Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 130a - Certification of Assessors and Tax Collectors › Section 12-130a-7 - Recertification - continuing education procedure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In
			 order to be recommended for recertification, a person shall have completed at
			 least fifty (50) hours of property tax collection-related course(s) or
			 workshop(s) during the five (5) year period immediately preceding the date on
			 which such person's certification expires. Any such course(s) or workshop(s)
			 shall be subject to approval by the Committee.
(b) The Committee shall annually list on its
			 website the titles and sponsors of all such course(s) and workshop(s) that
			 have, in the previous year, been approved as satisfying the continuing
			 education requirements pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such list
			 shall also be provided to the Secretary.
(c) Any person may make application to the
			 Committee requesting approval of any course(s) or workshop(s) not included in
			 the list. Such application shall be accompanied by any related documentation
			 the Committee may require. Following receipt of such application, the Committee
			 shall consider the applicant's request.
(d) The Committee may grant or deny an
			 applicant's request for approval of such cc workshop(s). Each applicant whose
			 request is approved shall be sent written notification of such approval by the
			 Committee not later than ten (10) days after such approval. If such request is
			 denied, the Committee shall send written notification of such denial to the
			 applicant not later than two (2) days after such denial.
(e) A person aggrieved by the Committee under
			 subsection (d) of this section may file a written request for reconsideration
			 of such decision. Any such request, which shall include the reason(s) why the
			 appellant believes such course(s) or workshop(s) should be approved, shall be
			 sent to the Committee not later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of the
			 notice of denial. The Committee shall meet for the purpose of reconsidering its
			 decision, not later than thirty (30) days after receiving such
			 request.
(f) The Committee may
			 require the appellant to appear at such meeting, to answer any pertinent
			 questions or to supply any additional information that may be required,
			 provided the appellant shall be given not less than forty-eight (48) hours'
			 notice of the requirement to appear. The Committee's decision with regard to
			 any such reconsideration shall be final. The Committee shall promptly notify
			 the appellant of such decision in writing.
(g) Any CCMC designee whose initial
			 recertification year is determined to be between 2021 and 2024, inclusive,
			 pursuant to Section
			 12-130a-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, may use any course or
			 workshop under subsection (a) of this section, that is completed by such
			 designee in any of the five (5) years immediately preceding the expiration date
			 of such designee's certification, towards recertification.
(h) Any CCMC designee who teaches an approved
			 CCMC course or workshop shall be eligible to submit fifty (50) percent of the
			 continuing education credit hours, excluding exam hours, for such course or
			 workshop toward such designee's recertification. Such recertification hours
			 shall only be claimed once during each five (5) year recertification
			 cycle.