Sec. 7-391. Definitions.
Sec. 7-391. Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms shall have the meanings herein specified: "Secretary"
means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; "municipality" includes
each town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, city and borough; "audited agency" includes each district, as defined in section 7-324, or other
municipal utility, the Metropolitan District of Hartford County, each regional planning
agency, any other political subdivision of similar character which is created and any
other agency created or designated by a municipality to act for such municipality whose
annual receipts from all sources exceed one million dollars; "reporting agency" includes
each district, as defined in section 7-324, or other municipal utility, each regional planning agency, any other political subdivision of similar character which is created and
any other agency created or designated by a municipality to act for such municipality
whose annual receipts from all sources do not exceed one million dollars; "appointing
authority" means the legislative body of a municipality or the board, committee or other
governing body of such audited agency, except in any town where the authority to
adopt a budget rests with a town meeting or a representative town meeting "appointing
authority" means the board of finance or other board, committee or body charged with
preparing the budget, or in a town which has no board of finance or other such board,
committee or body, means the board of selectmen or the town council; "audit report"
means the report of the independent auditor and the annual financial statements of the
municipality or audited agency; "independent auditor" means a public accountant who
is licensed to practice in the state of Connecticut and who meets the independence
standards included in generally accepted government auditing standards; "public accountant" means an individual who meets standards included in generally accepted
government auditing standards for personnel performing government audits and the
licensing requirements of the State Board of Accountancy; "receipts" means amounts
accrued or received by a municipality, audited agency or reporting agency and reportable
as revenues in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; "municipal
utility" means every Connecticut municipality or department or agency thereof, or Connecticut district, manufacturing, selling or distributing gas or electricity to be used for
light, heat or power or water.
(1949 Rev., S. 821; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 14; 613, S. 11; P.A. 76-68, S. 1, 7; P.A. 77-501, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A.
80-483, S. 21, 186; P.A. 87-573, S. 2, 11; P.A. 89-370, S. 11, 15; P.A. 93-422, S. 1; P.A. 07-196, S. 7.)
History: 1959 acts deleted counties from definition of municipality and added regional planning agency and removed
county commissioners from definition of budget-making authority; P.A. 76-68 limited definition of "municipality" to
towns, cities, boroughs and consolidated towns and cities and consolidated towns and boroughs and defined school, fire,
sewer districts etc. as "audited agencies", defined "appointing authority" and "municipal utility" and removed definition
of "budget-making authority"; P.A. 77-501 clarified definition of "appointing authority" with regard to towns vesting
budget authority in town meetings; P.A. 77-614 substituted "secretary" and "secretary of the office of policy and management" for "commissioner" and "tax commissioner"; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; P.A. 87-573 removed school
districts and housing authorities from the definition of "audited agencies" and inserted definition of "reporting agency",
effective July 1, 1987, and applicable to audits for fiscal years beginning on or after that date; P.A. 89-370 amended
definition of "audited agency" and "reporting agency" by deleting reference to "fire district, fire and sewer district, sewer
district" and substituting reference to "district, as defined in section 7-324"; P.A. 93-422 changed delineation amount from
average annual receipts exceeding $75,000 to annual receipts of $200,000, deleted definition of "independent public
accountant" and added definitions of "audit report", "independent auditor", "public accountant" and "receipts"; P.A. 07-196 increased delineation amounts for "audited agency" and "reporting agency" from annual receipts of $200,000 to
$1,000,000, effective July 1, 2007.
To be budget-making authority person or board must be charged with preparing budget, i.e. instructed to get budget
ready beforehand. 155 C. 163.