Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 62f - Minimum Standards for Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal › Section 12-62f-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 12-62f-1 to
				12-62f-6,
				inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following
				terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless the context
				clearly indicates otherwise:
(1)
			 "Alpha/numeric" means a generic term for alphabet letters, numerical digits and
			 special characters, such as punctuation marks, which are machine
			 processable;
(2) "Apartment" means
			 a dwelling containing five or more living units;
(3) "CAMA" means Computer-Assisted Mass
			 Appraisal;
(4) "Commercial
			 property" means real property used for the sale of goods and/or services,
			 including, but not limited to, non-residential living accommodations, dining
			 establishments, motor vehicle services, warehouses and distribution facilities,
			 retail services, bank and office buildings, and multi-purpose buildings,
			 wherein more than one occupation is conducted, recreation and entertainment
			 facilities, and airports;
(5)
			 "Committee" means the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Systems Advisory Board,
			 the members of which are appointed in accordance with the provisions of
			 subsection (f) of Section
			 12-62f
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(6) "Condominiums" means real property with
			 individual ownership of the occupied area plus a fractional ownership of the
			 common elements.
(7) "Data base"
			 means the aggregate body of all information stored in a computing system which
			 is fundamental to the enterprise which owns or operates the system, access to
			 which may be limited to certain specific users and/or application
			 programs;
(8) "Editing" means to
			 modify, add, or delete data or text;
(9) "Field" means a variable length data
			 element within a record and is represented as a column in a table or
			 file;
(10) "File" means a set of
			 items pertaining to one function arranged or classified in sequence for
			 convenience or reference;
(11)
			 "Hardware" means a computer and the associated physical equipment directly
			 involved in the operation of the equipment that performs communication and/or
			 data processing functions;
(12)
			 "Industrial property" means real property used for production and fabrication
			 of durable and non-durable man-made goods from raw materials or compounded
			 parts;
(13) "Interface" means a
			 shared connection or boundary between two devices or systems, or the point at
			 which two devices or systems are linked;
(14) "Integrated" means the process which
			 results in the introduction of data which need not be repeated as further
			 allied or related data is also entered;
(15) "Module" means a part of a program that
			 performs a distinct function or task;
(16) "OPM" means the Office of Policy and
			 Management;
(17) "Password" means a
			 code word or group of characters a computer might require to allow an operator
			 access to certain functions as a security provision;
(18) "Record" means a collection of data
			 fields about an item within said file or table, and is represented as a row in
			 a file or table;
(19) "Residential
			 property" means real property used for human habitation, such as year-round
			 residences, including buildings of one- to four-dwelling unit(s), rural
			 residences, estates, seasonal residences, and individual mobile manufactured
			 homes;
(20) "Revaluation" means
			 establishing the fair market value of all real property, by either physical
			 observation or by a statistical method of adjusting the assessed value as
			 provided by Section
			 12-62
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(21) "Sales/assessment ratio" means the
			 relationship between the assessed value and the sales price of a property,
			 calculated by dividing the assessed value by the sales price;
(22) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the
			 Office of Policy and Management;
(23) "Software" means the collection of
			 written or printed data such as programs, routines, or instructions essential
			 to the operation of a computer;
(24) "Table driven" means an array of non
			 hard-coded attributes and variables which may be adjusted or updated by a
			 system user;
(25) "Updating" means
			 the process which results in the introduction of data that need not be repeated
			 as further allied or related data is also entered; and
(26) "Value" means the fair market value as
			 defined in Section
			 12-63
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.