Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-100k (2026)

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter or ordinance, any town, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough, regional council of governments or any combination of towns, consolidated towns and cities or consolidated towns and boroughs may, by town or borough meeting vote, or, in those municipalities in which there is no such meeting, by a two-thirds majority of the members of the legislative body thereof, provide for the appointment of one or more assessors. Any such municipality or municipalities or regional council of governments may establish the qualifications and compensation of such assessor or assessors, and may provide for the appointment by the assessor or board of assessors of clerical and other assistance within the limits of the appropriation therefor, provided, if there is more than one assessor, such assessors shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the board of assessors.

(b) Any assessor appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties by the clerk or clerks of the municipality or municipalities that provided for the appointment of such assessor, or, in the case of a regional council of governments, by the clerk of each participating municipality.

(P.A. 10-84, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 110.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added provision notwithstanding special act, municipal charter or ordinance, added reference to regional council of governments or combination of towns, consolidated towns and cities and consolidated towns and boroughs and deleted “but not more than five” re appointment of assessors in Subsec. (a), added provision re swearing in of assessor by clerk or clerks in Subsec. (b), and made technical and conforming changes, effective October 31, 2017.

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Sec. 7-100l. Transmission of digital parcel file. Annual report. (a) As used in this section:

(1) “Digital parcel file” means a computer file or files containing a graphic vector representation of the boundary information originally depicted and maintained on a town assessor's maps, including, but not limited to, fee ownership, public and private rights of way, and easements, that are typically created in and maintained using a geographic information system or computer aided design software;

(2) “Assessor database” means the database of property assessment information maintained by the town assessor; it is also referred to as the tax list, property list, Computer Aided Mass Appraisal system, or Computer Aided Mass Appraisal database; and

(3) “Property” means a record in an assessor database.

(b) On or before May 1, 2019, and not less than annually thereafter, each town that possesses or contracts for services for the creation or maintenance of a digital parcel file shall transmit such file to the regional council of governments of which it is a member. If a town is not a member of a council of governments, such file shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The digital parcel file shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Any information from the assessor database that (A) uniquely identifies each property in the digital parcel file, (B) identifies the size of each property, (C) identifies the address of each property, (D) identifies the value of the land, buildings and other improvements for each property, and (E) identifies the year in which buildings were constructed for each property; and (2) any other information deemed necessary by the applicable regional council of governments.

(c) On or before July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, each regional council of governments shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development, that lists each town that (1) has failed to provide its digital parcel file, and (2) does not possess a digital parcel file.

(P.A. 18-175, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 18-175 effective June 7, 2018.

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Secs. 7-100m to 7-100z. Reserved for future use.

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