payable on or after January 1, 2002, with respect
to real property owned and occupied as the principal residence of
the surviving spouse of a police officer or fire fighter who dies
while in performance of such officer's or fire fighter's duties.
This program shall be administered by the Tax
Assessor, who shall devise such forms and applications as necessary
to afford relief to those eligible.
The initial abatement amount shall be equal
to 50% of the taxes due with respect to such property. Under this
program, this level of abatement may be adjusted upward or downward
by the Legislative Council, provided that such adjustment shall not
become effective until the next assessment year after such action.
