CT Gen Stat § 12-120 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 12 - Taxation|Chapter 203 - Property Tax Assessment|Section 12-120 - Assessor or board of assessors to send abstract of assessment lists to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

 The assessor or board of assessors of each town, after the assessment lists have been examined and corrected by the board of assessment appeals, shall, on or before the first day of May, annually, transmit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management an abstract of such lists, including the twenty-five per cent added by the assessor, board of assessors or board of assessment appeals, made in accordance with forms which shall be furnished by the secretary, at least thirty days before the date on which they are to be filed. Such form shall be designed to reduce paperwork requirements for the assessor or board of assessors. Prior to such transmittal and the making of such abstract, the assessor or board of assessors shall correct any clerical error which appears upon any such corrected assessment list. Any assessor who or board of assessors which neglects to transmit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management an abstract of assessment lists as required by this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the state, provided the secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54.(1949 Rev., S. 1802; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 3, 47; P.A. 85-385, S. 2; P.A. 87-115, S. 2, 8; 87-245, S. 8, 10; P.A. 93-434, S. 9, 20; P.A. 95-283, S. 57, 68; P.A. 96-34, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-244, S. 10, 13.)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. 85-385 required assessors, rather than town clerk, to correct clerical errors on assessment list prior to its transmittal and the making of an abstract; P.A. 87-115 increased the forfeiture by any town clerk who fails to file the abstract of assessment lists as required from $15 to $100 and provided for waiver of forfeiture in accordance with regulations to be adopted, effective May 11, 1987, and applicable to assessment lists to be submitted on April 1, 1988, and thereafter; P.A. 87-245 increased penalty from 10% to 25%, effective June 1, 1987, and applicable to assessment years of municipalities commencing on or after October 1, 1987; P.A. 93-434 amended the time the secretary is required to furnish abstracts from January first to 30 days before the date they are to be filed, effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 95-283 replaced board of tax review with board of assessment appeals and changed the transmittal date for the abstract of the list to the Office of Policy and Management from April to May, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-34 transferred authority to file abstract lists from the town clerk to the assessor or board of assessors, effective May 2, 1996; P.A. 97-244 added provision re designing form to reduce paperwork, effective July 1, 1997.Failure of town clerk to transmit abstract does not invalidate the lists. 7 C. 556.