Assessment, Data Collection and Grants Management Unit

• Develops and recommends policy to the Governor and provides guidance to municipalities in certain areas of property tax assessment. Issues regulations concerning municipal revaluations; qualifies revaluation personnel; recommends schedules for motor vehicle property assessment purposes; and prescribes municipal assessment forms; including the application form for the Maritime Heritage Land Classification

• Manages formula grant programs that benefit municipalities:

1. Local Capital Improvement Program
2. Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (Hardware and Software)
3. Payments in Lieu of Taxes on Private Colleges and General Hospitals
4. Payments in Lieu of Taxes on State-Owned Property
5. Mashantucket Pequot/Mohegan Grant

• Manages property tax relief programs that benefit individuals/companies:

1. Manufacturers located in distressed municipalities
2. Manufacturers with newly acquired machinery and equipment and companies with commercial motor vehicles
3. Elderly and disabled homeowners and renters
4. Elderly and Disabled Freeze Program 
5. Totally disabled persons
6. Veterans additional

• Collects, analyzes, and publishes municipal data regarding real estate sales listing (Equalized Net Grand List calculations)

• Acts as liaison to Connecticut Association of Assessing Officials and to the Connecticut Certified Municipal Assessors Committee.

Municipal Finance Services Unit

• Develops and recommends policy and provides guidance in the area of municipal finance,  including the development and use of financial management and reporting tools for local governments.

• Monitors the financial condition of municipalities and assists municipal entities facing fiscal distress.

• Ensures compliance with state financial reporting requirements and the State Single Audit Act by municipalities other local governments, and non-profit entities .

• Publishes the State Single Audit Compliance Supplement.

• Reviews municipal budgets.

• Provides staff support to the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission (MFAC).

• Acts as a liaison to the Connecticut Tax Collectors Association and the Connecticut Government Finance Officers Association.

  • The Government Finance Officers Association is a nationally recognized body that promotes the professional management of governments for the public benefit by identifying and developing financial policies and practices and promoting them through education, training and leadership

• Collects, analyzes, and publishes municipal data, including Municipal Fiscal Indicators.
   

Intergovernmental Affairs Unit

• Develops and recommends policy, drafts legislation for the entire Division, performs research and analysis, and acts as a legislative liaison on issues relating to local governments and state/local policy.

• Acts as a liaison and information source between state and local governments.

• Acts as coordinator for and administrator of state grant in aid to the fifteen regional planning organizations and as a liaison to municipal organizations.

• Provides staff support to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR).

• Collects, analyzes and publishes municipal data:

1. Estimates Book: State Formula Aid to Municipalities
2. State Mandates on Municipalities
3. Statutes Relating to Assessment and Taxation
4. Statutes Relating to Municipal Planning and Zoning

• Determines the annual personal property tax liability of certain telecommunications providers that are not subject to personal property taxation by municipalities.               
• Supports Neighborhood Revitalization Zone programs. 
• Municipal Grants A database containing a five-year history by town of state General Fund grant/reimbursement programs administered by OPM