Sec.12-40a-9. Comprehensive examinations

(a) The Committee shall annually conduct a comprehensive examination for the CCMA I and CCMA II designations. The time and location of each such examination, as well as the form and content thereof, shall be determined by the Committee. Applications to take such examinations may be obtained from the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or from the Committee chair, whose name and business address shall be filed annually with the Secretary of the State.

(b) No person shall take a comprehensive examination unless he or she has been approved by the Committee. Such approval shall be granted only if the person has successfully completed the prescribed education program and meets the minimum experience requirements related to the designation being sought.

(c) The minimum experience requirements shall be as follows:

(1) A person shall have a minimum of three years of experience in property assessment or appraisal or in a related field of endeavor, in order to take the comprehensive examination for designation as a CCMA I; and

(2) A person shall have a minimum of four years experience in property assessment or appraisal or in a related field of endeavor, in order to take the comprehensive examination for designation as a CCMA II. Such experience shall be one of increasing responsibility, at least two years of which is at an appraisal and/or administrative level in an assessor's office.

(Adopted effective January 1, 1998; Amended June 4, 1999)