STATE OF CONNECTICUT
COMPTROLLER
55 ELM STREET
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106-1775
DEPUTY COMPTROLLER
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT |
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| NANCY WYMAN COMPTROLLER |
OFFICE OF
THE STATE COMPTROLLER 55 ELM STREET HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106-1775 |
MARK OJAKIAN DEPUTY COMPTROLLER |
MEMORANDUM NO. 2008-09
April 4, 2008
TO THE HEADS OF ALL STATE AGENCIES
| Attention: | Chief Administrative and Fiscal Officers, and Business Managers |
| Subject: | Revised Procedure Affecting Trustee Accounts |
I. PURPOSE
To notify agencies of a change to an existing accounting procedure in the Accounting Procedures Manual for Activity and Welfare Funds.
II. AUTHORITY
Sections 4-52 through 4-56 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
III. GENERAL INFORMATION
The change to the Accounting Procedures Manual for Activity and Welfare Funds is to section IV.D.5 "Outstanding Checks." Under the previous procedure, if a check was still outstanding after six months, a reverse entry was made to the checking account, and the funds accounted for under "unclaimed funds" for three years. Funds that remained unclaimed after three years were reversed back into the original account.
Under the new procedure, agencies must report unclaimed funds to the Office
of the State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division when the funds have remained
unclaimed for three years after the date of issue of the check. This procedure
is applicable to all trustee accounts. The new procedure is effective for checks
issued on or after January 1, 2008.
Agencies must transfer the unclaimed assets to the Office of the State Treasurer
as unclaimed property. Instructions and forms for entities to file unclaimed
property are available on the Unclaimed Property Division's website,
www.state.ct.us/ott/aboutucp.htm. Information about due diligence letters
can be found on this website. Assets must be reported by March 31 of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the property is presumed
abandoned.
IV. QUESTIONS
Questions regarding this memorandum may be directed to the Fiscal Policy Division of the Office of the State Comptroller at (860) 702-3440.
Questions regarding the reporting process for unclaimed property may be
submitted to the Office of the State Treasurer at
marge.supple@ct.gov.
NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER
NW:CH
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