Sec. 4-230. Definitions.

As used in sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive:

(1) “Cognizant agency” means a state agency which is assigned by the secretary the responsibility for implementing the requirements of sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive;

(2) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management;

(3) “State financial assistance” means assistance that a nonstate entity receives or administers which is provided by a state agency or pass-through entity in the form of grants, contracts, loans, loan guarantees, property, cooperative agreements, interest subsidies, insurance or direct appropriations, but does not include direct state cash assistance to individuals or payments to a vendor;

(4) “State agency” means any department, board, commission, institution or other agency of the state;

(5) “Generally accepted accounting principles” has the meaning specified in the generally accepted auditing standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA);

(6) “Generally accepted government auditing standards” (GAGAS) means the generally accepted government auditing standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States that are applicable to financial audits;

(7) “Independent auditor” means a public accountant who is licensed to practice in the state and meets the independence standards included in generally accepted government auditing standards;

(8) “Internal controls” means a process, effected by an entity's board of directors, management and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in: (A) Reliability of financial reporting, (B) effectiveness and efficiency of operations, and (C) compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

(9) “Municipality” means a town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, city or borough, including a local board of education as described in subsection (c) of section 7-392;

(10) “Audited agency” means a district, as defined in section 7-324, the Metropolitan District of Hartford County, a regional board of education, a regional council of governments, any other political subdivision of similar character which is created or any other agency created or designated by a municipality to act for such municipality whose annual receipts from all sources exceed one million dollars or any tourism district established under section 10-397;

(11) “Nonprofit agency” means any organization that is not a for-profit business and provides services contracted for by (A) the state or (B) a nonstate entity. It also means private institutions of higher learning which receive state financial assistance;

(12) “Major state program” means any program, excluding an exempt program, determined to be a major state program by the independent auditor pursuant to the requirements of the risk-based approach, provided such requirements shall (A) encompass factors consistent with requirements established by the United States Office of Management and Budget, and (B) include, but not be limited to, current and prior audit experience, oversight by state agencies and pass-through entities and the risk inherent in state programs;

(13) “Public accountant” means an individual who meets the standards included in generally accepted government auditing standards for personnel performing government audits and the licensing requirements of the State Board of Accountancy;

(14) “Subrecipient” means a nonstate entity that receives state financial assistance from a pass-through entity, but does not include an individual who receives such assistance;

(15) “Tourism district” means a district established under section 10-397;

(16) “Nonstate entity” means a municipality, tourism district, audited agency or nonprofit agency;

(17) “Pass-through entity” means a nonstate entity that provides state financial assistance to a subrecipient;

(18) “Program-specific audit” means an audit of a single state program conducted in accordance with the regulations adopted under section 4-236;

(19) “Expended” and “expenditures” have the meanings attributed to those terms in generally accepted accounting principles, except that (A) state financial assistance received which does not specify a required use shall be assumed to be fully expended in the fiscal year of receipt, and (B) exempt programs shall be assumed to be expended in the fiscal year that the state financial assistance is received;

(20) “Exempt program” means any state program designated to be exempt by the secretary after consultation with the Auditors of Public Accounts and the commissioner of the state agency that awarded the state financial assistance;

(21) “Vendor” means a dealer, distributor, merchant or other seller providing goods or services that are required for the conduct of a state program. Such goods or services may be for an organization's own use or for the use of beneficiaries of the state program; and

(22) “Single audit” means an audit, as provided in section 4-235, that encompasses an entity's financial statements and state financial assistance.

(P.A. 91-401, S. 1, 20; P.A. 97-238, S. 5; P.A. 98-143, S. 17, 24; P.A. 00-66, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 233, 234; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 44; P.A. 13-247, S. 263.)

History: P.A. 97-238 redefined “audited agency” to include tourism districts; P.A. 98-143 revised definitions in Subdivs. (3), (5) to (8), inclusive, and (11) to (14), inclusive, and added new Subdivs. (15) to (21), inclusive, defining “tourism district”, “nonstate entity”, “pass-through entity”, “program-specific audit”, “expended” and “expenditures”, “exempt program” and “vendor”, effective June 4, 1998, and applicable to audits conducted for fiscal years commencing on and after July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-66 made a technical change in Subdiv. (19); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subdivs. (10) and (15) to change section reference for “tourism district”, effective August 20, 2003; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 redefined “audited agency” in Subdiv. (10), “major state program” in Subdiv. (12) and “exempt program” in Subdiv. (20) and added Subdiv. (22) defining “single audit”, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 13-247 amended Subdiv. (10) to redefine “audited agency” by substituting “council of governments” for “planning agency”, effective January 1, 2015.