Land bearing timber of more than ten years' growth, such timber having a taxable value, may be classified as forest land as specified in section 12-96, and shall thereafter be taxed annually at the local rate, but not more than ten mills in any case, upon the true and actual value of the land and timber separately as established by the assessors at the time the classification was made. A revaluation of both land and timber separately shall be made by the assessors fifty years after the date of original classification, such revaluation to be subject to an annual tax at the local rate, but not more than ten mills, for another period of fifty years. At the end of this period, provided such classification has been continuously maintained, such land and timber shall, whenever necessary, be revalued separately by the assessors, and such new valuation shall be taxed annually thereafter at the local rate. Whenever a cutting is made on land classified under this section, except as specified in section 12-100, the material removed shall be subject to a graduated yield tax at the following rates on the value determined as provided in section 12-100: From one to ten years after the land has been classified the tax shall be two per cent of the yield; from eleven to twenty years after the land has been classified the tax shall be three per cent of the yield; from twenty-one to thirty years after the land has been classified the tax shall be four per cent of the yield; from thirty-one to forty years after the land has been classified the tax shall be five per cent of the yield; from forty-one to fifty years after the land has been classified the tax shall be six per cent of the yield; over fifty years after the land has been classified the tax shall be seven per cent of the yield. Any owner of land classified under this section may, on or after October 1, 1972, but prior to October 1, 1973, and on or after July 13, 2011, convert to the provisions of section 12-107d without penalty, including, but not limited to, any penalty for the value of any standing timber, provided a sale or donation of such land to a nonprofit land preservation organization or the sale or donation of a permanent conservation easement upon such land precedes such conversion. On and after the last day of the calendar year that represents the fiftieth anniversary of the classification of such owner's land under this section, any owner who elects to continue with such classification shall have an annual tax due that shall not exceed the annual tax due for a similarly situated landowner under the provisions of section 12-107d. Any owner who elects to no longer participate in such classification shall be subject to any applicable penalty as provided in this chapter. Any such owner desiring such conversion shall notify the board of assessors of the town in which the land is located by registered mail. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any other agreement between such owner and the town in which the land is located.
(1949 Rev., S. 1781; 1971, P.A. 697, S. 2; P.A. 11-198, S. 2.)
History: 1971 act allowed conversion to provisions of Sec. 12-107d without penalty between October 1, 1972, and October 1, 1973, by notifying assessors of town where land located by registered mail; P.A. 11-198 added provisions re conversion on and after July 13, 2011, authorization of conversion without incurring penalty for the value of standing timber provided a sale or donation of the land to a nonprofit land preservation organization or a permanent conservation easement for the land precedes conversion, establishment of the tax due for owners continuing the classification after fiftieth anniversary of the classification, application of penalty to owner who elects to no longer participate in the classification and treatment of agreements between the owner and the town in which the land is located, effective July 13, 2011.
See Sec. 12-107d re classification of land as forest land.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 203 - Property Tax Assessment
Section 12-40. - Notice requiring declaration of personal property.
Section 12-41. - Filing of declaration.
Section 12-43. - Property of nonresidents.
Section 12-44. - Penalty addition by certain municipal associations.
Section 12-45. - Return to assessors of personalty in trust.
Section 12-46. - Penalty for neglect by trustees, guardians or conservators.
Section 12-47. - Listing of estates of insolvent debtors and decedents.
Section 12-48. - Tenant for life or years to list property.
Section 12-49. - Lists to be verified.
Section 12-50. - List may be filed by spouse, attorney or agent.
Section 12-51. - List may be filed by holder of encumbrance.
Section 12-52. - Assessor not to accept defective list or neglect to return list. Penalty.
Section 12-53. - Addition of omitted property. Audits. Penalty.
Section 12-53a. - Assessment and taxation of new real estate construction.
Section 12-54. - Examination by assessors when declaration not filed.
Section 12-55. - Publication of grand list. Changes in valuation. Notice of assessment increase.
Section 12-56. - Assessors may take lists and abstract of previous year.
Section 12-57. - Certificates of correction. Application for refund.
Section 12-58. - Declaration of property of manufacturers and traders.
Section 12-59. - Declaration of corporation property. Stockholders exempt.
Section 12-60. - Correction of clerical error in assessment.
Section 12-61. - Special assessment forms; approval of secretary.
Section 12-62. - Revaluation of real property. Regulations. Treatment of certain Indian lands.
Section 12-62a. - Uniform assessment date and rate.
Section 12-62e. - Source of funds for state payments under section 12-62d.
Section 12-62g. - Increase in certain veteran's exemptions upon revaluation.
Section 12-62j. - Interlocal revaluation agreement grant.
Section 12-62l. - Option to not implement revaluation for 2003, 2004 and 2005 assessment years.
Section 12-62m. - Reports of assessed valuation of property in towns phasing in revaluation.
Section 12-62o. - Municipal option to make annual adjustments in property values.
Section 12-62q. - Regional revaluation program.
Section 12-62u. - Optional regional property tax base revenue sharing: Definitions.
Section 12-62x. - Optional regional property tax base revenue sharing: Administrative auditor.
Section 12-62y. - Optional regional property tax base revenue sharing: Revenue distribution.
Section 12-63. - Rule of valuation. Depreciation schedules.
Section 12-63a. - Taxation of mobile manufactured homes and mobile manufactured home parks.
Section 12-63b. - Valuation of rental income real property.
