(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 12-129b to 12-129d, inclusive, if the amount of tax benefit calculated in accordance with said sections and provided thereunder for any homeowner qualified for the program of tax relief under said sections is equivalent to two thousand dollars or more in the assessment year commencing October 1, 1985, such benefit shall not, in any subsequent assessment year exceed the amount of such benefit to which such homeowner was entitled for said assessment year commencing October 1, 1985, and additionally, if the amount of such tax benefit for any homeowner so qualified is less than two thousand dollars in the assessment year commencing October 1, 1985, the amount of such homeowner's benefit shall not, in any subsequent assessment year, exceed two thousand dollars.

(b) In any municipality which, as of July 6, 1987, has deferred any part of the amount of increased assessed value of real property pursuant to subsection (e) of section 12-62a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 2005, the maximum benefit to which any homeowner shall be entitled pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be the amount to which such homeowner is entitled pursuant to sections 12-129b to 12-129d, inclusive, in the first assessment year in which no deferral of assessed value occurs, and no maximum benefit shall be imposed in any year prior to such first assessment year in which no deferral occurs.

(P.A. 85-612, S. 2, 6; P.A. 87-586, S. 9, 12; P.A. 99-89, S. 7, 10; P.A. 06-148, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 85-612 effective July 12, 1985, and applicable in any municipality to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1985, and thereafter; P.A. 87-586 increased the maximum tax benefit allowable under the program in Sec. 12-129b so that any homeowner whose tax relief benefit in the assessment year commencing October 1, 1985, was equivalent to $2,000 or more would not in any subsequent year be entitled to any more in benefit and any homeowner whose benefit in said assessment year was less than $2,000 would not in any subsequent year be entitled to any more than $2,000, and added Subsec. (b) providing that the maximum provisions in Subsec. (a) would not be applicable in a municipality in which increased assessed values from revaluation are being added through a phase-in program under Sec. 12-62a and the maximum benefit would be the amount to which any homeowner is entitled in the first year in which there is no deferral of assessment increase, effective July 6, 1987, and applicable to the assessment year commencing October 1, 1986, and each assessment year thereafter; P.A. 99-89 made technical changes, effective June 3, 1999; P.A. 06-148 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 2005” after “subsection (e) of section 12-62a”, effective June 6, 2006.