Any municipality may, by ordinance, permit any property owner who is eligible for tax relief for (1) elderly taxpayers under the provisions of section 12-129b, section 12-170aa, or a plan of tax relief for elderly taxpayers provided by such municipality in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 12-129n or (2) any property owner under age sixty-five who is eligible under the provisions of a plan for tax relief provided by such municipality in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 12-129n to apply to the water pollution control authority in such municipality for approval of a plan of payment of such property owner's sewer assessment in a manner other than as provided under section 7-253. Such ordinance may allow optional methods of payment of any sewer assessment by an eligible property owner, subject to approval of the authority, including an option to pay only the annual interest charge, as provided in said section 7-253, on any deferred payments or outstanding balance of principal, provided in any such optional method of payment, the outstanding balance of principal deferred under such optional method of payment shall become due upon any transfer of title to the property subject to such assessment or upon the death of such property owner. Any such optional method of payment shall be subject to annual review by the authority.

(P.A. 78-301, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-77, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-442, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-98, S. 1, 3.)

History: P.A. 80-77 substituted water pollution control authority for sewer authority; P.A. 85-442 applied provisions to property owners eligible for tax relief in accordance with Sec. 12-129n; P.A. 91-98 applied provisions to disabled property owners under Sec. 12-129n and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1991, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 1991.