Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-124
The selectmen of towns, the mayor and aldermen of cities, the warden and burgesses of boroughs and the committees of other communities (1) may abate the taxes, or the interest on delinquent taxes, or both, assessed by their respective communities upon such persons as are poor and unable to pay the same or upon railroad companies in bankruptcy reorganization, provided either a standing abatement committee of a community or, if a community has no such committee, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall approve such abatement, and (2) shall present to each annual meeting of their respective communities a list of all persons whose taxes, or the interest on whose taxes, they have abated in the preceding year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-124
(1949 Rev., S. 1805; 1967, P.A. 40; P.A. 77-533, S. 2, 3; P.A. 13-276, S. 6.)
If person against whom taxes assessed comes within statute, taxes may properly be abated after his death in favor of surviving family. 125 C. 623.