Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 12 - Taxation
130a - Certification of Assessors and Tax Collectors
Section 12-130a-8 - Collector recertification - renewal certificates

(a) Each CCMC designation shall expire on December 31st of the year of the fifth anniversary of its date of issuance. A renewal certificate shall be issued by the Secretary to any person who is recommended for recertification by the Committee. No person shall be recommended for recertification unless such person has satisfied the continuing education requirements set forth in Section 12-130a-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(b) The Committee shall accept for consideration each complete application for recertification. Such applications shall be deemed complete if the applicant submits all necessary supporting documentation and pays a recertification application fee of twenty (20) dollars. The Committee shall annually review such fee, which shall be non-refundable, and may increase or decrease such fee to reflect costs incurred or expected. In no event shall the recertification application fee exceed thirty (30) dollars. The Committee shall deny any application that fails to include approved credit hour documentation as set forth in Section 12-130a-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, is not submitted prior to the applicant's certification expiration date or is submitted without the appropriate fee.

(c) The Committee shall consider each complete application for recertification at the next regularly scheduled meeting following the date on which such application is received. The Committee shall recommend to the Secretary each applicant who satisfies the continuing education requirements set forth in Section 12-130a-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and to whom a renewal certificate should be issued. Upon receipt of such recommendation, the Secretary shall promptly issue a new certificate in such applicant's name.

(d) In the event the Committee denies an application for recertification, the Committee chair shall send the applicant written notification of such denial not later than two (2) days after the adjournment of such meeting. Such notice shall include information as to how a reconsideration of such denial may be requested.

(e) A person whose application for recertification is denied may file a written request reconsideration of the Committee's decision. Any such request, which shall include the reason(s) why the appellant believes they should be recommended for recertification, shall be sent to the Committee not later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of the notice of denial. The Committee shall reconsider its decision at the next regularly scheduled meeting following receipt of such request, or at a special meeting called for such purpose.

(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 is 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 chair shall send the appellant written notification of such decision not later than ten (10) days after the adjournment of such meeting and shall forward a copy of such notification to the Secretary.

(g) A CCMC designee shall be deemed uncertified when such designee's recertification application was not received prior to the certificate's expiration date or when a denied application was not rectified, resubmitted and approved. Any CCMC designee that fails to be recertified shall immediately be deemed uncertified and will be required to re-establish a new certification in accordance with Sections 12-130a-3 to 12-130a-6, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.