Section 12-63d. - Change in assessed value of real estate. Relationship to sale price.
Section 12-63g. - Assessment of buffers to inland wetlands or watercourses.
Section 12-63h. - Land value taxation program.
Section 12-65. - Agreements fixing assessments on multifamily housing.
Section 12-65a. - Approval by state referee.
Section 12-65c. - Deferral of increased assessments due to rehabilitation: Definitions.
Section 12-65d. - Designation of rehabilitation area. Criteria for deferral of assessment increase.
Section 12-66. - Property of religious, educational or charitable corporations; leasehold interests.
Section 12-66a. - Taxation of real and personal property held by or on behalf of health system.
Section 12-66c. - Taxation of residential real property intended for student learning.
Section 12-67. - Taxation of dwelling houses of railroad companies.
Section 12-68. - Grantee failing to record deed, grantor taxed. Damages.
Section 12-69. - Real estate liable for payment of judgment.
Section 12-70. - Obligation of purchaser of real estate assuming payment of taxes.
Section 12-71a. - List of values of vessels. Use in assessing.
Section 12-71d. - Schedule of motor vehicle values. Schedule of motor vehicle plate classes.
Section 12-71e. - Motor vehicle mill rate.
Section 12-72. - Assessment of certain classes of vessels.
Section 12-73. - Taxation of municipal property used for sewage disposal.
Section 12-74. - Municipal airports located in another town.
Section 12-76a. - Taxation of land in which state or United States has easement or other right.
Section 12-77. - Taxation of water power.
Section 12-78. - Taxation of water power and works when power is used in another town.
Section 12-79. - Water power used outside the state.
Section 12-80. - Property of utility company to be taxed where located.
Section 12-80a. - Personal property used in rendering telecommunications service. Exceptions.
Section 12-80b. - Apportionment of property for purposes of section 12-80a.
Section 12-81a. - Property subject to tax exemption. Liability of purchaser.
Section 12-81aa. - Municipal option to abate taxes for urban and industrial reinvestment sites.
Section 12-81c. - Municipal option to exempt certain motor vehicles.
Section 12-81cc. - Portability of certain veterans' property tax exemptions.
Section 12-81d. - Notification of tax collector of exempt status of property.
Section 12-81e. - Exemption for certain vans used to transport employees to and from work.
Section 12-81gg. - Municipal option to exempt horses and ponies from property taxation.
Section 12-81kk. - Municipal option to provide exemption for certain veterans.
Section 12-81o. - Municipal option to abate property taxes on certain food manufacturing plants.
Section 12-81p. - Municipal option to abate property taxes on amusement theme parks.
Section 12-81s. - Municipal option to exempt commercial fishing apparatus.
Section 12-81v. - Municipal option to abate taxes on property of electric cooperatives.
Section 12-81y. - Municipal option to abate property taxes on school buses.
Section 12-82. - Exemptions of veterans of allied services of First World War.
Section 12-85. - Veterans' exemptions, residence and record ownership requirements.
Section 12-86. - Termination date of Second World War.
Section 12-87. - Additional report. Property, when taxable.
Section 12-87a. - Quadrennial property tax exemption statements; extension of time to file.
Section 12-88. - When property otherwise taxable may be completely or partially exempted.
Section 12-89. - Assessors or boards of assessors to determine exemptions.
Section 12-90. - Limitation on number of exemptions allowed.
Section 12-92. - Proofs to be filed by blind.
Section 12-93. - Veterans' exemptions; proof of claim.
Section 12-94a. - State reimbursement in lieu of tax revenue from totally disabled persons.
Section 12-94d. - Payment in lieu of tax revenue from electric generation facilities.
Section 12-94e. - Municipal option to grant certain previously waived exemptions.
Section 12-95. - Exemption only on submission of evidence.
Section 12-95a. - Exemption of merchandise in transit in warehouses.
Section 12-99. - Grounds for cancellation of classification. Taxation after cancellation.
Section 12-100. - Material cut for domestic use exempted from yield tax.
Section 12-101. - Due date and collection of tax.
Section 12-102. - Taxing of woodland.
Section 12-107a. - Declaration of policy.
Section 12-107b. - Definitions.
Section 12-107c. - Classification of land as farm land.
Section 12-107e. - Classification of land as open space land.
Section 12-107f. - Open space land.
Section 12-107g. - Classification of land as marine heritage land.
Section 12-108. - Stored property as property in transit.
Section 12-109. - Listing and valuation of tax-exempt property.
Section 12-110. - Sessions of board of assessment appeals.
Section 12-111. - Appeals to board of assessment appeals.
Section 12-112. - Limit of time for appeals.
Section 12-113. - When board of assessment appeals may reduce assessment.
Section 12-114. - Adjustment of assessment by board of assessment appeals.
Section 12-115. - Addition to grand list by board of assessment appeals.
Section 12-116. - Assessment and taxation under special acts.
Section 12-117a. - Appeals from boards of tax review or boards of assessment appeals.
Section 12-118. - Appeals from Connecticut Appeals Board for Property Valuation.
Section 12-118a. - Validation of pending appeals.
Section 12-119. - Remedy when property wrongfully assessed.
Section 12-121. - Compensation of assessors and boards of assessment appeals.
Section 12-121a to 12-121d. - Personal property exempt from assessment.
Section 12-121e. - Reduction in assessment of certain rehabilitated buildings.