(a) On or before March first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report concerning the state programs of tax relief for elderly homeowners and grants to elderly renters to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding. Such report shall be prepared in relation to qualified participants, benefits allowed and state payments to municipalities as reimbursement for property tax loss in the preceding calendar year, including data concerning (1) the total number of qualified participants in each of the state programs for elderly homeowners and the state program for elderly renters, and (2) total benefits allowed in each of such programs. The information as to qualified participants and benefits allowed shall be subdivided to reflect such totals with respect to each of the following categories: (A) Each of the income brackets as included in the schedule of benefits for elderly homeowners and renters, and (B) married and unmarried participants.

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(b) In addition to the information described in subsection (a) of this section, such report pertaining to the state programs of tax reduction for elderly homeowners and grants for elderly renters shall include statistics related to distribution of benefits, applicable to the preceding calendar year, as follows:

(1) With respect to each of the brackets of tax reduction benefits in the following schedules, the total number of persons in the state program of tax reduction for homeowners under section 12-170aa who received benefits within the limits of each such bracket, including the number of persons receiving the maximum and the minimum amounts of tax reduction:

Amount of Tax Reduction Allowed

Married Homeowners

 

Unmarried Homeowners

Over

Not Exceeding

Over

Not Exceeding

$        

$  100 (Minimum)   

$        

$  100 (Minimum)   

  100

200       

100

200       

  200

300       

200

300       

  300

400       

300

400       

  400

500       

400

500       

  500

600       

500

600       

  600

700       

600

700       

  700

800       

700

800       

  800

900       

800

900       

  900

1,000       

900

999       

1,000

1,100       

  1,000 (Maximum)

1,100

1,249       

  1,250 (Maximum)

(2) With respect to each of the brackets concerning grants to renters in the following schedules, the total number of persons in the state program of grants for elderly renters under sections 12-170d and 12-170e who received benefits within the limits of each such bracket, including the number of persons receiving the maximum and minimum amount of grant:

Amount of State Grant Allowed

Married Renters

Unmarried Renters

Over

Not exceeding

Over

Not Exceeding

$      

$ 100 (Minimum)   

  $

$ 100 (Minimum)   

100

200         

100

200         

200

300         

200

300         

300

400         

300

400         

400

500         

400

500         

500

600         

500

600         

600

700         

600

699         

700

800         

700 (Maximum)

800

899         

900 (Maximum)

(3) With respect to each of the brackets of benefits in the following schedule, the total number of persons in the state tax-freeze program for elderly homeowners under section 12-129b who received benefits in tax reduction within the limits of each such bracket:

Amount of Tax Reduction Benefit Allowed

Over

Not Exceeding

$        

$  300

 300

 600

 600

 900

 900

1,200

1,200

1,500

1,500