Connecticut § 12-144a - Payment of tax on motor vehicles.
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§ 12-144a. Payment of tax on motor vehicles.
Sec. 12-144a. Payment of tax on motor vehicles. Irrespective of the provisions of sections 12-142 and 12-144, the appropriating body of each municipality, upon approving any budget calling for the laying of a tax on property, shall determine whether such tax as it applies to motor vehicles shall be due and payable in a single installment.
(February, 1965, P.A. 43, S. 1; P.A. 76-338, S. 3, 8; P.A. 77-343, S. 2, 5; P.A. 79-595, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 76-338 required tax on motor vehicles to be paid in single installment whereas previously decision was to be made by municipality's appropriating body; P.A. 77-343 returned decision re installments to appropriating body except that tax levied on motor vehicles in accordance with Sec. 12-71b to be due in single installment, effective June 6, 1977, and applicable to any motor vehicle on assessment list of any town as of October 1, 1976, and any motor vehicle registered or in use in this state thereafter; P.A. 79-595 deleted proviso re taxes in accordance with Sec. 12-71b, effective January 1, 1980, and applicable to assessment year commencing October 1, 1980, and each assessment year thereafter and to any tax due under Sec. 12-71b on January 1, 1980.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-144a ("Payment of tax on motor vehicles.") is part of the Connecticut General Statutes, the codified statutory law of Connecticut. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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