State of Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller MEMORANDUM NO. 97-16


	STATE OF CONNECTICUT
NANCY WYMAN COMPTROLLER	OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER 55 ELM STREET HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106-1775	MARK OJAKIAN DEPUTY COMPTROLLER

MEMORANDUM NO. 97-16

April 14, 1997

TO THE HEADS OF ALL STATE AGENCIES

ATTENTION:	Chief Administrative and Fiscal Officers and Business Managers
SUBJECT:	Use of Town Codes

Agencies must use the appropriate town code when processing payments to municipalities. Please adhere to the following procedures:

Enter the correct town code in the FEIN/SSN field on form CO-17 (Invoice - Voucher for goods or services), the town code number must be preceded by zeroes.
Always use "T" as the reportable type.

The State Accounting Manual (Section 11, Town Coding Table 3.5) contains a listing of town code numbers which represent unique identifiers that have been assigned to towns, cities, boroughs, school districts and other municipal entities. They range from 1 to 999 and are used to classify payments.

Do not use the town's Federal Employer Identification Number. Listed below are valid town code numbers:

001 - 169	Towns
201 - 231	School Districts/Cooperating School Districts
241 - 253	Interdistrict committees and regional education service centers
301 - 377	Fire Districts
401 - 417	Health Districts
451 - 458	Lake Authorities
501 - 503	Cities not consolidated with towns
601 - 611	Boroughs not consolidated with towns
701 - 798	Other (boards, planning agencies, sewer districts, etc.)

For further information concerning town payments, contact Vendor File Coordinator at (860) 702-3405 or Special Processing at (860) 702-3403.

NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER

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