Connecticut § 7-396 - Designation of auditor.

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§ 7-396. Designation of auditor.

Sec. 7-396. Designation of auditor. The regional board of education and appointing authority of any municipality or audited agency shall file with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management the name of the independent auditor, designated to audit the financial statements of the regional school district, municipality, or audited agency, at least thirty days before the end of the fiscal period of such regional school district, municipality, or audited agency for which such audit is required. If any such appointing authority fails to notify the secretary of such designation before such thirty-day period, said secretary may appoint any independent auditor to audit the accounts of such regional school district, municipality or audited agency, and the cost and expense of such audit shall be borne by such regional school district, municipality or audited agency.

(1949 Rev., S. 826; P.A. 76-68, S. 5, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 87-573, S. 8, 11; P.A. 93-422, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 76-68 substituted appointing authority for budget-making authority, included “audited agencies” in accord with revised definitions of Sec. 7-391 and required filing of accountant selected to perform audit within 30 rather than 90 days of fiscal period requiring audit; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for tax commissioner; P.A. 87-573 inserted references to school districts and reporting requirements of reporting agencies, effective July 1, 1987, and applicable to audits for fiscal years beginning on or after that date; P.A. 93-422 applied provisions to regional boards of education, changed “independent public accountant” to “independent auditor”, “records” to “financial statements”, and “school district” to “regional school district”, deleted “for the preceding fiscal year” regarding accounts audited and deleted reference to cost and expense of investigation.

Cited. 155 C. 169.

Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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