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2004 Regular Session

Senate Bill 421

AN ACT CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF VARIOUS STATE TAXES.

Became law as Public Act 04-201, signed June 3, 2004, 100 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To enable the Commissioner of Revenue Services to (1) enter into agreements with other states for the reciprocal collection of taxes, (2) cancel any tax, interest and penalty that a taxpayer is shown to owe, when said tax, interest and penalty has been paid, (3) limit tax avoidance, (4) permit disclosure of cigarette distributors' sales data for the purpose of enforcing the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, (5) shorten the time to abate taxes by requiring fewer officials to approve those abatements, (6) take testimony under oath and avail herself of the ability to subpoena persons or other evidence in cases involving the Motor Vehicles Fuel and Motor Carrier Road Taxes, (7) ensure that the tax owed on residential property in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars will be properly assessed and collected, (8) impose a penalty for failure to file a return electronically, if so required, (9) establish due dates for paying over Connecticut income tax withholding by employers, (10) require a pass-through entity to pay income tax on behalf of its nonresident members on their distributive share of pass-through entity income, (11) provide that for income tax purposes, no addition to tax will be imposed if tax shown on the income tax return, reduced by the income tax withheld, is less than one thousand dollars, and (12) simplify the check-off contribution boxes on the state income tax form.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Andrew W. Roraback

Its course

February 24 to June 3, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action21 actions on 10 days

In the SenateFeb 24 to Apr 3066 days

Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeFeb 24 to Mar 2934 days

In the House of RepresentativesApr 30 to May 44 days

Waiting to be sentMay 4 to May 1814 days

With the GovernorMay 18 to Jun 316 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 30 · Adopted May 4

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 30 · Adopted May 4

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 30 · Adopted May 4

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 24 – Apr 30

  1. Feb 24Introduced and sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
  2. Feb 26Heard in Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
  3. Mar 29Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Apr 30The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
  5. The Senate adopted Senate Amendment B
  6. The Senate adopted Senate Amendment C
  7. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendments A, B and C

In the House of Representatives Apr 30 – May 4

  1. Apr 30Sent to the House of Representatives
  2. May 4The House of Representatives adopted Senate Amendments A, B and C
  3. Passed the House of Representatives with Senate Amendments A, B and C

To the Governor May 14 – Jun 3

  1. May 14Numbered Public Act 04-201
  2. May 18Sent to the Secretary of the State
  3. Jun 3Signed by the Governor
All 21 actions, as published
  1. Feb 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 26PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 29FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  4. Mar 29Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  5. Apr 8REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 15RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 15FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Apr 15SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Apr 15FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 30SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
  11. Apr 30SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
  12. Apr 30SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
  13. Apr 30SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
  14. Apr 30RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSESenate
  15. Apr 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  16. Apr 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  17. May 4HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  18. May 4HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  19. May 14PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
  20. May 18TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
  21. Jun 3SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor