(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, “tax appeal” means an appeal from an order, decision, determination or disallowance of the Commissioner of Revenue Services; an appeal that may be taken from a decree of a court of probate under subsection (b) of section 12-359, subsection (b) of section 12-367 or under subsection (b) of section 12-395; an appeal from any order, decision, determination or disallowance of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to sections 12-242gg to 12-242nn, inclusive; and an appeal that may be taken from a decision of the Penalty Review Committee under subsection (d) of section 12-3a.

(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall appoint two judges of the Superior Court to hear tax appeals. If practicable, the judges shall hear the appeals for not less than eighteen months. The appeals may be heard at the judicial district that the Chief Court Administrator deems appropriate.

(c) The Chief Court Administrator shall adopt the policies and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

(P.A. 93-225, S. 1, 4; P.A. 95-2, S. 18, 37; 95-26, S. 51, 52; 95-132, S. 2, 5; 95-283, S. 11, 68; P.A. 96-261, S. 3, 4; P.A. 97-165, S. 7, 16; P.A. 98-262, S. 1, 22.)

History: P.A. 93-225 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-2 added appeals under Sec. 12-242gg, effective March 8, 1995; P.A. 95-26 added references to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 12-638i, effective July 1, 1995, and applicable to taxes due and owing on or after July 1, 1995, whether or not those taxes first became due before said date; P.A. 95-132 added appeals from a decision of the Penalty Review Committee to the definition of “tax appeal”, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 95-283 amended Subsec. (a) to add appeals from decisions of boards of assessment appeals under Sec. 12-117a and from decisions of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management under Secs. 12-19b, 12-20b, 12-81g(e), 12-94a, 12-94b, 12-129d(a) and (c), 12-170g, 12-170cc and 32-9s, effective October 1, 1996; P.A. 96-261 repealed changes made by P.A. 95-283, effective June 10, 1996; P.A. 97-165 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 12-395(b), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-262 amended Subsec. (a) to include all appeals from the Commissioner of Revenue Services unless otherwise provided by statute, effective June 8, 1998.

See Sec. 8-132 re referral of application re statement of compensation to a judge appointed to hear tax appeals.