Sec. 12-40a. Committee for training, examination and certification of assessment personnel. Fees. Certification by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Sec. 12-40a. Committee for training, examination and certification of assessment personnel. Fees. Certification by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. (a) There shall be a committee for the purpose of establishing a program
and procedures for the training, examination and certification of assessment personnel,
appointed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and consisting of
seven members, six of whom shall serve without pay and shall be appointed initially as
follows: Two members for two-year terms; two members for four-year terms; and two
members for six-year terms. No less than one member shall be from a municipality
with a population over fifty thousand, and no less than one member shall be from a
municipality with a population under five thousand. The seventh member shall be an
employee of the Office of Policy and Management, who shall have demonstrated competence in Connecticut assessment practices. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management shall thereafter appoint two members every two years for six-year terms.
Each member of the committee, other than the representative from the Office of Policy
and Management, shall, on and after July 1, 1984, be a person certified pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section and shall have demonstrated competence in Connecticut
assessment practices. Each member of the committee, other than the representative from
the Office of Policy and Management, appointed on or after July 1, 1984, shall be employed by a municipality in the state in a position relating to the assessment of property
for the purposes of the property tax. Any member of the committee who ceases to be
an employee of the Office of Policy and Management, or to be certified pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section, as the case may be, shall cease to be a member of the
committee and the secretary shall appoint a replacement to fill the remainder of the
term. Said committee shall elect its own chairman and adopt regulations, in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 54, for the training, fees and examination of assessment
personnel including standards for the certification and recertification of assessors. Such
regulations may include requirements for any type of training or experience, or combination thereof, the committee deems appropriate.
(b) Any person may participate in training on assessment practices prescribed by
said committee. Upon completion of the requirements provided for in regulations
adopted under subsection (a) of this section and successful completion of any examination prescribed by said committee, any person shall be recommended to the Secretary
of the Office of Policy and Management as a candidate for certification as a certified
Connecticut municipal assessor. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management
shall certify any qualified candidate recommended by said committee as a certified
Connecticut municipal assessor and may rescind such certification for sufficient cause
as said secretary may determine. Such certification shall be valid for five years from
the date of issuance. Said secretary may certify a candidate who has not completed such
training provided such candidate has experience in Connecticut assessment practices
to such extent, determined by said secretary, as to make it unnecessary to complete
such training; provided, such candidate shall be required to successfully complete any
examination prescribed by said committee.
(P.A. 74-255, S. 1-3; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 3, 47; P.A. 84-485, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-283, S. 1, 68; P.A.
96-224, S. 3; P.A. 97-80, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979;
P.A. 79-610 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services, effective
July 1, 1980; P.A. 84-485 amended Subsec. (a) to include a member from the office of policy and management, halved
population requirements related to member selection, and added certification and employment qualification for other
members; P.A. 95-283 amended Subsec. (a) to add requirement for rules and regulations to include standards for certification
and recertification of assessors and Subsec. (b) to provide that certification is valid for five years, effective July 6, 1995;
P.A. 96-224 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize fees and amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate reference to training "courses";
P.A. 97-80 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and add provision authorizing regulations to include requirements for any type of training or experience and amended Subsec. (b) to require completion of regulation requirements
and successful completion of examination for recommendation, effective May 29, 1997.